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Larry Leichliter
Lawrence "Larry" Leichliter is an American animator and director who began his work in animation in 1975 with the made-for-TV ''Peanuts'' special ''You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown''. Throughout his career, he has worked on ''Peanuts'' animated television films, but he has also contributed to other successful animated series including Nickelodeon's '' ChalkZone'' and ''The Mighty B!'' and Cartoon Network's ''Time Squad'', ''Squirrel Boy'', ''The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack'', '' Sym-Bionic Titan'', and ''Adventure Time''. Career Leichliter's career in animation began in 1975 when he worked on ''You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown''. This was followed by numerous other ''Peanuts'' specials that he was a crew member of throughout the late 1970s and 1980s. Since then, he has worked on many animated television series, particularly those made for Nickelodeon, which include ''Hey Arnold!'', '' ChalkZone'', ''SpongeBob SquarePants'', ''CatDog'', ''The Fairly OddParents'', ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 and his aquatic friends in the fictional underwater city of Bikini Bottom. The fifth-longest-running American animated series, its high popularity has made it a media franchise. It is the highest rated Nickelodeon series and the most profitable property for Paramount Consumer Products, generating over $13 billion in merchandising revenue as of 2019. Many of the series's ideas originated in ''The Intertidal Zone'', an unpublished educational comic book Hillenburg created in 1989 to teach his students about undersea life. He began developing ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' into a television series in 1996, and in 1997, a seven-minute pilot was pitched to Nickelodeon. The network's executives wanted SpongeBob to be a child in school, but Hillenb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown
''It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown'' is the 16th prime-time animated television special based on the comic strip ''Peanuts'' by Charles M. Schulz. It was originally aired 8:00 PM, Monday, October 24, 1977 on the CBS-TV network. In this special, Charlie Brown worries when he is chosen to kiss his crush in a homecoming parade. The special was directed by Phil Roman and produced by Bill Melendez. It was the first Peanuts special (and second Peanuts project overall) following the death of composer and jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi, who died on February 6, 1976, a year before the special began airing. Following Guaraldi's death, the music was composed by Ed Bogas. Plot Charlie Brown's school has their annual Homecoming parade and football game. He and Linus are on the team, who are the escorts for the Queen and her court. During the parade, Linus mentions that Charlie Brown himself will be escorting the Queen who, to Charlie Brown's shock, is the Little Red-Haired Girl herself (w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown
''Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown'' is a 1977 American animated adventure comedy film produced by United Feature Syndicate for Paramount Pictures, directed by Bill Melendez and Phil Roman, and the third in a series of films based on the ''Peanuts'' comic strip. It was the first ''Peanuts'' feature-length film produced after the death of composer Vince Guaraldi, who was originally intended to score the film, and used the same voice cast from the 1975 and 1976 TV specials, ''You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown'', '' Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown'', and ''It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown'', and the same voice cast member from the 1974 TV special, ''It's a Mystery, Charlie Brown''. However, Liam Martin voiced Linus van Pelt for the last time in the movie, and went on to voice Charlie Brown in the 1978 TV special, ''What a Nightmare, Charlie Brown!''. This would be Stuart Brotman's final role before his death from a brain aneurysm in 2011. The film received mixed-to-positive revie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown
''It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown'' is the 15th prime-time animated television special based on Charles M. Schulz's comic strip ''Peanuts''. The subject of the special is Arbor Day, a secular holiday devoted to planting trees. ''It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown'' premiered on the CBS network on March 16, 1976, which is near the dates in which most U.S. states observe Arbor Day. This is the first special to feature the character Rerun van Pelt (younger brother to Linus and Lucy), who had debuted in the ''Peanuts'' comic strip in March 1973. The musical score features the final compositions and recorded performances of Vince Guaraldi, a jazz pianist whose many contributions to ''Peanuts'' include the theme "Linus and Lucy". Guaraldi died on February 6, 1976—less than two months before the special's premiere. ''It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown'' was distributed as a bonus feature on Paramount Home Video's 2003 DVD-Video release of '' It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Over The Garden Wall
''Over the Garden Wall'' is an American animated television miniseries created by Patrick McHale for Cartoon Network. The series centers on two half-brothers who travel across a mysterious forest to find their way home, encountering a variety of strange and fantastical things on their journey. The show is based on McHale's animated short film '' Tome of the Unknown'', which was produced as part of Cartoon Network Studios' shorts development program. Elijah Wood and Collin Dean voice the protagonists Wirt and Greg, and Melanie Lynskey voices Beatrice, a bluebird. The series' voice cast also includes Christopher Lloyd, Tim Curry, Bebe Neuwirth, Chris Isaak, Shirley Jones, Thomas Lennon, Jack Jones, Jerron Paxton, John Cleese and Samuel Ramey. The Blasting Company composed the soundtrack. ''Over the Garden Wall'' was broadcast throughout the week of November 3 to November 7, 2014. The show was the first miniseries on the network. McHale first envisioned it in 2004 and pit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cartoon Hangover
