An animated series is a set of animated television works with a common title, usually related to one another. These episodes should typically share the same main heroes, some different secondary characters and a basic theme. Series can have either a finite number of episodes like a miniseries , a definite end, or be open-ended, without a predetermined number of episodes. They can be broadcast on television, shown in movie theatres, released on the internet or direct-to-video . Like other creative works, animated series can be of a wide variety of genres and can also have different target audiences : both males and females, both children and adults .
74-578: Hey Arnold! is an American animated series and sitcom created by Craig Bartlett for Nickelodeon . It originally aired from October 7, 1996, to June 8, 2004. The show centers on fourth grader Arnold Shortman , who lives with his grandparents in an inner-city tenement in the fictional city of Hillwood. Episodes center on his experiences navigating urban life while dealing with the zany hijinks he and his friends encounter. Many episodes, however, focus on other characters, including major, secondary, supporting, and even minor characters. Bartlett's idea for
148-565: A Hey Arnold! revival is "very much on the cards". On November 23, 2015, Nickelodeon announced that a TV movie is in the works and will pick up right where the series left off. The film will also answer unanswered questions about the fate of Arnold's parents. On March 1, 2016, it was announced that the TV film , The Jungle Movie , would be divided into two parts and would air in 2017. On March 6, 2016, voice actress Nika Futterman confirmed on Twitter that she and her character Olga Pataki would appear in
222-993: A one man play in which he portrays a dozen different characters, including artist Vincent van Gogh . He first officially performed the play at the ACME Comedy Theatre in Los Angeles in 1999. In 2007, he appeared in The Bicycle Men at King's Head Theatre in London. Castellaneta hosted the final of New York comedy show Thrills and Spills on December 31, 2015. The final was held in Montgomery, Alabama . In 1987, Castellaneta married writer and actress Deb Lacusta , whom he had met at an improv class in Chicago . They divide their time between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, California . Castellaneta
296-463: A student teacher and would entertain his students with his impressions. Castellaneta was a regular participant in The Ron Petke and His Dead Uncle Show , a radio show at NIU. The show helped Castellaneta hone his skills as a voice-over actor. He recalled "We did parodies and sketches, we would double up on, so you learned to switch between voices. I got my feet wet doing a voiceover. The show
370-418: A television film continuation of the series, Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie , was greenlit. It picks up from where the series ended and resolved unanswered plotlines of the story. The film premiered on November 24, 2017, on Nickelodeon, Nicktoons Network , TeenNick , NickRewind and on November 24, 2018 as an international theatrical release, wrapping up the series' storyline. Hey Arnold! takes place in
444-409: A 2-disc set as a Shout exclusive followed by Season 5 released in a 3-disc set on October 15, 2013, also as a Shout exclusive making the entire series available on DVD. On August 19, 2014, the complete series was released in a 16-disc set through Shout! Factory as a Walmart exclusive. On November 20, 2018, Paramount Home Entertainment released Hey Arnold!: The Ultimate Collection DVD containing all of
518-538: A Clown ", and 2009 for voicing Homer in " Father Knows Worst ". In 1993, Castellaneta was given a special Annie Award , "Outstanding Individual Achievement in the Field of Animation", for his work as Homer on The Simpsons . In 2004, Castellaneta and Julie Kavner (the voice of Marge) won a Young Artist Award for "Most Popular Mom & Dad in a TV Series". Homer was placed second on TV Guide ' s 2002 Top 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters, and in 2000, Homer and
592-593: A basic point, transcribing the results, and then editing them to the finished scene. Castellaneta chose the title I Am Not Homer as a parody of Leonard Nimoy 's famous first autobiography I Am Not Spock , as well as to show that most of the comedy featured "is not the typical Homer comedy." Alongside his television and film work, Castellaneta has appeared in a number of theatrical productions. In 1992, he starred in Deb & Dan's Show alongside his wife. In 1995, Castellaneta started writing Where Did Vincent van Gogh? ,
