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Rugrats
''Rugrats'' is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó, and Paul Germain for Nickelodeon. The show focuses on a group of toddlers; most prominently— Tommy, Chuckie, Angelica, and twins Phil and Lil, and their day-to-day lives, usually involving life experiences that become much greater adventures in the imaginations of the main characters. The series premiered on August 11, 1991, as the second Nicktoon—after '' Doug'' and before ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'', with an initial instalment of 65 episodes spanning three seasons. Production was then halted in 1993 with the last episode airing on November 12, 1994. In 1995 and 1996, two Jewish-themed specials premiered; "A Rugrats Passover" and "A Rugrats Chanukah", respectively, both of which received critical acclaim. During this time, after the end of the show's production run, ''Rugrats'' began to receive a boost in ratings and popularity due to constant reruns on Nickelodeon. In 1996, Kla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Grown Up!
''All Grown Up!'' is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó, and Paul Germain for Nickelodeon. It served as a continuation of the series ''Rugrats'', as explores the daily lives of protagonist Tommy Pickles and his childhood friends, now Adolescence, adolescents. The concept for the series was based on the ''Rugrats'' episode "All Growed Up", which served as the original series' 10th anniversary special and proved successful with audiences. The series ran from April 12, 2003, to August 17, 2008, for a total of five seasons, and featured voice actors from the original series. Several episodes also feature flashbacks from the original series. Premise Tommy, Dil, Chuckie, the twins, Phil and Lil, Kimi, Angelica, and Susie are now tweens/teens. They have to deal with the various issues and the situations that occur during this age. As the show has aged, so have the characters as episodes often involve the cast dealing with common issues of pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klasky Csupo
Klasky-Csupo, Inc. (stylized as KLaSKY CSUPO INC., doing business as Klasky Csupo, ) is an American animation studio located in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1982 by producer Arlene Klasky and Hungarian animator Gábor Csupó (hence the company's name) in a spare room of their apartment and grew to 550 artists, creative workers and staff in an animation facility in Hollywood. During the 1990s and 2000s, they produced and animated era-defining shows for the children's network, Nickelodeon, such as ''Rugrats'' (which was one of the channel's original animated series, known as Nicktoons), '' Aaahh!!! Real Monsters'', '' The Wild Thornberrys'', ''Rocket Power'', '' As Told by Ginger'' and ''All Grown Up!''. They also animated the early seasons of ''The Simpsons'' for 20th Century Fox and Gracie Films, as well as '' Duckman'' on USA Network. In 2008, Nickelodeon ended their long-running partnership with Klasky Csupo and its shows ceased production, resulting in the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Riley (actor)
John Albert Riley Jr. (December 30, 1935 – August 19, 2016) was an American actor, comedian and writer. He was known for playing Elliot Carlin on ''The Bob Newhart Show'' and for voicing Stu Pickles in the ''Rugrats'' franchise. Early life Riley was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Agnes C. Riley (née Corrigan) and John Albert Riley. filmreference.com; accessed December 17, 2015. After attending Saint Ignatius High School and , he served in the |
Melanie Chartoff
Melanie Barbara Chartoff (born December 15, 1948) is an American actress and comedian. She first became famous for her comedy work on the ABC series '' Fridays'' (1980–82), and in the 1990s Fox sitcom ''Parker Lewis Can't Lose''. She voiced both Didi Pickles and Grandma Minka, Didi's mother on the Nickelodeon animated series ''Rugrats'' and ''All Grown Up!''. Early life Chartoff was born on December 15, 1948, in New Haven, Connecticut, and attended West Haven High School. She went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts from Adelphi University. She is Jewish. Career Her first Broadway appearances were in Galt MacDermot's space opera ''Via Galactica'' (1972), directed by Peter Hall, and The Young Vic's '' Scapino'', starring Jim Dale (1974). Chartoff's first TV role came in 1976 when she played a nurse on ''Search For Tomorrow'', after which appeared in the 1978 motion picture '' American Hot Wax''. She first became a nationally known figure on ABC's ''Fridays'', which was ABC's attempt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dionne Quan
