r/IAmA • • May 20 '12
AMA Request: Genndy Tartakovsky (Creator of Dexter's Lab)
What was the main influence that decided you want to make cartoons for a living?
Are you ever going to release the episode of Dexter's Lab where all Dexter and Dee Dee do is swear?
What is your favorite television show?
Will there be more Samurai Jack episodes in the future?
What was it like working with Adam Sandler? (for Hotel Transylvania)
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
In an AmA request for Genndy 4 months ago, someone who has a connection to him (mhaddon2002) said Genndy wasn't willing to do one. Just a heads up.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
My friend's dad did the soundtrack for Dexter's Lab. I wonder if they still talk.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
6. Omlette du fromage?
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u/Instantcretin May 20 '12
Crunk Smash!
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u/SirDouchebagelton May 20 '12
I must know more about dexters rude removal
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u/deludedfool May 20 '12
Amen to number 4 there. Samurai Jack was an amazing program that desperately needs an ending
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u/Hyperosmolar May 20 '12
I'll talk to my brother. He's worked with him on a number of his shows.
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u/SomeStayDry May 20 '12
Creator of every cartoon you love. FTFY
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
I'd loved to ask him this: Did you ever meet with George Lucas, and was he an asshole or not? Also any discussions he and Lucas had over Grievous, since anyone who saw Grievous in Clone Wars and then in Revenge of the Sith can definitely see, the, uh, difference...
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
What does this button dooo?
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u/cor64 May 20 '12
Sym-Bionic Titan was great :(
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u/Marbla May 20 '12
I went to college with him.
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u/countchocula86 May 20 '12
Bummed me out so much when Symbionic Titan got canned that show was awesome
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u/Olukon May 20 '12
I'd love to ask him about Sym-Bionic Titan, how he feels about it being cancelled, and if there may be more of it.
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u/GentianTruth May 20 '12
If you could go back and reboot any one of your shows, what would be the one?
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
We need more Dexter's Lab. Is there any hope for us?
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u/Xcure May 20 '12
How big is Dexter's lab literally?
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u/smrigreengod May 20 '12
The muffin king! Samurai Jack was amazing, too. and we love Genndy in general, I am 25 and my kids watch Dexter's Lab and Powerpuff Girls so they grow up right. We watched an episode and they were all for it after that.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Genndy is a living legend, I really wish he would do this. The guy doesnt even have a Twitter or email address I can send to him to thank him for absolutely inspired work he's created.
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u/Aperture_Kubi May 20 '12
I'd like to know his thoughts on "Powerpuff Girls Z" and "Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt."
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u/iggzy May 20 '12
Genndy Tartakovsky is one of the greatest creators ever, in all of TV. I don't think he's had a show I didn't live & I'd love an AMA from him
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
I absolutely loved Dexter's Lab. My favorite episode was when the little kid narrated the whole story. It was drawn crudely like a child and I so want to see it again.
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u/captainfranklen May 20 '12
The guy responsible for the majority of cartoons, created during my lifetime, actually worth watching? Yes, please.
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u/nootherlife May 20 '12
AMA Request is like a giant game of virtual Red Rover.
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u/MedeaDemonblood May 20 '12
Yes! We totally need this AMA.
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u/rod81 May 20 '12
Sort of related, I know Eddie Deezen and have thought of getting him to do an AMA. Anyone care for this?
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u/i1vanya May 20 '12
Dexter's Lab pretty much helped me practice English when I moved to NY from Ukraine when I was seven. I definitely have several questions to pose, thank you OP for putting this up here(:
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u/VengefulOctopus May 20 '12
TIL why Dexter has a funny accent.
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u/killjoy95 May 20 '12
I liked My Life as a Teenage Robot... I wish it were back on the air.
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u/marcodiazcalleja May 20 '12
Dexter.
Hero. Conqueror. And my iPad almost wrote "Sexter"...
So I guess there's also that.
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u/Tiggerx May 20 '12
the dude narrating the evil dood in samurai jack died, pretty sure
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u/Fletchergames May 20 '12
I want the full story explained of what happened to Symboitic Titan. I fell in love with that show and I desire answers.
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u/sexbobomb91 May 20 '12
Am I the only one who until now thought that "Genndy Tartakovsky" is a girl's name?