666-519: A chance to try something else. He began taking improvisation classes, where he met his future wife Deb Lacusta . He started to work at The Second City , an improvisational theatre in Chicago , in 1983 and continued to work there until 1987. During this period, he did voice-over work with his wife for various radio stations. He auditioned for a role in The Tracey Ullman Show and his first meeting underwhelmed Tracey Ullman and
740-514: A character named Penny and her friend Arnold. Bartlett later made three Arnold shorts: Arnold Escapes from Church (1988), The Arnold Waltz (1990), and Arnold Rides a Chair (1991), the latter aired as a filler short on Sesame Street in 1991. The same year, Arnold comic strips also appeared in Simpsons Illustrated magazine by Bartlett's brother-in-law Matt Groening , the creator of The Simpsons . Bartlett later joined
814-518: A child-friendly show, shifted its target group to ages 12 and up, resulting in a darker and more mature storyline. Animated film theatrical series include all early animated series: Animated Weekly (1913), The Newlyweds (1913 — 1915), Travelaughs (1913, 1915 — 1918, 1921 — 1923), Doc Yak (1913 — 1915), Colonel Heeza Liar (1913 — 1917, 1922 — 1924), Kapten Grogg [ sv ] (1916 — 1922), Les Aventures des Pieds Nickelés (1917 — 1918),
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#1732775801054888-598: A local station of a television network broadcasts an animated series as a part of its own programming, the time-slot will vary by region. All early animated television series, the first being Crusader Rabbit (1950 — 1959), are comic cartoon series. However, later series include sports ( Speed Racer , Captain Tsubasa , Slam Dunk ), action ( Hajime no Ippo , G.I. Joe ), science fiction ( Mobile Suit Gundam , Tenchi Muyo ), drama ( Neon Genesis Evangelion ), adventure ( Dragon Ball ), martial arts ( Baki
962-434: A quest to save their old neighborhood from a greedy developer who plans on converting it into a huge shopping mall. This film was directed by Tuck Tucker, and featured guest voice talents of Jennifer Jason Leigh , Paul Sorvino and Christopher Lloyd . In 1998, Nickelodeon gave Craig Bartlett the chance to develop a feature adaptation of the series. As work on the fifth season was completing, Bartlett and company engaged in
1036-473: A recording of what he believed was his best belch and told the producers to make that the standard. Groundskeeper Willie's first appearance was in the season two episode " Principal Charming ". The character was written as an angry janitor and Castellaneta was assigned to perform the voice. He did not know what voice to use and Sam Simon , who was directing at the time, suggested he use an accent. Castellaneta first tried using Hispanic voicing, which Simon felt
1110-667: A regular cast member in several other television series. In 1991, he played Warren Morris in the short-lived ABC live-action sitcom Sibs . Heide Perlman, creator of Sibs , wrote the part with Castellaneta in mind. He provided the voice of the eponymous character in The Adventures of Dynamo Duck , Megavolt in Darkwing Duck , "Doc" Emmett Brown in Back to the Future: The Animated Series ,
1184-492: A scary place where every cop show in America is set, Arnold and his friends demonstrated that the city is also a place with endless possibilities, myths, and characters. Not that the show encouraged anything bad; the kids always knew where to go and where not to go. But it showed the reality of millions of kids who grew up in urban areas, and challenged the idea of the perfect American life". Bustle 's Marie Grace Goris suggested
1258-470: A scene in his mind so that he can give the proper voice to it. Despite Homer's fame, Castellaneta claims he is rarely recognized in public, "except, maybe, by a die-hard fan." Castellaneta also provides the voices for numerous other characters, including Grampa Simpson , Barney Gumble , Krusty the Clown , Groundskeeper Willie , Mayor Quimby , Hans Moleman , Sideshow Mel , Itchy , Kodos , Arnie Pye ,
1332-424: A script for an episode in which Barney becomes sober, and pitched it to showrunner Al Jean . He liked the story but turned it down because he felt that it was too similar to " Duffless ", an episode that the writers were already working on. The two waited for nearly a decade and offered an updated version of the script to later showrunner Mike Scully , who liked it and had them make a few changes. Their script became
