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ChalkZone
''ChalkZone'' is an American animated television series created by Bill Burnett and Larry Huber for Nickelodeon. The series follows Rudy Tabootie, an elementary school student who discovers a box of magic chalk that allows him to draw portals into the ChalkZone, an alternate dimension where everything ever drawn on a blackboard and erased turns to life. Rudy is joined in his adventures by Snap, a wisecracking superhero Rudy once drew with chalk, and Penny Sanchez, Rudy's academically intellectual classmate and personal friend. ''ChalkZone'' originally premiered as a pilot short on Fred Seibert's ''Oh Yeah! Cartoons'' animated shorts showcase in 1998. The series ran on Nickelodeon from March 22, 2002, to August 23, 2008, with 40 episodes in total. It was produced by Frederator Studios and Nickelodeon Animation Studio. Premise Rudy Tabootie (voiced by E. G. Daily) is a 10-year-old, fifth-grade boy who loves to draw. Reggie Bullnerd (Candi Milo), the school bully, constantly teas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Huber
Lawrence "Larry" Huber (born May 6, 1946) is an American television producer, writer, and animator who is known for his long history as a producer at Hanna-Barbera, Ruby-Spears, and Nickelodeon. Huber began his animation career in 1969 while working on Hanna-Barbera's ''The Perils of Penelope Pitstop''. He went on to work for Ruby-Spears for 15 years. Returning to Hanna-Barbera in 1990, Huber worked on ''2 Stupid Dogs'' and ''Fish Police''. He was hired by Buzz Potamkin to supervise production on Cartoon Network's ''World Premiere Toons'' in 1995. Huber left Hanna-Barbera in 1996 following the company's merger with Turner Broadcasting. Along with Bill Burnett, Huber co-created and executive produced an ''Oh Yeah! Cartoons'' pilot on Nickelodeon, which would later air as ''ChalkZone'' as a full series. Huber continued his role in animation on ''Random! Cartoons'' and ''Adventure Time'', created by Pendleton Ward originally for Nickelodeon and later greenlit by Cartoon Network, whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederator Studios
Frederator Studios is an American animation television production studio which is a division of Frederator Networks, Inc. It was founded by Fred Seibert in 1997 with its first series launching in 1998. (Seibert resigned from Frederator in August 2020 after 22 years and on February 23, 2021 announced a new cartoon production company, FredFilms.) The studio focuses primarily on artists who write their own shorts, series, and movies. Their slogan is "Original Cartoons since 1998." The studio has locations in New York City, where Frederator Digital is based, and Burbank, California. History 1983–2012 Before Frederator, in 1983, Fred Seibert founded Fred/Alan, Inc. in New York City with his college friend Alan Goodman; in 1988, Fred/Alan partnered with Albie Hecht in Chauncey Street Productions to produce television programs for Nickelodeon, MTV, A&E, and CBS. The Fred/Alan firm closed down in 1992. Seibert became the president of Hanna-Barbera Cartoons in 1992, and created '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candi Milo
Candyce Anne Rose "Candi" Milo (born January 9, 1961) Timestamps: (00:27:12-00:27:45) Milo states that she is "firmly 51". (00:06:40-00:06:47) Milo states that she was born in Palm Springs. (00:16:23-00:16:25) She says her birthday is in January. (00:48:42-00:48:46) "Candyce Anne Rose Milo". is an American actress. She has voiced various characters on many animated series including ''Tiny Toon Adventures'', '' SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron'', ''Dexter's Laboratory'' (from season 3 onwards), ''Johnny Bravo'', ''Cow and Chicken'', '' ChalkZone'', ''The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius'', ''¡Mucha Lucha!'', '' Codename: Kids Next Door'', ''My Life as a Teenage Robot'', ''Loonatics Unleashed'', ''Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends'', ''Maya & Miguel'', ''W.I.T.C.H.'', ''The Life and Times of Juniper Lee,'' '' The Replacements'', and ''The Adventures of Puss in Boots''. Since 2017, she has voiced the Looney Tunes character Granny. Early life and career Milo was born on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hynden Walch
