Annie Potts: Ghostbusters Frozen Empire & Young Sheldon Finale - Melissa Joan Hart Interview | Melissa Joan Hart
🍿 Get ready for a lively and somewhat SPOOKY discussion on all things entertainment as Melissa Joan Hart and Amanda Lee welcomes the fabulous Annie Potts to the latest episode of What Women Binge! Join them as they delve into her saying goodbye to Meemaw in the the final season of Young Sheldon and the highly anticipated release of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire hitting theaters this week.
👩👧👧 Melissa and Annie bring their unique perspectives and insights to the table, sharing their thoughts on the conclusion of the beloved Young Sheldon series and its impact on fans everywhere. From memorable moments to favorite characters, they leave no stone unturned.
👻 And let's not forget about the excitement surrounding Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire! Melissa and Annie dive into the trailers, cast dynamics, and what audiences can expect from this new installment in the iconic franchise.
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Ted Bastien, a long-time director on PAW Patrol, has sadly passed away. The news was announced by Toronto-based entertainment company Guru Studio on their official Facebook page.
"It is with a heavy heart that we share the news that Ted Bastien, director on PAW Patrol for over 7 years, has passed away," said Guru Studio. "Ted was a dear colleague and friend to many of us at Guru. Throughout his illness, Ted fought bravely to be a strong creative leader for his team and to always keep everyone's spirits high.
"Ted started with Guru back in July 2015 after a remarkable 31 years at Nelvana. During his time at Guru, he led our 100+ PAW team through many creative adventures across several series and specials. Ted will always be remembered for his sharp wit, charm, and bright sense of humour. His passion was infectious and his standards unwavering. Ted was an invaluable contributor to PAW Patrol's international success and to kids entertainment in Canada and around the world.
"Our hearts go out to his entire family and to everyone who had the pleasure of working alongside him. He will be greatly missed."
Ted commenced work on PAW Patrol during it's third season. In addition to PAW Patrol, Ted also worked in the art departments of series such as Wayside, Extreme Ghostbusters, Little Rosey, The Suite Life of Hudson and James, Cyberchase, Quads!, Braceface, Seven Little Monsters, Clone High, Bigfoot Presents: Meteor and the Mighty Monster Trucks, Johnny Test, and Magic Adventures of Mumfie, and the features Journey to the Center of the Earth and An Angel for Christmas.
Despite only lasting one 40-episode season, the late 90s animated series Extreme Ghostbusters, a follow-up to the widely popular The Real Ghostbusters, has gone on to garner a devoted following, not only prompting many fans to demand more adventures of Kylie, Eduardo, Roland, and Garrett but leaving some with unanswered questions surrounding the short-lived series.
Recently featuring a cosplay-centric Ghostbusters episode of The Ship-it Show podcast, co-host and voice of Kylie Griffin, Tara Strong, is back, leading an Extreme Ghostbusters reunion, being again joined by Greg Cipes and Miranda Parkin, but this time, welcoming special guests Jason Marsden, Billy West, Pat Musick, Maurice Lamarche, Rino Romano, and Dave Coulier.
While the entire near hour-long reunion is more than worth your time, with the podcast offering up an in-depth behind-the-scenes glimpse at the series, it was Marsden’s comments about the reasoning for the show’s cancellation that instantly caught fans attention, with the actor saying:
“I was so jaded, thinking this is show friends, I keep forgetting that no, it’s show business. When I asked Audu Paden, our producer, “So, why’d you guys decide to do another Ghostbusters series?” He’s like, “To sell toys,” with Mardsen adding, “That’s all it was, and because the toys didn’t sell, despite all the amazing work everyone did, in front of the mic, and behind the mic, and the art department, and all the animators, it suffered.
Upon hearing the reason for cancellation, Strong, somewhat upset, responded:
“I never knew that was the reason it got canceled. Like, that’s so sad, and you know, they didn’t really put out a lot of toys, so what were they expecting? You know, usually, when you’re on a show that you know comes with a built-in fanbase, you do some dope-a*s merch. There’s some kind of cra*py toys, but there weren’t, like, amazing things, right?”
While on the topic of toys, Marsden spoke about his character, Garrett, who was one of the only leads not to receive an action figure, being told that it would be “insensitive to the children who were in wheelchairs.”
“And they were progressive with the show, having such diversity, and having Garrett in the wheelchair, but they wouldn’t make Garrett in a wheelchair as an action figure. What I was told, they thought it’d be insensitive to the children who were in wheelchairs. They went as far as to make, and I saw pictures of this, a prototype of Garrett with bionic legs. Talk about insensitive, that’s insensitive. And as a fan of the OG Real Ghostbusters, and who collected the toys, they didn’t really hold a candle to the original toys.”
Sadly its not uncommon that TV shows aimed towards kids get canceled early, simply because the show isn't merchandisable.
If you happened to have miss the Ghostbusters cosplay-centric episode of The Ship-it Show, featuring special guests the S.O.S. Ghostbusters UK, the colander-wearing Jarrett Pressman, and Kylie Griffin cosplayer Emma Méligne, give it a watch here.
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Today we discuss all things Slimer, things Slimed, and things that will be Slimed when we talk to the cast of: Extreme Ghostbusters! Ever wanted to know what Janine (Pat Musick) thinks of Egon (Maurice LaMarche), or fun stories from behind the scenes of recording at night? Take a listen here!
Illustrator, cartoonist, animator, writer and teacher Everett Peck — best known for his popular animated series Duckman and Squirrel Boy — died Tuesday, June 14. The sad news was shared on Peck’s Instagram and Facebook feeds. His cause of death was not disclosed.
Credit: Animation Magazine.
