Toonsylvania
''Toonsylvania'' is an American animated television series, which ran for two seasons in 1998 on the Fox Kids, Fox Kids Network block (usually placed in a block called "The No Yell Motel" that contained other scary kids' shows such as ''Goosebumps'' and ''Eerie, Indiana'') in its first season, then was moved to Monday afternoons from September 14, 1998 until January 18, 1999, when it was cancelled. It was executive produced in part by Steven Spielberg, as DreamWorks Animation, DreamWorks' first animated series. The show had recurring cartoon series that appeared in each episode. (Unlike ''Animaniacs'', ''Toonsylvania'' did not have a wide range of characters and almost every episode had the same content.) The main segments were "Frankenstein", "Night of the Living Fred" (most episodes on season one), "Attack of the Killer B Movies" (some episodes from season 1), "Igor's Science Minute", and "Melissa Screetch's Morbid Morals". Plot summary A typical episode of ''Toonsylvania'' sta ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Wayne Knight
Wayne Elliot Knight (born August 7, 1955) is an American actor. In television, he played Newman on '' Seinfeld'' (1992–1998) and Officer Don Orville on '' 3rd Rock from the Sun'' (1996–2001). He also voiced Igor on ''Toonsylvania'' (1998–1999), Mr. Blik on '' Catscratch'' (2005–2007) and Baron Von Sheldgoose on '' Legend of the Three Caballeros'' (2018). In film, he played Dennis Nedry in '' Jurassic Park'' (1993), which earned him a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination. He also portrayed Pete "Piccolo" Dugan in ''Dead Again'' (1991), John Correli in ''Basic Instinct'' (1992), Stan Podolak in ''Space Jam'' (1996) and Zach Mallozzi in ''Rat Race'' (2001) and provided the voices of Tantor in ''Tarzan'' (1999), Al McWhiggin in ''Toy Story 2'' (1999) and The Elf Elder in '' Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon'' (2014). Early life Wayne Elliot Knight was born on August 7, 1955, in New York City to a Catholic family. They moved to Cartersville, Georgia, where hi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nathan Wang
Nathan T. Wang (born Wang Tsung-Hsien, born August 8, 1956 in Los Angeles, California, USA) is a Chinese-born American music composer and director. He graduated from Pomona College in California and received an Ambassadorial Scholarship from Rotary International to study at Oxford University. He is the winner of the Cable Ace award for the soundtrack to the documentary ''The Lost Children of Berlin''. He also composed the acclaimed soundtrack for the aviation film, One Six Right. Nathan Wang is a Master of Movie Music with Beijing DeTao Masters Academy (DTMA), a high-level, multi-disciplined, application-oriented higher education institution in Shanghai, China. Early life Wang was born in Los Angeles, California, to parents from Shanghai, China. He began playing the piano at age three. He attended Pomona College, graduating in 1979. Career Wang is an associate professor of film scoring at Peking University. Composer * Far East Deep South (2020) * Playing With Fire (2019) * Wi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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David Warner (actor)
David Hattersley Warner (29 July 1941 – 24 July 2022) was an English actor who worked in film, television and theatre. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art; after making his stage debut in 1962 he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), with whom he played Henry VI in ''The Wars of the Roses'' cycle at the West End's Aldwych Theatre in 1964. The RSC then cast him as Prince Hamlet in Peter Hall's 1965 production of ''Hamlet''. He attained prominence on screen in 1966 through his lead performance in the Karel Reisz film '' Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment'', for which he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Warner's lanky, often haggard appearance lent itself to a variety of villainous characters as well as more sympathetic roles across a range of media, often in science fiction or fantasy titles or period dramas, including ''The Omen'', '' Time After Time'' (as Jack the Ripper), '' A Christmas Carol'' (as Bob Cratchit opposit ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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DreamWorks Animation Television