Cartoon Hangover is a Frederator internet television channel and adult animation division, part of the YouTube Original Channel Initiative, launched in February 2012. Frederator produced two animated series exclusively for the Internet: '' Bravest Warriors,'' created by Pendleton Ward and '' Bee and PuppyCat'', created by Natasha Allegri. Previously, they produced '' SuperFuckers'', created by James Kochalka. Cartoon Hangover also hosts Frederator's fifth and sixth cartoon short incubators: '' Too Cool! Cartoons'', which was planned to feature 39 shorts but ended up releasing only 11 shorts, and '' GO! Cartoons'', a joint venture with Sony Pictures Animation that launched on November 7, 2017. Cartoon Hangover, Cartoon Hangover 2, Cartoon Hangover FRA, Cartoon Hangover ESP, Cartoon Hangover DEU, Cartoon Hangover POR, Cartoon Hangover NED, Cartoon Hangover ITA, and Cartoon Hangover Uncensored are part of the Channel Frederator Network. In addition to YouTube, Cartoon Hangover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bee And PuppyCat
''Bee and PuppyCat'' is an American adult animated streaming television series created and written by Natasha Allegri. The series revolves around Bee (voiced by Allyn Rachel), an unemployed woman in her early twenties, who encounters a mysterious creature named PuppyCat (voiced by the Vocaloid program Oliver). She adopts this apparent cat-dog hybrid, and together they go on a series of temporary jobs to pay off her monthly rent. These bizarre jobs take the duo across strange worlds out in space. The original series was produced by Frederator Studios with the animation initially outsourced to South Korean studio Dong Woo Animation. The series originated with a web pilot in 2013, followed by a Kickstarter supported first season which was released on YouTube from 2014–16. A re-adapted series entitled ''Bee and PuppyCat: Lazy in Space'' was produced and billed for a 2019 release on VRV, but was delayed and leaked online in 2020. Netflix later commissioned three additional e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), also colloquially known as the Television Academy, is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the television industry in the United States. It is a 501(c)(6) non-profit organization founded in 1946, the organization presents the Primetime Emmy Awards, an annual ceremony honoring achievement in U.S. primetime television. History Syd Cassyd considered television a tool for education and envisioned an organization that would act outside the "flash and glamor" of the industry and become an outlet for "serious discussion" and award the industry's "finest achievements". Envisioning a television counterpart of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Cassyd founded the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in 1946 in conjunction with leaders of the early television industry who had gathered at a meeting he organized. Cassyd's academy in Los Angeles merged with a New York academy founded by Ed Sull ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmys
The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the calendar year, each with their own set of rules and award categories. The two events that receive the most media coverage are the Primetime Emmy Awards and the Daytime Emmy Awards, which recognize outstanding work in American primetime and daytime entertainment programming, respectively. Other notable U.S. national Emmy events include the Children's & Family Emmy Awards for children's and family-oriented television programming, the Sports Emmy Awards for sports programming, News & Documentary Emmy Awards for news and documentary shows, and the Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards and the Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards for technological and engineering achievements. Regional Emmy Awards are also presented throughout the country at various times through the year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Primetime Emmy Award
The Primetime Emmy Awards, or Primetime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), the Primetime Emmys are presented in recognition of excellence in American primetime television programming. The award categories are divided into three classes: the regular Primetime Emmy Awards, the Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards to honor technical and other similar behind-the-scenes achievements, and the Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards for recognizing significant contributions to the engineering and technological aspects of television. First given out in 1949, the award was originally referred to as simply the " Emmy Award" until the International Emmy Award and the Daytime Emmy Award were created in the early 1970s to expand the Emmy to other sectors of the television industry. The Primetime Emmy Awards generally air every September, on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adventure Time (pilot)
"Adventure Time" is an animated short created by Pendleton Ward, as well as the pilot to the Cartoon Network series of the same name. The short follows the adventures of Pen (voiced by Zack Shada), a human boy, and his best friend Jake (voiced by John DiMaggio), a dog with magical powers to change shape and grow and shrink at will. In this episode, Pen and Jake have to rescue Princess Bubblegum (voiced by Paige Moss) from the antagonistic Ice King (voiced by John Kassir). "Adventure Time" first aired on Nicktoons on January 11, 2007, and later was showed in Fred Seibert's ''Random! Cartoons'' series showcase on December 7, 2008, subsequently leading to the creation of the animated series. It was nominated for an Annie Award for Best Animated Short Subject. The short and the later-produced television series share elements, but the two differ slightly in setting, conception and continuity, especially in regard to the post-apocalyptic setting, which is only featured in the telev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
