The Wizard of Speed and Time (short)

Legendary short film which made its creator, independent animator/filmmaker Mike Jittlov, famous. Originally made for and shown as a segment of "Major Effects", a 1979 episode of The Wonderful World of Disney which aired as cross-promotion for Disney's film The Black Hole, it became a Cult Classic during the 1980s.

In it, a man in green wizard's robes runs across America at Super Speed. Along the way, he gives a pretty girl a swift lift to another city, gives golden stars to other women who want a trip themselves. He then slips on a banana peel and comically crashes into a film stage, which he then brings to life in magical ways.

During the 1980s it began to be shown at science fiction conventions around the country, gaining popularity and eventually prompting Jittlov to eventually create a heavily fictionalized account of how it was made, in the form of a feature film.


 * Banana Peel: See the "display" frame of the embedded video on this page.  Inexplicably left in the middle of a country road, miles from anywhere.
 * Cult Classic
 * Memetic Outfit: The Wizard's green robes echo Mike Jittlov's trademark green jacket and sneakers.
 * Robe and Wizard Hood
 * The Runt At the End: The birdlike clapboard in the movie studio.
 * Stop Motion
 * Super Speed