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'Robot Chicken' Joins Cartoon Network Lineup

Aug 8th, 2007 · Seth Green and Matthew Senreich have a new series, Robot Chicken, on the Cartoon Network. It's a sketch comedy show with stop-motion animation and action figures. The program is along the lines of Saturday Night Live, but it has much darker humor. Green and Senreich talk with Andrea Seabrook about their creation.

Keywords: cartoons · network · Creation · comedy · Andrea Seabrook · animated · Robot · Night Live · chicken · Cartoon Network · lineup · Robot Chicken

Rapper Andre 3000's New Project ****

Oct 23rd, 2006 · Rapper and producer Andre Benjamin's new project is an animated series for the Cartoon Network called Class of 3000. Benjamin (Andre 3000) is half of the Grammy-winning hip-hop duo Outkast. The group is best known for the single "Hey Ya!" from the double album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. Benjamin also appears in the films Idlewild, Four Brothers, and Be Cool.

Keywords: Grammy · rapper · animated · brothers · duo · album · Hip · OutKast · Benjamin · Cartoon Network · Andre Benjamin · André

'The Boondocks': Black-and-White TV Humor ***

Nov 4th, 2005 · 'The Boondocks': Black-and-White TV Humor November 4, 2005 · An animated version of the popular newspaper comic strip The Boondocks premieres November 6 on Cartoon Network's sister station Adult Swim. NPR television critic Andrew Wallenstein reviews the new series, and talks about whether Aaron McGruder's award-winning humor translates from the newspaper comics section to the small screen.

Keywords: newspapers · critic · television · TV · winning · 2005 · animated · Premier · translator · comic · Andrew Wallenstein · Boondocks

Actor Seth Green: 'Robot Chicken' and More

Feb 23rd, 2005 · He directs and provides voices for the new series Robot Chicken on Cartoon Network, which he describes as "SNL meets The Nightmare Before Christmas." It's a fast-paced, irreverent stop-action animated variety show.

Keywords: actor · animated · Robot · SNL · chicken · Seth · Cartoon Network · directing · Robot Chicken · The Nightmare Before Christmas

Voice of SpongeBob *

Dec 27th, 2004 · Former standup comic Tom Kenny is the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants, the star of his own cartoon show on Nickelodeon cable and a recent feature film. Kenny's other voices include the narrator and the mayor on Cartoon Network's Powerpuff Girls, Dog in Nickelodeon's CatDog, and Boo Boo on Yogi Bear. (Original airdate: 11/16/04).

Keywords: cartoons · original · Mayors · comic · narrator · Cartoon Network · Nickelodeon · airdate · Kenny · SpongeBob · standup · Tom Kenny

End of the Road for 'Samurai Jack'? *

Sep 24th, 2004 · Los Angeles Times animation critic Charles Solomon delivers an appreciation of the Cartoon Network show Samurai Jack. The network is running what could be the last four episodes of the animated series Saturday night -- even though the show's creators just won an Emmy.

Keywords: critic · network · road · Los Angeles Times · creators · animated · episode · Jack · Emmy · Charles Solomon · Cartoon Network · Samurai

'Powerpuff' Creator Turns to 'Foster's Home' **

Aug 28th, 2004 · Abandoned imaginary friends now have a place to call home. Craig McCracken, whose Powerpuff Girls took the nation by storm in the 1990s, has a new Cartoon Network series: Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends. Hear McCracken and NPR's Jennifer Ludden.

Keywords: national · 1990 · creators · friends · Jennifer Ludden · Cartoon Network · imaginary · Powerpuff · Craig McCracken · Powerpuff Girls · Home for Imaginary Friends · McCracken

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