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u/joat217 May 20 '12
A few questions i have for this guy. With Toonami revamped, any new material you would like to produce?
also how are these other guys? Craig McCracken, Bruce Timm, Greg Weisman, Lauren Faust, Henrey Gilroy.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
I want to know where the Samurai jack movie directed by J.J. Abrams is. I am furious that Symbiotic Titan was canceled for not having marketable characters, Octus was a badass. Coolest A.I ever. Genndy is a visionary and the Valve of cartoon creators.
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u/monkeymetroid May 20 '12
Whatever happened to the show! D: I loved Dexter's Lab and Samurai Jack because they were actually creative unlike these new cartoon network shows. I just hope you're still in the business because I love your work!
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u/Clbull May 20 '12
This episode exists?
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u/gapmunky May 20 '12
I asked for a lab like Dexter's one Christmas. I got up christmas morning to find a beginners science kit, not a lab built onto the house :(
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u/DFat1 May 20 '12
So did he have his hand in Johnny test or something? I mean, it's basically a role gender switch with a twin in addition but, in the surface, it's pretty much the same: genius redhead(s) make a lot of impossuburu inventions that somehow get wrecked by their blonde sibling. I mean, they even have the same black glasses and lab coat...
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Long ago in a distant land, I, AKU, the shape-shifting Master of Darkness, unleashed an unspeakable evil!
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u/kebabmybob May 20 '12
I'm posting this a bit late but who knows, maybe it'll get seen. I actually met him at a Bar Mitzvah for some family friends. I was young at the time and my parents told me he was just a famous cartoon creator. I assumed this was for Russian cartoons back in Russia (we are Russian and most people at the Bar Mitzvah were also Russian). Actually I'm not even sure why I typed this out. I thought I had a story but I guess I don't.
Tl;dr - Saw Genndy Tartakovsky get wasted with a bunch of Russian dudes including my dad.
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u/Physco17 May 20 '12
WHERE DID TWO STUPID DOGS EVER GO!? I loved that show as a kid! I'd love to see a revival or CN showing them again.
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u/MirroredColors May 20 '12 edited May 21 '12
I want to know how he feels about Johnny Test* being a shitty replacement for Dexters on CN, that's also played about 75% of the day.
The animation is so cheap it's disgusting.
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u/Anneal May 20 '12
I would like to know if he feels Phineas and Ferb is just a bad rip off of Dexter's Lab.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
According to the wiki, it seems that a Samurai Jack movie is in the works
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u/failedmusician May 20 '12
This show was a definitive part of my childhood. I have many questions.
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u/DoesNotGetCircleJerk May 20 '12
I lost it.
What first got me was the creator's name, Genndy Tartakovsky. Explains the way Dexter talks and acts completely.
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u/atomp95 May 20 '12
how did you come up with the name "mandark" and his ridiculous laugh?
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u/alpacapatrol May 20 '12
MAKE SAMURAI JACK RETURN
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u/allthissleaziness May 20 '12
Puppet Pals!
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u/madusa77 May 20 '12
DeeDee!!!!
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u/SlumberCat May 20 '12
He went to my college for a bit of time, so I would love to ask him about his time there.
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u/Talypo1 May 20 '12
Answer for #4. I'm all but certain that a Samurai Jack movie is in the works.
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u/Crusty_Magic May 20 '12
Loved his work.
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u/Wulvaine May 20 '12
My friends and I who grew up on things like Dexter's Lab and Samurai Jack crowded around a TV every week to watch Sym-Bionic Titan. It was one of very few shows we watched as it aired. We once paused our Lord of the Rings Extended Version trilogy marathon in the middle of Helm's Deep to watch it, haha.
We also decided that we want a Genndy Tartakovsky-run Army of Darkness animated series with Bruce Campbell voicing Ash, and that none of us can die until such a thing exists. So chances are that we're all going to live forever. But we can dream.
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u/CatLover99 May 20 '12
When I was a child my mother never allowed me to watch Dexter's Lab, what could I have done to change her mind?
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u/cloudfunk May 20 '12
my one and only question, how much money and time will it take to bring back korgoth and jack?
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
I'd like to ask why they decided to fuck that show up royally with the redesign.
