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Tim Hill (director)
Timothy Joseph Hill is an American director, screenwriter, producer, and voice actor. Career Hill began his career in the 1990s as a writer for the show ''Rocko's Modern Life'' with Stephen Hillenburg and Derek Drymon, and was also a writer and producer on the shows '' Exit 57'', '' KaBlam!'' and '' Kenny the Shark''. Hill developed ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' with Drymon and art director Nick Jennings, and wrote the pilot episode as well as writing or co-writing four episodes for the first season. He also created the ''KaBlam!'' skit ''Action League Now!!''. Hill directed the films '' Muppets from Space'' (1999), '' Max Keeble's Big Move'' (2001), '' Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties'' (2006), ''Alvin and the Chipmunks'' (2007), '' Hop'' (2011) and '' The War with Grandpa'' (2020). Hill was a screenwriter for ''The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie'' (2004) and later co-wrote and directed '' The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run'' (2020). Personal life Hill has been married to actre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, and its county seat. With a population of 429,954 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the state's List of cities in Minnesota, most populous city. Located in the state's center near the eastern border, it occupies both banks of the Upper Mississippi River and adjoins Saint Paul, Minnesota, Saint Paul, the state capital of Minnesota. Minneapolis, Saint Paul, and the surrounding area are collectively known as the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Twin Cities, a metropolitan area with 3.69 million residents. Minneapolis is built on an artesian aquifer on flat terrain and is known for cold, snowy winters and hot, humid summers. Nicknamed the "City of Lakes", Minneapolis is abundant in water, with list of lakes in Minneapolis, thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks, and waterfalls. The city's public park system is connected by the Grand Rounds National Scenic Byway. Dakota people orig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sponge On The Run
''The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run'' is a 2020 American animated adventure comedy film based on the television series ''SpongeBob SquarePants''. Written and directed by series and former writer Tim Hill, who the story with Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, it stars the series' regular voice cast and includes new characters (both live-action and animated) performed by Awkwafina, Snoop Dogg, Tiffany Haddish, Keanu Reeves, Danny Trejo, and Reggie Watts. The film follows SpongeBob on a journey to Atlantic City to rescue his kidnapped pet snail, Gary. The film is dedicated to creator Stephen Hillenburg, who died in 2018, and also served as an executive producer on the project. It is the third theatrical film based on the series, following '' Sponge Out of Water'' in 2015. Development for a third ''SpongeBob'' film began in April 2015, two months after the release of ''Sponge Out of Water''. By January 2016, Aibel and Berger had been hired to write the film, and by April 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IMDb
IMDb, historically known as the Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993. Since 1998, it has been owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon. The site's message boards were disabled in February 2017. , IMDb was the 51st most visited website on the Internet, as ranked by Semrush. the database contained some million titles (including television episodes), million person records, and 83 million registered users. Features User profile pages show a user's registration date and, optionally, their personal ratings of titles. Since 2015, "badges" can be added showing a count of contributions. These badges rang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Jackson's Halloween
''Michael Jackson's Halloween'' is a one-hour animated television special that premiered on CBS on October 27, 2017. It was produced by Splash Entertainment. The cast of voice actors includes Lucas Till, Kiersey Clemons, Jim Parsons, George Eads, Alan Cumming, Christine Baranski, Lucy Liu, and Brad Garrett. The special also features Michael Jackson's music, and a dance finale depicting Jackson himself. The special was produced in collaboration with the Michael Jackson estate. John Branca and John MacClain, co-executors of the Estate of Michael Jackson, serve as executive producers. It is produced by Daniel Chuba and directed by Mark A.Z. Dippé. The special was created and produced by Optimum Productions, the company owned by Jackson's estate, with animation production by the Seoul-based VFX studio Hammerhead Productions. Plot A young man and woman, Vincent (Lucas Till) and Victoria ( Kiersey Clemons), cross paths on Halloween night. As a result of their meeting, they and Vic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever
''Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever'' (referred to onscreen as ''Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever! The Movie'') is a 2014 made-for-television Christmas comedy film directed by Tim Hill, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Jeff Morris. The film stars Internet celebrity cat Tardar Sauce, also known as "Grumpy Cat", and Megan Charpentier as a young girl who befriends and later adopts Grumpy Cat, only to discover that the two can communicate with one another. The film premiered on Lifetime on November 29, 2014, to generally negative reviews from critics. Plot Grumpy Cat is a lonely and grumpy cat living in a mall pet shop that is slated to be closed. She is bitter at being constantly passed over for other animals in the store, but is surprised to find that she can communicate with Crystal, an equally lonely 12-year-old girl who is shocked that Grumpy Cat can "talk". The two are initially at odds, but start to befriend each other, especially after a high-priced Leonberger dog is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whoopi's Littleburg
''Whoopi's Littleburg'' is a musical puppet animated television miniseries of three specials produced for Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block. It was created by Jonny Belt and Robert Scull, the latter of whom co-directed the show along with Tim Hill and later made the more notable Bubble Guppies also for Nickelodeon. The show uses a blend of puppetry and live-action characters. The miniseries focuses on a five-year-old piglet named Spencer, who has recently moved to the town of Littleburg. Young children and puppets make up the majority of the population and hold the community's jobs, and very few adult characters are seen. The only major adult characters are Spencer's mother and Mayor Whoopi (portrayed by Whoopi Goldberg), whose behavior resembles that of a preschool teacher. The setting was modeled after a nursery school classroom. Multiple original songs are woven into each story, normally in conjunction with the episode's moral. Whoopi Goldberg, Dr. John, and Guy Davis composed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
100 Deeds For Eddie McDowd
''100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd'' is a television sitcom created for Nickelodeon by Steven H. Berman, Mitchel Katlin, and Nat Bernstein. The series ran for three seasons, premiering on October 16, 1999, and airing its final episode on April 21, 2002. Plot Eddie McDowd ( Jason Dohring) is considered to be a schoolyard bully by his peers. McDowd considers himself very attractive and powerful and so he bullies others without mercy. One day, while bullying a kid after school, he is caught by a kind of mystical man. He tells McDowd that due to his bullying he will be punished for his wrongdoings by living life as a dog, and that in order to be restored as a human, he has to do 100 good deeds for others. Besides The Drifter, the only one who can hear him talk is Justin Taylor, the last kid he bullied. At first, the two are firmly against the idea, but McDowd realizes that he must work alongside Justin and his family to finish his good deeds. Every time Eddie performs a good deed, the D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Action League Now!