1406-434: A series of animated shorts about a dysfunctional family . Voices were needed for the shorts, so the producers decided to ask Castellaneta and fellow cast member Julie Kavner to voice Homer and Marge Simpson respectively, rather than hire more actors. Homer's voice began as a loose impression of Walter Matthau , but Castellaneta could not "get enough power behind that voice" and could not sustain his Matthau impression for
1480-665: A series with the characters aged up for season 6 if the Rugrats reboot is successful. Hey Arnold! The Music, Volume 1 was released on July 3, 2020 as a vinyl record , marking the first-ever official release of the show's music. The soundtrack included 45 minutes of previously unreleased music that had been remastered from the original audio files by Emmy Award -winning sound engineer Dave Marino in conjunction with show composer Jim Lang, as well as new original exclusive artwork done by Bartlett. Animated series Animated television series are presented daily or on certain days of
1554-460: A set time period in "segments", including several such shorts. When advertising is taken into account, the cartoon itself may be only 15 — 20 minutes of the half hour, although Netflix and many other streaming companies do not show commercials. There are also series with a very short episodes lasting approximately five minutes; they have recently become more common in Japanese animation . If
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#17327758010541628-457: A street-smart character who generally serves as the leader of the group; and Helga Pataki ( Francesca Marie Smith ), a girl who bullies Arnold in order to hide the fact that she is in love with him. Bartlett drew inspiration from people he grew up with when creating the characters for the show. Arnold lives with his eccentric but loving paternal grandparents, Phil Shortman ( Dan Castellaneta ) and Gertrude Shortman ( Tress MacNeille ), proprietors of
1702-565: Is a parody of various members of the Kennedy family . The episode script did not call for Quimby to be a parody of them, and Castellaneta improvised the accent. Sideshow Mel's voice is Castellaneta's impression of Kelsey Grammer , the voice of Sideshow Bob . Hapless Gil Gunderson is a spoof of actor Jack Lemmon 's portrayal of Shelley Levene in the 1992 film adaptation of the play Glengarry Glen Ross . Showrunner Mike Scully thought that Gil would be "a one-shot thing" but "Dan Castellaneta
1776-635: Is an American actor and writer. He is best known for voicing Homer Simpson on the animated series The Simpsons (as well as other characters on the show such as Grampa Simpson , Krusty the Clown , Groundskeeper Willie , Mayor Quimby , Sideshow Mel , Mr. Teeny , Santa's Little Helper , Itchy , and Barney Gumble ). Castellaneta is also known for voicing Grandpa in Nickelodeon's Hey Arnold! , and has had voice roles in several other programs, including Futurama , Sibs , Darkwing Duck , The Adventures of Dynamo Duck , The Batman , Back to
1850-618: The Houston Chronicle commented on the series's "backdrop of dark streets, nighttime adventures and rundown buildings, all seen from a child's point of view." At the end of the episode "Road Trip", when Helga and Miriam are returning home after having car troubles en route to South Dakota , they pass a sign marking the Washington State border, implying that Hillwood is in Washington. The Pig War , as re-enacted in
1924-619: The Stargate SG-1 season eight episode " Citizen Joe ". He also appeared in episodes of ALF , Campus Ladies , Castle , Entourage , Everybody Loves Raymond , Frasier , Friends , Greek , How I Met Your Mother , Mad About You , Married... with Children , Murphy Brown , NYPD Blue , Parks and Recreation , Reba , Reno 911! , That '70s Show , Veronica Mars , Hot in Cleveland , Yes, Dear , and Desperate Housewives . He appeared as
1998-824: The Tom and Jerry cartoon short films released in movie theatres from 1940 to 1967, and many others. Direct-to-video animated series include most Japanese original video animations (OVAs). The first OVA series (and also the first overall OVA) was Dallos (1983 — 1985). Almost all hentai (pornographic) anime series are released as OVAs. Animated web series are designed and produced for streaming services . Examples include Happy Tree Friends (1999 — 2023) and Eddsworld (2003 — present). They can also be released on YouTube , such as Asdfmovie , which debuted in 2008. Dan Castellaneta Daniel Louis Castellaneta ( / ˌ k æ s t ə l ə ˈ n ɛ t ə / KAST -ə-lə- NET -ə ; born October 29, 1957)