Hynden Walch is an American actress. She is best known for voicing Starfire in the ''Teen Titans'' franchise and Princess Bubblegum in ''Adventure Time''. She also voiced Penny Sanchez in '' ChalkZone'', Amore and Lockette in the Nickelodeon version of '' Winx Club'', Elsie in ''Stanley'', and Yutaka Kobayakawa in '' Lucky Star''. She is the current voice of the Disney character Alice. Outside of animation, Walch has appeared in live-action films like '' Groundhog Day'' and ''Jerry Maguire'', and TV series like ''Law & Order''. Early life and career Walch was born in Davenport, Iowa. She is of German descent. She started her professional acting career on stage at age 11. At 16 she attended the North Carolina School of the Arts, majoring in voice. In 1989, she received the Presidential Scholarship and went to the UNC School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. After UNC, she went to Chicago, Illinois, where she did plays, including ''The Rise and Fall of Little Voice'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Leichliter
Lawrence "Larry" Leichliter is an American animator and director who began his work in animation in 1975 with the made-for-TV ''Peanuts'' special ''You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown''. Throughout his career, he has worked on ''Peanuts'' animated television films, but he has also contributed to other successful animated series including Nickelodeon's '' ChalkZone'' and ''The Mighty B!'' and Cartoon Network's ''Time Squad'', ''Squirrel Boy'', ''The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack'', '' Sym-Bionic Titan'', and ''Adventure Time''. Career Leichliter's career in animation began in 1975 when he worked on ''You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown''. This was followed by numerous other ''Peanuts'' specials that he was a crew member of throughout the late 1970s and 1980s. Since then, he has worked on many animated television series, particularly those made for Nickelodeon, which include ''Hey Arnold!'', '' ChalkZone'', ''SpongeBob SquarePants'', ''CatDog'', ''The Fairly OddParents'', ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oh Yeah! Cartoons
''Oh Yeah! Cartoons'' is an American animated anthology series that aired on Nickelodeon. Created by Fred Seibert, it was produced by Frederator Incorporated and Nickelodeon Animation Studio, running as part of Nickelodeon's Nicktoons lineup. In the show's first season, it was hosted by a variety of schoolchildren, and the second season was hosted by Kenan Thompson of ''All That'' and ''Kenan & Kel'', and later Josh Server of ''All That'' in the third and final season. Bill Burnett composed the show's theme music. In terms of total volume, ''Oh Yeah! Cartoons'' remains TV's biggest animation development program ever. Giving several dozen filmmakers the opportunity to create 96 seven-minute cartoons, the series eventually yielded three dedicated half-hour spin-off shows produced by Frederator: ''The Fairly OddParents'', '' ChalkZone'', and ''My Life as a Teenage Robot''. Nickelodeon's ''Oh Yeah!'' featured in its first season a total of 39 brand new seven-minute cartoons, surpass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jess Harnell
Jess Harnell (born December 23, 1963) is an American voice actor and singer. His notable roles include Captain Hero in the animated TV series ''Drawn Together'', Wakko Warner in ''Animaniacs'', Ironhide in the first three ''Transformers'' films produced by Michael Bay, and Crash Bandicoot in the video game franchise of the same name. Harnell has also been the announcer for ''America's Funniest Home Videos'' since 1998. Early life Harnell was born on December 23, 1963 at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center in Englewood, New Jersey, and grew up in nearby Teaneck, the son of Joe Harnell (a jazz composer) and his wife Alice. Career In 1989, Harnell provided the voices of Br'er Rabbit and many other critters for the Splash Mountain attraction at Disneyland Park. Harnell also recorded some new character dialogue for the subsequent Walt Disney World version of the attraction. He has continued to reprise the role of Brer Rabbit in new Disney projects when needed, such as in the 2011 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Burnett (writer)
Bill Burnett is an American writer, composer, television producer, singer-songwriter, and actor who is best known for co-creating Nickelodeon's ''ChalkZone'' along with Larry Huber. He is also an accomplished singer/songwriter and the leader of the LA-based band The Backboners. He currently resides in Los Angeles. Career Burnett's earliest career success was working with Patti LuPone and a dozen other significant Broadway talents in 1984 on "Hip Pocket Musicals", the pilot for a series of short musicals produced for PBS. He also starred as political folksinger Phil Ochs in a play (''Small Circle of Friends'') and later a film (''Chords of Fame'') which featured a veritable who's who of 60s activists and protest singers. Lupone also covered "I Regret Everything", a cheeky send-up of Edith Piaf's classic "Je Ne Regret Rien", penned by Burnett and his Hip Pocket writing mate Peggy Sarlin. The song has been covered by over 60 performers around the globe, most notably Bette Midler. Burn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miriam Flynn
