I created an entirely new animated shot .... reused footage of Tack smelling something funny, put it on a new background, and animated a pipe (representing The Thief) shuddering and jangling around in the window.
This replaces a storyboard of the pipe coming into view in the window.
EDIT: Did another few insane shots ... I put some storyboards of Yumyum's hands on a multiplane camera, with a long rolling background, moving to represent the 360 degree shot that Dick intended. Then did some shots of Yumyum hidden behind flowers, which go from pencil to color ... The disparate shots all link up into each other now, and I hope it will show what Dick wanted here in a jazzier and less confusing way.
I haven't seen any of these shots in motion yet, no idea if they actually worked. But I think I'm done for the night, and I'll find out tomorrow ....