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Superjail!
''Superjail!'' is an American adult animated television series produced by Williams Street. It follows the events that take place in an unusual prison. The pilot episode aired on television on May 13, 2007, and its first season began on September 28, 2008 on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim. ''Superjail!'' is characterized by its psychedelic shifts in setting and plot and extreme graphic violence, which give the series a TV-MA-V rating (for graphic violence, including scenes of bloodshed, dismemberment, torture, and extreme cruelty). These elements are depicted through highly elaborate animated sequences, which have been described as " Baroque and complicated and hard to take in at a single viewing". Setting and premise The majority of ''Superjail!'' is set inside the eponymous prison, located in an alternate dimension identified as "5612". The prison is overseen by an individual known only as "The Warden", the amiable yet sadistic and mischievous h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christy Karacas
Christy C. Karacas (born March 8, 1975) is an American musician, animator, voice actor, director and writer, known for creating ''Superjail!'' and '' Ballmastrz: 9009'' for Adult Swim and directing the Cartoon Network series '' Robotomy''. Life and career As a child, Karacas frequently drew, with inspiration from comic book superheroes and ''Star Wars'' characters to ''Family Feud'' scenarios, often with violent themes (though Karacas has explained that he in actuality is "a very non-confrontational person"). Karacas went on to study film and animation at the Rhode Island School of Design, though he wanted to originally get into live action material. For his senior film project, Karacas created the student film ''Space War'', which raised his profile via showings at animation festivals. Karacas began his career in the animation industry at MTV Animation, where he served as a background designer for ''Daria''. He is a founding member and guitar player for the band Cheeseburger, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Gruber
Benjamin Peabody Gruber (born January 2, 1972) is an American television producer and screenwriter. He is known for his work on '' Superjail!'', ''Breadwinners'', ''Teen Titans Go!'', and ''SpongeBob SquarePants ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' (or simply ''SpongeBob'') is an American animated comedy television series created by marine science educator and animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. It chronicles the adventures of the title character a ...''. Filmography Television References External links * 1972 births Living people People from Pennsylvania American male screenwriters American television writers American male television writers American television producers 21st-century American male writers {{US-screen-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheeseburger (band)
Cheeseburger is an American hard rock band. They are perhaps best known for their song "Commin' Home", which was used as the theme song for the Adult Swim animated television series ''Superjail!'', which was co-created by the band's guitarist, Christy Karacas, who is also known for creating '' Ballmastrz: 9009''. ''Spin'' has referred to the band as "The Hives, minus the Swedish accents (and matching formalwear)". Gang's All Here On June 10, 2005, Cheeseburger's released the 6 song EP "Gang's All Here" on Kemado Records. Self-titled LP Their first album, the self-titled "Cheeseburger" was released in 2007. ''Another Big Night Down The Drain'' In March 2011, the band announced it would release its second album ''Another Big Night Down The Drain'' on May 3 of the same year from Williams Street Records, Adult Swim's independent music label. Original band members Bradley, Crotty and Karacas are now joined by Jayson Green (vocals), Christian Gordy (bass) and Eric Dufresne (guitar) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Titmouse, Inc
Titmouse, Inc. is an American animation studio that develops and produces animated television programming, feature films, music videos, title sequences, commercials, and short films. The studio opened in 2000, and has offices in Los Angeles, New York City, and Vancouver. Some of their productions include '' Breadwinners'' and '' Baby Shark's Big Show!'' for Nickelodeon, '' Motorcity'' for Disney XD, '' Big Mouth'' and '' The Midnight Gospel'' for Netflix, ''Metalocalypse'', '' The Venture Bros.'', ''Superjail!'', '' King Star King'', '' Ballmastrz: 9009'', '' Black Dynamite'' for Adult Swim and ''Megas XLR'' and '' Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart'' for Cartoon Network, ''Animaniacs'' for Warner Bros. Animation and Hulu, '' Moonbeam City'' for Comedy Central, '' Hanazuki: Full of Treasures for'' Hasbro'', Bless the Harts'' for Fox, '' Turbo Fast'' for DreamWorks Animation Television, ''Star Trek: Lower Decks'' for Paramount+, '' The Legend of Vox Machina'' and ''Fairfax'' for Amaz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Bauza
Eric Bauza (born December 7, 1979) is a Canadian-American voice actor and comedian. His most-known roles include Stimpy on '' Ren and Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon"'', Foop on ''The Fairly OddParents'' and its reboot '' Fairly Odder'', Thunderbolt Ross on '' Iron Man: Armored Adventures'', and Fozzie Bear on '' Muppet Babies''. He is the current voice of many characters, including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Marvin the Martian, Pepé Le Pew, Tweety, Speedy Gonzales, Henery Hawk, Barnyard Dawg, Woody Woodpecker, Boo-Boo Bear, Atom Ant, Luke Skywalker, and Dino. For his role in '' Looney Tunes Cartoons'', Bauza won the first ever Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice Performance in an Animated Program. Early life Bauza is of Filipino descent. He stated that watching Mr. Dressup while growing up inspired his creative side; Bauza would draw with the host of the show while he was watching it. Bauza attended Cardinal Newman Catholic High School (now St. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Augenblick