Born October 9, 1950 in Taos, New Mexico, Peck’s distinctive illustration style brought colorful, edgy characters to life across the pages of The New Yorker, Playboy and Time, as well as comics, print ads, books and movie posters. As an artist, he has shown work in galleries across the U.S. and as far away as Tokyo. Peck was the subject of a solo art exhibition in 2011 at California’s Oceanside Museum of Art
Peck turned his talents to animation as a character designer/executive design consultant on the late 1980s hit The Real Ghostbusters, creating most of the show’s imaginative ghosts. He returned to the franchise for the 1997 animated series Extreme Ghostbusters.
The Real Ghostbusters
At Klasky-Csupo, Peck wrote for the classic Nickelodeon cartoon, Rugrats (1991-2004). But his most famous work, Duckman, was already finding fans as a comic book published by Dark Horse in 1990. The concept was adapted into a critically acclaimed adult animated sitcom for USA Network, running for four seasons from 1994 to 1997 and animated at Klasky-Csupo.
Developed by Peck, Arlene Klasky, Gabor Csupo, Ron Osborn and Jeff Reno, Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man voice starred Jason Alexander (Seinfeld) as Duckman — a lewd, self-hating yet egocentric widower and P.I. living in Los Angeles with his equally complex family. The voice cast also featured Gregg Berger, Dweezil Zappa, Dana Hill, Pat Musick, E.G. Daily (Rugrats), Nancy Travis, Frank Welker (The Wild Thornberrys) and Tim Curry (Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Wild Thornberrys).
Duckman. Original art by Everett Peck
The series received three Primetime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Animated Program, for the episodes “T.V. or Not to Be” (1994), “Noir Gang” (1996) and “Duckman and Cornfed in Haunted Society Plumbers” (1997). Duckman won a CableACE award for Animated Programming in 1996.
Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man
In 2008, Peck told Animation Magazine, “I came up with Duckman the same way I come up with most of my ideas, by observing people and drawing in my sketchbook. I generally carry my sketchbook around with me were ever I go. I like to sketch in public places like coffee shops and bars. I don’t usually draw exactly what I’m seeing. I’m just looking at all the different types of people and they’re public interactions. If I see something interesting it usually ends up in my sketchbook in one form or another. Sometimes that forms the basis for a character. I used to draw caricatures of people sitting in bars in exchange for drinks. But after a few beers my drawings started looking worse than they usually do and people started getting mad. I almost got in a fight a couple of times so I quit doing that.”
Rugrats
“The basic personality of Duckman and the working relationship with Cornfed is based on a friend of mine and his ex-partner (I emphasize ‘ex’.),” he noted. ” In my earliest sketches I played with putting Duckman in a muscle suit. In one sketch a primeval Cornfed says, ‘Aww Duckman, every time you put that thing on someone gets hurt, and it’s usually you.’ I quickly moved away from the superhero angle. I never really got the whole superhero thing anyway. I mean it’s easy to fight evil when you’re ripped and have a bunch of super powers and a cool suit. Where’s the fun in that? I liked the idea of taking a skinny duck with a big mouth and no genitalia and throwing him up against the world. Now that’s entertainment! I digress. After I got Duckman and Cornfed worked out the other characters fell into place fairly quickly. I lifted King Chicken from a painting I was working on and an old girlfriend inspired Bernice. I started working out stories in comic-strip form, then compiled those with some new material to create the first Duckman comic for Darkhorse Publications. At around the same time I showed Duckman to Gabor Csupo (co-owner of Klasky-Csupo Animation studio). He liked it immediately, so we went into partnership to produce Duckman as an animated property.”
When asked about the reason behind the show’s popularity, Peck responded, “I just went with something that was interesting to me. You can never really judge how people will receive stuff you do, you can drive yourself crazy thinking that way (but now they have some wonderful drugs for that). Of course, I’m happy people do like it. I think one thing people respond to is that Duckman is pretty much the only animated show out there that’s truly an adult show. One thing that I was concerned about initially was retaining the attitude and sexuality of the comic in the animated series. I think we were pretty successful. I didn’t let my kids watch it. I didn’t even mention I was working on Duckman. I told them Daddy had to spend a little time in jail but he’d be home soon.”
Through the 1990s, Peck worked on several favorite series of the decade, including as a visual designer on The Critic, animated by Film Roman for ABC, and as character designer/design consultant on Dragon Tales, Men in Black: The Series, Godzilla: The Series and the Jumanji cartoon. He also animated for Sesame Street.
Peck again collaborated with Klasky-Csupo to create the seven-minute TV short Stinky Pierre (2003), which featured Charlie Adler (Rocko's Modern Life, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters) as the titular character. The film was directed by Zhenia Delioussine and Andrei Svislotski.
Squirrel Boy
Taking a milder, kid-friendly tone after Duckman, Peck created the Cartoon Network series Squirrel Boy, which aired two seasons and half a dozen shorts from 2006 to 2008. The 2D series produced by Cartoon Network studios centered on an anthropomorphic squirrel named Rodney (voiced by Richard Steven Horvitz, Angry Beavers, Invader ZIM) who was always dragging his human boy BFF Andy (Pamela Adlon, King of the Hill) into his nutty schemes.
Directed by Raymie Muzquiz, the show also featured the voices of Carlos Alazraqui (Rocko's Modern Life), Kurtwood Smith (That '70s Show), Nancy Sullivan (The Amanda Show, Drake & Josh), Billy West (The Ren & Stimpy Show), Jason Spisak (Young Justice), Tom Kenny (Rocko's Modern Life, SpongeBob SquarePants) and Monica Lee Gradischek (KaBlam!'s "Sniz & Fondue", The Fresh Beat Band).
Peck was residing in Oceanside, California at the time of his death. He is survived by his wife, Helen Vita Peck.
R.I.P. Everett Peck, October 9, 1950 - June 14, 2022.