2072-806: The Genie in the Aladdin sequel The Return of Jafar and on the 1994 Aladdin television series. The Genie had been voiced by Robin Williams in Aladdin , and Castellaneta described replacing him as "sort of like stepping into Hamlet after Laurence Olivier did it, how can you win?" He also provided Genie's voice in the Kingdom Hearts video game series for both Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II (with archived audio used for Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories and its remake as well as for
2146-641: The Museum Art School in Portland . Originally, Bartlett intended to become a painter "in the 19th-century sense", but he became interested in animation during a trip to Italy. His first post-graduation job was at Will Vinton Productions , a claymation studio in Portland. In 1987, Bartlett relocated to Los Angeles, where he joined a team developing claymation cutaways for the television program Pee-wee's Playhouse . The short segments centered on
2220-481: The Squeaky Voiced Teen and Gil Gunderson . Krusty's voice is based on Chicago television's Bob Bell , who had a very raspy voice and portrayed WGN-TV 's Bozo the Clown from 1960 to 1984. During early recording sessions, he recorded a new version of Barney's loud trademark belch for every episode but discovered that it was not easy for him to belch each time a script called for it. Castellaneta chose
2294-710: The legal drama L.A. Law , as a Homer Simpson meetable character at a California amusement park who is dismissed for inappropriate behavior while in costume. In 1996, he made a guest appearance as a Zoo Keeper in Season 2, Episode 12 “ The One After the Superbowl ” in Friends . In 2005, he appeared in the episode "Sword of Destiny" in Arrested Development as Dr. Stein, a deadpan incompetent doctor. In 2005, Castellaneta guest-starred as Joe Spencer in
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2368-542: The "two-minute bits" that they were original, while several others were stage sketches performed in a comedy club in Santa Monica . Additionally, "Citizen Kane", a sketch in which two people discuss the film Citizen Kane with different meanings, was something the pair had performed at an art gallery. Castellaneta noted that "we already knew that these skits were funny, [but] some of them we polished and tightened." The skits were principally written by improvising from
2442-478: The 1990s, more mature content than those of traditional cartoon series began to appear more widely, extending beyond a primary audience of children. These cartoon series included The Simpsons , South Park , Family Guy , Futurama , The Ren & Stimpy Show , Rocko's Modern Life , Beavis and Butt-Head , King of the Hill , and Duckman . Canadian computer-animated series ReBoot , which began as
2516-542: The Board, the reason was that these series were "glorifying homosexual behavior". In an article for Vox , Caroline Framke praised Hey Arnold ' s depiction of adolescence and urban life , stating: " Hey Arnold wove urban legends into its empathetic narrative of how hard it can be to grow up — and how rewarding the process can be when you have some friends and a whole lot of imagination." Rafael Motamayor of /Film echoed that sentiment, writing "Rather than show it as
2590-654: The Future: The Animated Series , Aladdin , Earthworm Jim , and Taz-Mania . In 1999, he appeared in the Christmas special Olive, the Other Reindeer and won an Annie Award for his portrayal of the Postman. Castellaneta released a comedy album I Am Not Homer , and wrote and starred in a one-person show titled Where Did Vincent van Gogh? Daniel Louis Castellaneta was born on October 29, 1957, at Roseland Community Hospital on Chicago's south side and
2664-459: The Grappler ), and other genres. The first animated sitcom was The Flintstones (1960 — 1966), produced by Hanna-Barbera . It was followed by other sitcoms of this studio: Top Cat (1961 — 1962), Jonny Quest (1964 — 1965), The Jetsons (1962 — 1963, 1985, 1987) and Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (1972 — 1974), an adult-oriented animated series in
2738-513: The Hat and The Pursuit of Happyness . In 2000, he won an Annie Award for his portrayal of the Postman in the animated Christmas television special Olive, the Other Reindeer . In 2006, he appeared in Jeff Garlin 's independent film I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With along with several other Second City alumni . On February 22, 2000, his first music CD Two Lips was published. It
