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Nod's Limbs (book)
''Edgar & Ellen'' is a book series and animated television series. Created by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, it is based on twelve-year-old orphaned twins who cause mischief and mayhem in their sickly sweet town, Nod's Limbs. The series currently contains nine books in addition to some side material. The twins' names are derived from American author and poet Edgar Allan Poe. '' Rare Beasts'' is the first book, followed by ''Tourist Trap'', '' Under Town'', '' Pet's Revenge'', ''High Wire'' and ''Nod's Limbs'', with a sequel series premiering just a year later, currently consisting of ''Hot Air'', ''Frost Bites'' and ''Split Ends''. The '' Mischief Manual'', a book written in the voice of the twins themselves, hit the shelves in June 2007. A series of animated shorts premiered in 2006 and a weekly TV series premiered October 7, 2007 both on Nicktoons. Edgar and Ellen live in a 13-story mansion on the edge of Nod's Limbs. Ellen is supposedly the older of the twins by two min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Ogden (children's Writer)
Charles Ogden is a pen name used by a collection of authors at Star Farm Productions for the ''Edgar & Ellen'' book series for children and young adults. The pen name is credited with ten books, published by both Tricycle Press, and more recently, Simon & Schuster. The illustrator for the series is Rick Carton of Chicago, Illinois (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = List of sovereign states, Count .... It is stated that he is an avid camper and fisherman who loves to travel. Apparently, he’s been to both the North and South poles and Poland. Upon contacting the company that drives his books, Star Farm Productions (out of Chicago), say he is currently on Sabbatical in the Amazon with his typewriter and a net (one of his many hobbies includes collecting rare bugs). His book, ''Nod's Limbs'', is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashleigh Ball
Ashleigh Adele Ball (born March 31, 1983) is a Canadian voice actress and musician, known for performing with the rock band Hey Ocean!, as well as voicing characters in several toyetic movies and television series, notably the ''Barbie'' film series, '' Bratz'', ''Johnny Test'', ''Littlest Pet Shop'', and ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic''. She is the subject of the documentary '' A Brony Tale'' directed by Brent Hodge, which follows her through her first interactions with the brony community at BronyCon 2012. Early life Ball was born in Vancouver, British Columbia on March 31, 1983.References to confirm middle name:* * * Birthday posts from Hey Ocean: * * Career Ball has found a fan following through her band Hey Ocean! and through bronies, the adult fans of the television show ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'', a show in which she voices and sings as two of the six main characters, Applejack and Rainbow Dash. Ball has been to several My Little Pony fan convent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicktoons (UK And Ireland)
Nicktoons is a British pay television channel launched on 22 July 2002 as Nicktoons TV. It is a cartoon-centric sister channel to Nickelodeon. The channel airs Nickelodeon's original animated series. As with all of the Nickelodeon networks domestically. History On 19 July 2002, Nick Jr. moved to channel 624 on Sky, to vacate its original 606 number for Nicktoons to launch on the following Monday. It showed a static screen with the Nicktoons logo and a notice displaying Nick Jr.'s new slot. Nicktoons launched on 22 July 2002 as "Nicktoons TV". On 12 October 2004, Nicktoons TV was rebranded to Nicktoons. The rebrand featured the Pixel characters as the channel's first mascots, designed by Slomo Productions and directed by Filipe Alcada. From 17 February 2007, there was another rebrand featuring 4 mascots; Rooftop (a moose), Beat (a mouse/rat), Colin (a brain) and Spoon (a humanlike creature), designed by Studio AKA. The new 'worldwide rebrand' logo for Nicktoons was introdu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HDTV
