In 1998
Cartoon Network began an annual stunt to commemorate the
Super Bowl. The idea: have
John Madden and
Pat Summerall call play by play on classic cartoon moments. And "The Big Game" was born. Each of the 4 years the stunt grew to the point that by the year 2000 John and Pat made on screen apperances along with an unlikely cast of popular celebrities including
Bubba Smith,
Scott Hamilton,
Joe Mantegna,
Jack Hanna, and the
Inside the NFL cast who added their own take on which cartoon character would win that year's "game."
The editing challenges were many on this project. I think the most challenging segments required taking pre-recorded play by play voice over and matching the script to action clips from classic cartoons. I would add freeze frames at appropriate moments in the action to accommodate a
telestrator. An interesting exercise in an early form of
mash-up.
The Big Game from Jon Dilling on Vimeo.