2812-573: The Sunset Arms boarding house , in the fictional city of Hillwood. In each episode, he helps a schoolmate or boarding house tenant in solving a personal problem or encounters a predicament of his own. Many episodes involve urban legends (usually told by Gerald), such as superheroes or the Headless Horseman . Other characters include students and faculty at P.S. 118, Arnold's school, and citizens of Hillwood. Certain episodes focus on
2886-399: The artists. He was a "devotee" of the works of many performers, including Alan Arkin and Barbara Harris and directors Mike Nichols and Elaine May . He attended Oak Park and River Forest High School and upon graduation, started attending Northern Illinois University (NIU) in the fall of 1975. Castellaneta studied art education, with the goal of becoming an art teacher. He became
2960-455: The cast demanded to be paid $ 360,000 an episode. The issue was resolved a month later, with Castellaneta starting to earn $ 250,000 per episode. Following salary negotiations in 2008, the cast received approximately $ 400,000 per episode. In 2011, with Fox threatening to cancel the series unless production costs were cut, the cast accepted a pay cut to around $ 300,000 per episode. In the early 1990s, Castellaneta and his wife Deb Lacusta wrote
3034-768: The crew felt none of them were suitable replacements. As a result, Smith was kept on as the voice of Gerald, whose voice subsequently changed in-universe with the episode Gerald's Tonsils . This would last until The Jungle Movie , which featured Benjamin Flores Jr. as the voice of Gerald instead. Production of Hey Arnold! wrapped on December 7, 2001. A dispute over a second then-planned Hey Arnold! movie, The Jungle Movie , resulted in Bartlett leaving Nickelodeon. The last season's episodes were released over four years, beginning on March 4, 2000. The series aired its final episode, unannounced, on June 8, 2004. The Jungle Movie
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3108-550: The door." As a last resort, Bartlett played the Penny tapes, intending to highlight the Penny character. However, the executives were more impressed by Arnold, despite his status as a minor character. After the meeting, the group began developing Arnold, creating his personality. Bartlett stated: "We did a lot of talking about who Arnold is. We came up with a reluctant hero who keeps finding himself responsible for solving something, making
3182-413: The episode " Days of Wine and D'oh'ses ". Castellaneta and his wife have also written the episodes " Gump Roast ", " The Ziff Who Came to Dinner ", " Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore ", and " The Fight Before Christmas ". In 2007 , they were nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for the episode "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore". Castellaneta is also credited as a consulting producer. Castellaneta has been
3256-624: The episode of the same title, took place on the boundary between what is now British Columbia and the state of Washington. A bridge that leads to downtown Hillwood resembles Portland's Burnside Bridge , while Gerald's house was modeled after the Victorian houses seen in Nob Hill , Portland. Hey Arnold! features nine-year-old Arnold Shortman (voiced by Lane Toran ; Phillip Van Dyke ; Spencer Klein; and Alex D. Linz ) and his neighborhood friends: Gerald Johanssen (voiced by Jamil Walker Smith ),
3330-781: The episodes can now be viewed on the free app Pluto TV under the channel Nickelodeon's 90s Kids. Hey Arnold! premiered on October 30, 1996, in the United Kingdom, originally on CITV . Hey Arnold! aired in reruns on Canadian Nickelodeon from January 10, 2010, to August 28, 2022. In 2017, the Kenya Film Classification Board banned Hey Arnold! , together with the cartoon series The Loud House , The Legend of Korra from Nickelodeon, Steven Universe , Clarence and Adventure Time from Cartoon Network , from being broadcast in Kenya. According to
3404-531: The financial success of the first two Rugrats movies , The Rugrats Movie and Rugrats in Paris: The Movie . In an interview with Arun Mehta, Craig Bartlett announced that he was working with Nickelodeon on a Hey Arnold! revival. In September 2015, Nickelodeon president Russell Hicks announced that the company was considering revivals for a number of their older shows, including Hey Arnold! . According to an announcement by The Independent ,
