84-457: Regular Show (known as Regular Show in Space during its eighth and final season ) is an American animated sitcom created by J. G. Quintel for Cartoon Network . It ran from September 6, 2010, to January 16, 2017, over the course of eight seasons and 244 episodes . The series follows the daily lives of two 23-year old friends, Mordecai , a blue jay and Rigby , a raccoon , who work at
168-585: A Regular Show -themed version of the card game Fluxx on July 25, 2014. At the Cartoon Network 2015/2016 upfront, it was announced they were making Regular Show: The Movie . After accidentally creating a "Timenado", slacker groundskeepers Mordecai and Rigby go back in time and battle an evil volleyball coach in order to save the universe – and their friendship. It first screened at The Downtown Independent in Los Angeles on August 14, 2015. It
252-596: A character designer, appeared in the commercials instead. On November 14, 2007, Cartoon Network Enterprises announced a deal with KellyToyUSA to create toys based on the series that would be distributed to amusement parks in North America beginning in 2008. Lazlo, Clam and Raj made cameo appearances during the end credits of the Codename: Kids Next Door and The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy crossover episode "The Grim Adventures of
336-610: A local park as groundskeepers . Their coworkers are Skips , an immortal yeti , Muscle Man , a green-skinned overweight man, and Hi-Five Ghost , a small ghost. Other characters include Pops , the lollipop -shaped owner of the park, and the duo's boss Benson , a gumball machine . Mordecai and Rigby spend their days slacking off and avoiding work to entertain themselves by any means, which unexpectedly leads to surreal , extreme, and supernatural misconduct. Many of Regular Show 's characters were loosely based on those developed for Quintel's student films at California Institute of
420-479: A montage shows what happened to the park crew after their adventure in space: Mordecai quits his job at the park, becomes a painter, and meets a woman (a female bat); Rigby marries and has children with Eileen; Muscle Man and Starla move into a nicer trailer and have more children; Benson reunites with Pam the scientist, the two raise four cats and a pig, and Benson becomes park owner after Mr. Maellard's death; High Five Ghost reunites with his human girlfriend, Celia, and
504-469: A nice, safe way for a child viewer to spend a half-hour". Richmond said that the show has too much "self-consciously precious" humor; the reviewer said that the trait may not factor for children and described children as "demanding and non-discriminating at the same time." Ginia Bellafante of The New York Times said that if she became "socio-analytical about the Lazlo enterprise," Camp Kidney appears to be
588-460: A pygmy rhinoceros. Lazlo is often at odds with his pessimistic camp leader, Scoutmaster Lumpus the moose, but usually gets along well with the second-in-command, Slinkman the banana slug, and other campers. Camp Kidney sits just across the lake from Acorn Flats, which is home to the campsite of the all-female Squirrel Scouts (which function somewhat similarly to the Girl Scouts ). Camp Lazlo
672-521: A row" and that he "couldn't really get the scouting thing down". He also described cartoons with pastoral settings, such as the Bugs Bunny cartoons of the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series and Yogi Bear , as having a "calming" effect due to the tree-filled backgrounds. At the time he believed that too many futuristic themes appeared in media and literature, so he wished to create
756-420: A series about a group of children without "high tech stimulus" and "in nature". Linda Simensky , who had previously worked with Murray on Rocko's Modern Life , had since moved to Cartoon Network and called Murray to solicit a new series. After an initial hesitation, Murray sent Simensky the idea for a show with a working title of 3 Beans . Simensky "thought it sounded too much like a salad", so Murray changed
840-462: A series that would "get back to nature". Murray was also inspired by John Candy ’s own summer camp-themed cartoon series Camp Candy . Camp Lazlo originated from a camp-related children's book series concept by Murray that, according to him, "outgrew its medium". As Murray developed the concept, he felt that his "lunatic characters wanted to live" and decided that a simple story could not sufficiently house his characters. Murray desired to create
924-743: A small cameo in The Amazing World of Gumball episode "The Boredom", along with the titular characters from Uncle Grandpa and Clarence . Mordecai and Hi-Five Ghost appear in the OK K.O.!: Let's Be Heroes special "Crossover Nexus", and a character resembling Mordecai cameos in Adventure Time episode " Ketchup ". Regular Show became an instant hit. Its first and second seasons, broadcast on Monday nights, ranked No. 1 in its time slot among all key boy demos across all of television, according to Nielsen Media Research . The pilot's premiere
