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Jeff Bennett (other)
Jeff Bennett (born October 2, 1962) is an American voice actor. He voiced the titular character of ''Johnny Bravo'', Dexter and Dee Dee's Dad in ''Dexter's Laboratory'', Ace, Grubber, and Big Billy in ''The Powerpuff Girls'', Peter Puppy in ''Earthworm Jim'', Brooklyn in '' Gargoyles'', Hämsterviel in the ''Lilo & Stitch'' franchise, Clay Bailey in ''Xiaolin Showdown'', Petrie in ''The Land Before Time'' franchise, The Man With the Yellow Hat in ''Curious George'', Clank in ''Tinker Bell'' and Kowalski in the ''Penguins of Madagascar'' series (replacing Chris Miller). In 2012, Bennett was awarded an Annie Award for his role in ''The Penguins of Madagascar'' and in 2016, he was awarded an Emmy Award for his role in '' Transformers: Rescue Bots''. He has been listed among the top names in the voice-over field. Early life Bennett was born in 1962 in Houston, Texas. He got his acting training on the stage at the Alley Theatre in Houston, before moving to California with his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houston
Houston ( ) is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the county seat, seat of Harris County, Texas, Harris County, as well as the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States and the List of Texas metropolitan areas, second-most populous in Texas after Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, Dallas–Fort Worth. With a population of 2,314,157 in 2023, Houston is the List of United States cities by population, fourth-most populous city in the United States after New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago, and the List of North American cities by population, sixth-most populous city in North America. Houston is the southeast anchor of the greater megaregion known as the Texas Triangle. Comprising a land area of , Houston is the List of United S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Penguins Of Madagascar
''The Penguins of Madagascar'' is an American animated television series produced by DreamWorks Animation in collaboration with Nickelodeon Animation Studio. It stars nine characters from DreamWorks' animated film ''Madagascar'': the penguins Skipper ( Tom McGrath), Rico ( John DiMaggio), Kowalski ( Jeff Bennett), and Private ( James Patrick Stuart); the lemurs King Julien ( Danny Jacobs), Maurice ( Kevin Michael Richardson), and Mort ( Andy Richter); and the chimpanzees Mason ( Conrad Vernon) and Phil. Characters new to the series include the otter Marlene ( Nicole Sullivan) and a zookeeper named Alice ( Mary Scheer). It is the first Nicktoon co-produced with DreamWorks Animation. The series was executive-produced by Bob Schooley and Mark McCorkle, who were the creators of the animated series '' Buzz Lightyear of Star Command'' (a spin-off of Pixar's ''Toy Story'' franchise) and Disney Channel's '' Kim Possible''. The pilot episode, "Gone in a Flash", aired as part of " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Bravo (character)
''Johnny Bravo'' is an American animated comedy television series created by Van Partible for Cartoon Network. The second of the network's Cartoon Cartoons, it aired from July 14, 1997, to August 27, 2004. The titular Johnny Bravo (voiced by Jeff Bennett), who is loosely based on Elvis Presley and James Dean, is a blonde-haired sunglasses-wearing, muscular, and dimwitted young man who lives with his mother and attempts to get women to date him, though he always falls short because of his actions. He ends up in bizarre situations and predicaments, often accompanied by celebrity guest characters such as Donny Osmond or Adam West. Throughout its run, the show was known for its adult humor and pop culture references. Partible pitched the series to Hanna-Barbera's animation showcase ''What a Cartoon!'', basing it on his senior thesis project he produced while attending Loyola Marymount University. A pilot short aired on Cartoon Network in 1995. The series was renewed for a second s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Series
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biker Mice From Mars
''Biker Mice from Mars'' is an American animated series created by Rick Ungar. The series premiered in syndication the week of September 19, 1993. It consists of three seasons of 65 episodes, with the final episode airing in syndication the week of February 24, 1996. The show follows three anthropomorphic mice motorcyclists named Throttle, Modo, and Vinnie who escape a war on their home planet Mars before arriving to rebel on the Earth against the species that destroyed their homeland (the Plutarkians) and to one day return to Mars. The mice's signature weapons consist of a cestus and a laser pistol (Throttle), a bionic arm with built-in laser blaster (Modo), and flares (Vinnie). Despite the frequent battles, no blood is shown, and many villains are monsters, aliens, and robots. Ownership of the initial ''Biker Mice'' TV series passed to Disney in 2001 when Disney acquired Fox Kids Worldwide, which also includes Marvel Productions. Animated television series set in Chic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonkers (American TV Series)
''Bonkers'' is an American animated television series and a spin-off short series called ''He's Bonkers'' which mainly aired in ''Raw Toonage'', as well as being inspired by the film ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' (1988). The show originally aired from September 4, 1993 to February 23, 1994 after a preview of the series aired on The Disney Channel from February 28 to June 6, 1993. The 9 episodes of the Disney Channel preview aired in October 1993 in the original syndication.''The Disney Channel Magazine'', Vol. 11, no. 2, February/March 1993: pp. 28, 34. The original syndicated run was available as part of the programming block The Disney Afternoon. Reruns of the show continued in syndication until 1996 and were later shown on Toon Disney until late 2004. Premise Bonkers D. Bobcat, a formerly popular cartoon star, had washed out of show business and became a cop. He was made the junior partner of Detective Lucky Piquel in the Los Angeles Police Department, a grim and ill-temp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Ryan
