The Fungies!
''The Fungies!'' is an American animated comedy television series created by Stephen P. Neary for HBO Max. The first part of the first season premiered on August 20, 2020, on HBO Max, followed by the second part of the season on October 8, 2020. The series made its linear premiere on Cartoon Network on June 4, 2021. Premise ''The Fungies!'' is set in a prehistoric and mythological metropolis of Fungietown in a strange prehistoric world inhabited by some fungi-looking creatures and occasional dinosaurs. The series follows the adventures of Seth, one of the town's young mushroom inhabitants, whose love for scientific adventures often ends with him stirring trouble with the local inhabitants and learning to understand others. Cast * Harry Teitelman as Seth * Zaela Rae as Claudette * Justin Michael as Nevin * Niki Yang as Lil' Lemon * Grace Kaufman as Champsa, Holk * Sam Richardson as Cool James, Mr. Mayor * Stephen P. Neary as Pascal, Sir Tree * Edi Patterson as Mertha, An ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy literature and drama. From the twentieth century, it has expanded further into various media, including film, television, graphic novels, manga, animations and video games. Fantasy is distinguished from the genres of science fiction and horror fiction, horror by the respective absence of scientific or macabre themes, although these genres overlap. In popular culture, the fantasy genre predominantly features settings that emulate Earth, but with a sense of otherness. In its broadest sense, however, fantasy consists of works by many writers, artists, filmmakers, and musicians from ancient mythology, myths and legends to many recent and popular works. Traits Most fantasy uses magic (paranormal), magic or other supernatural elements as a main Plot (narrative), ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Broadcast Programming
Broadcast programming is the practice of organizing or ordering (scheduling) of broadcast media shows, typically radio and television, in a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly or season-long schedule. Modern broadcasters use broadcast automation to regularly change the scheduling of their shows to build an audience for a new show, retain that audience, or compete with other broadcasters' shows. Most broadcast television shows are presented weekly in prime time or daily in other dayparts, though exceptions are not rare. At a micro level, scheduling is the minute planning of the transmission; what to broadcast and when, ensuring an adequate or maximum utilization of airtime. Television scheduling strategies are employed to give shows the best possible chance of attracting and retaining an audience. They are used to deliver shows to audiences when they are most likely to want to watch them and deliver audiences to advertisers in the composition that makes their advertising most like ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Snow
Snow comprises individual ice crystals that grow while suspended in the atmosphere An atmosphere () is a layer of gas or layers of gases that envelop a planet, and is held in place by the gravity of the planetary body. A planet retains an atmosphere when the gravity is great and the temperature of the atmosphere is low. ...—usually within clouds—and then fall, accumulating on the ground where they undergo further changes. It consists of frozen crystalline water throughout its life cycle, starting when, under suitable conditions, the ice crystals form in the atmosphere, increase to millimeter size, precipitate and accumulate on surfaces, then metamorphose in place, and ultimately melt, slide or Sublimation (phase transition), sublimate away. Snowstorms organize and develop by feeding on sources of atmospheric moisture and cold air. Snowflakes Nucleation, nucleate around particles in the atmosphere by attracting supercooling, supercooled water droplets, which ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mitch Metcalf
Mitch Metcalf (born ) is an American television analyst and former scheduling executive for NBC. He studied politics and economics at Princeton University. He worked for Frank N. Magid Associates and Research Communications before joining ABC in 1990. The network promoted him to director of West Coast research in January 1995, and later senior vice president of research. NBC hired Metcalf in September 1999 as senior vice president of program research on the West Coast. He became program planning and scheduling chief in November 2000. Metcalf was promoted to executive vice president of programming planning and scheduling in 2005. He left the company in March 2011 after Robert Greenblatt became NBC chairman. Later that year, together with Mitch Salem, he cofounded the website ''Showbuzz Daily'', dedicated to box office A box office or ticket office is a place where tickets are sold to the public for admission to an event. Patrons may perform the transaction at a count ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Eric Edelstein
Eric Edelstein is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for playing the role of Bobby Mallison in '' Shameless'', Chad in ''Clarence'', B.O.B. in the '' Monsters vs. Aliens'' television adaptation, and Grizzly "Grizz" in ''We Bare Bears''. He also had a supporting role in the 2015 horror film ''Green Room,'' plays a paddock supervisor in ''Jurassic World ''Jurassic World'' is a 2015 American science fiction action film directed by Colin Trevorrow, who co-wrote the screenplay with Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, and Derek Connolly from a story by Jaffa and Silver. It is the first installment in th ...,'' and voiced the character Richard Brynn in the game '' Before Your Eyes''. Filmography Film Television Video Games References External links * Living people 20th-century American Jews American male film actors American male television actors American male voice actors Male actors from Maryland 21st-century American male actors 21st-century Amer ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chris Diamantopoulos