3478-715: The later HD collections Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix and Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix ). Castellaneta portrayed Aaron Spelling in the 2004 NBC film Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Charlie's Angels , which followed the true story of how Spelling created the show. Other films in which Castellaneta has appeared include Nothing in Common , Say Anything... , Super Mario Bros. , The Client , Space Jam , My Giant , The Simpsons Movie , Rugrats in Paris: The Movie , Recess: School's Out , Hey Arnold!: The Movie , The Cat in
3552-649: The lead character in Earthworm Jim and several characters, including Grandpa Phil and the Jolly Olly Man, the mentally unstable ice cream truck driver, on Nickelodeon 's Hey Arnold! . He guest starred as The Robot Devil in five episodes of Futurama , as well as the Futurama film The Beast with a Billion Backs . Castellaneta has also made guest appearances in a number of television series episodes. In 1992, he guest-starred in an episode of
3626-565: The lives of supporting characters, such as the tenants of the boarding house that Arnold's grandparents own. Craig Bartlett , the show's creator, was born in Seattle, Washington, which he used as inspiration for the backdrop of Hey Arnold! . He graduated from Anacortes High School and obtained a degree in communications from The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington . During high school and college, he studied painting and sculpture at
3700-483: The network decided to begin work on the series. The ten-minute pilot episode, titled Arnold , was shown in theaters on July 10, 1996, before Nickelodeon's first feature-length film , its adaptation of Harriet the Spy . Apart from the animation style, Nick's Arnold wears a sweater, with his plaid shirt untucked (resembling a kilt ). Only Arnold's cap remains unchanged from his original clay-animation wardrobe. Hey Arnold!
3774-432: The nine- to ten-hour long recording sessions. He tried to find something easier, so he "dropped the voice down", and developed it into a more versatile and humorous voice during the second and third season of the half-hour show. To perform Homer's voice, Castellaneta lowers his chin to his chest, and is said to "let his IQ go." Castellaneta likes to stay in character during recording sessions, and tries to visualize
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#17327758010543848-511: The other producers. Ullman decided to fly to Chicago to watch Castellaneta perform. His performance that night was about a blind man who tries to become a comedian and Ullman later recalled that although there were flashier performances that night, Castellaneta made her cry. She was impressed and Castellaneta was hired. Castellaneta is most famous for his roles on the longest-running American animated television show The Simpsons , most notably as Homer Simpson . The Tracey Ullman Show included
3922-430: The previously released episodes and movies now packaged into one set. In Australia, all five seasons have been released by Beyond Home Entertainment under license from Nickelodeon. A 16-disc collector's edition was released on September 1, 2016, containing all five seasons. ♦ – Shout! Factory select title sold exclusively through Shout's online store. In this 2002 feature film, Arnold, Helga and Gerald set out on
3996-463: The production of Arnold Saves the Neighborhood , which would eventually become Hey Arnold!: The Movie . The Neighborhood project was originally made for television and home video, but executives at Paramount Pictures decided to release it theatrically after successful test screenings. According to animation historian Jerry Beck (in his Animated Movie Guide ), the decision was buoyed by
4070-550: The rest of the Simpson family were awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard. Until 1998, Castellaneta was paid $ 30,000 per episode. During a pay dispute in 1998, Fox threatened to replace the six main voice actors with new actors, going as far as preparing for casting of new voices. The dispute was soon resolved and Castellaneta began receiving $ 125,000 per episode until 2004, when
4144-476: The right choices, doing the right thing." After creating ideas for Arnold, Bartlett began work on the supporting characters, drawing influence from his childhood: "A lot of the characters are an amalgam of people I knew when I was a kid. The girls in Hey Arnold! are girls that either liked or didn't like me when I was in school." In 1994, Bartlett began work on the pilot episode of Hey Arnold! . A year later,
