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Work out. >> we got out of school. no more school today. we got out of school. >> oh, you guys, my eyes. >> if you havent yet heard about south park, youre about to. critics have praised the show as brilliantly funny, but many see only a lewd, offensive cartoon unsuitable for children. >> it was the next step in the evolution of animation. the simpsons opened the door, and south park kicked the door down. >> children, im glad youre here. i call them chefs chocolate -- >> these are good. i love y...

Never forget it. >> porky pig will come along, suffering succotash. i saw a putty cat. >> he led the way for guys like me. >> seal of approval, only find it on products which meet the high personal standards of crusty the clown. >> the voice talent on the simpsons is a point of inspiration, theres always something great from the voice acting that you can mine for performances, how youre going to direct the shots, and overall the look of the characters get inspired by the vocal choices. >> you al...

Impediment. >> here i come. you didnt invite me to eat? >> from the simpsons, i loved doing agnes skinner, its a voice easy for me to do, im going to be her one day very soon. and dot, of course is the one sister, shes the cute one. >> that makes me feel all kind of warm and squishy. either that or i need to wear diapers. >> brilliant voices carry the cartoons. all you have to do is sit back and let them do their thing. had. >> impressive. >> but never duplicated. duplicated. duplicated. genie o...

Time that cable is taking off. and now the studios were wising up. well, if we get one great nut to run a show, and they really know what theyre doing, it could work out. >> we got out of school. no more school today. we got out of school. >> oh, you guys, my eyes. >> if you havent yet heard about south park, youre about to. critics have praised the show as brilliantly funny, but many see only a lewd, offensive cartoon unsuitable for children. >> it was the next step in the evolution of animatio...

And i will tell you where i was. and i was watching that episode of the flintstones or the jetsons. i always thought that those tv shows could have been better. they were disappointing to me. i said some day if i have my own tv show im going to do it different. >> in the 80s there was a young crew of animators and a young crew of writers who didnt have preconceived notions of what animation should or should not do. so there was a lot of breaking out of the three camera sitcom that you could do i...

Suffering succotash. i saw a putty cat. >> he led the way for guys like me. >> seal of approval, only find it on products which meet the high personal standards of crusty the clown. >> the voice talent on the simpsons is a point of inspiration, theres always something great from the voice acting that you can mine for performances, how youre going to direct the shots, and overall the look of the characters get inspired by the vocal choices. >> you almost start drawing characters for the voice per...

In the 2000s, television entered the Platinum Age, as storytellers had license to take the medium to new heights. The creative renaissance in television...

>> it would feature early mike judge cartoons. >> okay, but im going to set the building on fire. >> lupo, the butcher, a gory cartoon. spike & mike had taboo things you wouldnt see in normal cartoons, like gore, lie violence, like sex. >> before the internet, they were critical, they were connecting people with an audience that they just otherwise wouldnt have had. >> all of us who are working in that business, we would try to slip something in thats funny or pitch a show that was funny. so whe...

It was a cartoon. >> the simpsons is the hottest new series on television. if you havent seen the animated series, its about a family just like yours. >> we had kids back talking to their parents. maybe it was because in animated format you didnt expect to see that. >> heres bart simpson the most popular character on television right now and we talked to the school principal who is banning bart simpson t-shirts. because he celebrating being an under achiever. >> theres always somebody lying in b...

Cool meat hanging on his face. i thought he would have an impediment. >> here i come. >> from the simpsons, i loved doing agnes skinner, its a voice easy for me to do, im going to be her one day very soon. and dot, of course is the one sister, shes the cute one. >> that makes me feel all kind of warm and squishy. either that or i need to wear diapers. >> all you have to do is sit back and let them do their thing. >> but never duplicate -- genie of the lamp. >> thats robin williams, of course, as...