Chris Diamantopoulos (born May 9, 1975) is a Canadian actor. He played Russ Hanneman in the HBO series '' Silicon Valley'' and starred in the film '' The Three Stooges'', and the TV series '' Good Girls Revolt''. He currently voices Mickey Mouse in the eponymous television series and '' The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse''. Early life Diamantopoulos grew up splitting his time between Canada and Greece. He is of Greek descent, a practicing member of the Greek Orthodox church, and a fluent Greek speaker. Career Diamantopoulos worked on television commercials and professional theatre productions at the age of nine. By the time he turned eighteen, he left home to partake in a series of American national tours. A short time later, he worked on Broadway, where he played leading parts in '' The Full Monty'' (2002) and '' Les Misérables'' (2003). Diamantopoulos attended East York Collegiate Institute. He played Robin Williams in ''Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of M ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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June Squibb
June Louise Squibb (born November 6, 1929) is an American actress. In 2013, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the film ''Nebraska''. Squibb has appeared in the films ''Alice'', '' In & Out'', '' About Schmidt'', ''Would You Rather'', ''I'll See You in My Dreams'', ''Other People'', '' Table 19'', ''Summer '03'', ''Blow the Man Down'', ''Palm Springs'', '' Hubie Halloween'', ''Godmothered'', ''Palmer'', and ''The Humans''. She also provided voice acting roles for the animated films ''Ralph Breaks the Internet'', ''Toy Story 4'' and ''Soul''. In television, she had recurring roles on series's ''Ghost Whisperer'', ''The Young and the Restless'', ''Shameless'', ''Good Girls'', and ''Little Voice''. Personal life Squibb was born in Vandalia, Illinois. Her mother, JoyBelle, was a silent film pianist. Her father, Lewis, was an insurance agent. Squibb married Edward Sostek in 1953. They divorced in 1959. Squibb married acting teacher C ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mary Faber
Mary Benton Faber (born in Greenville, North Carolina) is an American actress. She graduated from the Governor's School for the Arts and Brandeis University. Stage career Faber made her Broadway debut on December 26, 2005, replacing Stephanie D'Abruzzo in the musical ''Avenue Q''. She played the big-hearted Kate Monster and the easy Lucy T. Slut. Starting October 30, 2006, she took a leave of absence from ''Avenue Q'' to appear as Clea in the Playwright's Horizon's production of ''Floyd and Clea Under the Western Sky''. Faber returned to ''Avenue Q'' on December 19, 2006. Faber's last appearance in ''Avenue Q'' was on October 9, 2008. Faber has appeared in off-Broadway shows including Saved! at Playwright's Horizons, Slut, and ''The Tutor''. Faber also previously worked in the Theatreworks musical ''Junie B. Jones''. Mary helped to develop the character of Natalie in Feeling Electric (which would eventually be redeveloped into the Pulitzer Prize winning ''Next to Normal''). She ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Terry Gross
Terry Gross (born February 14, 1951) is an American journalist who is the host and co-executive producer of '' Fresh Air'', an interview-based radio show produced by WHYY-FM in Philadelphia and distributed nationally by NPR. Since joining NPR in 1975, Gross has interviewed thousands of guests. Gross has won praise over the years for her low-key and friendly yet often probing interview style and for the diversity of her guests. She has a reputation for researching her guests' work largely the night before an interview, often asking them unexpected questions about their early careers. Early life Terry Gross was born in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in its Sheepshead Bay neighborhood, the second child of Anne (Abrams), a stenographer, and Irving Gross,Stated on ''Finding Your Roots'', January 21, 2020 who worked in a family millinery business, where he sold fabric to milliners. She grew up in a Jewish family, and all her grandparents were immigrants, her father's paren ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Edi Patterson
Edi Christine Patterson is an American actress and writer. She has primarily acted in comedies. She is best known for portraying Fran in the film ''Knives Out'' (2019), Veronica in the series ''Partners'' (2014), Jen Abbott in the series ''Vice Principals'' (2016–2017), and Judy Gemstone in ''The Righteous Gemstones'' (2019–present). Early life Edi Patterson was born in Texas City, Texas. Her mother, Jeanne Patterson, was a teacher and her father, Dennis Patterson, was a plumber. She graduated from high school in 1993 and attended Southwest Texas State University, obtaining a theater Bachelor of Arts in 1997. Career After graduating from college, Patterson became an improv performer for both Theatresports in Austin, Texas and with The Groundlings Highlights of her screen career to date, have been regular roles in several TV series, including eleven episodes of ''The Underground'' in 2006, ten episodes playing Veronica in ''Partners'' alongside Kelsey Grammer in 2014, sta ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sam Richardson (actor)
Sam Richardson (born January 12, 1984) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He is best known for playing Richard Splett in the HBO political comedy series ''Veep'' (2012–2019), co-creating and co-starring in the Comedy Central comedy series ''Detroiters'' (2017–2018) alongside Tim Robinson, and playing various characters in the Netflix sketch show '' I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson'' (2019–present), and co-starring in the Apple TV+ series '' The Afterparty'' (2022). In 2022, he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his performance as Edwin Akufo in ''Ted Lasso''. Early life Richardson was born in Detroit on January 12, 1984, the son of a Ghanaian mother and an African-American father. His aunt was Barbara-Rose Collins (née Richardson), who in 1990 became the first black woman from Michigan to be elected to the United States Congress. Once or twice a year, Richardson would travel with hi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |