#Oh Yeah! Cartoons

[classic-nicktoon-pictures]

At last, we get a real Jenny Wakeman plush.

#my life as a teenage robot #oh yeah! cartoons #oh yeah cartoons #plush toy #mlaatr #jenny wakeman #XJ9

[mrsegbert]

#mina and the count #mina & the count #mina harper #the count #count vlad #igor #oh yeah! cartoons #oh yeah cartoons #what a cartoon! #what a cartoon

[new-employeeamillion]

I’m putting together my research and findings for my next Nickelodeon video. (No idea yet if it’ll be ready before or after the CatDog review, but you know what I mean. About Nickelodeon as a whole.) That video is basically looking back on the first 20 or so years of the NickToons, and if there’s a definitive golden, silver & bronze age to be discerned. What makes the early 2000s tricky to classify is that, from 2001-2004, only 2 animated shows premiered that were new franchises. Invader Zim and Danny Phantom. All the rest were built on brand recognition.

The Fairly OddParents- created for Oh Yeah! Cartoons, pilot premiered in September 1998

Action League Now!- spin-off from KaBlam! (1996), standalone pre-series special premiered in March 1998

ChalkZone- created for Oh Yeah! Cartoons, pilots premiered in July 1998 (Oh Yeah!) and December 1999 (test run for full series)

The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius- shorts first started airing in February 2001, followed by the movie in December 2001, then the show in July 2002

All Grown Up!- spin-off from Rugrats (1991), backdoor pilot premiered in July 2001

My Life As a Teenage Robot- created for Oh Yeah! Cartoons, pilot premiered in December 1999

While Invader Zim’s pilot was produced in 1999, the franchise was introduced to the world in March 2001. Then a new NickToon franchise wouldn’t materialise again until 37 months later, with Danny Phantom in April 2004. And even then, Danny Phantom shared a creator and a lot of stylistic choices with The Fairly OddParents. I think this is why the first half of the 2000s is retroactively considered a period of relative stability for the NickToons, and the second half, with more ideas rapidly coming and going, is remembered as being shakier.

Does this change your perspective on early 2000s Nickelodeon? Does it make the output seem stronger or weaker in any way?

#2000s #nickelodeon #nicktoons #oh yeah! cartoons #the fairly oddparents #invader zim #kablam #chalkzone #jimmy neutron #rugrats #all grown up #my life as a teenage robot #danny phantom

[guest-walter]

"A real life teenager!"

#my life as a teenage robot #oh yeah! cartoons #gif #jenny wakeman #xj9 #cartoon #90s #1990s #pilot episode #nicktoons #nickelodeon #quotes #animation #mlaatr

[fredfilmsblog]

Best of Original Cartoons: ChalkZone

FredFilms Postcard Series 8.8

ChalkZone creators Bill Burnett and Larry Huber have both played a great part in my work life. And that’s completely aside from ChalkZone itself, the second series pickup from Oh Yeah! Cartoons. 

Years before I went to Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, I was the co-owner of the first media branding agency. Bill was the creative director and writer, and wrote some of our best, funniest, and smart stuff. Along the way, I found out Bill was a animation freak, with a giant pre-internet, taped-off-of-TV VHS collection of cartoons. Who better to come to H&B and run our creative marketing department where, among other things, wrote the branding essays that codified, for once and all, what made the studio so wonderful. He went on to write for David Feiss’ Cow & Chicken and I.M. Weasel before coming over to Oh Yeah!.

Larry is one of the people who made it possible for me to have a life in cartoons from H&B to Frederator to Fredfilms. When I first walked into Hanna-Barbera I was honest with the senior team. “I watched cartoons as a kid, but I don’t know much about making them. But, you do! So, you tell me what to do.” That didn’t go over too well with a team that had depended on Joe and Bill to guide them. But, Larry Huber reached out and told me he was there to help. And help me, he did. Starting with the mentoring of the entire, inexperienced 2 Stupid Dogs team, he became the supervising producer of What A Cartoon!, with a group of 45+ creators, many of whom were talented professionals but often hadn’t made a professional film. It’s been 30 years and Larry has stepped up with all of the shorts I’ve produced since then.

