Cartoon Insiders

It's the 25th anniversary of The Weekenders! Nadia Russo put together a  list of questions from fans, and in this episode Doug - the creator of the series - does his best to answer them.

We talk to the amazing David Dozoretz! Creator of the Zafari animated series, director of the animated Bolo Fest parade in Mexico, pioneer of pre-visualization and visual effects master on such films…

We talk to creator of Nickelodeon's "The X's" and all-around animation genius, Carlos Ramos.

We talk about directing voice sessions, some of our favorite voice actors, and how to act around famouses. Also the puzzling story behind Doug's signed DVD of "The Tick."

We talk about what exactly a "producer" is, and it's sooooo many things, you guys. We go into some detail about what our duties have been in the past as producers of various shows. Also there are som…

Oh my gosh you guys, so many great writing tips. Mostly we talk about structure, but also there's some chat about how quickly you have to grab your audience in a streaming show, and why you should be…

2D or CG? Or stop-motion, of course. We talk about the pluses and minuses of the various types of animation. And cheesebread, we also talk about cheesebread.

How - and why - does an intellectual property get developed into a movie or series? OMG you guys, we've done so much of this, we're totally the ones to answer! We talk about our process, and about wh…

We talk about Maya and the Three, A Tale Dark & Grimm and Samurai Rabbit. And other various things. I think we remembered to turn off the ceiling fan this time.

More about who Doug and Candie are and what they've done in animation. We talk about Dave the Barbarian, The Book of Life, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Scooby-Doo, Kung Fu Panda, Puss in Boots, Cleo…

We talk about such shows as Earthworm Jim, The Weekenders, The Mr. Potato Head Show and OMG SO MUCH MORE!

We'll be talking about animation in this podcast, and here we start to introduce ourselves by detailing Doug's early years at Disney TV Animation, on Darkwing Duck, Aladdin and Quack Pack. Plus a lit…