Carl Harvey Greenblatt (born June 17, 1972) is an American animator, storyboard artist, voice actor, writer, producer and director. He has worked on

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's ''

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'' and on Cartoon Network's ''

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'' and ''

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''. He is the creator of Cartoon Network's ''

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'',

's ''

Harvey Beaks ''Harvey Beaks'' is an American animated television series created by C. H. Greenblatt for Nickelodeon. The series aired from March 28, 2015, until December 9, 2016, when it was moved to Nicktoons on March 1, 2017, which followed the series fi ...

'', and creator and executive producer of ''

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'', a Hanna-Barbera animated series for

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produced by

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Early life

He was born in

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, and raised in a Jewish family. He attended the

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where he majored in

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. He was classmates with future film critic

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Career

After graduating, Greenblatt worked as an art director on several television commercials, including

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's ''Chef Jr.'' campaign. In 1998, he got his first job in the animation industry working as an additional storyboard artist for ''

'', before graduating to full-on writer and storyboard artist. After finishing up on ''SpongeBob'', Greenblatt became a storyboard artist on ''

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''. In 2007, Greenblatt began ''

'', an animated show that he created and executive produced for Cartoon Network. Greenblatt collaborated with

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on his new '' Billy & Mandy'' spin-off Halloween special called '' Underfist'', in which he reprised his role as Fred Fredburger. He announced on his blog that

has given the go-ahead for an 11-minute pilot for a new show created by him entitled ''Bad Seeds'' (later renamed ''

''). He announced in September 2013 that the show has since been picked up for 26 11-minute episodes, with production commencing at the beginning of 2014. He has also directed the ''Deadman'' shorts for DC Nation. From season 2 and 3 of ''SpongeBob'' he teamed up with

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and later in season 3 he teamed up with Kaz. On April 5, 2018, Greenblatt announced that he had now been employed by

, adding that he has been developing "something fun" for the studio but could not yet disclose anything else about it. On October 29, 2019, the project was officially unveiled with the title of ''

'', described as a crossover of several Hanna-Barbera characters living in the titular town "where they can't help but make trouble for one another". Greenblatt also plays Fish Taco, one of three main characters in an animated YouTube series titled ''Mexiguin'' since 2018. He helps mentor show creator, Joe Kozdra, in animation and creative writing alongside his voice acting contributions. On January 29, 2021, a new Greenblatt project was registered for

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under the title Unnamed Pet Resort Project.

Legacy

Scott Thill of ''

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'' praised Greenblatt as one of the most influential comedy writers with innovative comedic elements. ''Cartoon Brew'' also said Greenblatt "has logged a decade-and-a-half across studios and shows".

James Poniewozik James "Jim" Poniewozik (; born July 12, 1968) is an American journalist and television critic. He is the chief TV critic for ''The New York Times''. Earlier in his career, he wrote ''Time'' magazine's ''Tuned In'' column for 16 years. Early life ...

of ''Time'' credited Greenblatt as defining ''SpongeBob''s comedic style. Greenblatt was a storyboard artist and one of the writers of the ''SpongeBob'' episode " Band Geeks", considered by many to be the best episode of the entire series. ''SpongeBob'' writer Kaz recalled writing with Greenblatt fun and said he was full with "weird energy".

Filmography

Television

Film

Video games

Internet

References

External links

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C. H. Greenblatt's current blog on Tumblr

C. H. Greenblatt's original blog, Nerd Armada

Frederator Studio's interview with Greenblatt
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