Ice-T has made a comfortable life for himself playing New York Police Department Detective/Sergeant Odafin Tutuola on the NBC police drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. The 23rd season of the history-making television series debuted in September and has since hit over 500 episodes.
But beyond SVU and spots in various television ads such as Tide and GEICO, Ice-T is also a talented voice-over actor. On Wednesday (November 10), Ice-T guest starred on Nickelodeon’s hit CG-animated preschool series Bubble Guppies as “Garbage Khan” (not to be confused with “Garbage Can”).
Speaking to HipHopDX, the gangsta rap pioneer said he was looking forward to seeing his 5-year-old daughter Chanel’s reaction to the episode.
“I can’t wait to see my character on Bubble Guppies, he tells DX. “I’m sure it’s gonna bug out Chanel!”
Titled “A Load of Litterbugs,” the episode finds Captain Deema and her crew on the U.S.S. Recycler and striving to leave every planet cleaner than they found it. Their mission is put to the test when a crew of messy Litterbugs, led by the evil Garbage Khan, take over their ship.
In this video clip, Ice-T’s character questions why everyone keeps calling him “Garbage Can” as he sets his sights on destroying Planet Pristine.
As described in the press release, the Emmy Award-winning Bubble Guppies is an “interactive CG-animated series is set in a vibrant underwater environment and follows a group of diverse preschoolers with colorful fish tails who go on adventures discovering their world.
“Bubble Guppies is set to a soundtrack of catchy, educational pop songs and features a curriculum that infuses the core elements of kindergarten readiness, including math, literacy, the arts, science and socio-emotional development.
Ice-T’s résumé boasts numerous voice acting roles, including Madd Dogg in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Agent Cain in Sanity: Aiken’s Artifact. He also appeared as himself in Def Jam: Fight for NY and UFC: Tapout fighting video games. In addition, he voiced the character Aaron Griffin in the video game Gears of War 3 and BALEX in the 2019 video game Borderlands 3.
Bubble Guppies’ “A Load Of Litterbugs” episode will encore on the Nick Jr. channel in the coming days.
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Nick News Brief:CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment) has announced Alex Kwan, a episodic director at Nickelodeon as one of the six participants of the organization's inaugural CAPE Animation Directors Accelerator (CADA) powered by Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) program, which aims to equip animators on-the-cusp of leadership positions with the skills, mentorship, and professional network needed to break the ceiling in feature film and episodic animation. The first edition of the program will take place virtually with the selected animation directors and leaders honing their artistic and leadership skills through a series of panels, workshops, and masterclasses from high-level executives, producers, and creatives in the animation industry. Kwan will be mentored by Arthur Fong & Wira Winata (Wish Dragon). Additionally, Jason McConnell, director of animation development at Nickelodeon, will be a speaker at the event.
The Fellowship is co-chaired by Justinian Huang (Sony Pictures Animation, VP, creative,) and Michelle Wong (producer, Vivo).
Gravitas Ventures, Llc will release The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story, a documentary that explores the golden years of Nickelodeon and beyond through interviews with the actors, writers and creators of iconic Nickelodeon shows, on Blu-ray on Tuesday, November 17, 2020! The title is available to pre-order now on Target.com (priced $13.29 USD) and Craft & Vinyl ($19.99 USD). The Nickelodeon documentary will also be released on on-demand services the same day.
Update (11/11) -The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story is now available to watch in the U.K. via Amazon Prime!
Update (4/26) -The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story is now available to stream on Hulu!
Update (2/23/21) -The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story has been nominated for the "Award This! Pop Culture Documentary" award in Film Threat’s Award This! awards!
Update (10/9) -The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story is available to pre-order on iTunes now for $12.99. The film can also be ordered via FandangoNOW and Redbox.
THE ORANGE YEARS: THE NICKELODEON STORY SYNOPSIS:
"For millions of children and adults, the Nickelodeon Network is synonymous with growing up. In just a few years, the channel grew from a small local channel to an international phenomenon that helped shape a generation. Led by trailblazing visionary Geraldine Laybourne and her commitment to putting kids first, a group of unconventional heroes turned an underdog channel into an $8 billion dollar juggernaut as the golden standard for children’s programming. The Orange Years chronicles the rise of Nickelodeon, with the actors, writers, and creators from all the golden age Nickelodeon shows that shaped your lives. It’s wild. It’s crazy. It changed the world"
Using their combined skills in journalism and filmmaking as well as their mutual love for classic Nickelodeon, directors Adam Sweeney (part of the team behind The Prequels Strike Back: A Fan's Journey) and Scott Barber set out to make the documentary film Nickelodeon fans deserve. The childhood friends from The Woodlands grew up watching their beloved shows together and now share a new perspective on Nickelodeon.
The Orange Years journeys behind the scenes of the “kids first” phenomenal programming to chronicle the improbable and unprecedented success of Nickelodeon, straight from the mouths of those who brought the classic shows to fans as children. Filled with interviews from the actors, writers, animators, and creators from all your favorite golden age Nick shows, the film highlights the work of visionary Geraldine Laybourne, who was largely responsible for the network’s success in the early days.