Aaron Augenblick (born December 28, 1975) is an American animator, director, and producer. He is the founder of Augenblick Studios, known for his work on '' Ugly Americans'', ''Superjail!'', ''Wonder Showzen'', and ''Golden Age''. Early life and education Augenblick grew up in Wilmington, Delaware, and studied at the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York City. While at college, Augenblick created two animated short films entitled "The Midnight Carnival" (screened at Slamdance Festival 2000) and "The Wire". These films received two ASIFA Awards and the SVA Dusty Award for outstanding achievement in Animation. On October 20, 1996, "The Wire" was screened on the Cartoon Network as part of the ''ToonHeads'' special: ''A Night of Independent Animation''. Career He began his professional career working at MTV Animation on such television shows as ''Daria'', ''Cartoon Sushi'' and ''Downtown''. In 1999, Augenblick founded Augenblick Studios, an animation production facility l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Warbrick
Stephen Warbrick is an American animator, producer, voice actor and writer. He is one of the co-creators of the American adult animated television series ''Superjail!'', which he created with Christy Karacas and Ben Gruber. Warbrick began his career, as working at MTV Animation. In 2006, He directed the short film ''Bar Fight'', with his partner, Christy Karacas. Warbrick was also an animator at Blue Sky Studios Blue Sky Studios, Inc. was an American computer animation studio based in Greenwich, Connecticut. It was founded on February 22, 1987 by Chris Wedge, Michael Ferraro, Carl Ludwig, Alison Brown, David Brown, and Eugene Troubetzkoy after their .... References External links * Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American television producers American screenwriters American producers American animators American male voice actors {{US-screen-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augenblick Studios
Augenblick Studios is an independent animation studio founded in 1999 by Aaron Augenblick, and located in Brooklyn, New York City. The company has created a wide array of animated shorts for television, film, and the Internet, with a target audience typically being adults. Their clients include Cartoon Network, Comedy Central, Adult Swim, the TED conference, PBS, MTV, and Nickelodeon. History Aaron Augenblick studied animation at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. After graduating in 1997, Augenblick worked at MTV Animation on shows such as ''Daria'', ''Downtown'', and '' Cartoon Sushi''. In 1999, Augenblick opened Augenblick Studios in the Dumbo section of Brooklyn. The first cartoon produced by the company was "Ramblin' Man", an independent short film based on the Hank Williams song. "Ramblin' Man" was released to critical acclaim and was a 2001 SXSW award winner. Several other independent shorts followed, including "Drunky" (2001) and "Plugs McGinniss" (2003). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Wong (musician)
Joe Wong (born 1980) is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, composer, and podcaster based in Los Angeles, California. He is currently the host of ''The Trap Set'', a weekly podcast and radio show about the lives of musicians. As a drummer he is known for his work with Parts & Labor, Marnie Stern, Aa, Man Forever, and Mary Timony. Wong was also chosen to participate in the Boredoms' event 88 Boadrum. Wong's drumming style has been described as "trancelike", "propulsive", and "explosive". As a composer he has worked on projects that include the hit Netflix series '' Russian Doll'' and '' Master of None''; the Sundance Special Jury Prize winning feature, '' The Pool''; documentaries such as '' Collapse'', '' The Yes Men'', and '' Independent Lens''; the hit young adult film ''To All the Boys I've Loved Before''; and avant-garde work such as Adult Swim's ''Superjail!'' and the 2014 film ''Hamlet A.D.D.''. Wong's scoring projects have garnered praise from the ''New York ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Williams Street
Williams Street Productions, LLC, d/b/a Williams Street and 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 Adult Swim (the programming block on Cartoon Network). Mike Lazzo and Keith Crofford oversaw operations for the building for most of its existence. In December 2019, co-founder Lazzo retired from the company, with business partner and co-founder Crofford retiring the following year. Michael Ouweleen was named president in 2020. Name and logo The current name of the company originates from the location of its headquarters building – which is also the home office for Adult Swim – at 1065 Williams Street NW in Atlanta, Georgia near the current offices of TBS and TNT on Techwood Drive. The facility began as a carpet factory and was purchased by T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adult Swim
Adult Swim (AS; stylized as dult swim'' and often abbreviated as s'') is an American adult-oriented night-time cable television channel that shares channel space with the basic cable network Cartoon Network and is programmed by its in-house production studio, Williams Street. It is part of American media conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery. Adult Swim runs nightly from 9 p.m. – 6 a.m. ET/ PT. Debuting in 2001, Adult Swim served as the nighttime identity of Cartoon Network, and it was established as alternative programming during late night hours when Cartoon Network's primary target audience would normally be sleeping. By 2005, Adult Swim would be granted its own separate Nielsen ratings report from Cartoon Network due to its targeting a different audience. The block features stylistically varied animated and live-action shows, including original programming, syndicated series, anime, and short films with generally minimal or no editing for content. Adult Swim has freq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dana Snyder
Dana Snyder is an American actor. He is known for his voice roles of Master Shake in ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force'', Granny Cuyler in '' Squidbillies'', Baby Ball on '' Ballmastrz: 9009'', and other roles in various Adult Swim television shows. His other voice roles include voicing Dr. Colosso in Nickelodeon's comedy series ''The Thundermans'' and Gazpacho in Cartoon Network's animated series ''Chowder'', alongside live-action work in shows such as '' Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell'' and '' Saul of the Mole Men''. Early life Snyder was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania and grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada. He credits Don Rickles, Rip Taylor, and Phil Silvers as childhood influences in his decision to pursue acting. Snyder graduated from Las Vegas High School in 1992 and from Webster University in St. Louis in 1996 with a BFA from Webster's Conservatory of Theatre Arts. Career Voice acting Snyder was hired to voice Master Shake on ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force'', auditioning over the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
