Mixolydian
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The happiest.
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Nickelodeon greenlights Rocko's Modern Life TV Movie
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ElectricBlanketFire
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PSY・S;213372840 said:
Sounds decent enough to me.
Tal Shiar Agent
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Tom Kenny destroyed his voice by doing the SpongeBob laugh from the early seasons. He would hit his adams apple to get that noise. For a while he adjusted it to stop needing to do that and sometimes they'll use canned laughter.
serenewarfare
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Hopefully these Nickelodeon revivals go better than those god awful Cartoon Network "revivals"
Very pleased to see Nickelodeon revising their classic shows. The 90s to mid-00s was a truly awesome time for TV animation and Nickelodeon's output was a big part of that achievement.
Besides just think...
Yesterday it was Hey Arnold! Today it's Rocko's Modern Life. Soon it might be time for Invader Zim to make its triumphant return to TV.
Few cartoons have a cult following to match the zeal of the Invader Zim fanbase. With all these other revivals going on Nickelodeon will have to address the demand for more Invader Zim sooner or later.
Besides just think...
Yesterday it was Hey Arnold! Today it's Rocko's Modern Life. Soon it might be time for Invader Zim to make its triumphant return to TV.
Few cartoons have a cult following to match the zeal of the Invader Zim fanbase. With all these other revivals going on Nickelodeon will have to address the demand for more Invader Zim sooner or later.
Hayama Akito
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I'M A WILD PIG!
Tal Shiar Agent
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Klasky Csupo is in talks with Nick to bring back Rugrats. After Rugrats Gone Wild failed miserably, Nick cut ties with Klasky Csupo and the studio fell apart. It was revived in the last few years and the 90s revivalism at Nick has thawed relations with a lot of old people (Craig Bartlett, creator of Hey Arnold had a falling out after the Jungle Movie was originally cancelled).
Arlene Klasky implied at Comic Con that a project was underway with Nick. Its not know if it's a reboot, a continuation, or a sequel. Honestly I'm hoping for a Fuller House/Girl Meets World type of show.
sensui-tomo
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PSY・S;213372840 said:
oh, thats actually good, the one i heard was in 2013 or something like that, it was Voice actors doing that star wars script thing (they do it at many cons) and his heffer at the time sounded flat, this sounds spot on compared to what i heard before. also thanks for the video.
I thought Klasky and Csupo divorced. They still work together?
Tal Shiar Agent
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Yes they do. They reconciled personally and professionally (but didn't remarry or date again).
Wow, I had no idea. I feel like that would have been really awkward initially. I remember hearing about that and thought the studio was done for but I guess not.
But if it means we can get Klasky-Csupo cartoons I'm all for it. Looking forward to the revival of Rugrats
bring back and finish Duckman
bobbyrawlins
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There is no way this doesn't disappoint. You can't go back again.
Cool, I had no idea Rugrats might be coming back as well. Out of anything Nickelodeon did in the 90s Rugrats has to be one of their best shows. I admit that I have a certain soft-spot for Rugrats. On papers it doesn't sound like something that I would want to watch, a cartoon about toddlers and their overactive imaginations, but there's just something so sincere and likeable about Rugrats.
I look forward to Rugrats return then. Of course, I'm still holding out for Invader Zim as well.
I think Vasquez is done with that. I remember hearing by Franchise's end he hated what it had started to become in Pop Culture.
Agent_Carnage
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What a Time to be Alive...
I can testify to TMNT & Loud House being legit great, but I wasn't aware of Harvey Beaks being solid.
Yeah, the untimely end of Invader Zim is well documented. Vasquez's hatred for Nickelodeon is entirely justified as far as I'm concerned. With that said, there's still the recent matter of the new Invader Zim comic book series which began earlier this year. From what I understand Vasquez is involved as a writer on the Invader Zim comic, which could suggest that Nickelodeon has begun to make amends. So, I think that the chances of seeing more Invader Zim being animated are better now than at any time in the last decade.
Edit: Woops, turns out the Invader Zim comic began last year. My bad, should've double checked the date of the first issue before making this post.
SILENCE
Cindi Mayweather
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Thank fucking God in heaven I thought you abandoned us
Tal Shiar Agent
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Honestly Hey Arnold is the only one of the bunch that feels timeless to me (except the beepers). Maybe Rugrats too, but I find it harder to engage with Rugrats as an adult than I do with Hey Arnold.
Dog Problems
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I feel like the style of humor in Rocko's Modern Life would do very well today, especially with there being so many cartoons that are meant for adults. Plus there's stuff like Adventure Time, Regular Show, and so on that have appeal to all ages which Rocko fits in with more.
Yup but Hey Arnold still has this very 90's aesthetic. In one hand, trying to modernize it would be bad but in other,the clothes,music and characters are not very relatable with kids today
I don't think the music nor the clothes were very representative of the 90's. What other cartoon at the time had a jazz soundtrack? Arnold's sense of fashion always seemed out of the ordinary, certainly not following on the decade's trends' steps. The characters may just be the most timeless aspect of the series, individuals that were quirky yet human then and are still so today.
Speedydonut
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Nickelodeon is doing all this revival stuff because of anniversary reasons or maybe they're just desperate.
SunEatsMoon
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Please be good, please be good, please be good.
This is fantastic news.
He's completely... NAAAAAAAAKEEEEEED.
This is fantastic news.
He's completely... NAAAAAAAAKEEEEEED.
Taco_Human
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Turn the page, wash your hands, turn the page, wash your hands.
Guys.
Guys.
Glendemonium
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I watched alot of Beavis and Butthead around the time of this show, and I never caught on to that.
Trying to find the episode where Rocko had to go to the DMV and people kept saying "hope ya don't get the fat guy!"
The episode in question is "Skid Marks". And that was such as weird joke, as everyone at the DMV kept telling Rocko that. Hell, even Rocko's instructor was all "You vill take notes, in order zat you vill prepare yourself for your driver's test... (walks out and closes the door, but then reopens it) AND GOD HELP IF YOU GET THE FAT GUY!!!" (slams the door)
Zen_Arcade
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They're old enough to be nostalgic about and recognizable enough for these companies to reboot with name recognition.
UltraGunner
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I dread the day Nick decides to move onto mid 2000s era nostalgia
I really want this to be good. Please!
Glendemonium
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Okay, I'm going to lift this rock out from above me and take a look.
Oh wow, they actually are picking up from the original "20 years later" finale. I wonder if they'll go heavy with the Zeerust like that episode did or if they'll just handwave it so a 90s Rocko is baffled at 2016 culture. This sounds like it can get pretty cringey, super fast, but hopefully it'd be done well.
FLCL Seasons 2-3 aren't out yet, so there's nothing to see but a plot summary and that The Pillows are back.
With Teen Titans, though... If you've already looked it up, let me be the first one to express my sympathies.
Organic Mr. Meaty.
Tal Shiar Agent
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There was a lot of crossover for the first 5 years or so. Rugrats, Hey Arnold, Rocket Power, Wild Thornberries, SpongeBob, All That!, etc.
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