Ten interesting facts and it won't cost you a quarter! From behind the scene misedventures to plot twists, here are 10 interesting facts about Danny Antonucci's claim to fame.
#10: Danny did other things beforehand
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| Don't do drugs kids, unless you wanna look like these freaks! |
Before making this show, Danny Antonucci made 2 cartoons that definitely weren't for kids. One of these was MTV's The Brothers Grunt, a gross out show about disgustingly animated humanoid creatures searching for their lost brother. The other is called Lupo the Butcher, a short cartoon about a foul mouther butcher who accidentally tears himself apart while trying to prepare ribs.
#9: The tongues were candy colored
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| He's got a lizard tongue! |
Did you ever wonder why the characters had green and blue tongues? It's because Danny saw his son and his friends eating candy that changed the colors of their tongues.
#8: The show stuck with animation cells
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| Hand drawn (almost) all the way baby! |
This show holds the distinction of being the last Western Television cartoon to use traditional animation cells, holding out until 2004 when many other cartoons started using digital and/or CG. This was because Danny preferred doing hand drawn animation to digital. Eventually the show would switch to digital in it's fifth season, starting with Jingle Jingle Jangle.
#7: It almost ended before the Big Picture Show
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| If it weren't for CN, this show would've ended on a sour note! |
Take This Ed and Shove It, the episode where Eddy wakes up from an accident and discovers that he and all the other neighborhood kids are old as dirt, was originally gonna be the grand finale of the show. However, thanks to the show's popularity, it was renewed for 2 more seasons and ended on a TV movie. In addition to that, the episode has 2 deleted scenes that are available to watch online, one where Eddy begs the cartoon's creator to wake him up and one where he discovers that he and the other Eds married the Kankers.
#6: It was almost a Nicktoon
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| Just how many CN shows were pitched to their rivals? |
Like the Powerpuff Girls and Adventure Time, this show was pitched to Nickelodeon before being picked up by Cartoon Network. In this case, the deal with Nick was rejected by Danny Antonucci after Nick executives tries to have full creative control of the show.
#5: Eddy's brothers true nature was foreshadowed
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| No wonder Eddy turned out the way he did! |
Way before his true, horrible nature was revealed in the Big Picture Show, Eddy's brother and Eddy's past were referenced in a negative light a few times on the show. In Smile for the Ed, Eddy says the line "No more beating up on little Eddy, huh bro?" In The Ed-Touchables, Eddy tells Edd that a little childhood trauma builds character. In Edd... Pass It On..., Eddy becomes terrified when what looks like his older brother shows up at his house.
#4: The cast was based off real people
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| For the record, Danny also debunked the theory that these guys and gals are lost souls trapped in limbo. |
The kids of the Cul-De-Sac were based on people Danny Antonucci knew. The Eds were based off of himself and his two sons, the cul-de-sac kids and Kanker sisters were based on kids he grew up with and Rolf was based on himself and his cousins, as he grew up in an Italian immigrant family
#3: Here's Mud in Your Ed was fanmade (sort of)
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| When fanfics become official fics! |
The episode Here's Mud in Your Ed was inspired by a fan. Specifically, it was inspired an idea by Kit Topp, the founder of the defunct but still available on the Wayback Machine Edopolis.com.
#2: A few episodes were cancelled
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| It's a secret to everybody! |
There are three episodes that never made it off the cutting room floor. These episodes are A Room for an Ed (Sarah takes over Ed's room and turns it into a play area for her and Jimmy), Luck Be an Ed Tonight (Ed finds out through his horoscope that it's his lucky day and Eddy tries to take advantage of it), and Special Ed (All we know about it is that Danny said "it was just too real").
#1: Facts from the bible
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| You should check this out sometime, it's an interesting read! |
The pitch bible for the show has some interesting differences from the final show. For example, the show was originally about a group of teens who are trying to fit in with their peers and seem grown-up, with the challenges of puberty being a running theme. The pitch also has some interesting characteristics that were scrapped from the final project, including Edd being prone to crushes, Kevin being a cynic who watches 60 Minutes, Nazz being a role model for Sarah, and the Kankers having a bunch of Tammy Faye Baker memorabilia.
I hope I was able to ed-ucate you! If you know something I didn't or believe I mess-ed something up, please leave your thoughts in the comment section. Thanks for reading and be careful of any scams that you come across.
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