The documentary has been been a labor of love for the filmmakers, who have interviewed some of the most famous and recognizable names from the channel's history, all the way back to its unlikely origins as Pinwheel in Columbus, Ohio.
The film has an all-star Nickelodeon cast including Kenan Thompson (All That, Kenan & Kel, Good Burger, Saturday Night Live), Kel Mitchell (All That, Kenan & Kel, Good Burger, Game Shakers), Alisa Reyes (All That), Marc Summers (Double Dare), Larisa Oleynik (The Secret World of Alex Mack), Phil Moore (Nick Arcade), Kirk Fogg (Legends of the Hidden Temple), Venus DeMilo (Salute Your Shorts), Michael Bower (Salute Your Shorts), and Danny Cooksey (Salute Your Shorts), Fred Keller (Hey Dude) and Christine McGlade (You Can’t Do That on Television).
Not that The Orange Years concentrates only on Nick's live-action output. The filmmakers also talked to talents from the groundbreaking animated division, like writer Mitchell Kriegman (Rugrats, Clarissa Explains it All), and the king of cartoon voice work, Tom Kenny (Rocko's Modern Life and SpongeBob SquarePants).
More than just a history lesson or a “where are they now?” special, the documentary explores the network’s revolutionary approach to storytelling, the impact it had on a generation of youth, and aims to find out of why these shows have stayed in the hearts of so many people.
Adam F. Goldberg (The Goldbergs) serves as an executive producer on the documentary.
Gravitas Ventures recently released Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story, a documentary chronicling the rise of The Ren & Stimpy Show in North America.
The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story made its world debut during a panel at the ninth annual DOC NYC festival in November 2018, which was attended by directors Scott Barber and Adam Sweeney; and '90s Nickelodeon stars Danny Tambarelli and Michael C. Maronna from The Adventures of Pete & Pete. Lee Leshen will served as the panels moderator.
THE ORANGE YEARS: THE NICKELODEON STORY
You Can’t Do That on Television, Clarissa Explains It All, Double Dare, The Adventures of Pete & Pete, Doug, Rugrats… If you recognize any of these titles, you probably grew up watching Nickelodeon, the cable-television network devoted to kids that launched almost 40 years ago. Beginning as a small local channel, visionary leadership led to its rapid growth into a global phenomenon. The Orange Years is a nostalgic and entertaining look back at the early years of the youth-oriented network that broke all the rules to let kids enjoy being kids.
Running Time: 98
Language: English
Country: USA
Year: 2018
Credits:
Director: Scott Barber, Adam Sweeney
Producer: EP Adam F. Goldberg (The Goldbergs), EP Lee Leshen, Producer Bill Parks, Producer Scott Barber, Producer Shawn Cauthen, Producer Alisa Reyes, Producer Adam Sweeney, Producer Brian MacGillivray, Producer Lance Paul
Cinematographer: Shawn Cauthen
Editor: Bradford Thomason, Scott Barber, Shawn Cauthen
Music: Daron Beck
WRITERS: Scott Barber Adam Sweeney
CAST: Christine Taylor, Larisa Oleynik, Melissa Joan Hart, Kenan Thompson, Danny Cooksey, Drake Bell
XBite Games, a new brand from Db-Line, a wholesale distributor of video games based in Italy, has launched Nickelodeon Kart Racers bundle for the Nintendo Switch, which comes with the hit Nickelodeon-branded racing game and a steering wheel!
Nickelodeon Kart Racers Nintendo Switch Bundle
SKU: 545658
RRP £19.99
Hit the slime-filled race tracks with Nickelodeon Kart Racers! Select a racer from one of your favourite Nickelodeon series, including SpongeBob, Patrick, and Sandy from SpongeBob SquarePants, Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Arnold and Helga from Hey Arnold!, and Angelica, Tommy & Reptar from Rugrats.
Product Information
Includes:
- Nickelodeon Kart Racers Game for Nintendo Switch (code to download* via Nintendo store)
- Steering Wheel Accessory
- Taunt Cards
Features
- Hit the slime-filled race tracks with Nickelodeon Kart Racers
- Choose a racer from 12 of the most iconic Nickelodeon series: SpongeBob SquarePants, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Hey Arnold!, Rugrats and MORE!!!
- Race on 24 different Slime-filled tracks, including Bikini Bottom, NYC sewers, Tommy Pickle's house, Arnold's school and more!
- Customisable Karts with multiple power-ups and special attacks
- Awesome Co-Op and Local Multi-Player for non-stop action the entire family will love!
Please Note: Joy-Cons not included
*Requires a Nintendo Account to download
The Nickelodeon Kart Racers Nintendo Switch Bundle is available to purchase today!
Other titles in the XBite Games line include Chicken Range (with Joy-Con Rifle Peripheral), Super Street Racer (with Red Steering Wheel), and Instant Sports Tennis (with Tennis Racquet). For more information, visit https://www.xbitegames.co.uk.
