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8 unusual facts about Cartoon Network


Cineme

Cineme judges included prominent figures in the television and motion-picture industries from Cartoon Network, DreamWorks SKG, Nickelodeon, Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Universal Studios.

Coby Whitmore

Glen Murakami, producer of the 2000s Teen Titans animated series on Cartoon Network, cited Whitmore and fellow illustrator Bob Peak as "big influences on the loose, painterly style we have been using for the backgrounds".

George and Junior

The characters were brought back to life by Pat Ventura in two 1995 cartoons on the Hanna-Barbera animation anthology franchise What-A-Cartoon! on Cartoon Network' George and Junior: Look Out Below and George and Junior's Christmas Spectacular (both cartoons were produced respectively by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Cartoon Network Studios).

Harry Hill's Shark Infested Custard

As of 2012, the show is still regularly being repeated on Cartoon Network, with up to three broadcasts a day, despite only 13 episodes ever being made.

Les Savy Fav

The song "The Sweat Descends" appears in the commercial for the Cartoon Network movie, "Fire Breather".

My Spy Family

My Spy Family is a live action family comedy series created by Paul Alexander that is being aired on the Qubo blocks in the USA, Boomerang in the UK, on Cartoon Network in South Africa, Poland, Italy, Hungary, Romania, Iceland and Denmark and on TG4 in Ireland.

Sports Kid of the Year

The SportsKid is also honored at Sports Illustrated's annual Sportsman of the Year awards celebration in New York City and in 2011 will be featured on Cartoon Network’s “Hall of Game” in Los Angeles.

Toonattik

The strand aired on weekend mornings from 7.25am until ITV Breakfast's closedown at 9.25am, featuring a selection of both British and imported cartoons, mainly from brands such as Disney, Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network.


A Feather in His Hare

--Note that Sraightdope forgot the cartoon Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips, which was also taken down--> pulled from Cartoon Network's annual June Bugs marathon in 2001 by order of AOL Time Warner due to ethnic stereotyping.

Ali Sepasyar

He is best known for playing one of the leads in Dude, What Would Happen on Cartoon Network.

Animated cartoon

Television animation for children flourished on Saturday morning, on cable channels like Nickelodeon, Disney Channel and Cartoon Network, PBS Kids , and in syndicated afternoon timeslots.

Animation Block Party

Animation Block Party expanded to a four day festival in 2013, including an opening night concert with performances by Adam Green, Hooray for Earth, Tim Harrington, and others, and exclusive animation from Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon and Pixar.

Artimation

The judges (brought in from many companies in related fields to the categories of the contest such as Cartoon Network, High Voltage, Digital Domain, The Simpsons etc.) select winners and a handful of honorable mentions to be displayed at the festival.

Blake Michael

At 10, he was chosen to be the host of a series of four collaborative commercials for Hasbro Toys and Cartoon Network.

Brother Brat

When this cartoon aired on Cartoon Network and TNT, the part where Baby Butch impersonates Winston Churchill was cut (though Baby Butch's mother's use of the word "Japs" was not edited).

Buzz Potamkin

After working at The Walt Disney Company for a short period in 1991, Potamkin was hired by Fred Seibert as Hanna-Barbera Cartoon's head of production, where he oversaw all the studio's output and produced shorts for Cartoon Network's What a Cartoon! series.

Daffy's Inn Trouble

However, as of January 8, 2013, CN has again aired it cut, most likely in response to both the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and the Clackamas Town Center shooting.

David Sacks

His writing and producing credits include seasons five and six on The Simpsons, for which he won an Emmy award, 3rd Rock from the Sun, for which he received a Golden Globe award, Malcolm in the Middle, The Tick, Regular Show on Cartoon Network, Murphy Brown, and created and Executive Produced "Lewis Black's The Root of All Evil" for Comedy Central.

Delta Express

Delta Express promoted the Cartoon Network animated television series The Powerpuff Girls by having a Boeing 737-200 jet painted with a special livery featuring the characters Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup on the exterior.

Digital television in the United Kingdom

The service carries some of the UK’s most watched channels including the Discovery Channel, UKTV Gold, Discovery Real Time, British Eurosport and Cartoon Network.

DStv

The original video channel bouquet consisted of 17 channels: M-Net, MGM TV, TCM, TNT Sci-Fi Universal, SuperSport, ESPN, SelecTV, Travel Channel, KTV, Cartoon Network, BBC World News, CNN International, Sky News, Trinity Broadcasting Network, MTV, VH1 and TV5Monde.