Miriam Flynn (born June 18, 1952) is an American voice and character actress. She is best known as Cousin Catherine in the ''National Lampoon's Vacation'' and Grandma Longneck in ''The Land Before Time'' franchises. She has acted in other films and in several television series, the latter including a recurring role as Sister Helen on the Fox/ WB sitcom ''Grounded for Life''. Career Second City Before breaking into television, Flynn was a member of the Second City improv troupe in 1975. She appeared on stage alongside Shelley Long, George Wendt, Andrea Martin, Catherine O'Hara, and James Belushi. Film and television Flynn was a regular cast member in '' The Tim Conway Show'', a comedy-variety show that aired on CBS from March 1980 through summer 1981, acting in sketch comedy in each episode. She then starred in her own sitcom, '' Maggie'', on ABC, but the show was short-lived, airing in October and November 1981 and in April–May 1982 before being cancelled. She appeared in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Moon
Guy Vernon Moon is an American composer. Biography Moon was born and grew up in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, and attended the University of Arizona in 1980. He moved to California in 1986. Inspired by the musical works of Chick Corea, Moon has written music for film and animated television series, such as ''2 Stupid Dogs'', ''Johnny Bravo'', ''Cow and Chicken'', ''The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy'' (''Grim & Evil'' segments only), ''The Fairly OddParents'' (for which he received an Emmy nomination), '' Danny Phantom'', and more recently, ''Tak and the Power of Juju'' (theme music and three episodes only), ''Big Time Rush'', ''T.U.F.F. Puppy'', and '' Back at the Barnyard''. He is also credited with composing and orchestrating the music for ''The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest'' animation series produced by Cartoon Network, as well as the resumption of ''Johnny Test''. Moon currently resides in San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California Los Angeles ( ; es, Los à ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoff Levin
Geoff Levin (born September 14, 1945) is an American rock musician, film/television composer and songwriter. Performing as part of the Black Mountain Boys with Jerry Garcia in the early years of his career, in 1968 his own group, People!, scored a hit record " I Love You" on Capital Records. Together with Geoffrey Lewis in 1970, he created Celestial Navigations, a storytelling group, that produced 8 albums, several made the ''Billboard'' (New Age) charts. He co-composed and co-produced "The Janitor", an Academy Award-nominated animated short based on a story by Geoffrey Lewis from the album '' Celestial Navigations''. Levin has scored over 40 full-length films and has created music used in many TV shows including ''The Sopranos'', '' Chicago Fire'', ''The Good Wife'', ''Friends'', ''Bloodline'', '' SNL'', ''Game of Thrones'', '' Friday Night Lights'', '' CSI'', and '' Weeds''. He co-wrote the theme song for ''Jakers'', an Emmy and BAFTA Award-winning PBS animated series. In add ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Rucker (composer)
Stephen Donald Rucker (born June 27, 1949) is an American composer. Rucker studied piano with M. Mendelsohn of the Paris Conservatory. He has composed and conducted for the London Symphony Orchestra in the animated film, '' Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland'', with Thomas Chase.'' He has worked on film scores for animated series including '' Dexter's Laboratory'', ''The Powerpuff Girls'', and ''Jonny Quest''. He also composed the score for another Cartoon Network series, '' Codename: Kids Next Door'', with Thomas Chase. Rucker and Chase also provided musical score for Alvin and the Chipmunks He was awarded Best Original Score for the Civil War drama ''Josephine'' at the 2016 Richmond International Film Festival. He composed film trailer cues including work for ''Goldwing'' (1978) '' Coco'', '' Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales'', ''Hidden Figures'', '' Jack Reacher: Never Go Back'' and ''Designated Survivor'' (ABC). He also continues to contribute for real ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