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#17327908879151008-468: A stalemate. Mordecai and Rigby are forced to jump between the two factions after time resets. They relive the first episode, but soon realize that they need to help Pops, so they use the Power to go back. Pops realizes that he must reach out to Anti-Pops and finally saves the universe at the cost of his life. The entire park crew returns home to their friends and family. After erecting a memorial statue of Pops,
1092-578: A stand-in for "our culture of obsessive parenting." Kathie Huddleston, a reporter for the Science Fiction Weekly , created a favorable review of Camp Lazlo . The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reviewed the series and gave it an "A." Joly Herman of Common Sense Media posted a review of the show on Go.com . Herman describes the humor used in the Camp Lazlo as making it an "unpredictable show for younger viewers." Herman gave
1176-402: A variety of odd situations commonly based around traditional or fictionalized, bizarre camp activities. The setting of the show was designed to deliberately bring a nostalgic feeling of childhood summer camps and "evoke a comfortable place to visit". The colors instill the feeling of summer camp, rather than basing color schemes on real-life colors; Murray and Sue Mondt, the art director, chose
1260-442: Is a "comedic animated gem worthy of being discovered for years to come." Lumbrad ended his review by recommending the show and calling it "one truly awesome cartoon with a lot of good humor to enjoy." The A.V. Club ' s critic, Alasdair Wilkins, said that compared to another of Cartoon Network's animated comedies, Adventure Time , he does not consider the series to be funny, and described it as "more pleasingly weird". He said that
1344-621: The Cartoon Network Fridays – Volume 1 DVD, released on September 19, 2006. "Snow Beans", a winter-themed episode of the show, was released on the Cartoon Network Christmas: Volume Three DVD on October 3, 2006. The special "Where's Lazlo," received a "For Your Consideration" release for its Emmy nomination containing a glowstick and a DVD containing the episode. The DVD is only available through second hand market and very rare as it
1428-554: The Nintendo Switch on October 31, 2017. Jazwares has produced an assortment of two-, six-, seven- and 10-inch licensed action figures and plush toys for the series. "Collectable Figures" have also been released, along with other themed merchandise, such as "80's Bobbleheads," "Pullback Custom Cruisers" and "Wrestling Buddies". There have been many graphic T-shirts officially licensed through clothing retailers Hot Topic , We Love Fine and Threadless . Looney Labs also released
1512-535: The American animated comedy television series Regular Show (promoted as Regular Show in Space ), created by J. G. Quintel , originally aired on Cartoon Network in the United States. Quintel created the series' pilot using characters from his comedy shorts for the canceled anthology series The Cartoonstitute . He developed Regular Show from his own experiences in college. Simultaneously, several of
1596-752: The Arts : The Naïve Man from Lolliland and 2 in the AM PM . The former was one of the winners of the 2005 Nicktoons Film Festival and received international attention after being broadcast on Nicktoons Network . Quintel pitched Regular Show for Cartoon Network's Cartoonstitute project, in which the network allowed young artists to create pilots with no notes, which would possibly be optioned as shows. Regular Show received critical acclaim and became one of Cartoon Network's most successful original series. However, it has also garnered controversy for its dark humor , sexual innuendos , violence, and mature themes. The show
1680-686: The Best Around ", " Mississippi Queen ", " Don't You (Forget About Me) " and " A Holly Jolly Christmas ". The show also used several non-'80s songs, such as " Pale Blue Eyes " by The Velvet Underground in Regular Show: The Movie and " Heroes " by David Bowie in the series finale. Another notable song used in the show is "Here Comes a Regular" by The Replacements , a band often considered as underground. The show also produced original songs that were used in episodes, which were generally composed by Mothersbaugh and written by one of
1764-596: The Dragon (a role that would coincidentally be taken over by Kenny), voices Lazlo. Mr. Lawrence , who voiced Filburt , voices Edward and the Loons. The opening theme song, "Lazlo Was His Name-O", was based on the children's folk song " Bingo ". It was adapted by musician/songwriter and producer Andy Paley , with Joe Murray writing new lyrics. Paley also composed the music score for the show; his score features original camp songs, bluegrass and cowboy swing. Murray explained that