All of the wonderful experiences we’ve had together pale in the face of ChalkZone, an amazing accomplishment.

.....

From the postcard back:

You are one of 125 people to receive this limited edition FredFilms postcard!

www.fredfilms.com

ChalkZone Created by Bill Burnett and Larry Huber premieres on Nickelodeon March 22, 2002

Executive Producers: Bill Burnett, Larry Huber, Fred Seibert

Best Original Cartoons Series 8.8 [mailed out July 24, 2023]

#FredFilms postcards #series 8 #ChalkZone #Bill Burnett #Larry Huber #postcards #Oh Yeah! Cartoons #postcard

[fredseibertdotcom]

Larry Huber, official Oh Yeah! Cartoons portrait, 1998

Larry Huber.

Starting out in the cartoon business at 40 years old was pretty daunting. I had worked on some very short form animation in my previous lives, but cartoons? Completely different. Characters, layouts, storyboards, voice acting... A whole new world. When I first met with Hanna-Barbera’s senior staff –veterans all– I told them the truth. 

“I watched, and loved, cartoons as a kid. I don’t know much about making them. But, the good news is that you do. So I’ll listen to you about what we ought to do.”

At least, I thought it was good news. But honestly, pretty much only Larry Huber stepped up to help. And he’s been stepping up in my cartoon life ever since.

Larry’s a complete pro. He came to Los Angeles and studio art and animation, started in the business in the early 70s. He knows everything about the actual making of cartoons, which is great. But, better yet, he’s got great judgement, and though he would like to convince some people that he’s a curmudgeon, he’s one of the most caring and generous professional a newby, or a professional, could have as a colleague.

And that’s what he’s been for me. Actually, and more importantly, it’s what Larry has been for dozens of folks who made short films and series at my productions. Starting as the supervising producer on What A Cartoon! (he even designed the opening titles), coming on as my co-executive producer on Oh Yeah! Cartoons and Random! Cartoons, and continuing to help filmmakers on individual shorts at Too Cool! Cartoons and GO! Cartoons, and series spin-offs like Bravest Warriors and Bee and PuppyCat.

Larry’s got the obvious skill set –art, animation, storyboarding, directing, producing– but, I have to say what’s always blown me away is his instinct for filmmaking story. Obviously, there are a lot of ways to tell a story, whether it’s a short story or a novel. But, a film story has it’s own logic. And honestly, Larry is one of the few people I’ve met over the years that really gets it. I’m jealous, because I don’t really. At least, not like Larry.

And wow, what a mentor. My instinct for years has been that if you can pair a veteran professional, with the right first time wanna-be, usually young, professional, the results could be spectacular. Larry is the absolute proof. From Donovan Cook/2 Stupid Dogs, Genndy Tartakovsky/Dexter’s Laboratory, Craig McCraken/The Powerpuff Girls, Butch Hartman on all the shorts he did that led to The Fairly OddParents, Rob Renzetti/My Life as a Teenage Robot, Pendleton Ward/Adventure Time... I could write a whole post on just the young’uns he’s mentored. Including me (though I’m only a few minutes younger than him), I didn’t even know what a layout was before Larry filled me in.

With all the help he’s given others, it would remiss of me not to mention Larry’s co-creation, with Bill Burnett, of the fantastic ChalkZone, his series that ran on Nickelodeon for 40 episodes in the 2000s.

OK, I’ll spare you on the warm person that Larry is, a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, collector of HO trains and a cowboy and Civil War fan/scholar.

To me, Larry Huber made my professional life worth it. Thanks bud!