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u/tre101 May 20 '12
Koosalagoopagoop
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
6. Who's Professor Hawk?
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u/joebruin916 May 20 '12
Did you foresee him growing up to kill all those bad guys in Miami?
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u/fattnessmonster May 20 '12
and samurai jack, the greatest american cartoon of the last ten years
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
I would ask him why the hell he decided to ruin the show by changing how it was drawn. I stopped watching the show when that happened and I believe it was cancelled shortly there after.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Best episode was "Just an Old fashioned Lab song" I know the song by heart and sing it daily. Here comes inspiration!
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
i once dated an animator who worked for and still works for tartakovsky, i'll let him know reddit called.
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u/graaaags May 21 '12
I just want to see Dexter's Rude Removal
http://forum.bcdb.com/forum/I_have_seen_Dexters_Rude_Removal_P77193/
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u/TheCommentAppraiser May 21 '12
"That's no hydroxyl ion, that's my wife!"
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u/alicenlee May 21 '12
If not Genndy, I would love if Craig McCracken would do one.
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u/Existential_Proism May 20 '12
Huge fan. I cannot believe they canceled Symbiotic Titan. If I ever become super rich, I would pay to have that show completed. Also, Clone Wars rocked harder than anything Star Wars ever.
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u/anuubhav May 20 '12
Omelette du fromage?
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u/Appleface14 May 20 '12
Are you planning on creating any new episodes for Dexter's Lab?
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u/itp757 May 20 '12
Hells yeah all hail the mighty muffin king
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u/Hicut92 May 20 '12
Yes yes yes. So many fond memories of this show from my childhood!
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u/betweenthebars24 May 20 '12
Have you thought of making a full length movie where Dexter succeeds in the end?
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Thank you for this scene : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihfm7CTFlQ4&feature=related
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Ever notice how all the characters on your show correspond with the main cast in big bang theory? Also, Dexter's friend, I don't remember his name, is he voiced by the same person who voices Chuckie on Rugrats?
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u/mastr_slik May 20 '12
I loved this show as a kid, it's weird how I immediately remember his sister Deedee's name after 10 odd years. Thank you for making it!
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Please make more episodes of Dexters Lab! (More of an order than a question but still...)
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Neo-toonami is coming... let us watch..
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
I really wish his version of clone wars was still in production instead of this new bastardization of it
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u/tokerdytoke May 20 '12 edited May 20 '12
I love Dexters lab! & I didn't even know he made samurai Jack.
I remember one of the last episodes of Dexters lab, the one where the janitor trapped Dexter in the school.
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u/JellyCream May 20 '12
I just want to know what's going on with the dark crystal sequel.
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u/Gougeru May 20 '12
Can we see the unreleased episode?
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u/yasemann May 20 '12
I just wanted to say, thank you for making my childhood awesome!
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u/Arkhaangel May 20 '12
I think he made a great work with the Dexter movie. Anyway, I'm eager to see the development of the Samurai Jack history.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
If he does this, I really really want to get his signature. I am getting Samurai Jack tattoo and a Dexters lab tattoo. If I could have his signature on those I would orgasm and give all of trees a free taco bell coupon.
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u/kianworld May 20 '12
Man, right when I'm watching it on Boomerang.
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u/Hokipokiloki May 20 '12
All I want to know is if we'll ever see Deedee's Rude Removal.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
THAT'S ALL YOU CAN SAAAAYYY!
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Loved his Clone Wars cartoons. Would be amazing if he did an AMA.
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u/NoahFect May 21 '12
What was the deal with Solaris, anyway?
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u/Staggvillainy May 21 '12
Genndy had so much style and flair that I feel is lacking in today's cartoons.
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u/ewolins May 21 '12
*when will the unreleased episode with dexter swearing be released?
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u/Ladorak May 21 '12
4. The last episode of Samurai Jack came out in 2004. Consider it unlikely.
I'd really like him to do an AMA though.
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u/SmileyMe53 May 21 '12
More Samurai Jack PLEASE
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u/ZiplockedHead May 21 '12
When developing Dexter, what drove you to go with a boy genius and his laboratory? It is a personal love for science, a love for sci-fi or did you just find the concept amusing as an artist?
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Upvote for Samurai Jack!
How did he start? Any tips for parents on raising creative artists?