High-definition television (HD or HDTV) describes a television system which provides a substantially higher image resolution than the previous generation of technologies. The term has been used since 1936; in more recent times, it refers to the generation following standard-definition television (SDTV), often abbreviated to HDTV or HD-TV. It is the current de facto standard video format used in most broadcasts: terrestrial broadcast television, cable television, satellite television and Blu-ray Discs. Formats HDTV may be transmitted in various formats: * 720p (1280 horizontal pixels × 720 lines): 921,600 pixels * 1080i (1920×1080) interlaced scan: 1,036,800 pixels (~1.04 MP). * 1080p (1920×1080) progressive scan: 2,073,600 pixels (~2.07 MP). ** Some countries also use a non-standard CEA resolution, such as 1440×1080i: 777,600 pixels (~0.78 MP) per field or 1,555,200 pixels (~1.56 MP) per frame When transmitted at two megapixels per frame, HDTV provides about five tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1080i
1080i (also known as Full HD or BT.709) is a combination of frame Image resolution, resolution and scan type. 1080i is used in high-definition television (HDTV) and high-definition video. The number "1080" refers to the number of horizontal lines on the screen. The "i" is an abbreviation for interlaced video, "interlaced"; this indicates that only the even lines, then the odd lines of each frame (each image called a video field) are drawn alternately, so that only half the number of actual image frames are used to produce video. A related display resolution is 1080p, which also has 1080 lines of resolution; the "p" refers to progressive scan, which indicates that the lines of resolution for each frame are "drawn" on the screen in sequence. The term assumes a widescreen Aspect ratio (image), aspect ratio of 16:9 aspect ratio, 16:9 (a rectangular TV that is wider than it is tall), so the 1080 lines of vertical resolution implies 1920 columns of horizontal resolution, or 1920 pixe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicktoons (American TV Channel)
Nicktoons (formerly Nicktoons Network) is an American pay television channel owned by Paramount Media Networks. The channel is geared towards children aged 7 to 11, and broadcasts reruns of original animated series from sister network Nickelodeon (known as Nicktoons) along with some other animated shows and feature films. As of September 2018, approximately 56.9 million American households (51.3% of households with television) received Nicktoons. History Nicktoons was launched as a standalone channel on May 1, 2002, as Nicktoons TV, part of the digital cable-exclusive MTV Digital Suite, in order to entice cable operators to pick up the network and give them a marketing advantage over satellite services. However, by early 2004, Nickelodeon management changed course and offered it to digital satellite services DirecTV and Dish Network. The network was originally marketed as commercial-free, with comedic promos involving Nickelodeon Animation Studios, two-minute cartoon shor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Richard Plowman
Michael Richard Plowman (born July 20, 1965) is a British composer and Conducting, conductor, based in London, UK, Los Angeles County, California, and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Early life and education Plowman was born in England, where he learned to play the trumpet at the early age of three. Plowman's interest in music quickly grew, as did his aspirations. He began teaching himself different orchestral instruments. Over the course of his schooling years, Plowman was a member of jazz and rock groups, playing gigs at local clubs, and at the age of 14, Plowman landed his first commercial television job. At the age of 16, he received a recording contract and produced his first album, ''The Now Sounds of Today''. Career Plowman continued his musical training at universities in Canada and the United States. He began conducting and touring worldwide with various orchestras and choirs, then moved into theater, and finally into composing music for films, television shows, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Farm Productions
Star Farm Productions is an American television company that designs, creates, and develops children's entertainment properties in multiple media. Productions Star Farm Productions is a Chicago, IL-based children's entertainment company that focuses on creating intellectual properties across multiple media. Star Farm was co-founded by Trish Lindsay, Rick Carton and Sara Berliner. Star Farm's first property, ''Edgar & Ellen'', is a six-book series launched in September 2003. A second series, "The Nodyssey" launched in 2007. All ''Edgar & Ellen'' books were written by Charles Ogden and illustrated by Rick Carton. The books are published in the US and Canada by Simon & Schuster and are available in 12 languages and 66 countries through 14 publishers. ''Edgar & Ellen'' books Original Series #'' Rare Beasts'' (September 2003) #''Tourist Trap A tourist trap is an establishment (or group of establishments) that has been created or re-purposed with the aim of attracting touri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Studio B Productions
