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Kyle Adam Carrozza (born May 19, 1979) is an American animator, screenwriter, storyboard artist, musician and voice actor. He is best known as the creator of
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's ''
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'' (2015–2019) and the animated short ''MooBeard: The Cow Pirate'' for
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''. Carrozza worked as a storyboard artist for Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon,
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,
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, and
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. As a musician, he composed and performed under the name TV's Kyle and was featured on
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's radio show and ''The Funny Music Project''. In June 2024, Carrozza was arrested on two counts of
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possession.


Early life

Carrozza was born on May 19, 1979, in
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. His father worked as a teacher for Catskill Middle School and as a
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. He studied under cartoonist Brian Mitchell during the summertime. He graduated from Catskill High School in 1997 and in the Art Institute of Philadelphia in 1999.


Career


Animation

Carrozza created ''
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'', which premiered in 2015 and was billed as
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's first digital series made specifically for online. The shorts were later developed into a TV series which premiered on September 29, 2016. The characters in the series were created by Carrozza in 1996, and the project was first pitched to Cartoon Network in 2005–2006 (as ''Legendary Warriors for Hire''), and to
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in 2007–2008 as ''Dungeons and Dayjobs'', before Cartoon Network picked it up in 2013. The series concluded in 2019 with the remaining duration being released on Cartoon Network Video and
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.


Music

Carrozza began producing music since the late 1990s, releasing most of his songs online under the name "TV's Kyle". His songs were played on the radio comedy show ''
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'' and on The FuMP.


Personal life

Carrozza married Lindsay Smith, a character designer and voice actress, in 2014. She filed for divorce on August 16, 2024, two months after his arrest.


Arrest

On June 20, 2024, Carrozza was arrested for possession on two counts of
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. Several former colleagues, such as ''Mighty Magiswords'' storyboard artist Luke Sienkowski (professionally known as Luke Ski), and ''The FuMP'', announced their disassociation with him as a result. On their X accounts, Sienkowski stated "I will no longer be working with Kyle A. Carrozza" and that "Our animation podcast has been taken down by the network that was hosting it," in reference to the podcast Carrozza and Sienkowski ran for Otaku Generations entitled ''Kyle and Luke Talk About Toons'', while ''The FuMP'' stated that "we have removed Kyle's listing from the Artists page and removed his songs from the random player at the bottom of the site. However, we are not going to delete his songs from the archive entirely. To do so would be to rewrite history and deny he was ever an important part of ''The FuMP''." Meanwhile,
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, who collaborated with Carrozza on a successful
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campaign for his music, also announced their disassociation with him and have removed all his music from their roster.


Influences

Carrozza cites the works of
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, many
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alumni (e.g.
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,
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, Jim Smith,
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, Nick Cross, Eddie Fitzgerald,
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, etc.), Ken Mitchroney,
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,
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, and
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as his main inspirations. Carrozza was also heavily influenced by
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and
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shows (e.g.
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,
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, etc.) and would frequently implant references to them in his works. Carrozza's music styling was influenced by the works of
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,
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and numerous artists, with the two former inspiring his use of the accordion in his works.


Filmography


Film


Animation


Web series


Video games


Voice roles


References


External links

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