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There was never an episode of TR that was not improved in some way by the brilliant thoughts that regularly tumbled out of Alex Kirwan's head. Here are his ideas for the reintroduction of the Sisters and their 'assimilation' into the Cluster for "Sister Sledgehammer"

(Sorry if the images are not oriented correctly. I am still on doofus level when it comes to these things.)

My New Gig

A few of you have been wondering what show Alex and I are working on at Cartoon Network. We are not working on one show. You could say we are working on the future of Cartoon Network!

I am supervising their Shorts program. I will help to find new ideas for future shows and help the creators of those ideas produce pilots for those possible shows. Alex is (as always) my right hand man. He will be helping the creators develop the visual style of their show.

And we will both have the opportunity to do some of our own ideas.

Wichobot Rocks!

I just discovered her Teenage Roblog X blog and have also been tracking all the TR episodes she has been putting up on You Tube. I'm sorry that she is upset with me and Alex but I am in love with her! I hope she will keep her X version of the blog going even when we do post stuff here.

Keep Your Fingers Crossed !!!

The Emmy nomination ballots have gone out and TR is one of only three shows up for possible nomination in the 1 Hour Special category. We submitted Escape From Cluster Prime, one of the pieces I am most proud of.

Sorry the blog has been dormant lately. Both Alex and I are settling into our new gig at Cartoon Network. I will try to post some visual treats soon!

Thanks for your patience and loyalty!

Disaster Baby

That's what we ended up calling this critter. He first appeared in "Hostile Makeover" as a reference to the baby boy of Mary Hanley, the woman who did the storyboard. Pretty soon whenever we needed to put someone in danger we would reuse Disaster Baby. Can you name some of the other episodes he's appeared in ?

Jenny in the 3rd dimension

Thanks for the great links everyone! They lead to some nifty discoveries, including the Japanese version of "Speak no Evil" wherein the Japanese speaking residents of Tremorton are baffled by Jenny's attempts to comunicate in English.

For those wondering how Jenny and the extended cast of the show might look in 3-d, we discovered this fairly elaborate fan film, "Not My Day" by Henry Blackshear jr.

Jenny around the world

All this travelling has gotten me thinking. One of the coolest things about making a show for a studio like Nickelodeon, is that your work will eventually be shown all over the world. However, each countrie's Nickelodeon is its own company, and even though Rob and I have asked many times we never get to see the international versions of our show.
Recently I found this; a clip of Teenage Robot featuring the theme song and characters speaking in German. For those those of us used to the english version, there are some fun surprises, including Tuck's more mature voice.
This Blog seems to have visitors from around the world, does anyone have links to clips of their local versions of Robot?

Time Flies

It's been several weeks since I returned from Japan and I have been meaning to post much sooner than this. Finally fed the pix from my new digital camera to my Mac -all 1400 of them! This is my wife and me on the Shinkansen from Himeji to Kyoto. Another bullet train is passing us by while we stop momentarily in a station. A totally accidental image but a great result.

Although I'll be paid through next week, this is my last day of real work on MLAATR. I mix the final show today. It's a good one and although there is no real series conclusion. It ends with a comical joke that could explain why things don't continue.

Alex and I will continue to post on the Roblog. He has been very busy moving to a new place but when he is settled I expect he will have some new treats for you all. I will try to post a few goodies as well before they kick me out of Nick.

Count on us!

Hey everyone, we're back and feeling very refreshed, thanks for asking.
I wanted to alert faithful mlaatr followers thats this week's installation of the Channel Frederator podcast features "The Vampire Who Came to Dinner" one of the six Mina and the Count shorts Rob Renzetti directed before creating Teenage Robot (1 for Cartoon Network and 5 for Nickelodeon). Besides being a great cartoon, it also has a soft spot in my heart because it was one of the very first times Rob and I ever collaborated on anything. Check it out here or subscribe through itunes (it's free).
Also check out some of our favorite classic cartoons on the the ReFrederator podcast, curated by my own father, Dave Kirwan.

DON'T CRY!

Rob and myself are going to do a little traveling to enjoy our respective time-off, he in Japan and myself in Europe. Therefore, the roblog will be taking a little vacation as well, for a little over three weeks from the date of this post. Don't despair, it'll definitely be back, I've just got too much cool stuff still to post.
Au revoir and sayonara!