Studio B Productions (later DHX Media Vancouver) was a Canadian animation studio founded by Blair Peters and Chris Bartleman in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1988. The studio was acquired by DHX Media (now WildBrain) on December 4, 2007, and became a subsidiary there since then. The Studio B brand is no longer used, and from 2010 to 2019, all shows were branded using the DHX Media name. Since 2019, all shows are now branded under the WildBrain name. History The company was founded in 1988 by Blair Peters and Chris Bartleman. On December 4, 2007, DHX Media acquired Studio B. On September 8, 2010, the renaming of the studio after its parent company, along with DHX Media's other subsidiaries, was announced: officially, on December 22, 2010, Studio B Productions Inc. and Studio B (Animation Service) Productions Inc. were renamed DHX Media (Vancouver) Ltd. and DHX Media Studio (Vancouver) Ltd., respectively, and on January 11, 2011, Studio B Holdings Inc. was renamed DHX Media (Va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Dobson (actor)
Michael Dobson (born August 12, 1966)Birthday tweets: * * is a Canadian voice actor and voice director, who works for various studios in British Columbia, Canada. He voiced Starscream in the '' Transformers Unicron Trilogy'' ('' Armada'', '' Energon'', and ''Cybertron''), Supreme Kai and Nappa in the Ocean dub of ''Dragon Ball Z'', Cobra Commander in '' G.I. Joe: Spy Troops'' and '' G.I. Joe: Valor vs. Venom'', Blob in '' X-Men: Evolution'', Leonardo in '' Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation'', Big Ears in '' Make Way for Noddy'', Bulk Biceps in '' My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'', Bull Dog in ''Krypto the Superdog'' and Pythor in ''Ninjago''. Personal life Michael Dobson is the oldest of the three Dobson brothers. His younger brothers Paul Dobson and Brian Dobson are also voice actors. He owns a voice recording studio Makena Sound Ltd. in South Surrey, British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Rabson
Jan Rabson (June 14, 1954 – October 13, 2022) was an American actor. Life and career Rabson was born in East Meadow, New York, on June 14, 1954. Jan's voice has been heard on thousands of commercials, films, TV shows, and animated films and series. For many years, Jan was a member of Johnny Carson's "Mighty Carson Art Players", performing in on-camera sketches as well as providing the voices for answering machines, cash registers and other inanimate objects for Johnny's sketches. One of his more famous roles included providing the voice for Larry Laffer in '' Leisure Suit Larry 6: Shape Up or Slip Out!,'' '' Leisure Suit Larry: Love for Sail!'', ''Leisure Suit Larry's Casino'', '' Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude'', '' Leisure Suit Larry: Reloaded'' and '' Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Don't Dry''. Most recently, Jan's voice can be heard in all of the Pixar '' Cars Toons'' shorts as well as ''Toy Story 3'', '' Up'', ''WALL-E'' and many more. In some of his anime dubbing an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian James Corlett
Ian James Corlett (born August 29, 1962) is a Canadian voice actor, animator, and author. He is the creator of Studio B Productions' animated series '' Being Ian'' and '' Yvon of the Yukon''. One of his best-known animation roles was the first English voice of adult Goku in the Ocean dub of ''Dragon Ball Z'' in 1996–1997. Career Corlett began his career in 1984. In addition to programming some drum tracks and helping with some computer sequences on Queensrÿche's album '' Operation: Mindcrime'', and also selling the band some music gear in the 1980s, Corlett also lent his voice to several animated series produced/dubbed in Canada. His most notable voice roles included the title character of the ''Mega Man'' TV show, Cheetor in '' Beast Wars: Transformers'', Glitch-Bob in ''ReBoot'', and Andy Larkin in '' What's with Andy?''. Another notable, yet brief starring role of Corlett's was Goku in Funimation/Saban's original dub of ''Dragon Ball Z''. Corlett has also lent his voice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
