Carl Harvey Greenblatt (born June 17, 1972) is an American animator and voice actor. He has worked on Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants and on Cartoon Network's The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy and Evil Con Carne. He is the creator of Cartoon Network's Chowder, Nickelodeon's Harvey Beaks and creator and executive producer of Jellystone!, an American animated series produced by Warner Bros. Animation for HBO Max based on Hanna-Barbera characters.

C. H. Greenblatt
Greenblatt at the 2024 WonderCon
Greenblatt at the 2024 WonderCon
BornCarl Harvey Greenblatt
(1972-06-17) June 17, 1972 (age 52)
Plano, Texas, U.S.
OccupationAnimator, voice actor
Alma materUniversity of Texas at Austin
Years active1992–present
Notable worksSpongeBob SquarePants
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
Evil Con Carne
Chowder
Harvey Beaks
Jellystone!
Website
chgreenblatt.tumblr.com

Early life

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Greenblatt grew up in Plano, Texas. When he was in 6th grade, he made a comic called “Zibbler”. He attended the University of Texas at Austin where he majored in advertising. He worked as a cartoonist at the school’s newspaper alongside Korey Coleman.[1][2]

Career

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After graduating, Greenblatt worked as an art director on several television commercials, including Chef Boyardee's Chef Jr. campaign.[3] In 1998, he got his first job in the animation industry working as an additional storyboard artist for SpongeBob SquarePants, before graduating to full-on writer and storyboard artist. From season 2 and 3 of SpongeBob he teamed up with Aaron Springer and later in season 3 he teamed up with Kaz. After finishing up on SpongeBob, Greenblatt became a storyboard artist on The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy.

In 2007, Greenblatt began Chowder, an animated show that he created and executive produced for Cartoon Network.[4] Greenblatt collaborated with Maxwell Atoms on his new Billy & Mandy spin-off Halloween special called Underfist, in which he reprised his role as Fred Fredburger. He announced on his blog that Nickelodeon has given the go-ahead for an 11-minute pilot for a new show created by him entitled Bad Seeds (later renamed Harvey Beaks).[5]

He announced in September 2013 that the show has since been picked up for 26 11-minute episodes, with production commencing at the beginning of 2014. He has also directed the Deadman shorts for DC Nation.

On April 5, 2018, Greenblatt announced that he had now been employed by Warner Bros. Animation, adding that he has been developing "something fun" for the studio but could not yet disclose anything else about it.[6][7] On October 29, 2019, the project was officially unveiled under the title of Jellystone!, described as a crossover of several Hanna-Barbera characters living in the titular town "where they can't help but make trouble for one another".[8]

Greenblatt also plays Fish Taco, one of three main characters in an animated YouTube series titled Mexiguin[9] since 2018. He helps mentor show creator, Joe Kozdra, in animation and creative writing alongside his voice-acting contributions.

On January 29, 2021, a new Greenblatt project was registered for Disney Television Animation under the title Unnamed Pet Resort Project.[10]

Legacy

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Scott Thill of Cartoon Brew praised Greenblatt as one of the most influential comedy writers with innovative comedic elements. Cartoon Brew also said Greenblatt "has logged a decade-and-a-half across studios and shows". James Poniewozik of Time credited Greenblatt as defining SpongeBob's comedic style. Greenblatt was a storyboard artist and one of the writers of the SpongeBob episode "Band Geeks", considered by many to be the best episode of the entire series. SpongeBob writer Kaz recalled writing with Greenblatt fun and said he was full with "weird energy".

Filmography

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Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1999–2005 SpongeBob SquarePants Carl ("Selling Out") assistant storyboard artist, writer, storyboard artist, storyboard director
2003 Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones? N/A writer, storyboard artist ("Safety Patrol" & "Popularity")
2003 Free for All N/A storyboard artist
2003–04 Evil Con Carne story, storyboard artist
2004–07 The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy Fred Fredburger, additional voices
2005 The X's N/A storyboard artist ("Photo Ops")
2007–10 Chowder Kimchi, Kiwi, Adult Chowder, Himself, additional voices creator, character designer, prop designer, executive producer, story, songwriter, storyboard artist
2010–14 Fish Hooks Chino director, story, writer, storyboard artist
2012 Deadman shorts N/A writer, storyboard artist, director, producer, character designer, color stylist, and prop designer
2015–17 Harvey Beaks Technobear (Pilot), Dade, Jeremy, additional voices creator, character designer, main title designer, prop designer, executive producer, staff writer, writer, storyboard artist, voice director, director
2019 Big City Greens Dentist voice actor
2021–present Jellystone! Boo-Boo Bear, Doggie Daddy, Peter Potamus, Benny the Ball, Yippee, Drooper, Grape Ape[11] developer, writer, character designer, director, executive producer
TBA Unnamed Pet Resort Project[12] TBA creator

Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2007 Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure Fred Fredburger, Pirate #4 Storyboard artist
The Grim Adventures of the Kids Next Door Fred Fredburger N/A
2008 Underfist
Hellboy II: The Golden Army N/A Special thanks
2015 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water Storyboard punch-up
2016 PINK: The Lighter Shade of Red Special thanks

Video games

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Year Title Voice role
2006 The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy Fred Fredburger
2009 Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall Fred Fredburger, Kimchi
2011 Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion Fred Fredburger

Internet

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Year Title Role Notes
2016 Cartoons VS Cancer Himself Podcast
RebelTaxi; Pizza Party Podcast
Nickelodeon Animation Podcast
2018–present Mexiguin Fish Taco[13] Voice

References

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  1. ^ "Industry Professionals - C.H. Greenblatt". July 29, 2015.
  2. ^ "C.H. GREENBLATT INTERVIEW | Double Toasted". YouTube. July 30, 2021.
  3. ^ "Nerd Armada: Chef Jr". March 2, 2006.
  4. ^ Liu, Ed (October 30, 2007). "Toon Zone Interviews C.H. Greenblatt on Crafting "Chowder"". Toon Zone. Retrieved March 4, 2008.
  5. ^ Amidi, Amid (January 27, 2015). "Nick's Upcoming 'Bad Seeds' Renamed 'Harvey Beaks!'". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
  6. ^ "Nerd Armada". Nerd Armada. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
  7. ^ "Nerd Armada". Nerd Armada. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
  8. ^ "'Looney Tunes' Update, Hanna-Barbera Series Set at HBO Max". The Hollywood Reporter. October 29, 2019. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  9. ^ "Mexiguin | Season 1 - YouTube". YouTube.
  10. ^ "WebVoyage".
  11. ^ "Jellystone!: Hanna-Barbera Characters Return in HBO Max Original Animated Series". ComingSoon.net. June 24, 2021. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
  12. ^ "WebVoyage".
  13. ^ "Mexiguin (TV Series 2018– ) - IMDb". IMDb.
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