4218-616: The series as the "best Nickelodeon cartoon of all time" and gave sixteen reasons why, such as its diverse characters and its ability to "emotionally stir" viewers. The Patakis was an attempted spinoff that never materialised. Nickelodeon released all five seasons on DVD in Region 1 via Amazon.com through its CreateSpace Manufacture-on-demand program in 2008 and 2009. Season 1 was released on August 21, 2008, Season 2 on August 29, 2008, Season 3 on December 8, 2009, Season 4 on November 27, 2009, and Season 5 on December 4, 2009. On May 9, 2011, it
4292-483: The series premiere in 1996. Hey Arnold! was the final series to be green lit (along with Kablam! ) under the leadership of network president Geraldine Laybourne . Production on the show concluded on December 7, 2001, after 5 seasons and 100 episodes . Its last episode aired unannounced on June 8, 2004. A feature film based on the series, Hey Arnold!: The Movie , was released in theaters on June 28, 2002. All five seasons have been released on DVD. On March 2, 2016,
4366-500: The show Jim Lang revealed in a Tunes/Toons podcast that while Nick will not produce the show at the studio due to the poor ratings of The Jungle Movie , he said that: " Netflix , Amazon , Apple were all people that they were going to go out to with the idea of trying to make a season six of Hey Arnold! . We haven't heard anything yet, but we've got our fingers crossed." In October 2019, Craig Bartlett revealed in an interview with The Arun Mehta Show that Hey Arnold! could come back as
4440-577: The show is based on a minor character named Arnold whom he created while working on Pee-wee's Playhouse . The executives enjoyed the character, and Bartlett completed the cast and setting by drawing inspiration from people and locations he grew up with in Seattle, Washington ; Portland, Oregon ; and Brooklyn, New York . Bartlett created the pilot episode in his living room in 1994 and official production began in 1995. The animators worked to transform Arnold from clay animation to cel animation , leading to
4514-417: The staff for Rugrats , where he served as story editor for three years. In 1993, he teamed up with five writers from Rugrats to develop animated projects for Nickelodeon. These meetings were generally difficult and the writers became frustrated; Bartlett recalled: "Our ideas were OK, but such a large and motley group couldn't get far at pitch meetings. Network execs got migraines just counting us coming in
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#17327758010544588-1046: The style of All in the Family . The Alvin Show from Ross Bagdasarian Sr. and Beany and Cecil from Bob Clampett are also sitcoms. The 1980s and 1990s were a renaissance of the animated children and adult television series. Various broadcast networks and media companies began creating television channels and formats designed specifically for airing cartoon and anime series. Companies that already had these types of formats in place began to revamp their existing models during this time. Most of this animations were American-based or Japanese anime. Listed below are examples of television networks and channels that include animated programs. American British Japanese Canadian Australian Examples of animation-focused networks and channels are listed below; but some of them aired live-action programs occasionally. American South Korean Canadian Japanese During
4662-600: The two-hour film. In June 2016, it was confirmed that the TV film would be titled The Jungle Movie , and that 19 of the original voice actors from the series would lend their voices in the film. New cast-members included Mason Vale Cotton as Arnold; Benjamin "Lil' P-Nut" Flores as Gerald; Gavin Lewis as Eugene; Jet Jurgensmeyer as Stinky; Aiden Lewandowski as Sid; Laya Hayes as Nadine; Nicolas Cantu as Curly; Wally Wingert as Oskar; Stephen Stanton as Pigeon Man; and Alfred Molina as
4736-441: The urban fictional American city of Hillwood. Creator Craig Bartlett described the city as "an amalgam of large northern cities I have loved, including Seattle (my hometown), Portland (where I went to art school) and Brooklyn (the bridge , the brownstones, the subway)"; the city also contains inspirations from Chicago , such as a baseball field called Quigley Field (a reference to the real-life Wrigley Field ). Evan Levine of