I’ve posted often about my mentors, the people I’ve learned the most from. And I’ve noted how often how many of them beg to differ as to whether or not I should credit them as such. So, I’ve calmed down in my titling. But still…

Larry Huber illustration by David Feiss

#Larry Huber #ChalkZone #What A Cartoon #Oh Yeah! Cartoons #Random! Cartoons #GO! Cartoons #Too Cool! Cartoons #mentors #Hanna-Barbera #Frederator #animation #cartoons

[fidenciojesusfan92]

Oh Yeah! Cartoons 25th Anniversary

Oh Yeah! Cartoons 25th Years of the Nickelodeon, Nicktoons Network and Frederator Studios.

The Fairly OddParents!

My Neighbor Was A Teenage Robot/My Life As A Teenage Robot

ChalkZone

Credit by

Butch Hartman

Seth MacFarlane

Rob Renzetti

Bill Burnett

Larry Hube

and Much More

(C) Nickelodeon, Frederator Studios

#nickelodeon #nickelodeon animation #nicktoons #nicktoons network #frederator studios #Frederator #oh yeah! cartoons #oh yeah cartoons #the fairly oddparents #my neighbor was a Teenage Robot #my life as a teenage robot #chalkzone #butch hartman #seth macfarlane #rob renzetti #bill burnett #larry hube #25th anniversary #25th Years

[2010snickforever]

Interview with various Oh Yeah! Cartoons artists from 1998

#oh yeah! cartoons #nickelodeon #nicktoons #chalkzone #the fairly oddparents #1990s

[johnmello]

Here’s is More Screenshots From My Neighbor Was a Teenage Robot Pilot

#mlaatr #my neighbor was a teenage robot #my life as a teenage robot #tuck #Tuck Carbunkle #Tucker Cornelius Carbunkle #Tucker #pilot #Oh Yeah! Cartoons

[velvet-vhs]

from 𝑭-𝑻𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒔 (1998)

#f-tales #my gifs #f tales #oh yeah! cartoons #oh yeah cartoons #90s #'90s #1990s #1998 #animation #animated #cartoon #fox girl #retro

[classic-nicktoon-pictures]

At last we get a real vinyl figure based on Jenny Wakeman!

#my life as a teenage robot #Oh Yeah! Cartoons #oh yeah cartoons #hatsune miku #VOCALOID #miku hatsune #youtooz

[mrsegbert]

Creators be like, "Imagine a vampire. Okay now imagine he's a dad."

#mina and the count #mina harper #count vlad #the count #oh yeah! cartoons #oh yeah cartoons #nicktoons #what a cartoon #what a cartoon! #nickelodeon #90's cartoons #yes i flipped the pose around to make it easier </3

[new-employeeamillion]

As part of my annual tradition to spotlight something old and random in July, here’s a review of Mina & the Count!

#90s #mina and the count #oh yeah! cartoons #nickelodeon #Youtube

[ifatoastcantalkinspace3207]

Slap T. Pooch

#Slap T. Pooch #nickelodeon #oh yeah! Cartoons #kidcore #nostalgia #cartoon #fan art #my art

[guest-walter]

Jenny Wakeman's pilot design (only shown on the 1999 Oh Yeah! Cartoons episode and backdoor pilot "My Neighbor was a Teenage Robot") - Rob Renzetti

#my life as a teenage robot #mlaatr #nickelodeon #rob renzetti #1990s #1999 #cartoon #art #television #pilot episode #oh yeah! cartoons #archive

[itsjustbl0op]

Hello! Can you draw HERB from Oh Yeah Cartoons (Nickelodeon)? Plz. You can find on YouTube with the key words: "oh yeah cartoons herb" The videos have a duration of 6:53 HERB is a character color green and wear diapers.

Another doodle done! Sorry for the wait

I find watching this cartoon kind of nostalgic since it very much resembles the odd feeling that many other cartoons of the time like Courage the Cowardly Dog and some others had. An interesting watch indeed!

#digital fanart #digital art #fanart #digitalart #digital drawing #nickelodeon #oh yeah! cartoons #herb #old cartoons #doodle requests