A collection of stories tagged 'cartoon network' from NPR. http://www.reverbiage.com/ Copyright 2006 Reverbiage.com. Reverbiage is not affiliated with NPR nor its member stations. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:28:03 EST 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. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/37958 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12600713 Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:00:00 EDT 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. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/25044 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6367571 Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:25:00 EDT '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. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/3335 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4989679 Fri, 04 Nov 2005 00:00:00 EST 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. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/10660 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4509889 Wed, 23 Feb 2005 00:00:00 EST 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). http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/12477 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4246219 Mon, 27 Dec 2004 00:00:00 EST 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. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/14978 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3935043 Fri, 24 Sep 2004 00:00:00 EDT 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. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/11724 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3877452 Sat, 28 Aug 2004 00:00:00 EDT