Gerald McBoing-Boing

A series based on the original cartoon started airing on Cartoon Network (United States) on August 22, 2005, as part of their Tickle-U programming block, and aired on Teletoon/Télétoon (Canada) on August 29, 2005.

Gotham City Impostors

The preview for Cartoon Network's upcoming animation block DC Nation Shorts in 2012 included animation of Gotham City Impostors.

Ian Jones-Quartey

Ian Jones-Quartey is a storyboard artist, animator and voice actor who supplies the voice of Wallow in Bravest Warriors and is creative director of the Cartoon Network series Steven Universe.

Japanese variety show

The BBC also has its own version of Hole in the Wall in the United Kingdom, while Cartoon Network has the American version of Hole in the Wall with Teck Holmes.

Jason Butler Rote

Jason Butler Rote is an American television writer, known mainly for his work at Hanna-Barbera (now Cartoon Network Studios) on Cartoon Network animated television series like Dexter's Laboratory and The Powerpuff Girls

Jeff Kline

From 2006-2008 he was a consulting producer for Cartoon Network’s Banana Splits revival, wrote a Paris Hilton pilot for MTV, and co-wrote the feature film The Rosenbergs Save Christmas (with Goldie Hawn attached to star) for Fox Searchlight.

Julie McNally-Cahill

Julie McNally-Cahill is an American producer, writer and animator who co-created the Cartoon Network series My Gym Partner's a Monkey with her husband Tim Cahill.

Kevin Munroe

He has worked on the development of writing and design of animated projects for companies like Jim Henson Company, Stan Winston Studios, Shiny Entertainment, Disney, Warner Bros., Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon.

Melissa Bardin Galsky

She was associate producer and talent coordinator for Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist, but is best known for playing the character "Melissa" on the show Home Movies, which aired on both UPN and Cartoon Network and was created by Loren Bouchard and Brendon Small.

Mook Animation

Mook has created Animation for Western programs, mostly for Hanna-Barbera and later Cartoon Network, such as SWAT Kats (four episodes from the first season and the entire second season), The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, Scooby Doo on Zombie Island, Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost, Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders, and Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase.

Philip I. Kent

Mr. Kent is responsible for TBS, TNT, Cartoon Network, Turner Classic Movies, Turner South, Boomerang, TNT Latin America, Cartoon Network Latin America, TCM & Cartoon Network in Europe, TCM & Cartoon Network in Asia Pacific, Cartoon Network Japan, CNN News Group, which includes CNN/U.S., CNN Headline News, CNN International, CNNfn, CNN Radio, CNN Newsource, CNN Airport Network and CNN.com.

Pokémon Ranger

A direct-to-DVD animated film adaptation Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea premièred on Cartoon Network on March 23, 2007 and released on DVD the succeeding month.

Ray Di Carlo

The studio's advertising agency clients including DDB Worldwide(Chicago, NY, LA, and Tribal British Columbia), FCB, Leo Burnett Worldwide, Santo (Bueno Aires/London), Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, Sedgwick Rd., Campbell Ewald, Pedone, Euro RSCG, The Buntin Group, Borders Perrin and Norrander, and Ogilvy & Mather, as well as networks clients NBC, TBS, Cartoon Network, The Learning Channel, and PBS.

Rubicon Group Holding

Rubicon also manages the international licensing and merchandising of its intellectual properties, such as Tareq wa Shireen, the first 2D animated series in created exclusively in Arabic; Ben & Izzy, a 3D animated action adventure Pink Panther and Pals which is co-produced with MGM Studios airing on Cartoon Network.

Scott Yaphe

Yaphe appeared in the movie Amelia in the third quarter of 2009, as well as in the recurring roles of Sliver in the second season of Disney XD's, Aaron Stone and as Zafer Griffin in the new Cartoon Network, live-action series, Unnatural History.

Screen Novelties

Screen Novelties was integral in the launch of both Robot Chicken and Moral Orel for Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block.

Secret Mountain Fort Awesome

Secret Mountain Fort Awesome is an American animated television series, created by Peter Browngardt (former storyboard artist on Chowder) and produced at Cartoon Network Studios for Cartoon Network.

Shadi Petosky

They have created video games for Cartoon Network and are creating animation for the television show Yo Gabba Gabba!

