Almost like in a Star Trek way, where it had to go away and come back. So yes, I think that Rocko did ok when it was on it never really hit that sweet spot with the pundits of popular culture. TK:People have come up to me asking me to sign their video tapes that have the episodes with the commercials and stuff. TK: There wasn’t any re-release of the episodes until fairly recently.ĭL: So the show was coming mostly from their memory, saying “I remember that show.” People had video tapes that they taped over and they are showing clips on YouTube that were terrible. You have to wait for them to mature, grow up and have nostalgia for it, go back and revisit it and realize what a f’d up crazy show it was and that their memories are true.ĭL: The show wasn’t easy to find on video. You have to wait for those kids to hatch. TK: At that time, it’s funny, my IMDB is stacked with stuff that’s much more powerful in depth, but the people that Rocko was resonating with were kids that were watching it. People were watching it because it was on but it just wasn’t getting press. It’s like a Trump Tower/Russia meeting, connect the dots and figure out who’s there.ĭL: I think some people at the time perceived it as a Ren and Stimpy rip-off, which it wasn’t. TK: We’re trying to complete the timeline here. I think it was 96-97, yea it was all the same time. TK: So that dovetailed into the Spongebob pilot.ĭL: Yeah around that time.
#ROCKO MODERN LIFE CHARACTERS MOVIE#
Rocko’s Modern Life Movie Clip Released, Details Revealed At SDCC 2017.Player.One: Let’s talk some Rocko’s Modern Life.
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NOTE: the following interview was lightly edited for clarity and length.
#ROCKO MODERN LIFE CHARACTERS TV#
We talked about why the show was cancelled more than 20 years ago, the state of children’s shows today and the importance of keeping those adult jokes in the TV special. The two voice acting powerhouses continue to work today on a little show called Spongebob Squarepants, but on the morning of the first day of SDCC, we had some time to shoot the shit. Tom Kenny, the voice of Heffer Wolf (and a ton of other notable cartoon characters ) and Doug “Mr” Lawrence who voices Filburt the turtle and has has worked on so many animated series, including Ren & Stimpy, Camp Lazlo and, of course, Rocko’s Modern Life. The morning of Day 1 of San Diego Comic-Con I had the pleasure of sitting down and chatting with two returning cast members. The entire cast and original creator, Joe Murray, are all returning to bring these characters back for new and old audiences. Nickelodeon is rebooting Rocko’s Modern Life for a one-off television special episode titled Rocko’s Modern Life: Static Cling, which brings the O-Town crew to the 21st century.