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Cartoon Pizza

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Cartoon Pizza
TypeAnimation studio
IndustryAnimation
PredecessorJumbo Pictures
Founded2001; 25 years ago (2001)
FoundersJim Jinkins
David Campbell
Defunct2015; 11 years ago (2015)
FateDormancy
HeadquartersNashville, Tennessee, U.S.
New York City, New York, U.S. (formerly)
Key people
Products
Websitecartoonpizza.com (archive 11/21/2014)

Cartoon Pizza was an American independent animation studio located in Nashville, Tennessee. It was co-founded by Jim Jinkins and David Campbell, and served as the successor to Jinkins' former company, Jumbo Pictures.

The studio partnered with several studios to help produce their shows, including Disney and Nickelodeon in 2001, Sesame Workshop in 2006, and Cuppa Coffee Studios. The studio was formerly headquartered in New York City until 2011, when the company was relocated to Nashville, Tennessee.[1][2]

History

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In February 1996, Jim Jinkins' former company Jumbo Pictures was bought by the Walt Disney Company, which produced Doug's 1st Movie (1999) and integrated the studio into its subsidiary Walt Disney Television Animation.[3]

In 2001, a year after Jumbo Pictures was closed by The Walt Disney Company, Jinkins and David Campbell formed Cartoon Pizza as a successor company.[4][5] Jinkins was president, Campbell was CEO, Jack Spillum was president of animated productions, Ellie Copeland was vice president of finances and operations, and Beldeen Fortunato was vice president of administration.[6]

In December 2001, Cartoon Pizza agreed to a two-year nonexclusive production deal with Sesame Workshop, the creators of Sesame Street, Dragon Tales, and Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat. Sesame Workshop agreed to house the company at their New York City office and handle international distribution. They would co-produce a minimum of six new kids' properties.[7]

The company became a co-production partner in Tiger Aspect Productions' animation division to develop a series titled Earth Kid. Gullane Entertainment became an equal partner in Earth Kid as the show's international distributor in April 2002 until it was acquired by HIT Entertainment that September. Gullane and HIT also had three other projects in the works with Cartoon Pizza.[8]

The company operated two separate subsidiaries, Cartoon Cola[9] and Cartoon Candy.[10]

In 2015, the company was dissolved after five years of dormancy.[4]

Productions

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Title Release date Channel/block Notes
Stanley 2001–2004 Playhouse Disney
Sesame Street shorts[5] 2003 PBS Kids Co-production with Sesame Workshop
Monster Monster Trucks Unaired TV pilot Co-production with IDT Entertainment
JoJo's Circus[5] 2003–2007 Playhouse Disney Co-production with Cuppa Coffee Studios
Hoop Dogz 2004 Direct-to-DVD
Feeling Good with JoJo 2006–2008 Playhouse Disney Co-production with Cuppa Coffee Studios
Pinky Dinky Doo 2006–2010 Noggin/Nick Jr. Co-production with Sesame Workshop

References

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  1. ↑ Wayback Machine Retrieved on July 27, 2015.
  2. ↑ Wayback Machine Retrieved on July 27, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Disney - Leadership, History, Corporate Social Responsibility". The Walt Disney Company. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
  4. 1 2 "Cartoon Pizza, Inc". appext20.dos.ny.gov. New York Department of State Division of Corporations. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 Woodbury, Jason P. (December 5, 2016). "I Was That Kid, Too: Twenty-Five Years of Nickelodeon's "Doug"". FLOOD. No. 5. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
  6. ↑ Wayback Machine Retrieved on 27-07-15.
  7. ↑ Webster, Kay Leigh (October 25, 2001). "Cartoon Pizza and Sesame Workshop team up". C21media. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
  8. ↑ Winstone, Keely (April 29, 2002). "Tiger Aspect and Cartoon Pizza sign with Gullane". C21media. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Food Allergy Topic du Jour on JoJo's Circus". Animation World Network. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  10. ↑ "CARTOON PIZZA INC. Trademarks :: Justia Trademarks". trademarks.justia.com. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
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