Shameik Moore

Shameik Moore (born May 4, 1995) is an American singer, actor, rapper, dancer, model, best known for starring in the sketch-comedy series, Incredible Crew that aired on Cartoon Network.

Terry McGurrin

McGurrin recently wrapped up as the story editor for the new 2011 Cartoon Network/YTV show Scaredy Squirrel (which is based on the book series of the same name).

The Animation Workshop

Among other places, bachelors from The Animation Workshop have achieved jobs at Cartoon Network, London, and Telltale Games, United States.

The Garfield Show: Threat of the Space Lasagna

The Garfield Show: Threat of the Space Lasagna is a video game based on the Cartoon Network television series The Garfield Show.

The Iceman Ducketh

Clips from this cartoon were used and commentated on by John Madden and Pat Summerall as the second quarter of the 2001 Cartoon Network special The Big Game XXIX: Bugs Vs. Daffy.

The Quick Draw McGraw Show

Currently, the show is aired on the Cartoon Network's sister channel, Boomerang, the Canadian station Teletoon Retro and occasionally on the Infinity channel, broadcasting in the Middle East.

WildBrain

WildBrain's first venture into television was 13 I Am Weasel shorts for the Hanna Barbera-produced Cartoon Network series Cow and Chicken, in 1997.


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91kt.com

In China, Cartoon Network has no dedicated TV channel, but its original series are broadcast on terrestrial TV channels, notably, The Powerpuff Girls broadcast on the channels of China Central Television.

All This and Rabbit Stew

It was one of the 12 cartoons to be pulled from Cartoon Network's "June Bugs" 2001 marathon by order of AOL Time Warner due to its "offensive" to African-Americans.

C. Martin Croker

C Martin Croker also voiced Moltar from 1997 to 1999 on the Cartoon Network programming block known as Toonami, later being replaced by TOM, voiced by Sonny Strait who led the block from then.

El Oso

A Cartoon Network video for the song "Rolling", was also produced which was synced with a Betty Boop cartoon.

Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby

The movie has been reaired on Cartoon Network and Boomerang usually as part of Mother's Day special programming.

Huckleberry Hound

He also appeared in various commercials and bumpers featured on Cartoon Network, voiced by Jeff Bergman.

Mark Chiarello

He also drew a Samurai Jack story for DC's Cartoon Network Action Pack #1.

Mark Gravas

Mark Gravas directed the 2005 animated film Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie, He also designed and directed the 2006 Cartoon Network production of Casper's Scare School.

Mark Risley

Between 2006 and 2009 Risley directed the Nickelodeon TV series Tak & the Power of Juju and two seasons of Cartoon Network's The Mr. Men Show.

Matt Crocco

Crocco also composed music for MTV animated series Clone High and also for ESPN Classic show "Cheap Seats" as well as music cues for the Cartoon Network film "Re-animated".

Matthew Géczy

He has also worked as the voice director for numerous animated television series including the Children's BAFTA-nominated series Eliot Kid (BBC, ABC Australia, Cartoon Network), Mouk (Disney Junior), I.N.K. Invisible Network Of Kids (Pop, ABC Australia), Season 2 of Casper's Scare School (Cartoon Network (US), and is currently in production for Season 2 of The Mysterious Cities of Gold, and Lassie for DreamWorks Classics.

Melling Racing

Nadeau returned for the 1999 season, with Turner Broadcasting taking a larger role in its sponsorship duties, advertising TBS, Dinner and a Movie, WCW, and the Atlanta Braves in addition to their Cartoon Network sponsorship.

Mr. Niko

Part of his work credits includes storyboards on "Duckman" at Klasky Csupo, "Atomic Betty" and "Robotboy" aired on Cartoon Network.

Sealab

Sealab 2021, a parody of Sealab 2020 broadcast on the Cartoon Network, first aired in 2000

Stephen W. Worth

Stephen continued to work for Spumco for ten years as a Producer on commercials, web cartoons, several television series and a prime time special for Cartoon Network called Boo Boo Runs Wild.

Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki

After Cartoon Network's rights to broadcast the show expired, International Channel picked up the rights to air the dubbed version in 2004.

You Ought to Be in Pictures

The film could also be seen in its original black and white form on the short-lived "Golden Jubilee" video collection of the mid-1980s, Cartoon Network's installment show Late Night Black and White, and Nick at Nite's version of Looney Tunes on Nickelodeon.