Dionne Quan is an American voice actress, known for her roles as Kimi Watanabe in ''Rugrats'' and Trixie Tang in ''The Fairly OddParents''. Early life Quan was born in Knoxville, Tennessee to Lori and Daryl Quan, who ran a sewing machine and vacuum store in Vallejo, California. She is legally blind, having been born with optic nerve hypoplasia. Quan grew up in San Francisco, California. When she was 10, her father heard a radio interview with a teacher who instructed students in voice-over acting, and he immediately enrolled Dionne for lessons. She obtained her first voice work at the age of 14 for television commercials and acted in high school productions. Quan graduated from Benicia High School in 1998. Career Quan was cast as Kimi Watanabe in '' Rugrats in Paris: The Movie'' (2000), her film debut. She continued playing the role on the series itself, ''Rugrats'', film ''Rugrats Go Wild'' (2003) and the spinoff ''All Grown Up!''. Quan provided the voices of Trixie Tang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Alaskey
Joseph Francis Alaskey III (April 17, 1952 – February 3, 2016) was an American actor, voice actor, broadcaster, impressionist and stand-up comedian. Alaskey was one of Mel Blanc's successors at the Warner Bros. Animation studio until his death. He alternated with Jeff Bergman, Greg Burson, Jim Cummings, Bob Bergen, Maurice LaMarche, and Billy West in voicing Warner Bros. cartoon characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Sylvester, Tweety, Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leghorn, Pepé Le Pew, Marvin the Martian, Speedy Gonzales, Wile E. Coyote and Taz, among many others. He also voiced Plucky Duck on ''Tiny Toon Adventures'' from 1990 to 1995. Alaskey was the second actor to voice Grandpa Lou Pickles on the Nickelodeon cartoon '' Rugrats'' (taking over after David Doyle's death in 1997). He voiced Lou again in the ''Rugrats'' spin-off series ''All Grown Up!''. Early life Alaskey was born in Troy, New York, on April 17, 1952 to Joseph Francis Ala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine Cavanaugh
Christine Josephine Cavanaugh (''née'' Sandberg; August 16, 1963 – December 22, 2014) was an American actress, who had a distinctive speaking style and provided the voice for a large range of cartoon characters. She was the original voice of Chuckie Finster in Nickelodeon's '' Rugrats'' and the voices of Gosalyn Mallard in '' Darkwing Duck'', Bunnie Rabbot from the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' Saturday-morning cartoon on ABC, Oblina in '' Aaahh!!! Real Monsters'' and the title characters from '' Babe'' and Cartoon Network's ''Dexter's Laboratory''. Cavanaugh retired from voice acting and public life in general in 2001, although some media with her contributions continued to be released until 2003. She died at age 51 on December 22, 2014, at her home in Cedar City, Utah. Early life Christine Josephine Sandberg was born in Layton, Utah, on August 16, 1963, to Waldo Eugene Sandberg and Rheta Sandberg (née Mason). Cavanaugh was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cree Summer
Cree Summer Francks (born July 7, 1969) is a American-Canadian actress and singer. She has worked extensively in animation, voicing long-running characters such as Susie Carmichael in '' Rugrats'' and Elmyra Duff in ''Tiny Toon Adventures'' and related media. In live action, she is known for playing Winifred "Freddie" Brooks on the NBC sitcom '' A Different World''. Early life Summer was born in Los Angeles on July 7, 1969, and grew up on the Red Pheasant Reserve in Saskatchewan, Canada. Her parents are Don Francks, a Canadian actor and musician, and Lili Clark from North Richmond, California, an African American adopted member of the Plains Cree First Nations. She and her family also traveled and lived around British Columbia during her childhood, and she started public school at the age of nine in Toronto. Her brother, Rainbow Sun Francks, is an actor and a former MuchMusic VJ. Career Acting Summer's acting career began in 1983 when she was cast as Penny in the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arlene Klasky
