The Cartoon Chronicles

This week I sit down with Art Director for Regular Show, Paula Spence. In this episode we chat about how Paula was approached by JG Quintel, creator of Regular Show, to help with the production of the Pilot, Stories behind the scenes of Regular Show, a wacky and crazy night in NYC at "Sleep No More" a few SpongeBob Squarepants stories and so much more! Follow and Subscribe to the What's In My Head...

This week I sit down with storyboard artist for the regular show, supervising director for OK KO, Toby Jones. In the Second Episode of our two parter with Toby, we discuss Toby's short, AJ's Infinite Summer and OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes. Follow Toby: https://twitter.com/tobytobyjones Follow Toby: https://www.instagram.com/tobytobyjones/ Follow and Subscribe to the What's In My Head Podcast across a...

This week I sit down with storyboard artist for the regular show, supervising director for OK KO, Toby Jones. In the first Ep of our two parter with Toby, we discuss going from super fan to storyboard artist. What it was like working on The Regular Show, some of the things they crew would do and what it was like working with JG. Follow Toby: https://twitter.com/tobytobyjones Follow Toby: https://w...

This week I sit down with legendary animator, Ron Husband. Ron has been in the animation game for quite some time and has worked on some of the biggest movies for Disney. During this chat, Ron talks about breaking into the business, working and learning from the 9 old men, Disney’s Internship program and so much more! Follow Ron: https://ronhusband.blogspot.com/?m=1 Follow and Subscribe to the Wha...

This week I sit down with production designer of Sea Beast and Art Director on Zootopia, Matthias Lechner! We chat about his early days in the animation business, getting to Disney, working on Zootopia, Sea Beast and so much more! Follow Matthias: http://www.matthiaslechner.com Follow Matthias: https://mobile.twitter.com/MatthiasWork Follow and Subscribe to the What's In My Head Podcast across all...

This week I sit down with the voice of Spear from Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal! This was hands down my favorite show last year, it was such a blast chatting with Aaron, hearing how he came to or on Primal, His way of getting into character, premiering Primal at Comic Con, Universal Monsters and so much more! Follow Aaron: https://www.instagram.com/dooder3/ Follow and Subscribe to the What's In My H...

This week I sit down with animation veteran and Supervising Animator of Dean McCoppin on the Iron Giant. In this episode we chat about how Chris got onto the movie, how he ended up with Dean, the most influential and the most underrated scenes in the movie and so much more. Follow Chris: https://www.instagram.com/chrissauve25/ Follow and Subscribe to the What's In My Head Podcast across all social...

Boy o Boy are we kicking off this year with a bang ladies and gents! We’ve got the creator of Hey Arnold (the GREATEST Nicktoon ever created) Craig Bartlett! This one has been a long time coming, Craig has been super influential throughout many different periods of my life. We chat about the early days and pitching Arnold, The Christmas Special and some of the Urban Legend eps as well as some of t...

This week (2 years ago) I sat down with Mike Kubat and Jono Howard, the writers of Ed, Edd n Eddy as well as this Christmas Special. This one was done before I had a mic or any kind of real audio experience so its a little cringy sometimes (as we watched it via YT) but I had alot of fun with it and I hope you do as well! Enjoy this Bonus ep and Happy Holidays!

This week I sit down with Storyboard Artist, Bryan Andrews. Bryan is one of the OG's when it comes to Cartoon Network. He's worked with folks like Genndy Tartakovsky, Craig McCracken, Rob Renzetti, Randy Myers, Robert Alvarez on Samurai Jack, PowerPuff Girls, My Life as a Teenage Robot, Symbiotic Titan, Clone Wars, Primal, Hotel Transylvania, Marvel Studios and so much more. We chat any and all th...

This week I sit down with Tony Bancroft, legendary Disney animator. Tony is known for co-directing Mulan and being the supervising animator for Pumba from Lion King and Kronk from the Emperors New Groove. We chat all things Disney and Tony so buckle up it’s a blast! Follow Tony: https:// https://www.instagram.com/pumbaaguy / Follow Tony: https://twitter.com/pumbaaguy1 Listen to The Bancroft Brothe...

This week I sit down with author of my favorite book from this year, Jake S. Friedman. Jake wrote “The Disney Revolt: The Great Labor War of Animation’s Golden Age”. This chat was an absolute blast and I loved being able to dig and dive a little deeper into the story of Art Babbitt and Walt Disney during this tumultuous time. We discuss the early beginnings of Art and Walt, Jake breaks down how he...

