Saturday, September 14, 2024

Hot Hero Sandwich Project Archives: “Wild Night” Animation Cels Auction

by G. Jack Urso 

While there has been few reports of any surviving relics from Hot Hero Sandwich, here’s one that just turned up in my searches, albeit a bit too late for me to snag them. Here is a collection of cels from the music video from episode 6 for "Wild Night" by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas that were up for suction.


Description of the auction from the website Heritage Auctions:

“Here's a set of eight hand-colored Xerox prints from a music video, directed by Al Jarnow. The images are of rotoscoped women dancing to the tune of “Wild Night” by Martha Reeves (this cover version of the Van Morrison song was also featured in the hit film Thelma and Louise). These hand-colored prints are mounted on 12 field animation paper, and used in the video. Cool-looking sequence! The image area on each sheet is approximately 8’ x 5.25.” Overall condition is Very Good.”

The auction date is June 21, 2021, before I posted the video for “Wild Night,” which was the first time it had been seen since 1979, so it is amazing that these cels survived so long. I have to wonder what other original artwork from Hot Hero Sandwich may still be lurking out there.

Original music video for “Wild Night” from Hot Hero Sandwich, episode 6.
 
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