Carl Harvey Greenblatt (born June 17, 1972) is an American animator, television writer and voice actor. He is the creator of

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's ''

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'',

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's ''

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'', and developer and executive producer of ''

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'', an American animated series produced by

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for

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based on

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characters. He has also worked on Nickelodeon's ''

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'', Cartoon Network's ''

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'' and ''

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'', and ''

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'' for

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Early life

Greenblatt grew up in

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. As a child, Greenblatt was a fan of

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s and made several comics, including a comic called “Zibbler”. In high school, he took a commercial program that taught technical art and

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. He attended the

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where he majored in

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. He worked as a cartoonist at the school’s newspaper alongside

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Career

While studying advertising, Greenblatt sent comic strips to

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as well as ''

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'' magazine. After graduating, Greenblatt worked as an art director on several television commercials, including

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's ''Chef Jr.'' campaign. He saw an ad from

on ''

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'' and sent his

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to them. He later received a response and became a character designer. In 1998, he landed a position as an additional storyboard artist for ''

'', before graduating to full-on writer and storyboard artist. From season 2 and 3 of ''SpongeBob'' he teamed up with

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and later in season 3 he teamed up with Kaz. After finishing up on ''SpongeBob'' in 2005, Greenblatt became a storyboard artist on ''

''. In 2007, Greenblatt began ''

'', an animated show that he created and executive produced for

. Greenblatt collaborated with

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on his new '' Billy & Mandy'' spin-off

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special called '' Underfist'', in which he reprised his role as Fred Fredburger. He announced on his blog that

has given the go-ahead for an 11-minute pilot for a new show created by him entitled ''Bad Seeds'' (later renamed ''

''). He announced in September 2013 that the show has since been picked up for 26 11-minute episodes, with production commencing at the beginning of 2014. He has also directed the ''Deadman'' shorts for

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. On April 5, 2018, Greenblatt announced that he had now been employed by

, adding that he has been developing "something fun" for the studio but could not yet disclose anything else about it. On October 29, 2019, the project was officially unveiled under the title of ''

'', described as a crossover of several

characters living in the titular town "where they can't help but make trouble for one another". Greenblatt also plays Fish Taco, one of three main characters in an animated YouTube series titled ''Mexiguin'' since 2018. He helps mentor show creator, Joe Kozdra, in animation and creative writing alongside his voice-acting contributions. On January 29, 2021, a new Greenblatt project was registered for

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under the title ''Unnamed Pet Resort Project''.

Legacy

Scott Thill of ''

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'' praised Greenblatt as one of the most influential comedy writers with innovative comedic elements. ''Cartoon Brew'' also said Greenblatt "has logged a decade-and-a-half across studios and shows".

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of ''Time'' credited Greenblatt as defining ''SpongeBob''s comedic style. Greenblatt was a storyboard artist and one of the writers of the ''SpongeBob'' episode "

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", considered by many to be the best episode of the entire series. ''SpongeBob'' writer Kaz recalled writing with Greenblatt fun and said he was full with "weird energy".

Filmography

Television

Film

Video games

Internet

References

External links

*
C. H. Greenblatt's current blog on Tumblr

C. H. Greenblatt's original blog, Nerd Armada

Frederator Studio's interview with Greenblatt
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