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This is the third edition of Cartoon Reviews. I finally got around to doing this stuff again! With these reviews, I look over what I liked about a cartoon (or cartoon related) thing I watched recently. And this weeks is the one hour finale of Codename: Kids Next Door, Codename: I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S.
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• Numbah Two and Five are now married
• Numbah Three and Four are also married
• Numbah One returned from space, and didn’t stay up there forever
• Sector V was never really decommissioned
• Father is now going on an interstellar goose chase.
• Numbah Five becomes Supreme Commander of the KND

There are many more, but I don’t fell like listing them. Well, the plot of the episode was pretty good. A C.A.K.E.D. mission turned out to be a very good note to end the show on. The writing was very superb and there were some surprising moments. One such was with the B.E.A.R.H.U.G.G.A.H., a weapon that turned out to give huge bear hugs. You wouldn’t know that from the commericals! So, the guys from the Philippines got to see it before us North Americans did, and left a bunch of huge spoilers on the Internet. So what? It didn’t stop me from completely enjoying the the episode.

The live-action moments may have hampered my enjoyment of the episode a little, but those parts were still awesome. The mixing of the live-action and animated scenes were just amazing. The showing of almost every single character that appeared in Codename: Kids Next Door was just astounding. But note I said, since The Tommy, Cree, and a few others were missing. The final animated scene was just heart-warming, and I won’t be surprised if some of you guys watered up a bit at it. The final live-action scene was just so full of mystery. The revealing of the interviewer (Father) was surprising. Especially with him being in Computer-generated imagery (CGI). The finally was just plain great, and nothing more. I think fans got all they wanted from the series, and that’s good for me. I rated this finale a B+. But one last note. It was better an end for the characters than it was for the actual series.

Hi guys! This is the first offical day of my Animation Blogspot blog…which will completely feature stuff from my other blog, with I will go to more often. But I will visit this one too. Enjoy the reading.

Hello! It’s me again with another interview with an animator. This week’s animator is Mr. Warburton, the creator of the cartoon Codename: Kids Next Door. We are now heading into the wacky mind of this pretty cool guy. So here’s the interview!
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Me: How are you doing?

Warburton: Rockin’. And you?

Me: Was you day okay?

Warburton: So far so good!

Me: Anyway, I want to ask you something.

Warburton: No, you can’t borrow a dollar.

Me: Could I please interview you for my blog?

Warburton: Um… you sure you don’t want a dollar instead?

Me: It would mean a lot to me?

Warburton: Well… okay. But I’m keeping the dollar then.

Me: It you do, please answer these questions?

Warburton: Right…let’s rock.

Me: How did you get into the animation biz?

Warburton: It’s what I always wanted to do. Initially I didn’t think I was good enough, but tried anyway. To be honest, I still don’t think I’m good enough. I keep expecting someone to suddenly yell, “HEY! HOW’D HE GET IN HERE! SECURITY!”

Me: How hard is it working on a cartoon?

Warburton: Imagine carrying a grand piano filled with lead bricks up Mount Everest while wearing roller skates as rabid ice weasels give you noogies, pink bellies, and arm burns the whole way. And that’s just what your MORNING is like. But I happen to like grand pianos filled with lead bricks, mountain climbing, roller skating, and weasels. I don’t like the other stuff but you can’t have everything in life, right?

Me: How is it like working at one of the few animation studios in New York?

Warburton: Well, I’ve worked at a lot of great studios in NYC in the past but Curious Pictures is really the last big studio left- which allows me to have a sooper, triple, giant office with 5 floors, an indoor pool, game room, and 14 car garage (Totally Best Office Ever award, Workplace Quarterly Magazine, June 2007). Regardless, I love being in a studio with lots of different projects going on… it’s inspiring to hang out with so many talented people.

Me: How was life growing up?

Warburton: Who says I ever grew up?

Me: What are you going to do now that Codename:KND is over?

Warburton: Watch TV. Not worry about what next week’s gihoogic KND story is gonna be. Read Carl Greenblatt’s blog and laugh at how much work he has to do (Chowder RULES, btw). But aside from those things, I’ve doing a children’s book for HarperCollins called ‘A 1000 Times No’. I’m helping out Cartoon Network with developing some shows with other people aaaaaaaaand I’ve got a sooper fun new show that’s starting to make the rounds.