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#17327908879151848-607: The Leaky Lake Games event. That will allow them to compete against the Squirrel Scouts in a final tournament. In the game, the player meets characters, such as Scoutmaster Lumpus, Mr. Slinkman, Edward, and others to receive hints and directions in achieving goals and completing timed mini-games. Jack DeVries of IGN rated the game a 4.0 out of 10, criticizing the mini-games for not explaining their objectives and calling its gameplay "boring" and its audio "some of
1932-497: The Season 1 premiere's figures. It gained 2.067 million views, but it marked an increase from the Season 1 finale, which had 2.028 million viewers. The Season 3 premiere, "Stick Hockey," saw a bigger decline in viewers, recording 2 million views. As the series continued, though, its ratings grew for a short time; the Season 4 premiere, "Exit 9B", was watched by 3.047 million viewers—a significant increase from previous seasons. However, as
2016-420: The animatic and asked the crew if they wanted to use some of the songs for the finished episodes. Quintel said that the songs are chosen for their suitability for the scene, whether they sound good and if their licensing is affordable. Quintel enjoyed using the songs in the episodes, saying he thought adult viewers may remember them and younger viewers might appreciate older music. Songs in the show include " You're
2100-423: The animation style, characters and use of motifs. In January 2013, Boom! Studios announced that it would develop a comic book series based on the show and that KC Green would be writing the script and Allison Strejlav would be in charge of the illustrations. The first issue was officially released on May 15, 2013. A series of original graphic novels began publication in 2014, as well. The first, titled Hydration ,
2184-567: The animation. The series is rated TV-PG-V . Cartoon Network told Quintel early on that they wanted to "age it up from the TV-Y7 stuff we'd been doing in the past". This direction led the crew to use adult-oriented humor with innuendos and drug and alcohol references. One of the program's storyboard artists, Calvin Wong, said he enjoys the limitations set by writing for the show since the adult-oriented jokes that are approved are satisfying. The plots of
2268-547: The bookish, sci-fi -loving giraffe , along with the object of Scoutmaster Lumpus's affections, Miss Doe (a female deer ), the head of Acorn Flats. Murray said that, as he did in Rocko's Modern Life , he matched the personalities of characters to various animals. Some episodes may involve the Bean Scouts' attempts at unveiling the truth behind camp legends or clowning around, infuriating their peers or placing themselves in
2352-539: The camp as having a "retro" feel. Murray likes 1950s and early 1960s designs of objects like advertising art, lamps, and old vacation brochures, and he said that the "brushy quality that developed at that time" heavily influenced the setting. After Rocko's Modern Life concluded production in 1996, series creator Joe Murray kept a notebook of ideas for television shows and books. Murray attributes some of his most fond memories to days at summer camp; Murray said that he attended summer camp every summer for "4 or 5 years in
2436-673: The characters developed for his student films The Naïve Man from Lolliland (2005) and 2 in the AM PM (2006). Both originated as part of the 48-Hour Film Project, in which students put words into a hat, pulled out one word at midnight and spent a weekend developing ideas for a film. Quintel attended college with Thurop Van Orman and Pendleton Ward , who both went on to work at Cartoon Network Studios with Quintel; Van Orman created The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack and Ward created Adventure Time . Quintel concurrently worked on Camp Lazlo and as creative director on The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack while completing his degree. He
2520-401: The colors. In Camp Lazlo , the sky can be yellow, and trees are not always green and brown. For the architecture and objects, books with cabins, camps and Native American artifacts were consulted. Ultimately, Murray wanted to create a place where nature prevails, and the hustle and bustle of real-life is left behind, with no technology to distract from the impressions of camp life. He describes
2604-509: The crew as " coercion ". Murray wanted the Rocko's Modern Life crew as it "knows my sensibilities" and gained ten years of experience. Crew members of Rocko's Modern Life , such as Robert Scull or Peter Burns, have worked on this show. For season one, Murray hired among others comedy writer Martin Olson , who had collaborated with Murray on some of the most successful stories for Rocko's Modern Life . Murray said that he likes storybook art and
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2688-475: The delight of park manager Pops (Marin). Their other coworkers include an overweight green male named Muscle Man (Marin) and a ghost named Hi-Five Ghost (Quintel), who also serve as their rivals. Regular Show largely grew out of creator J. G. Quintel's life and experiences in college. Quintel attended the California Institute of the Arts, and many of the characters on Regular Show are based on
2772-457: The eccentric, optimistic spider monkey; Raj, the timid Indian elephant; and Clam, the quiet albino pygmy rhinoceros, and their multiple surreal misadventures. Other characters include the selfish, ill-tempered moose Scoutmaster Lumpus and his mild-mannered assistant Slinkman the banana slug , the boys' assortment of fellow campers including the disgruntled, surly platypus Edward, the two unintelligent, dirt-loving dung beetles Chip and Skip, and
2856-616: The episode "Dumptown U.S.A." on June 26, 2015, and ended with the half-hour episode "Rigby's Graduation Day Special" on June 30, 2016. The eighth and final season, titled Regular Show in Space , premiered on September 26, 2016, with the episode "One Space Day at a Time" and ended on January 16, 2017, with "A Regular Epic Final Battle". Mordecai and Rigby had cameo appearances on the Uncle Grandpa episode "Pizza Eve", along with other Cartoon Network characters from currently running and ended cartoons. Mordecai, Rigby and Hi-Five Ghost make
2940-461: The episode "The Power" and ended on November 22, 2010, with "Mordecai and the Rigbys". The second season premiered on November 29, 2010, with the episode "Ello Gov'nor" and ended on August 1, 2011, with "Karaoke Video". The third season premiered on September 19, 2011, with the episode "Stick Hockey" and concluded on September 3, 2012, with "Bad Kiss". The fourth season premiered on October 1, 2012, with
3024-520: The episode was performed. When finished, the episode was sent to Sabre Media Studios back in California. Music and sound effects were created, and the final episode is mixed and completed. The process allowed the production team to work concurrently on dozens of episodes at different stages of production. Although most modern animation had switched to hybrid methods such as the Cintiq , Regular Show
3108-448: The episodes were influenced by Quintel's and the writers' personal experiences, such as performing prank telephone calls or accepting an eating challenge from a restaurant. The show often references 1980s culture, using music and electronic devices from that era because many factors from the decade left a positive influence on Quintel. The show also makes references to modern social trends such as viral internet videos . The voice acting of
3192-488: The episodes' plots can occasionally be too complex to explore completely in the show's 11 minutes and that the usual story setup can make some stories feel structurally the same as others. Wilkins said he considers the show at its best when it focuses on the jokes, the character moments and inventive ways to use animation. Kevin McFarland, also of The A.V. Club , said he considers the series a thrill to watch; he complimented
3276-414: The final episode. After production on the series wrapped up, several crew members continued to work with Quintel on his next series, Close Enough . The crew arrive at Lolliland early, so they set up traps for Anti-Pops. Things seem to go off smoothly, but Anti-Pops is unfazed by their futile attempts. Allies from both sides rally together for the epic fight. However, Pops and Anti-Pops are once again at
3360-415: The final voice performances of both John Cygan , who died on May 13, 2017, and David Ogden Stiers , who died on March 3, 2018. The series was renewed for an eighth season on July 7, 2015, along with many other Cartoon Network shows. Regular Show is one of two Cartoon Network series ever to get an eighth season, the other being Adventure Time . The release date was announced at San Diego Comic-Con, and
3444-472: The half-hour episode "Exit 9B" and concluded on August 12, 2013, with "Steak Me Amadeus". The fifth season premiered on September 2, 2013, with the episodes "Laundry Woes" and "Silver Dude" and concluded on August 14, 2014, with "Real Date". The sixth season premiered on October 9, 2014, with the episode "Maxin' and Relaxin ' " and ended on June 25, 2015, with "Dumped at the Altar". The seventh season premiered with
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3528-781: The idea for the pilot, and Craig McCracken and Rob Renzetti liked his presentation. Regular Show was one of two series from the project that were green-lit – the other being Secret Mountain Fort Awesome , based on the Cartoonstitute short Uncle Grandpa , which in turn became its own series later on. The project was eventually scrapped and never premiered on television. The character of Mordecai embodies Quintel during his college years, specifically at CalArts; Quintel said, "That's that time when you're hanging out with your friends and getting into stupid situations, but you're also taking it seriously enough." The character of Rigby
3612-404: The klutzy, accident-prone, geeky Guinea pig Samson. There's also a rival summer camp called Acorn Flats, which is attended solely by girls, primarily focusing on Lazlo, Raj, and Clam's respective female counterparts attending that camp; Patsy the adventurous mongoose who has a major crush on Lazlo, Gretchen the short-tempered alligator , Nurse Leslie the pink nurse shark who is a doctor and Nina
3696-484: The latter was very influential to Quintel and would later influence the humor in Regular Show . The plots of Regular Show episodes generally begin with a basic problem that the characters must overcome. While the protagonists work on their task, a magical, supernatural or strange element appears and complicates the initially simple problem. The writers decided to follow this narrative structure to take advantage of
3780-628: The most horrendous music ever heard on the GBA." Camp Lazlo characters appeared in a 2007 commercial for the international fast food restaurant chain McDonald's , which advertised various Cartoon Network characters being included as action figure toys in Happy Meals , including those from Camp Lazlo . Murray did not want the series to be used in Happy Meals; the only action he could take
3864-418: The name to Camp Lazlo . When approval was given, Murray decided to produce the show at Cartoon Network Studios and his studio Joe Murray Productions, and brought Mark O'Hare on as co-producer. According to Murray, the greenlight to produce Lazlo had been initially given and later revoked, leaving Murray and Mark O'Hare "pissed" and "depressed". Murray believed that an executive was not "completely sold" by
3948-420: The pilot, he considered asking Mothersbaugh to create the music for the show. The episode's animatic was sent to Mothersbaugh, along with a request for him to join the show's staff and crew. Regular Show also made use of licensed songs—mostly from the 1980s—which began when Quintel and the staff writers started recording the animatics using copyrighted songs for the montage scenes. The network executives watched
4032-450: The same comedic antics as with the previous seasons. The season later progresses to being narrative-driven once the crew ends up confronting Pops’s brother Anti-Pops, a cataclysmic being, forcing them to uncover the truth behind Pops’s past. The series finale included a reference to Quintel's original short “The Naive Man from Lolliland,” in which Pops's original design is created. The episodes "Can You Ear Me Now?" and "The Ice Tape" feature
4116-404: The season premiered on September 26, 2016. The writers and storyboard artists for season 8 are Benton Connor, Madeline Queripel, Casey Crowe, Owen Dennis, Minty Lewis, Ryan Pequin, Sam Spina, Gideon Chase, Alex Cline, and newcomer Sean Glaze. In March 2016, Kacie Hermanson was announced as the new main character designer for the season, replacing long-time designer Ben Adams, who left the show after
4200-532: The series concludes. Song : " 'Heroes' " by David Bowie Camp Lazlo Camp Lazlo is an American animated television series created by Joe Murray for Cartoon Network . The series follows Lazlo, an anthropomorphic spider monkey who goes to a camp called "Camp Kidney", a Boy Scout –like summer camp in the Pimpleback Mountains. Lazlo resides in the "Jelly Bean" cabin with his fellow Bean Scouts; Raj, an Indian elephant, and Clam,
4284-407: The series is relatively low-key, and the intention was to make most of the characters sound natural and conversational. Quintel wanted to make the show listenable and given contrast to most other cartoons, which often are difficult for adults to listen to. The main cast consists of voice acting veterans Mark Hamill , who portrays Skips, and Roger Craig Smith , who plays Thomas. William Salyers plays
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#17327908879154368-549: The series went on, the ratings would decline, and by the last season, most episodes had under 1 million viewers. "What I like best about Regular Show is that in the midst of a gaggle of memorable regular characters, zany recurring minor characters, and a fantastical animation style, it still manages to create motifs for its condensed themes." Kevin McFarland, The A.V. Club Regular Show received critical acclaim and became one of Cartoon Network's most successful original series. A reviewer from IGN , R.L. Shaffer, called
4452-441: The series won three Primetime Emmy Awards and three Pulcinella Awards , and was nominated for another Emmy and an Annie Award. Spin-off media include DVDs, restaurant promotions, a video game, and digital download releases. The series is set in a universe inhabited solely by anthropomorphic animals of many species and focuses on a trio of campers attending a poorly run summer camp known as Camp Kidney. The trio consists of Lazlo,
4536-688: The series, and worked to have the series receive definite approval. Production of Camp Lazlo began in 2004 and ended in 2007; November 2007 saw the beginning of the series' final production run. The series would later have writers that would go on to create their own shows, such as Thurop Van Orman , who later created The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack in 2008, and J. G. Quintel , who later created Regular Show in 2010 and Close Enough in 2020. Murray felt that Camp Lazlo successfully appealed to younger children because his prior experiences with his own children helped him determine details that children found humorous. Murray said that he resisted
4620-416: The series. The show's soundtrack comprises original music composed by Mark Mothersbaugh as well as licensed songs. While preparing for the beginning of the show, Quintel looked for young, independent comic artists to comprise the show's storyboard artists; he thought that the style would closely match that of Regular Show . He looked through blogs and convention panels for the "total package", which he said
4704-516: The show and a DVD with four episodes (2 half-hour episodes): "Gone Fishin' (Sort of) / Beans Are from Mars" and "Parasitic Pal / It's No Picnic". This item is now only available through a second-hand market. On July 18, 2007, Madman Entertainment of Australia released a set of two DVDs encoded for Region 4 of season one episodes. No further information is available about a Region 1 release or additional seasons. Two episodes have also appeared on Cartoon Network-themed DVDs. "Hello Dolly" appeared on
4788-438: The show as "offbeat sense of humor with a lot of randomness that makes its title both peculiar and hilarious" and compared it to the original Looney Tunes shorts and other cartoons—including The Powerpuff Girls , Dexter's Laboratory and Johnny Bravo —that Cartoon Network has produced. He wrote that the network has found "animated gold with Regular Show , which is too offbeat and unique to be called regular" and that it
4872-577: The show two stars out of five. Camp Lazlo was released in HD remasters partially on Boomerang's streaming service in 2018, completing the HD release of the show in its entirety in June 2019. The complete series was also released on HBO Max in Latin America. Prior to Camp Lazlo ' s premiere on Cartoon Network, a Press Kit for the show was given away as a promotional item, containing fact sheets on
4956-467: The show zany, absurd, bizarre and hilarious. He praised the show's writing and said that it included "snappy dialogue, odd characters, and clever stories—each more irreverent than the last— Regular Show never ceases to tickle the funny bone." He finished his review by calling the show "a pretty awesome piece of refreshing off-the-wall comedy" and wrote that it's "humorously animated, brazenly silly and almost always funny." DVD Talk' s Neil Lumbrad described
5040-606: The show's dialogue sound natural. The series regularly used guest voice actors for recurring characters, such as Steven Blum , Courtenay Taylor , David Ogden Stiers , Robin Atkin Downes , Jeff Bennett , Jennifer Hale , David Kaye , Fred Tatasciore , Matthew Yang King , and Julian Holloway . Each episode of Regular Show took about nine months to complete. Quintel and his 35-member team developed each episode at Cartoon Network Studios in Burbank, California . The script
5124-529: The show's main characters originated from his animated shorts The Naïve Man from Lolliland and 2 in the AM PM . The series was renewed for an eighth and final season on July 7, 2015. The season ran from September 26, 2016, to January 16, 2017, and was produced by Cartoon Network Studios . Taking place shortly after the seventh season finale, Mordecai and Rigby along with rest of the park itself eventually wind themselves in space, where they must learn to adapt to their newfound surroundings all while getting into
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#17327908879155208-517: The sixth episode of the season to work on Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer for Disney XD . Calvin Wong served as supervising director for the season. The story writers for the season are Quintel, Sean Szeles, Gina Ippolito, Patrick Baker, and Matt Price, who is also the story editor, while being produced by Cartoon Network Studios . Szeles also served as supervising producer, while Ryan Slater served as producer. A former writer and storyboard artist Andres Salaff briefly returned to work on
5292-483: The staff's storyboard artists. "Summertime Loving, Loving in the Summer (Time)" was written by staff member Sean Szeles and appeared in the episode "This Is My Jam" (season 2, episode 13). Most episodes of Regular Show last 11 minutes; episodes are usually paired together to fill a half-hour program slot. 244 episodes in eight seasons have been completed and broadcast. The first season premiered on September 6, 2010, with
5376-577: The stylistic elements of Joe Murray 's Rocko's Modern Life and Camp Lazlo as working their way into his style. Video games Street Fighter , Shadowrun and ToeJam & Earl —which Quintel played when he was a child—also inspired the series, as did some British television programs. Quintel's interest in British television was influenced by his British roommate at CalArts, who introduced him to The League of Gentlemen , The IT Crowd , Little Britain , The Office and The Mighty Boosh ;
5460-468: The team often used "strange instruments" such as washboards, and the musical saw . In addition to Paley's music score, the show also utilized many tracks from the APM Music library. Ray Richmond of The Hollywood Reporter posted his review of the series on July 7, 2005. Richmond said that his child enjoyed the show but did not ask to see it again. Richmond said that the show forms "plenty lively and
5544-409: The trade as being pencils, pens, white-out and occasionally lightboxes and electric erasers". Regular Show has no regular theme music; instead, at the beginning of each episode, a blurred sound (provided by Quintel) followed by a ticking clock is heard over the title cards. The main composer of the series is Mark Mothersbaugh , one of the founding members of the band Devo . As Quintel was developing
5628-532: The two become popular party DJs in Prague; and Skips is still single and working at the park, only now, he wears shorts instead of jeans. Twenty-five years later, the entire crew return and Mordecai and Rigby reflect on Pops' sacrifice and how immature they used to be before deciding to play some old arcade games. The scene pans out with Pops watching his friends' lives from Heaven. He ejects a VHS tape labeled "Regular Show". He says "Jolly good show" for one last time and
5712-718: The urge inside of him to micromanage the production and instead approved aspects and contributions related to the show. He said that he had "a lot of pre-production time" and therefore details became established before the show aired on television. His main philosophies expressed in the show include the phrase "be who you are" and that one should question authority unless the issue is "a safety issue". Murray said that he avoids sending "messages" to children and that he hoped that his television show did not contain "too many messages". Murray asked many staff members who participated in creating Rocko's Modern Life to return and perform duties for Camp Lazlo , describing his main tactic to attract
5796-474: The voice of Rigby; Janie Haddad portrays Margaret; Quintel's former CalArts classmate Sam Marin voices Benson, Pops and Muscle Man; and Quintel portrays Mordecai and Hi-Five Ghost. Members of the production staff have voiced several characters throughout the series, including Minty Lewis, Toby Jones, Andress Salaff, and Matt Price. The Regular Show cast recorded their lines together in group as opposed to individual recording sessions for each actor; this helped make
5880-744: The works of Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse ; the styles influenced the visual style of Camp Lazlo . He also describes "great comic book artists" as important to himself and Mark O'Hare. The team created some backgrounds using "Acryl Gouache ", a mixture of acrylic paint and gouache. Rough Draft Studios , a South Korean studio, produced the Camp Lazlo footage. Murray asked Tom Kenny , who had voiced Heffer on Rocko's Modern Life , to voice characters because Murray felt that Kenny "adds writing to his roles" and "brings so much". Murray looked for "comedic timing" in his voice actors, and therefore he used many stand-up comics and sketch actors. Carlos Alazraqui , who had previously voiced Rocko and Spyro
5964-434: Was described as "far more low-fi" and was animated traditionally by hand using paper, which was then digitally composited and painted with digital ink and paint . Although Cintiqs were initially optioned to be used for the program, Quintel stated that he felt more comfortable working on paper, considering it to be more organic and more representative of each artist's individual style. Board artist Calvin Wong said, "the tools of
6048-414: Was greenlit, with Quintel returning as showrunner. The series revolves around the daily lives of two 23-year-old friends – Mordecai (voiced by J. G. Quintel ) and Rigby ( William Salyers ) – who work as groundskeepers at a park and spend their days avoiding work to entertain themselves by any means. This is much to the chagrin of their boss Benson (Sam Marin) and their coworker Skips ( Mark Hamill ), but to
6132-458: Was illustrated in rough hand-drawn images, known as storyboards . The storyboards were then animated and mixed with the corresponding dialogue to create the animatic , which was then sent to be approved by the network. The show's assets – backgrounds, character designs, props, etc. – were then assembled to be sent to Saerom Animation in South Korea , where the actual animation production of
6216-498: Was in development at the time, titled Regular Show: Mordecai and Rigby in 8-Bit Land . It was developed by WayForward Technologies and published by D3 Publisher for Nintendo 3DS . The video game was released on October 29, 2013. Mordecai and Rigby became playable characters in a video game called Cartoon Network: Battle Crashers , which was released for the Nintendo 3DS , PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on November 8, 2016, and
6300-429: Was later invited to pitch for Cartoon Network's Cartoonstitute , a project to showcase short films created without the interference of network executives and focus testing . Quintel returned to the characters from his films, put them together with newer characters and created a pilot. Quintel wanted to present a visual pitch rather than a verbal one, believing the idea would make little sense otherwise. He storyboarded
6384-399: Was nominated for several awards, including seven Annie Awards , six Primetime Emmy Awards – one of which it won for the episode "Eggscellent" (season 3, episode 17) – and three British Academy Children's Awards . A film adaptation based on the series, titled Regular Show: The Movie , premiered in 2015. On June 12, 2024, Warner Bros. Discovery announced that a new Regular Show series
6468-482: Was only available for Emmy members. A video game for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance called Camp Lazlo: Leaky Lake Games was released on November 6, 2006, as a tie-in to the show. The game is published by Crave Entertainment and developed by Collision Studios. The player plays as the three main characters (Lazlo, Clam and Raj) to compete in a series of game challenges and earn merit badges in
6552-496: Was produced by Cartoon Network Studios . Its style of humor is similar to the Nickelodeon series Rocko's Modern Life , which Murray also created and worked on, albeit more well-suited for a younger audience. The series premiered on Cartoon Network on July 8, 2005, and ran for five seasons comprising 61 episodes and the hour-long television special, Where's Lazlo? . The final episode aired on March 27, 2008. During its run,
6636-440: Was randomly developed when Quintel drew a raccoon hula-hooping. He liked the design and developed the character of Rigby to be far less responsible than his companion. Episodes are produced using storyboarding and hand-drawn animation, and each episode takes roughly nine months to create. Quintel recruited several independent comic book artists to draw the show's animated elements; their style matched closely with Quintel's ideas for
6720-422: Was refusing to appear in the television commercials. Murray stated on his website that he will not explain his opposition to Happy Meals due to his respect for the effort placed by Cartoon Network "marketing people". Murray stated that his opinions are his alone and do not reflect the opinions of Cartoon Network. He said that he appreciates Cartoon Network's "campaign for healthier eating habits for kids". "C" Raggio,
6804-631: Was released to digital download on September 1, 2015, as well as on DVD by Warner Home Video on October 13, 2015, and had its television premiere in November 2015. The movie also screened at select Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas across the United States, and it had select showtimes at the SVA Theatre of New York and the Cinema Montrereal CANADA during October 2015. Regular Show (season 8) The eighth and final season of
6888-460: Was the ability to write and draw, something that many independent comic book artists possess. In addition, Quintel attended many open shows at CalArts, an eight-hour festival of student animation. The style and sensibility of Regular Show was difficult to work with in the beginning; the artists struggled to create a natural, sitcom-like sound for the series. Growing up, Quintel was inspired by The Simpsons and Beavis and Butt-Head , and credits
6972-400: Was watched by 2.097 million viewers. For the following episodes of the first season, viewership increased by over 10% from the time period of the previous year. For instance, the entry was viewed by 1.339 million children aged 2–11, a 65% increase from the previous year. It was also watched by 716,000 children aged 9–14, a 43% increase. The Season 2 premiere, "Ello Gov'nor," marked a decline from
7056-550: Was written by Rachel Connor and illustrated by Tessa Stone. It was followed by Noir Means Noir, Buddy (2015), A Clash of Consoles (2016), Wrasslesplosion (2017), The Meatening (2018) and Comic Conned (2018). On November 9, 2011, a game called "Nightmare-Athon" was released in App Store for iOS . On January 24, 2013, a game called "Ride 'Em Rigby" was released in iOS. On April 8, 2013, J. G. Quintel announced on his Twitter page that an official Regular Show video game
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