CHARLEY CAT 13:
                             CAMERA-RADERIE
                        © 1995 Anthony Whitaker
7/1/96

    Hi, there, Amiga fans and all that stuff. Welcome to my latest cartoon
starring that now-famous (?) cat, Charley. Even in these troubled times as
far as the Amiga is concerned, I reckon we all could do with a bit of
cheering-up, and this cartoon may help.
    Charley made his début in OUT IN PUBLIC, got sand in his toes in DOWN
AT THE SEA, got the bird in HOW TO CATCH A CANARY, had rodent trouble in
MOUSTERMIND, had a taste of snow in SNOW JOKE (deemed by many to be one of
the best Amiga anims of 1993), went to the cinema in AT THE FLIX!, met a
psychotic vet in IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH, had hairy moments in DANDRUFF
DUO, returned to the beach in CORAL QUARREL, befriended a feline martial
arts master from Japan in JAP CAT JAPES (best anim of 1994 at the Future
Entertainment Show), dealt with some common garden problems in GARDENING
CAT and became a western hero in COWBOY CATS (considered by my friends to
be the best cartoon I've ever done - and the magazine reviews have been
very favourable towards this one). Oh, and he also starred in A CHARLEY
CAT CHRISTMAS SPECIAL.
    But here we have CAMERA-RADERIE (based around the word "camaraderie"
which basically means "friendship") in which Charley and his beautiful
girlfriend Alyson take their cameras and try to win a competition in
which a grand can be won if their picture is considered to be the best
entry. However, being a cat-hater, the evil dog Mutch (who was last seen
in JAP CAT JAPES), is out to get them - and no, he will not treat Alyson
any differently as she is still a cat - and Mutch absolutely LOATHES cats!
    Regular viewers may have noticed a change in appearance for Alyson. I
decided looking back over my storyboards that somehow I was not happy with
her having a similar grin to Charley any more, so I changed her features
somewhat - I made her wear lipstick, gave her a smaller mouth, a smaller
nose and slightly smaller eyes. The result is in my opinion that she now
looks more beautiful, more petite and (most importantly) more feminine than
in the previous cartoons.
    And "Mutch", by the way, is pronounced "Mootch", not "much".

WARNING: Although the cartoon itself is freely distributable (you may make
copies, provided that everything on the original disks is on the copy in
its original unchanged format), the graphics and characters are copyright
and may NOT be used without my permission.
SPECIAL WARNING: CAMERA-RADERIE has been split into two parts for memory
reasons - you will need 2.5Mb to run the cartoon. I also recommend that
you use either a hard disk and/or extra floppy drives, as you will be
swapping disks until your arms ache or something otherwise.
    The cartoon is SHAREWARE. If you like it, please send a small fee to
me (£2 minimum) at the address below:
    Anthony Whitaker, 1 Trent Crescent, Thatcham, Nr Newbury, Berkshire
        RG13 3DN, England

If you have any queries about this or any other anims of mine, do drop me
a line at the same address.

SPECIAL NOTES ABOUT CAMERA-RADERIE:
(1) It took nearly four months to make, and lasts about 4.5 minutes.
(2) Mutch, the evil dog, is based on a dog one of my aunts and uncles have
    in their home in Penarth.
(3) As with my previous few, 68020 processors will speed up certain parts
    of the cartoon.
(4) This cartoon was originally going to be titled "Safari So Good", but I
    decided that everyone might think of Africa if they saw this title 
    (even though a safari doesn't have to be in Africa) and was afraid that
    people may get the wrong idea about its theme, so I changed it. I then
    thought of "Candid Cat" before deciding to use "Camera-raderie".
(5) Musical Score: "Charley's Song" (Whitaker)

THANKS FOR READING - ENJOY THE CARTOON