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Robot Chicken
''Robot Chicken'' is an American adult animation, adult stop motion, stop-motion animated sketch comedy television series created by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich for Cartoon Network's nighttime programming block Adult Swim. The twelve-minute show consists of short unrelated sketches usually satirizing pop culture characters or celebrities. Toys are employed as the players, animated via stop motion and supplemented by claymation. The voice cast changes every episode, and features many Cameo appearance, celebrity cameos. The writers, most prominently Green, also provide many of the voices. ''Robot Chicken'' has won two Annie Awards and six Emmy Awards. Production history ''Robot Chicken'' was conceptually preceded by ''Twisted ToyFare Theatre'', a humorous photo comic strip appearing in ''ToyFare''. Matthew Senreich, an editor for ''ToyFare'', got in touch with actor Seth Green when Senreich learned that Green had made action figures of castmates from ''Buffy the Vampire Sl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Root
Thomas R. Root (born September 20, 1973) is an American screenwriting, writer, television producer, producer, television director, director and voice acting, voice actor for ''Robot Chicken''. Early life Root was born in Iowa City, Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. He attended Central Michigan University, graduating with a degree in journalism. While at CMU, Root edited the student newspaper ''CM Life''. Career Root was one of the original staffers of ''ToyFare'' magazine, and was a staff writer and copy editor for Wizard Entertainment's family of publications. While at ''ToyFare'' he was a co-writer of the magazine's 's popular ''Twisted ToyFare Theatre'' feature. Root co-wrote ''Writers on Comics Scriptwriting'', vol. 2, with Andrew Kardon in 2004. He also wrote Archie Comics' 200th issue of ''Jughead Jones, Jughead'' in 2010. Root and ''Robot Chicken'' co-creator Matthew Senreich created the Adult Swim series ''Titan Maximum'' which premiered on September 27, 2009. He was a writer on L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Goldstein
Douglas Goldstein (born September 12, 1971) is an American screenwriter and television producer and director, primarily known for his work as co-head writer on the late-night animated series ''Robot Chicken''. He won three Emmy Awards for episodes of ''Robot Chicken'' and has won three Annie Awards including one for '' Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II''. Life and career Born to a Jewish family, Goldstein was a founding member of Wizard Entertainment. During his 13 years at Wizard he was an editor, senior editor, and vice president of special projects, overseeing publications including ''Anime Insider'', ''Toy Wishes'', '' ToyFare'', ''Toons'', ''Sci-Fi Invasion'', and numerous custom publishing works. Goldstein was an editor and writer of ToyFare's humor strip '' Twisted ToyFare Theater'' for much of its run from 1997 to 2011. It has been compiled into several collected volumes. He is one of the founding members of ''Robot Chicken'', which hired a number of other writers fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adult Animation
Adult animation is an animation used for films and television series that is catered specifically to general interests and is mainly targeted and marketed towards adolescents and young adults, as opposed to children or all-ages audiences. Ralph Bakshi and Eiichi Yamamoto are the pioneering originators of animation as a medium in the 1970s. Characteristics and themes List of adult animated feature films, Animated films, List of adult animated television series, television series, and List of adult animated web series, web series in this medium could be considered adult for any number of reasons, which include the incorporation of dark comedy, dark humor, violence, shock value, toilet humour, vulgar language, nudity, sexual content (either pornography, explicit or suggestive), profanity, political themes, or other thematic elements inappropriate for children and/or younger viewers. Works may explore philosophical, political, or social issues. Some animated productions are noted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Suby
Michael (Mike) Suby is an American television and film score composer and music producer. He graduated from the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ... in 2000. Filmography Film Television Web References External links *Michael Suby Official Website {{DEFAULTSORT:Suby, Michael American film score composers American male film score composers La-La Land Records artists Living people Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Williams Street
Williams Street Productions, LLC, formerly known as Ghost Planet Industries, is an American animation and live action television production studio owned by the Warner Bros. Television Studios division of Warner Bros., a unit of Warner Bros. Discovery. The studio is the in-house production arm of Cartoon Network's nighttime programming block Adult Swim. Mike Lazzo and Keith Crofford of The Cartoon Network, Inc. oversaw operations for the building for most of its existence. On December 16, 2019, co-founder Lazzo retired from the company, with business partner and co-founder Crofford retiring the following year. Michael Ouweleen was named president of Adult Swim on April 29, 2020 as well as The Cartoon Network, Inc. from November 27, 2019 to July 1, 2020 and since May 13, 2022. History In 1976, Ted Turner bought the building and used it for his own television station, WTCG. This new channel was the result of a recent UHF takeover. In December 1976, the first WTCG signa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sony Pictures Television
Sony Pictures Television Inc. (abbreviated as SPT) is an American television production company, production and broadcast syndication, distribution studio. Based at the Sony Pictures Studios complex in Culver City, California, it is a division of Sony Entertainment's unit Sony Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment and a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony, Sony Group Corporation. It is the fourth iteration of what had originated as Columbia Pictures' television studio, Screen Gems#Television subsidiary (1948–1974), Screen Gems. History Sony Pictures Television's history goes back to 1947, when Ralph Cohn, whose father Jack and uncle Harry Cohn, Harry co-founded Columbia Pictures, founded Pioneer Telefilms. It was bought by Columbia and renamed Screen Gems#Television subsidiary (1948–1974), Screen Gems in November 1948, reincorporated as Columbia Pictures Television on May 6, 1974, and merged with sister studio TriStar Television (formed in 1986 and relaunched in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sony Pictures Digital