DreamWorks Animation Television (abbreviated as DWATV or simply DAT) is an American animation studio that serves as the television production arm of DreamWorks Animation, itself a subsidiary of Universal Pictures and a division of Comcast's NBCUniversal. Founded in 1996, the entity was formerly named DreamWorks Television Animation. Its first programs from the 1990s and early 2000s used the live-action television logo, and were produced by DreamWorks Television, before DWATV and its parent company were spun off into an independent company in 2004 and later purchased by NBCUniversal in 2016. In total, the division has released 51 programs, with 9 in development. History The company was first formed in 1996 as the animation division of DreamWorks Television, a subsidiary of the main DreamWorks studio. The TV division was spearheaded by Jeffrey Katzenberg and Steven Spielberg and was headed by former Walt Disney Television Animation executives Gary Krisel and David Simon. DWT ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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DreamWorks Television
DreamWorks Television was an American television distribution and production company based in Universal City, California, that was a division of DreamWorks. It folded into Amblin Television in 2013. History DreamWorks Television was formed in December 1994 as DreamWorks Pictures agreed to a $200 million seven-year television production joint venture with the Capital Cities/ABC. The company was set up to produce series for broadcast networks, cable channels and first run syndication with no first look for the ABC Network, but financial incentives favored ABC. The first show, ''Champs'', was scheduled as a mid-season replacement for the ABC network. Dan McDermott was named division chief executive in June 1995. DreamWorks Television's first success was ''Spin City ''on ABC. The Walt Disney Company bought Capital Cities/ABC in February 1996. In 1997, DreamWorks Television had a falling-out with NBC over the development of various TV shows. The dispute was eventually settled, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Matt Frewer
Matthew George Frewer (born January 4, 1958) is an American-Canadian actor, singer and comedian. He portrayed the 1980s icon Max Headroom in the 1985 TV movie and 1987 television series of the same names. He became prominent when playing roles in films, like Russell Thompson, Sr. in ''Honey, I Shrunk the Kids'' (1989), Jobe Smith in '' Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace'' (1996), Frank in '' Dawn of the Dead'' (2004), Moloch in ''Watchmen'' (2009), Mitch in '' 50/50'' (2011) and Archibald Stanley in '' Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb'' (2014). His television credits include Dr. Mike Stratford in '' Doctor Doctor'' (1989–1991), Bob in ''Shaky Ground'' (1992–1993), Matt Prager in '' Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal'' (1997–1999), Dr. Jim Taggart in ''Eureka'' (2006–2012) and Doctor Leekie in the Canadian science fiction drama ''Orphan Black'' (2013–2017). Frewer's more recent performances include a portrayal of "General #2" in the Steven Spielberg pictu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Brad Garrett
Bradley Henry Gerstenfeld (born April 14, 1960), known professionally as Brad Garrett, is an American actor and stand-up comedian. Possessing a distinctive deep voice, he has appeared in numerous television and film roles in both live-action and animation mediums. Garrett was initially successful as a stand-up comedian in the early 1980s. Taking advantage of that success in the late 1980s, Garrett began appearing in television and film, in minor and guest roles. His first major role was Robert Barone on the CBS sitcom ''Everybody Loves Raymond''. The series debuted September 13, 1996, and ran for nine seasons. In 2002, he gave an Emmy-nominated and critically lauded performance as Jackie Gleason in the television film '' Gleason''. Garrett's film roles include ''Casper'' (1995), ''A Bug's Life'' (1998), ''An Extremely Goofy Movie'' (2000), '' Stuart Little 2'' (2002), '' Finding Nemo'' (2003), '' Garfield'' (2004), ''The Pacifier'' (2005), ''Ratatouille'' (2007), ''Tangled'' (20 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Paul Rugg
Paul Kevin Rugg (born October 21, 1960) is an American screenwriter, producer, voice actor, and puppeteer. Biography Rugg has worked extensively in the field of animation. His list of credits include writing for, co-producing, and playing the voices of several cartoon characters, first being credited as "Mr. Director" (a Jerry Lewis-esque character) from '' Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs''. Afterwards, he voiced the title character in '' Steven Spielberg Presents Freakazoid'' and the '' Histeria'' portrayal of Nostradamus, as well as the main recurring villain, the Dark Lord Chuckles The Silly Piggy in the Disney series '' Dave the Barbarian''. Recently, he has provided the voice of Gweelok for Cartoon Network's ''Secret Mountain Fort Awesome''. Rugg also appeared live as the eccentric character "Manny" in the ''Manny the Uncanny'' short segments as part of Disney's One Saturday Morning for ABC. Rugg created and directed '' The Sam Plenty Cavalcade of Action Show Plus ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bill Kopp