Arlene Phyllis Klasky (born May 26, 1949) is an American animator, graphic designer, producer and co-founder of Klasky Csupo with Gábor Csupó. In 1999, she was named one of the "Top 25 Women in Animation" by ''Animation Magazine''. She is most known for her work with Nickelodeon in the 1990s and 2000s. She, along with her ex-husband Gábor Csupó and Paul Germain, co-created the animated series ''Rugrats'' as well as the 2021 revival series of the same name. Career Klasky Csupo Klasky Csupo was formed with Gábor Csupó in the couple's two-bedroom Hollywood apartment in 1980. The company later was moved to Seward Street in Hollywood. They designed the logos for ''21 Jump Street'', ''Anything but Love'' and ''In Living Color''; produced music videos for Beastie Boys and Luther Vandross; ''Simpsons'' shorts for '' The Tracey Ullman Show''; shorts for ''Sesame Street''; and the opening titles for ''In Living Color''. In 1989, after the birth of Klasky and Csupo's two sons, K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheryl Chase (actress)
Cheryl Chase (born Cheryl Christine Hudock; born December 25, 1958) is an American actress and children's book author. She is best known for voicing Angelica Pickles in the television series '' Rugrats'' and its spinoffs ''All Grown Up!'', '' Angelica and Susie's Pre-School Daze'', and the reboot of the same name. Early life and education Chase was born on Christmas Day 1958 in Manville, New Jersey to Stella Sophia (Knapp) Hudock and Emil Robert Hudock. Both of her parents were entertainers: her mother was an actress and her father worked as a musician. She is an only child. Chase attended Manville High School in 1977. She attended Brigham Young University majoring in early childhood education and graduated in 1981. After college, Chase was a student at the Lee Strasberg Theatre. Career Chase, then known by her birth name Cheryl Hudock, made her onscreen debut alongside Marie Osmond in the 1982 television movie, ''Side by Side: The True Story of the Osmond Family''. Chase is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanessa Coffey
Vanessa Coffey is an American film producer best known for her work on ''Rugrats'', ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'', '' Doug'' and ''Rocko's Modern Life''. Coffey has won two Daytime Emmy Awards and a CableACE Award. Career Marvel Animation Coffey's film career began at Marvel Animation working on television shows including ''Transformers'', '' G.I. Joe, Muppet Babies'' and ''Defenders of the Earth.'' Coffey later moved to Murakami-Wolf-Swenson where she worked on the development of the television show ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.'' Nickelodeon and Nicktoons Coffey says that after leaving Murakami-Wolf-Swenson, she did not want to do animation anymore because everything was either modeled after pre-existing comic strips or a vessel for selling related products. Coffey decided that she wanted to bring back original animation and called Debbie Beece at Nickelodeon. Coffey was told that Nickelodeon could not afford animation at the time, but she could produce a special for them. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Mothersbaugh
Mark Allen Mothersbaugh (; born May 18, 1950) is an American composer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist. He came to prominence in the late 1970s as co-founder, lead singer and keyboardist of the new wave band Devo, whose " Whip It" was a top 20 single in the US in 1980, peaking at No. 14, and which has since maintained a cult following. Mothersbaugh is one of the main composers of Devo's music. In addition to his work with Devo, Mothersbaugh has made music for television series, films and video games via his production company, Mutato Muzika. He composed the music for the 13-year run of the animated series ''Rugrats'' and its three related theatrical films. As a solo musician, Mothersbaugh has released four studio albums: '' Muzik for Insomniaks'', ''Muzik for the Gallery'', ''Joyeux Mutato'' and ''The Most Powerful Healing Muzik in the Entire World''. In 2004, he received the Richard Kirk award at the BMI Film and TV Awards for his contributions to film and television musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