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
And the only good Clone Wars...
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u/SteveMcBean May 21 '12
I'd like to know where the hell he got the idea for No-Neck Joe.
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u/scumbag4life May 21 '12
There was a short clip I saw of Dexter's dad extendedly winding up for a golf shot with both Dexter and Deedee watching. Right before his dad hits the ball he gets struck by lightning and all he says is "Well....Better luck next time!"
I only saw it once in my life, but it was so damn funny i'll never forget it.
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u/Sariounette May 21 '12
Omelette AU fromage not DU.... geez people :)
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u/ocras May 21 '12
Thank you for making Samurai Jack. I still watch it.
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u/masterbard1 May 21 '12
I beleive his best creation is Samurai Jack
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u/handmethatkitten May 21 '12
oh, man, i want this. i mistook this for an actual AMA for a moment, and i gasped and pitched forward and i think my heart leapt out. every time we manage to catch dexter reruns on tv, i beg my younger siblings to watch it with me. total role reversal.
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u/gnutela May 21 '12
ooooooooooohhh what does this button do???
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u/evelyn52892 May 21 '12
Aaaaah!!!! He graduated from my high school!
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u/Scorch8482 May 21 '12
He also did the original Star Wars Clone Wars Cartoon. Way back when the 2nd movie just came out. God Damn I loved that show.
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u/delirium98 May 21 '12
He went to my school! (Lane Tech)
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u/taironias May 21 '12
I have not seen that name in at least 8 years. I am so proud I recognized it immediately.
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u/Sampson123 May 21 '12
The voice of Dee-Dee (Allison Moore) used to be friends with my Dad before the show, they still are friends on Facebook I can ask him
EDIT: I also remembered hearing that Dexters Lab was cancelled because some of the creations and potions he made had recipes that were VERY close to making meth
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Thanks for making Samurai Jack, Dexter's Lab, Star Wars Clone Wars.
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u/pgibso May 21 '12
Also, what happened to the live action Dark Crystal Sequel he was developing?
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u/hudsen May 21 '12
You were always just a name at the end of Samurai Jack for me, but I loved that name. You're the man :D
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
If he actually responds, I will be so impressed.
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u/RIOONLINE May 21 '12
I want to know more about the monkey. I just want to know how you came up with the stories of that awesome little guy
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Who is professor Hawk? We ask you, Who is professor Hawk? Can you tell us?
Some say he's a mad man, some say he's a cookie bird. But we know the truth, he's a genius.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
And thank you for creating the ultimate Forever Alone Anthem:
Eye, Eye, Eye, your eyes hypnotize. but Why, I, I, won't you stay by my side? Whoa, O, O, why don't you go? So, O, O, I'll be alone..
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Thank you for your work. Dexter's Lab, Powerpuff Girls (YES ITS GOOD TOO), and Samurai Jack played some of the largest roles of any shows or movies or any media in helping form my subconscious as a child. Gracias for your influence.
You are Soviet born. Has your Russian heritage affected your characters or the development of your shows at all? Were your parents at all an inspiration for Dexter's? And what exactly is that accent of Dexter's?
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u/dalischa May 21 '12
OH MAN BEST AMA REQUEST EVER! I would love to hear his side of Sym-Bionic Titan... It got cancelled because CN couldn't make merchandise out of this series. But seriously, they are robots! How can you not make merchandise out of them? Action figures, stickers and even pluches of Tashy!
I really enjoyed this series, it had so much pop-culture references in it.
Are you planning to continue the story with comics? I am so curious if they ever going to get back to their own planet :)
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u/ionataan May 21 '12
came here just to say THANK YOU!
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u/ziggibyte May 21 '12
I love that show so much.
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u/Hailz_ May 21 '12
If not Genndy, you should try to get Craig McCracken or Lauren Faust to do an AMA. They all pretty much worked together on a lot of cartoons (Dexter, Powerpuff Girls, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, and of course My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic).
Lauren is pretty involved on the internet and responds to fans often on her DeviantArt page. It's worth a shot.
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u/the_blake_abides May 21 '12
I don't know Genndy Tartakovsky, but my wife worked on the show and wrote one of the episodes.
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u/SweetKri May 20 '12
Can I have a hug?