''Action League Now!'' (advertised as ''Action League Now!: The Series'' when packaged into a half-hour block) is a series of stop motion shorts that aired as part of both '' All That'' and '' KaBlam!'' on Nickelodeon. It was made using "chuckimation", a combination of stop-frame animation and live-action shots where things are simply thrown ("'' chucked''") or dropped into frame to simulate movement, and wiggled around to simulate talking. The series follows the adventures of a superhero league, composed of various action figures, toys, and dolls. The show was created by Robert Mittenthal, Will McRobb, and Albie Hecht. Most episodes took place in the house of an unseen resident. Many of the characters were voiced by radio personalities from Pittsburgh. From November 25, 2001 until February 10, 2002, Nickelodeon briefly ran ''Action League Now!'' shorts on their own, combined to fill a half-hour timeslot. Characters * The Flesh ( Jim Krenn): "He's super strong and super naked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The War Next Door
''The War Next Door'' is an American sitcom created by Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi. The show used non-canon humor as one of the two main characters dies at the end of each episode, only to reappear alive the following episode as if nothing had happened. The show ran for only 8 out of 13 episodes and was broadcast on USA Network from July 23 until September 24, 2000. Summary Kennedy Smith, a super secret agent, just wants to retire. Unfortunately, his seemingly indestructible nemesis, Kriegman, wants to make his life hell and so moves into the suburbs and becomes Smith's next-door neighbor and evil opponent. Cast * Linden Ashby as Kennedy Smith * Damian Young as Allan Kriegman * Susan Walters as Lili Smith * Tara Rosling as Barbara Bush * Nicole Dicker as Ellis Smith * Mark Rendall Mark Rendall (born October 21, 1988) is a Canadian film, television and voice actor whose roles include the lead in the 2004 film, '' Childstar'' and Mick in season 1 of the Canadian tel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welcome Freshmen
''Welcome Freshmen'' is an American comedy series that aired on Nickelodeon from February 16, 1991, to February 19, 1994, with repeats until October 27, 1996. The show took place at Hawthorne High School with a group of high school students and a bumbling vice principal. Seasons 1 and 2 The earlier episodes of the series consisted of comedy sketches that loosely followed a theme, each episode had two or three short skits about the gang's misadventures in high school. Some of the comedy routines involved a tortoise named Mortise teaching children about safety, a historian named Mr. History who talks about past generations of freshmen, the bumbling, freshman-hating, vice-principal Mr. Lippman imagining himself as a stand-up comedian telling really bad old jokes that insult freshmen, and a student named Billy Cushman who, though his appearance was occasional, provided not only a good example of how not to behave but also a good example of flatulence. Recurring skits * Home-Room Ann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Make The Grade
''Make the Grade'' is a children's game show that aired from October 2, 1989, to September 14, 1990, on Nickelodeon. Broadcast history ''Make the Grade'' premiered on Nickelodeon on October 2, 1989, with three seasons worth of first-run episodes airing weekdays. Reruns then aired until December 29, 1991. Reruns later aired on Nick GAS from January 2, 2000, to April 5, 2004. The first two seasons were hosted by Lew Schneider and taped in a small New York studio with no live audience and pre-recorded crowd noise. For the third season, the show moved to the newly opened Nickelodeon Studios at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida, this time with a studio audience, and Robb Edward Morris taking Schneider's place as host. New York-based disc jockey Maria Milito was the announcer for the entire run. NOTE: All times are Eastern. Gameplay Main Game Three contestantseach seated at either a red, green, or blue desk – competed to answer trivia questions and acquire squares ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