4810-554: The villain Lasombra. The film debuted on November 24, 2017, on Nickelodeon. Before the premiere of The Jungle Movie , Nickelodeon stated that if the ratings of the film would succeed they would consider rebooting the series. Though the ratings were a success with millennials , it ended up missing the mark with Generation Z , so the idea of bringing back the show on Nickelodeon was scrapped. However, in August 2018, musical composer for
4884-430: The week during a prescribed time slot , including for example saturday-morning cartoons , prime time cartoons , late night anime , and weekday cartoons ; series broadcast only on weekends. The duration of an episode also varies. Traditionally, they are produced as complete half-hour or nearly half-hour programs; however, many are presented as animated shorts of 10 — 11 minutes, which can be combined for filling
4958-417: Was Nickelodeon's first animated series to feature kids voiced by actual children instead of adults. As a result of this, many of the boy characters, including Arnold himself, were recast at least once throughout the show's run, due to the child actors reaching puberty. One notable exception to this was Jamil Walker Smith , the voice of Gerald. After Smith's voice changed, auditions for a new actor were held, but
5032-401: Was announced that Shout! Factory had acquired the rights to the series. They subsequently released Season 1 in a 4-disc set on August 9, 2011. Season 2, Part 1 was released in a 2-disc set on March 20, 2012, followed by Season 2, Part 2 in a 2-disc set on July 24, 2012. Season 3 was released in a 3-disc set on January 29, 2013, as a "Shout Select" title. On May 14, 2013, Season 4 was released in
5106-513: Was eventually released as a television film on November 24, 2017. Hey Arnold! originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States from October 7, 1996, until June 8, 2004, with reruns until September 1, 2006. Nicktoons Network aired reruns of the series from May 1, 2002 to February 11, 2024. The show aired in reruns on the now-defunct Nick on CBS programming block for two years, from September 14, 2002, to September 4, 2004. Some of
5180-554: Was followed on April 23, 2002, by his first comedy CD, I Am Not Homer , in which he and his wife perform several comedy skits. The majority of the sketches had been written and performed before the CD was recorded, and Castellaneta thought that it would be a good idea to preserve them "since [he and Lacusta] don't perform them much anymore." Some came from their sketch series on a local radio station in Chicago and had to be lengthened from
5254-513: Was just barely audible, but we didn't care. It was that we got a chance to do it and write our own material." He took a play-writing class and auditioned for an improvisational show. A classmate first thought Castellaneta would "fall on his face with improvisation" but soon "was churning out material faster than [they] could make it work." Castellaneta began his acting career after his graduation from Northern Illinois University in 1979. He decided that if his career went nowhere he would still have
5328-485: Was raised in River Forest and Oak Park, Illinois . He is of Italian descent, born to Elsie ( née Lagorio ; 1926–2008) and Louis Castellaneta (1915–2014), an amateur actor who worked for a printing company. Castellaneta became adept at impressions at a young age and his mother enrolled him in an acting class when he was 16 years old. He would listen to his father's comedy records and do impressions of
5402-454: Was so funny at the table read doing the character, we kept making up excuses in subsequent episodes to put him in." The Blue-Haired Lawyer 's voice, as well as his demeanor, is based on lawyer Roy Cohn . Castellaneta has won several awards for voicing Homer, including four Primetime Emmy Awards for " Outstanding Voice-Over Performance " in 1992 for " Lisa's Pony ", 1993 for " Mr. Plow ", 2004 for voicing several characters in " Today I Am
5476-429: Was too clichéd . He then tried a "big dumb Swede ", which was also rejected. For his third try, he used the voice of a grumpy Scotsman , which was deemed appropriate enough and was used in the episode. The voice was based partially on Angus Crock, a kilt -wearing chef from the sketch comedy show Second City Television , who was portrayed by Dave Thomas . Mayor Quimby, who first appeared in " Bart Gets an 'F' " ,
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