Michael T. Scott is an American

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and creator of the ''Happy Fatties'' online cartoon series, which has been featured on several notable

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sites including,

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, Openfilm,

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, Aniboom,

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and

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. He is also well-known and famous for producing the television series titled ''Kentucky Fried Memories''. Scott also wrote and produced three comedy albums ''Pre-chewed Appetizers'' and ''The Jim Panzee and Friends Funtime Radio Hour.''

Happy Fatties

Since 2009, Scott has created over 100 animated comedy shorts. Additional to being featured on several of the online video sites mentioned above, Scott's work was also featured on Frederator's Channel on the

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. He was interviewed on Frederator Studios' blog in August 2011. In 2013, Scott relocated from

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, and partnered with animation company,

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, as the studio's Head of Story from February to December. The partnership placed Scott's entire library of Happy Fatties cartoons under Worker Studio's original content. The partnership formed at the

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, Innovation Pavilion.

Phil Hartman fan letter

In 2011, Scott posted a handwritten letter online that he received in 1997 from

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, and the letter went

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. Through the attention of this letter, Scott connected with Hartman's family and in May 2013, Worker Studio optioned the rights to develop ''Phil Hartman's Flat TV'', but withdrew the option later in August.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Michael T. 1977 births Living people American comedy writers American animated film directors American male voice actors Male actors from Queens, New York