William Ryan (May 21, 1949 – November 19, 2021) was an American voice actor, musician and singer. He provided the voice of Petrie in the 1988 animated film '' The Land Before Time''. He was also known for his voice work as Eugene Meltsner in the Christian radio drama '' Adventures in Odyssey'' and Grubby in '' The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin''. Ryan was also the creator of Elmo Aardvark, a character that served as a pastiche of early animated cartoon stars, in 1993. Life and career Ryan was born on May 21, 1949, and grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. He became established by singing about the American West. In summer 1966, Ryan's earlier band, Wead, played a gig in Wellington, Ohio. In late 1970s, he teamed up with Phil Baron as Willio and Phillio. They had regular gigs on television, radio and comedy clubs and universities throughout the U.S.. They later paired up again voicing characters of best friends Teddy Ruxpin (Baron) and Grubby the Octopede (Ryan) in the Teddy Ruxpin bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Land Before Time (franchise)
''The Land Before Time'' is a franchise consisting of American animated adventure family films centered around dinosaurs, including a theatrical movie, various straight-to-home video sequels, and a spin-off TV series. Based on an original story by Judy Freudberg and Tony Geiss and distributed by Universal Pictures, the franchise began in 1988 with the eponymous film, directed and produced by Don Bluth and executive produced by George Lucas and Steven Spielberg. Its success spawned an additional thirteen direct-to-video musical sequels before expanding into other media including video games, soundtracks, and related merchandising. Notably, the additional movies and TV show did not include the collaborative participation of Bluth, Lucas, nor Spielberg. The 14 films were released as a Complete Collection DVD set later on June 14, 2016. Plot The films follow the friendship of a group of young reptiles (four dinosaurs and a pterosaur) named Littlefoot (a male ''Apatosaurus'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Bond Jr
''James Bond Jr.'' is an American animated television series based on Ian Fleming's ''James Bond'' franchise. Produced by Mac B, Danjaq and Murakami-Wolf-Swenson in association with United Artists, it follows the adventures of James Bond's nephew, James Bond Jr. The series debuted on 16 September 1991 and ran 65 episodes before ending on 13 December of the same year. It was the first ever television series produced based on the Bond franchise, and, as of 2025, is the only animated adaptation to date. Background This was the second attempt to create an animated series based on the Bond franchise. Bond screenwriter Kevin McClory announced in a February 1988 issue of ''Variety'' that he was working to produce an animated James Bond series called ''James Bond vs. S.P.E.C.T.R.E.'', to be produced by an unnamed Dutch company. The series never came to fruition. Eon Productions later began developing what would become ''James Bond Jr.'' The show was produced by Murakami-Wolf-Sw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California
California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an international border with the Mexico, Mexican state of Baja California to the south. With almost 40million residents across an area of , it is the List of states and territories of the United States by population, largest state by population and List of U.S. states and territories by area, third-largest by area. Prior to European colonization of the Americas, European colonization, California was one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse areas in pre-Columbian North America. European exploration in the 16th and 17th centuries led to the colonization by the Spanish Empire. The area became a part of Mexico in 1821, following Mexican War of Independence, its successful war for independence, but Mexican Cession, was ceded to the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alley Theatre
Alley Theatre is a Tony Award-winning theatre company in Houston, Texas. It is the oldest professional theatre company in Texas and the third oldest resident theatre in the United States. Alley Theatre productions have played on Broadway at Lincoln Center, toured more than 40 American cities, and played internationally in Berlin, Paris, and St. Petersburg. History Under the leadership of Nina Eloise Whittington Vance (1914–1980), Alley Theatre was founded in 1947 in a "former dance studio with an opening on Main Street. A brick corridor led from Main to the back of the studio, hence the name Alley Theatre." In 1948, early paying members scouted Houston for a new location for the Alley, finally landing on an abandoned fan factory on Berry Avenue. The Alley re-opened on February 8, 1949, with a production of Lillian Helman's '' The Children’s Hour''. In 1954, Ms. Vance brought in Albert Dekker to guest-star in ''Death of a Salesman''. The Alley then became a fully professio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rescue Bots
''Transformers: Rescue Bots'' (or simply ''Rescue Bots'') is an American animated television series that aired on The Hub Network / Discovery Family and aimed at a younger generation of Transformers fans based on toy manufacturer Hasbro's ''Transformers'' franchise. ''Rescue Bots'' is the successor of ''Transformers: Robot Heroes'' and is based on the same concept as the ''Marvel Superhero Adventures'' and ''Star Wars Jedi Force'' franchises, it also has similar traits to Mattel's toyline, ''Rescue Heroes''. ''Rescue Bots'' mainly focuses on educating children regarding hazards and safety. The original main group of Autobots who take part in ''Rescue Bots'' are Chase, Heatwave, Blades and Boulder. Relating to other ''Transformers'' series/continuities, ''Rescue Bots'' features human and Autobot allies as well as a toy line. The original toy line and the storybook series feature the team of Chief Charlie Burns (Optimus Prime's and Hoist's partner), an adult Cody Burns (Heatwav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
