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Rocko's Modern Life ''Rocko's Modern Life'' is an American animated television series created by Joe Murray for Nickelodeon. The series centers on the surreal life of an anthropomorphic Australian immigrant wallaby named Rocko and his friends: the eccentric stee ...
'' is an American animated television series created by Joe Murray. It premiered on
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on September 18, 1993, and ended on November 24, 1996, with a total of 52 episodes over the course of 4 seasons. A typical, half-hour episode of ''Rocko's Modern Life'' featured two twelve-minute stories with a commercial break in between. Occasionally, one story would be told over the half-hour time slot as Part I and Part II. The ''Rocko's Modern Life'' team produced all of the episodes except for one in the San Fernando Valley region of
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.Where Rocko the series was produced
", '' Joe Murray Studio''
Murray produced the pilot episode, ''Trash-O-Madness'', in his studio in
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; Murray animated half of the episode, and the production occurred entirely in the United States, with animation in Saratoga and processing in
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.How the Pilot was produced
", ''Joe Murray Studio''
On August 11, 2016, Nickelodeon announced that they had greenlit a one-hour
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entitled ''
Static Cling Static cling is the tendency for light objects to stick (cling) to other objects owing to static electricity. It is common in clothing, but occurs with other items, such as the tendency of dust to be attracted to, and stick to, plastic items. ...
'', with Murray serving as executive producer. It premiered on
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on August 9, 2019.


Series overview


Episodes


Pilot (1992)


Season 1 (1993)


Season 2 (1994–95)


Season 3 (1995–96)


Season 4 (1996)


''Static Cling'' (2019)

In 2019,
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acquired rights to stream a new ''Rocko'' special, titled ''
Static Cling Static cling is the tendency for light objects to stick (cling) to other objects owing to static electricity. It is common in clothing, but occurs with other items, such as the tendency of dust to be attracted to, and stick to, plastic items. ...
''.


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Rocko's Modern Life ''Rocko's Modern Life'' is an American animated television series created by Joe Murray for Nickelodeon. The series centers on the surreal life of an anthropomorphic Australian immigrant wallaby named Rocko and his friends: the eccentric stee ...
Rocko Rocko Rama is the main protagonist of the animated television series '' Rocko's Modern Life'', the Netflix special Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling, and the comic book series of the same name. Carlos Alazraqui provided the voice of the anthropo ...
Rocko's Modern Life ''Rocko's Modern Life'' is an American animated television series created by Joe Murray for Nickelodeon. The series centers on the surreal life of an anthropomorphic Australian immigrant wallaby named Rocko and his friends: the eccentric stee ...
Rocko's Modern Life