Richards Favorite Videos

Maddog Hoek and Killer Katdoogen wrestle Lump and Loaf.

I used to blast this on cassette. Comedy like this just doesn’t exist in todays children programming. From the flying Stimpy crocodiles, to the tree lobsters – it was quite a world.

Doug, Skeeter and Beebee remind us to Think Big

(1991)

(1998)

Klasky Csupo, Inc. (pronounced “Class-key Chew-po”, although commonly mistaken as “Class-key Ka-zoo-po”) is a multimedia entertainment production company located in Los Angeles, California, founded by artist/producer Arlene Klasky and master animator Gábor Csupó.

In 1991, Klasky-Csupo began producing Rugrats, an animated show for Nickelodeon. The cartoon would go on to become the company’s calling card.

Their next major series was Duckman for the USA Network. The show revolved around the home life and adventures of a dim-witted and lascivious private detective duck named Eric Duckman. The series ran from 1994 to 1997.

During the same time Nickelodeon released Klasky-Csupo’s second series, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters. During this time Klasky Csupo ended production on Rugrats. However K-C produced three new Rugrats specials between 1995 and 1996. The specials were so successful that the series was revived in 1997.

After Aaahh!!! Real Monsters and Duckman were both cancelled in 1997, Klasky-Csupo began producing The Wild Thornberrys for Nickelodeon. The cartoon, premiering in 1998, revolved around a girl who could talk to animals.

On December 23, 1998, CEO Terry Thoren concluded an eleven-month negotiation with Mercedes-Benz and moved the company into the state of the art studio in the heart of Hollywood on Sunset Boulevard and Vine Street.

Between the late-1990s and 2000s, Klasky-Csupo began producing new shows Rocket Power, As Told by Ginger, Santo Bugito and Stressed Eric.

In 2001, in honor of the Rugrats 10th Anniversary, Klasky-Csupo released a two-part special entitled “All Growed Up”. The special featured the famous babies as pre-teenagers. It was so popular, that a series based on that special premiered in 2003, got cancelled in 2006 and was removed from the Nickelodeon line-up in early 2007. AGU will premiere on its sister channel Nicktoons Network on an unknown date.

The opening sequence is little of what remains of the show from when it first started, when it was a sketchy offbeat view from a babies perspective. After only a few years, this charm was replaced by a polished, straight lined cutsie telling of baby life.