Ever wonder who does the voice of your favorite cartoon characters? Well you’re in luck as the Chicago Tribune has compiled a list of 55 characters and their real life counterparts.
Check out the full list.
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Check out these three behind the scenes videos of WALL-E:
FOX announced today that they have ordered 9 more episodes of ‘The Cleveland Show,’ bringing the total to a full season order of 22 episode. The Family Guy spin-off is scheduled to debut in Fall 2009. Also announced today was the addition of Arianna Huffington in a recurring role, joining previously announced series regulars Sanaa Lathan, Nia Long, Kevin Michael Richardson, Mike Henry and Seth MacFarlane.
The show follows Cleveland Brown to his hometown in Virginia, as he settles down with his high school sweetheart, Donna, and her kids Roberta and 5-year-old Rallo, as well as his own 14-year-old son, Cleveland Jr. Once in Virginia, Cleveland is welcomed by a collection of neighbors that includes a loudmouth redneck, Lester; a hipster wanna-be, Holt; and a family of talking bears, including Tim and his wife Arianna.
Seth MacFarlane, Rich Appel and Mike Henry serve as executive producers and co-creators.
According to studio estimates Sunday, the animated sequel “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa” was the number one movie at theaters this weekend with $63.5 million. The first “Madagascar” movie debuted with $61 million over the four day Memorial Day weekend in 2005.
1. “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa,” $63.5 million.
2. “Role Models,” $19.3 million.
3. “High School Musical 3: Senior Year,” $9.3 million.
4. “Changeling,” $7.3 million.
5. “Zack and Miri Make a Porno,” $6.5 million.
6. “Soul Men,” $5.6 million.
7. “Saw V,” $4.2 million.
8. “The Haunting of Molly Hartley,” $3.5 million.
9. “The Secret Life of Bees,” $3.1 million.
10. “Eagle Eye,” $2.6 million.
Release date: March 27, 2009
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Adult Swim announced today that it will expand its late-night programming block by one hour beginning January, 2009. The new, daily schedule will run from 10pm-6am and will be kicked off at 10pm with repeats of King of the Hill. Adult Swim debuted in Sept. 2001 with just three hours of programming airing two nights a week. As of January, Cartoon Network will air Adult Swim programming seven nights a week.
Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the rest of the PEANUTS gang star in three to four minute digital shorts that are based on the popular comic strip created by Charles Schulz. For a limited time, fans can download the first two episodes of PEANUTS Motion Comics for free on iTunes. In these episodes, Linus runs for class president with Charlie Brown as his running mate. Despite being far ahead in the polls, Linus and Charlie Brown eventually ruin their chances of winning by referencing a famous, yet mysterious holiday entity during a final speech.
The initial episodes of PEANUTS Motion Comics are based on comic strips drawn in the year 1964. The stories are pulled from these strips and developed into three to four minute videos containing new Flash animation by the award-winning Studio B.
The PEANUTS Motion Comics consist of 20 episodes bundled in pairs with each short consisting of a different theme culled from the classic comic strip. These include the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown’s baseball team, A Christmas story, Valentine’s Day, Charlie Brown’s first crush, Snoopy survives a flood and others.
The cost of two bundled episodes is 99 cents or a $7.99 for a full season pass.
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Release date: March 27, 2009
Variety reports that a few rats… er, insiders, at Fox have spilled the beans in regards to King of the Hill’s future. It turns out that ABC is interested in acquiring the series. The reason behind the interest is due to ABC’s upcoming animated show “The Goode Family,” which coincidentally is created by Mike Judge, the creator of King of the Hill. It seems as though the network wants to pair up two animated together because as history shows, animated shows do best when paired with other animated shows.
Other networks interested in possibly acquiring the series, and continuing on where Fox leaves off, are Cartoon Network, FX, and Comedy Central — although it’s believed that there is little to no chance of such a move happening due to the show’s per episode cost.
Check back with us as the story is sure to develop.
The 19th annual “Treehouse of Horror” Simpsons episode gave the show its best ratings in nearly five years, bringing in 12.5 million viewers, receiving a 6.2 preliminary rating among adults 18-49. The momentum continued throughout the night as King of the Hill brought in 8.6 million viewers, while Family Guy brought in 10 million and finally, American Dad managed to attract 7.2 million viewers — all season-high numbers.
You’re probably noticing that King of the Hill brought in 1.4 million more viewers than American Dad, yet Fox is cancelling King and keeping Dad. To those wondering why this is, it has to do with the magical demographics. American Dad manages to pull in a younger crowd which advertisers love.
Oh, and the main reason The Simpsons managed to nab such a high number of viewers was because of the scene in which Homer tries to vote for Barack Obama only to have things go terribly wrong. Watch the clip below:
Check out this cool animation by Youtube user mdigitalman. Now imagine if this was completed. Yea, it would rock.
Below is the original pitch trailer used by Mike Judge to help sell King of the Hill to FOX.
Fox announced today that they will not be ordering more episodes of “King of the Hill,” and that the last of the April’s 13 episode order are wrapping production.
Luckily for fans, there are many King of the Hill episodes in the can that haven’t aired, which Fox plans to air in the 2009-10 season, essentially the 14th and final season of the Mike Judge animated show.
King of the Hill has faced possible cancellation many times before. Unfortunately, this time it’s for real. Mike Judge, the show’s creator, had already moved on from King of the Hill and went to work on a new animated show for ABC titled “The Goode Family,” which is scheduled to premiere in midseason. However, Mike Judge continued to voice the Hank Hill character.
To replace King of the Hill, Fox will introduce two new animated shows in midseason, Mitch Hurwitz’s “Sit Down, Shut Up” and the Family Guy spinoff “The Cleveland Show.”
Via THR