Me: How do you come up with episode name? Those acronyms must be hard to make.

Warburton: Hint- Stay away from the letter X. But believe it or not… it gets easier after you’ve done 10,465.2 acronyms. But sometimes you’re paging through the dictionary, desperate for a word that starts with R. Sometimes I’d even change the title of the show if the acronym wasn’t working out. One of my favorites was R.A.I.N.B.O.W.S. (Running Amok In Nature’s Bounty Observing Wild Simians). Sheer poetry, right?

Me: Any final words?

Warburton: Final words? Why would I have any final– HEY! Is that a kitchen knife? What are you– NO NO! AAAAAAAAAH!

Hello! It’s me again with another interview with an animator. This week’s animator is Mr. Warburton, the creator of the cartoon Codename: Kids Next Door. We are now heading into the wacky mind of this pretty cool guy. So here’s the interview!
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Me: How are you doing?

Warburton: Rockin’. And you?

Me: Was you day okay?

Warburton: So far so good!

Me: Anyway, I want to ask you something.

Warburton: No, you can’t borrow a dollar.

Me: Could I please interview you for my blog?

Warburton: Um… you sure you don’t want a dollar instead?

Me: It would mean a lot to me?

Warburton: Well… okay. But I’m keeping the dollar then.

Me: It you do, please answer these questions?

Warburton: Right…let’s rock.

Me: How did you get into the animation biz?

Warburton: It’s what I always wanted to do. Initially I didn’t think I was good enough, but tried anyway. To be honest, I still don’t think I’m good enough. I keep expecting someone to suddenly yell, “HEY! HOW’D HE GET IN HERE! SECURITY!”

Me: How hard is it working on a cartoon?

Warburton: Imagine carrying a grand piano filled with lead bricks up Mount Everest while wearing roller skates as rabid ice weasels give you noogies, pink bellies, and arm burns the whole way. And that’s just what your MORNING is like. But I happen to like grand pianos filled with lead bricks, mountain climbing, roller skating, and weasels. I don’t like the other stuff but you can’t have everything in life, right?

Me: How is it like working at one of the few animation studios in New York?

Warburton: Well, I’ve worked at a lot of great studios in NYC in the past but Curious Pictures is really the last big studio left- which allows me to have a sooper, triple, giant office with 5 floors, an indoor pool, game room, and 14 car garage (Totally Best Office Ever award, Workplace Quarterly Magazine, June 2007). Regardless, I love being in a studio with lots of different projects going on… it’s inspiring to hang out with so many talented people.

Me: How was life growing up?

Warburton: Who says I ever grew up?

Me: What are you going to do now that Codename:KND is over?

Warburton: Watch TV. Not worry about what next week’s gihoogic KND story is gonna be. Read Carl Greenblatt’s blog and laugh at how much work he has to do (Chowder RULES, btw). But aside from those things, I’ve doing a children’s book for HarperCollins called ‘A 1000 Times No’. I’m helping out Cartoon Network with developing some shows with other people aaaaaaaaand I’ve got a sooper fun new show that’s starting to make the rounds.

Me: How do you come up with episode name? Those acronyms must be hard to make.

Warburton: Hint- Stay away from the letter X. But believe it or not… it gets easier after you’ve done 10,465.2 acronyms. But sometimes you’re paging through the dictionary, desperate for a word that starts with R. Sometimes I’d even change the title of the show if the acronym wasn’t working out. One of my favorites was R.A.I.N.B.O.W.S. (Running Amok In Nature’s Bounty Observing Wild Simians). Sheer poetry, right?

Me: Any final words?

Warburton: Final words? Why would I have any final– HEY! Is that a kitchen knife? What are you– NO NO! AAAAAAAAAH!

Okay, I had to do something here at school. Yes, I am posting this one from school. Anyway, I have decided to test my luck if I could snag an interview with a few more animators. I have selected only the greatest ones…okay, these were only only guys I had the attention span to try and find today. But these guys are great, and it’s a bonus that I could find their email addresses!I hope they don’t refuse my plead for an interview. These are the amazing people I was able to seek out:

*Joe Murray - Creator of “Rocko’s Modern Life” and “Camp Lazlo”
*Butch Hartman - Creator of “The Fairly OddParents!” and “Danny Phantom”
*Mr. “Tom” Warburton - Creator of “Codename: Kids Next Door”