He kept receipts and ballet tickets and created collages that he framed and hung on the walls. These bizarre animated sequences are iconic today, and gained Gorey a much larger audience for his work.Ītlas Obscura reports that Gorey collected seemingly useless stuff like potato mashers and salt and pepper shakers, which he arranged into fascinating pieces of ersatz sculpture.
The Cavender Diary explains that Gorey didn't actually animate the sequence, but provided detailed notes and artwork to animator Derek Lamb, who actually created the animations. The New Yorker reports that after decades as a successful freelance illustrator, in 1980 Gorey was hired to create the opening titles for the PBS show "Mystery!," which showcased British mystery programs and crime dramas. He brought his ink drawing style to full-sized life for the actors to inhabit, and his work is a big reason the play was a smash success. Gorey's work soon became the play's most successful feature - in fact, as Boing Boing reports, Gorey was awarded a Tony Award for his costume design. Gorey had never worked in theater before, and had never designed sets or costumes before, but he wound up designing both, as well as the advertising art and other aspects of the show.
CrimeReads reports that in 1977 Gorey was hired to design sets and costumes for a revival of the original "Dracula" play, which was made famous by the 1931 film version starring Bela Lugosi.
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