Animation, Television

Merry Nickmas 2: As Told by Ginger, FOP and Jimmy Neutron

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Ali discusses three more Nicktoon Christmas specials: “An ‘Even Steven’ Holiday Special” (As Told By Ginger), “Christmas Every Day!” (The Fairly OddParents) and “Holly Jolly Jimmy” (The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius).

Check out last year’s episode: Merry Nickmas: Rugrats, SpongeBob and ZIM.

Merry Nickmas 2: As Told By Ginger, Fairly OddParents and Jimmy Neutron
Animation, Movies, Personal Tales, Television, Voice Acting, Writing

Tons of Fun at Toon Con

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Ali recaps her experience attending Toon Con, including meeting awesome people like Rikki Simons (GIR), Bob West (Barney), Peter Kelamis (Rolf), and more, watching a fun panel with the cast of The Fairly OddParents and two more with legendary Disney artists and actors, and finally, working up the nerve to ask Susanne Blakeslee and Daran Norris an intimate question about Cosmo & Wanda.

Animation, Interview, Movies, Television

Animation Culture with Andy Clark

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Ali interviews art director and background painter, Andy Clark, who shares about his experience on many shows such as Dexter’s Laboratory, SpongeBob SquarePants, The Angry Beavers, ChalkZone, Seth MacFarlane’s canceled The Flintstones project, and more. He also provides a lot of valuable insight about the current state of the animation industry and offers pertinent career and life advice.

Be sure to visit Andy’s website.

Andy Clark
Animation, Interview, Movies, Music, Musicals, Television, Writing

The Impact of Music with Pat Irwin

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Ali interviews musician and composer, Pat Irwin, who shares about the process of composing for television and movies, in particular his work on Rocko’s Modern Life and Rocko’s Modern Life: Static Cling among other projects. He also shares about memorable moments performing with his bands, music classes he currently teaches, the value of music as part of humanity, and more.

Pat’s links:

Television

Ted Lasso

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Ali discusses the critically-acclaimed series, Ted Lasso, developed by Jason Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence, Brendan Hunt and Joe Kelly.

Ted Lasso scripts:

Coach Lasso promos:

Ted Lasso
Interview, Music, Television, Voice Acting, Writing

Musical Moods with Nick Balaban

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Ali interviews musician, composer, and singer/songwriter, Nick Balaban, who shares about his musical influences, creative process, working on Blue’s Clues, memorable performances, and more!

Visit Nick’s website.

Animation, Television

The Fairly OddParents + “A Kiss and a Tie (But Not in That Order)”

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Ali discusses all things The Fairly OddParents, diving into “School’s Out! The Musical,” the uniqueness of the franchise, a whole bunch of classic quotes from the original run of the show (seriously, this episode is mostly quotes), why the early relationship dynamic between Cosmo & Wanda is the absolute cutest (which inadvertently leads to wondering something…), the adorableness that is baby Poof, and a quick FOP story called “A Kiss and a Tie (But Not in That Order).”