This week I sit down with Disney Director Gary Trousdale. Gary is Co-Director for Beauty and the Beast, Hunchback of Notre Dame and Atlantis. In this chat we talk about how he got on to Beauty and the Beast, Little Mermaid and working with Glen Keane, Howard Ashman and his brilliance and so much more. I hope you enjoy the episode! Follow Gary: https://m.facebook.com/526833352/ Follow Gary: https:/...

This week I sit down with Mark Kirkland. Mark has directed more episodes of “The Simpsons” than any other person, coming in at 84 episodes directed! In this chat we talk about how he got on to The Simpsons, the episodes that stand out the most, some of his favorite folks that he’s worked with and so much more. This was a really fun chat and I hope you guys enjoy it! Follow Mark: http://www.mark-ki...

This week I sit down with veteran animator, Rick Farmiloe. Rick has worked on some of the greatest movies and tv shows of all time. From Little Mermaid, Aladdin, The Rescuers, The Black Cauldron, Shrek and so much more. This chat was a lot of fun and I hope you folks enjoy it! Follow Rick: https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=526943266 Follow and Subscribe to the What's In My Head Podcast across...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! This week I sit down with Courage The Cowardly Dog Composer, Jody Gray. We chat how Jody and Andy linked up to come up with all of the music and sound effects for the show, how instrumental (pun intended) John Dilworth was in creating every aspect of the show, Jody reflects on Thea White (the late great voice actress that portrayed our beloved Muriel), Some of his favorite stories...

This week I sit down with former General Manager of Cartoon Network Studios, Brian Miller. In this episode we chat the early days and how Brian came to be leading the charge on developing the CN studios and creating a culture within the network, his favorite shows and some of his favorite creators throughout the years and so much more! Follow Brian: https://www.instagram.com/bfredmuggs/ Follow Bri...

This week I sit down with character designer extraordinaire, Andy Bialk! Andy has worked on some of the greatest cartoons and animated films of all time. Shows like Dexters Lab, PowerPuff Girls, Fosters Home, Madagascar 2, the book of life and so much more! This one was an absolute blast to record. I hope you enjoy the show! Follow Andy: https://www.instagram.com/andybialk/ Follow Andy: https://mo...

This weeks guest is one of my all time favorite people, Fred Seibert and without him and his initiative to implement the shorts at Cartoon Network, we wouldn’t have had the Cartoon Renaissance. Fred returns to the show room to break down the last 30 years of Cartoon Network and where animation goes from here. Follow Fred: https://mobile.twitter.com/fredseibert Follow Fred: https://www.instagram.co...

This week I sit down with Long time Simpsons Director, Tim Bailey! We discuss how he got on the Simpsons, his different jobs throughout the years working on the show, how he looks at each episode as he directs and so much more. Tim was a really fun dude to have on the show and getting to sit back and here some early Simpsons stories was a real blast! Follow Tim: https://instagram.com/oboy.sugoi?ig...

This week I am joined by Cartoon Network's first president, Betty Cohen. In this episode we chat about the early Days of Cartoon Network, Ted Turner, Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera, a bunch of fans questions and so much more. This one was a bucket list guest as well as an amazing chat, I had a blast with it and I hope you all enjoy it as well. Happy 30th Anniversary to Cartoon Network! Make sure you s...

My guest this week is Chris Sanders, the voice of Stitch as well as the creator of Lilo and Stitch. In this episode we chat all things Lilo and Stitch, some fun Disney stories, How to Train Your Dragon and so much more! I hope you guys enjoy this as much as I did. Chris is one of my heroes and I’m so thankful I got to chat with him! Follow Chris: https://www.instagram.com/chrissandersart/ Follow C...

Our very special episode 100 is this week and it’s with Ricco Fajardo, the voice of Lemillion from My Hero Academia. We chat about how he got into acting, how he was cast as Lemillion and so much more. It was a real blast chatting with Ricco and I hope you enjoy this episode! Follow Ricco: https://www.instagram.com/riccofajardo/ Follow Ricco: https://mobile.twitter.com/RiccoFajardo Follow and Subs...

My guest this week is Nik Ranieri! Legendary Disney Character animator. He’s worked on Ursula from Little Mermaid, Lumiere from Beauty and the Beast, Jafar from Aladdin, Meko from Pocahontas and of course Kuzco from Emperors New Groove! We go all over the map here and deep dive into Niks run at Disney and it was a real blast! I hope you enjoy this chat as much as I did. Follow Nik: https://www.fac...

This week I sit down with Kyle Hebert, the voice of Adult Gohan in Dragon Ball Z, FatGum in My Hero Academia, Kamina in Gurren Lagann and so many other iconic characters throughout the anime world. In the full interview we chat Adult Gohans return to prominence, his favorite fight scenes, his podcast and so much more! ***Hey folks we got our first sponsor if you are tired of reading the mainstream...