William Kopp is an American animator, writer and voice actor. Career Kopp studied animation at the California Institute of the Arts. In 1984, he won a Merit Award from the Student Academy Awards for ''Mr. Gloom''. In 1985, he won a Student Academy Award for ''Observational Hazard''. Kopp animated the Whammy on the 1980s game show ''Press Your Luck'' and voiced the title character on Fox's '' Eek! The Cat'' and Kutter in ''The Terrible Thunderlizards'', which he created with Savage Steve Holland. He also voiced Tom in the Tom and Jerry films '' Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars'' and '' Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry''. He was an animator for ''The Tracey Ullman Show'' "The Simpsons" shorts, but left after one season. Kopp created ''The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show'' and ''Mad Jack the Pirate'', worked as an executive producer and writer for ''Toonsylvania'', produced and directed ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoons, wrote ''Hare and Loathing in Las Vegas'' and ''The Inc ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nancy Cartwright
Nancy Cartwright (born October 25, 1957) is an American actress. She is the long-time voice of Bart Simpson on the animated television series ''The Simpsons'', for which she has received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance and an Annie Award for Best Voice Acting in the Field of Animation. Cartwright also voices other characters for the show, including Nelson Muntz, Ralph Wiggum, Todd Flanders, Kearney, Database, and Maggie. Cartwright was born in Dayton, Ohio. She moved to Hollywood in 1978 and trained alongside voice actor Daws Butler. Her first professional role was voicing Gloria in the animated series '' Richie Rich'', which she followed with a starring role in the television movie '' Marian Rose White'' (1982) and her first feature film, '' Twilight Zone: The Movie'' (1983). In 1987, Cartwright auditioned for a role in a series of animated shorts about a dysfunctional family that was to appear on ''The Tracey Ullman Show''. Cartwright intended ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jeff DeGrandis
Jeffrey Maxwell DeGrandis (born December 1, 1957) is an American animator, director, and producer. Currently he's Executive Producer at Warner Bros Animation on "Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz." Jeff has served as Supervising Producer on ''Dora the Explorer'', ''Go, Diego, Go!'', and ''Ni Hao, Kai-Lan''. He recently produced, directed, voice directed and created ''The Finster Finster Show!'' short for ''Random! Cartoons'' and voiced Chicken #1. He's had 5 Emmy Nominations, Peabody Award, and won 2 Imagine Awards. Born and raised in Colts Neck, New Jersey, DeGrandis studied animation at the California Institute of the Arts. Prior to entering CalArts, he graduated from Christian Brothers Academy (New Jersey), Christian Brothers Academy and Monmouth University. DeGrandis got his first big break working on Chuck Jones' segment on the 1992 movie ''Stay Tuned (film), Stay Tuned'', and his first television animation work was on ''The Ren and Stimpy Show''. His other credits include ''God, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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DreamWorks Animation
DreamWorks Animation LLC (DWA, also known as DreamWorks Animation Studios and simply known as DreamWorks) is an American animation studio that produces animated films and television programs and is a subsidiary of Universal Pictures, a division of NBCUniversal, which is itself a division of Comcast. The studio has released 43 feature films , including several of the highest-grossing animated films of all time, with ''Shrek 2'' (2004) having been the highest at the time of its release. The studio's first film, ''Antz'', was released on October 2, 1998 and its latest film was '' Puss in Boots: The Last Wish'', which was released on December 21, 2022; their upcoming slate of films includes '' Trolls 3'' on November 17, 2023 and ''Kung Fu Panda 4'' on March 8, 2024. Additionally, two untitled films are scheduled to be released on February 9, 2024 and September 27, 2024. Formed as a division of DreamWorks Pictures in 1994 with alumni from Amblin Entertainment's former animation br ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |