Me and the squad ready for a new Defunctland video

Harvey Beaks premiered 9 years ago on Nickelodeon, the show trained the next generation of Disney storytellers with The Houghton Brothers & Jeff Trammell with "Big City Greens" at Disney Channel and "Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man" at Marvel Studios.

Other Harvey crew developing their own shows at Disney Television Animation are MONICA RAY, HANNAH AYOUBI & RAJ BRUEGGEMANN. ICYMI Since 2021, Monica Ray has been trying to get the rights back from Magic Children Doing Things from Nick to pitch it to other networks including Disney. In 2023 Ayoubi mentioned that Disney is interested on Monsters Abroad but couldn't set a buy back due the cost cutting from Bob Iger at The Walt Disney Company

Harvey Beaks creator C.H. Greenblatt has been developing an animated series with Disney Channel since late 2023

Men like Butch Hartman, Craig McCracken, Gendy Tartakovsky all got to create numerous cartoons during their careers, which are still ongoing so they might make even more.  Butch Hartman had Fairly Oddparents, Danny Phantom, T.U.F.F. Puppy, and Bunson is a Beast.  Craig McCracken has the PowerPuff Girls, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, and Wonder Over Yonder.  Genny Tartakovsky had Dexter's Laboratory, Samurai Jack, and Symbionic Titan.

But I don't see that trend in creator's today I guess?  Like Rebecca Sugar has Steven Universe and only Steven Universe.  Alex Hirsch has only Gravity Falls.  Ian Jones-Quartey has O.K. K.O. and nothing else.   And it's not like these people have left the industry by any means.  They're still animating and voice acting and being producers, but I wonder what about the industry changed so that in the 90s and 2000s, if you had one successful show you got to make 3 others, and now if you have one successful show you never get greenlit for anything else.

It could just be these creators don't have an idea for a new cartoon or the Networks didn't like working with them.  But it's hard to believe such creative people have literally no other thoughts they'd like to expand upon in cartoon form.  Or maybe the previous creators just had weirdly strict contracts that demanded they keep putting out new works during their tenure at studios. 

  The one exception to this trend is C.H. Greenblatt, who's been able to create at least two cartoons: Chowder and Harvey Beaks.  

By the way Jellystone! s3 is already out and it has my undying support!!!!!💜💜💜

So they say that the new era of Disney TV cartoons will be led by the likes of C.H. Greenblatt...

Well, I’m just hoping that the House of Mouse will treat C.H. better than Nickelodeon or WB-Discovery (I mean, considering how messed up everything has become over there, Jellystone might as well be cancelled by now too...)

So I’m only hoping that C.H. Greenblatt won’t be screwed over again... I’m hoping that Disney will respect him more...

Ngl, I actually thought I'd find Chowder to be okay at best as an adult because of Panini, the fact that it follows the rule of funny (which I don't always agree with) and I was worried I'd get sick of the 4th wall breaks. Thankfully this show ended up being really good from the first episode to the very end. Here my review of Chowder on Imdb.

I am so tired of the thing I love most in this world being shit on again and again. Animation has been a beacon of hope, inspiration, and a island of respite for me my entire life. Animators, storyboarders, the often very over looked over seas artists, and the many many many other people that work extremely hard to make and create animation don't deserve this.

Either I'm going crazy or I just saw your name in the credits of a Jellystone episode I'm watching. Did you work on an episode in the latest season? What was it like?

I worked on the entirety of Season 3, and it was a blast while it lasted. It was great to work with C.H. Greenblatt again along with a few old friends and a whole bunch of new ones. It was actually fun to make, and I hope that rubbed off on the episodes.

Three years ago I animated an infamous SpongeBob doodle by board artist C.H. Greenblatt. Here's a new redubbed version.

Lucky Penny Color Edition is coming out November 22nd!!!

Ananth and I were able to team up with incredible colorist Julia Hagerty to bring color to Lucky Penny ... we’re so excited for this book to finally be out in the world!

Please check out our amazing new cover quote, C.H. Greenblatt of Chowder fame said some unbelievably nice things about Penny! I’m still bowled over that our book was on his radar. 💖

You can still pre-order Lucky Penny over here! (Or through your local bookseller!)

The cover art for "JELLYSTONE!" has been updated on Max ahead of the premiere of Season 2A (Branded as Season 3 on Max) on Thursday.

Chris Houghton and Shane Houghton Extended Overall Development Deal With Disney Television Animation, Ink Overall Development Deal With 20th Television Animation And Disney Branded Television In Multi-Year Agreement With Disney.

Chris Houghton and Shane Houghton, creators of “Big City Greens,” have struck a wide-ranging deal with Disney Branded Television and Disney Television Studios, it was announced today by Ayo Davis, president, Disney Branded Television, during the 2024 Television Critics Association winter press tour in Pasadena, California. 

Under the deal The Houghton Brothers will also have full access to legacy and modern Disney IP to develop potential new animated series for Disney Channel and Disney+ based on heritage and modern Disney IP

“Big City Greens,” which debuted in June 2018, has been making kids laugh for four seasons and nearly 100 episodes. It was the No. 2 most-watched kids animated series of 2023, with more than 2 billion hours watched across linear and streaming since it debuted in 2018. The “Big City Greens” franchise will soon expand with a movie, set to premiere this summer. Additionally, “Big City Greens” recently collaborated with ESPN for the “NHL Big City Greens Classic” — a live, animated NHL game telecast, powered by volumetric and motion capture technologies — which is returning for a second iteration this year. The franchise's content also extends into many of Disney Television Animation's hit animated short-form series, including “How NOT to Draw,” “Chibi Tiny Tales”, "Theme Song Takeover" and “Broken Karaoke.”

Under this multiyear producing deal, the Houghtons will produce animated series,films and speciales with Disney Television Animation studio while also providing opportunities to develop live-action projects within Disney Branded Television across linear and streaming platforms like It's A Laugh Productions. Additionally, the deal includes development opportunities for adult animation projects with 20th Television Animation for ABC Network, FX Networks, Freeform and Hulu.

The Houghton Brothers and Big City Greens have trained the next generation of storytellers at Disney Television Animation with upcoming shows on development like chicano-lead comedy Primos created by Natasha Kline slated for a summer release on Disney Channel, other creators with shows in development include Monica Ray with an original show and potential buyout of Magic Children Doing Things, Hannah Ayoubi with a original show and a potential buyout of Monsters Abroad, both projects originally with pilots at Nickelodeon (Both pilots buyouts have been on freeze at Disney Legal department due Bob Iger's cost cutting and content overhaul at Disney), Raj Brueggemann and Amy Hudkins are also other Big City Greens artists and alumnis with a chance to get their own animated series for Disney Channel.

The brothers also collaborated on “Harvey Beaks,” with Chris serving as a storyboard director and Shane as a staff writer, "Harvey Beaks" creator C.H. Greenblatt has been developing a Disney Channel animated series since 2023.

Every time I think about Rodney Greenblat I have to spend a few seconds reminding myself that he isn't C.H. Greenblatt nor is he Joe Murray I mean you can see where I get it mixed up right? Parappa and Rocko's Modern Life feel like they take place in the same universe. Chowder too but not as much.

Just picked this up knowing how long this “C.H. Greenblatt-esque” style show deserved another season. It’s been a messed after that Warner Bros. Discovery crap we don’t want to talk about it back then. 😠

Still it was good to have “Jellystone!” back for another season….for now. I’m not holding my breath if it will continue or not; especially for their planned two-parter specials that my brain keeps holding about. I’ll would be wrong if it’ll finally happened.

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