Peter John Hannan (born August 13, 1954) is an American producer, animator, singer-songwriter, author, illustrator, artist, and entrepreneur.
Hannan is the creator, executive producer, and show runner of the
Nickelodeon
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CatDog
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'', for which he also wrote and sang the theme song. He is currently the story editor, sometime songwriter, and interstitial producer of the animated
PBS Kids
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Let's Go Luna!
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''. He has created and developed properties for numerous studios. He works as a character designer and writes for various other animated series.
He created a web series called ''Really Freaking Embarrassing,''
single-panel cartoons called ''The Adventures of a Huge Mouth'' that ran in independent newspapers throughout the U.S., and writes and illustrates books, including ''Petlandia, My Big Mouth: 10 Songs I Wrote That Almost Got Me Killed, The Greatest Snowman in the World'', ''Super Goofballs, Sillyville or Bust,'' ''Escape from Camp Wannabarf'', ''School After Dark: Lessons in Lunacy,'' ''The Battle of Sillyville: Live Silly or Die!'' And ''Freddy! King of Flurb''. He has written and illustrated newspaper and magazine pieces with titles like "The Incredible Shrinking Christmas" and "The Good, the Bad, and the Irish."
He co-founded the company FutureVision, which produced a TV concert series featuring blues legends
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Albert King
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Buddy Guy
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Junior Wells
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Bobby Bland
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Otis Rush
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Blind John Davis
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Biography
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Hannan has taught, lectured, and led art, writing, animation, and creativity workshops for pre-school through college students. He has worked as a graphic designer and art director and done illustrations for magazines, newspapers, and advertising. He exhibits paintings, illustrations, and cartoons.
Works
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Rugrats
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'' - Voice of Balladeer
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CatDog
''CatDog'' is an American animated television series created by Peter Hannan for Nickelodeon. The series follows the life of yellow conjoined brothers of different species, with one half of the resultant animal being a cat and the other a dog. ...
'' – Creator
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Figure It Out
''Figure It Out'' is an American children's panel game show that aired on Nickelodeon. The original series, hosted by Summer Sanders, ran for four seasons from July 7, 1997, to December 12, 1999. The show was revived in 2012, with Jeff Sutphen ...
'' - Writer
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Pound Puppies
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Toy ...
'' – Writer
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Let's Go Luna!
''Let's Go Luna!'' is an educational animated children's television series created by Joe Murray for PBS Kids. Murray formerly worked on the Nickelodeon animated series ''Rocko's Modern Life'' and Cartoon Network animated series '' Camp Lazlo'' ...
'' – Writer
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1954 births
American animated film producers
American television producers
American singer-songwriters
American male singer-songwriters
American animators
American male writers
American illustrators
Goddard College alumni
Living people
Nickelodeon Animation Studio people
Showrunners
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