Sony Pictures Digital Productions Inc. (previously known as Columbia TriStar Interactive, Sony Pictures Interactive Network, and Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment) is a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation. Operating under the trade name Sony Pictures Digital Productions Inc., it is currently based in Japan, and was formerly based in Culver City, California, up until 2013. Bob Osher was the president of Sony Pictures Digital before he was fired in February 2015. It oversees the digital production and online entertainment assets of Sony Pictures, consists of Sony Pictures Mobile, Sony Pictures Digital Networks, and others. It is known as the digital website interactive creator for SPE. Sony Pictures Digital designed websites for Sony Pictures, Screen Gems Network, SoapCity, Sony Pictures Imageworks, GSN, among others for SPE. Columbia TriStar Interactive was formed in 1994. The first official website it launched was for '' Johnny Mnemonic'' in 1995. As well as building web ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stoopid Buddy Stoodios
Stoopid Buddy Stoodios (formerly known as Stoopid Monkey and stylized as Stoop!d Monkey) is an American production company and animation studio, formed by Seth Green, Matthew Senreich, John Harvatine IV, and Eric Towner. It was established in 2011 following the partnership of Stoopid Monkey, which had been founded in 1999, and Buddy Systems Studios. It is one of the producers of the Adult Swim animated television series '' Robot Chicken'' and '' Titan Maximum'' as well as '' SuperMansion'' on the streaming service Crackle and '' Buddy Thunderstruck'' on Netflix. Filmography Television series Web series Specials Feature films Other credits Production logos Every episode of '' Robot Chicken'' from seasons 1– 4 displays one of many still Stoopid Monkey production logo A production logo, studio logo, vanity card, vanity plate, or vanity logo is a logo used by Film studio, movie studios and television production company, production companies to bra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ShadowMachine
ShadowMachine is an American animation studio and production company specialized in film, television, commercials and music videos. Since its early days producing the stop-motion animation show '' Robot Chicken'', the company has been producing such shows as '' Moral Orel'', '' Mary Shelley's Frankenhole, The Shivering Truth'' and '' Titan Maximum'' for Adult Swim. Afterwards, the company produced ''BoJack Horseman'', for Michael Eisner's Tornante Company, starring Will Arnett, Aaron Paul, and Amy Sedaris, as well as '' Tuca & Bertie'', starring Tiffany Haddish, Ali Wong, and Steven Yeun. Filmography Films Television series Specials Music videos Advertising As the studio has grown, they have also taken on work with various advertising campaigns with high-profile clients such as Honda. It was also honored at the ADDY Awards for an ad campaign with Farmers Insurance, directed by Jed Hathaway. * ''Pinto Promos for Fuel TV'' * ''Hallmark eCards (Can't ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Bulkley
Alex Bulkley is an American film and television producer and director. He is the co-founder of the animation studio ShadowMachine. He also directed '' The Zodiac'' (2005), a psychological thriller he co-wrote with his brother Kelly. Career Bulkley has served as a producer on ShadowMachine's projects, beginning in 2005 with ''Robot Chicken'' and '' Moral Orel'', and won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Animated Program for ''Robot Chicken''s "Full-Assed Christmas Special" in 2010. He received two nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program for the ''BoJack Horseman'' episodes " Free Churro" and " The View from Halfway Down". As a producer on '' Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio'' (2022), Bulkley has won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, and the BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film. Awards won * 2010: Emmy for Outstanding Short Form Animated Program for Robot Chicken: Full-Assed Christmas Special * 2023: Oscar Oscar, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Lazzo
Michael Allen Lazzo (born April 10, 1958) is a retired American television producer and the former executive vice president in charge of the Adult Swim programming block of Cartoon Network, and its production arm, Williams Street. Life and career Lazzo was born in LaGrange, Georgia. In his childhood, his family would often relocate, making it difficult for him to make friends. Instead, he grew heavily invested in television, cartoons (mainly Astro Boy and Speed Racer), and comic books. He dropped out of high school at 15 and for a time worked at a movie theater. In 1984, he began working in the shipping and receiving department of Turner Broadcasting System. He gradually worked his way through the programming department of Turner in the intervening years. He went to program TBS's animation block, running daily from 4:30–6PM Eastern time until 1993, when he became the first programmer in Cartoon Network's history. By 1994, he was the vice president of programming for Cartoon Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Crofford
Keith Crofford (born April 14, 1956) is the former executive vice president of production for Adult Swim, the adult-oriented division of Cartoon Network, and general manager of Williams Street. He was executive producer for several Williams Street in-house productions such as ''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'', ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force'', ''The Brak Show'' and '' Squidbillies''. He also served as the executive producer for Williams Street out-of-house productions such as ''Sealab 2021'', ''Robot Chicken'', '' Tom Goes to the Mayor'', '' Minoriteam'' and '' Moral Orel''. Crofford was also the executive in charge of production for Adult Swim's '' The Venture Bros.'' More recently, he has worked on the Adult Swim animated production '' Primal''; for his work on the episode " Plague of Madness", he was listed as a recipient of the Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program. Crofford was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and attended Florida State University Florida State University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
