
1982Arlene Klasky and Gabor Csupo form KLASKY CSUPO, INC. in their two bedroom apartment in Hollywood. |
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1983Klasky Csupo, INC. expands and moves to a new location on Seward Street in Hollywood. |
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1988Klasky Csupo, INC. animates Matt Groening’s “The Simpsons” as bumpers for the “Tracy Ullman Show.”Music Videos produced for Beastie Boys & Luther Vandross.TV Titles produced for: “21 Jump Street,” “Anything But Love” and “In Living Color.” |
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1990Interstitial shorts produced for “Sesame Street.“1991Arlene Klasky, Gabor Csupo & Paul Germain create “Rugrats” which helps to launch “Nicktoons” a line-up for creator driven cartoons to brand the Nickelodeon network. |
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1994“Duckman” premieres on the USA Network.“AAHHH!!! Real Monsters” debuts on Halloween as the second Klasky Csupo, INC. series to debut on Nickelodeon. |
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1995In September, Klasky Csupo, INC.’s “Santo Bugito,” premieres on CBS.Klasky Csupo, INC. Commercials division opens. In first year solicits and wins campaigns for Coca-Cola, Taco Bell, Oscar Mayer Lunchables, Kraft, 1-800-Collect and interstitial animated sketches of Antonio Prohias’ “Spy Vs. Spy” for “Mad TV.” |
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1998On August 12th, “Stressed Eric” is “Americanized” and airs for 6 consecutive weeks on Wednesday nights at 9:30 on NBC, marking Klasky Csupo, INC.’s 3rd prime-time show on a non-cable broadcast network.On September 1st “The Wild Thornberrys” premieres as first 22-minute animated show for Nickelodeon Primetime. Prior to this debut all Nickelodeon animated TV series were 11 minute in length.Klasky Csupo, INC. launches The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald on Home Video October 9th, available exclusively through McDonalds worldwide.“The Rugrats Movie” premieres on November 25, 1998 and is the first non-Disney animated movie to break the $100 million dollar box office gross benchmark in the US. |
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1999“Rocket Power” premieres on Nickelodeon as the anchor of its new fall line up in September. |
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2000“The Rugrats in Paris” premieres on November 17, 2000 at “Graumans” Chinese Theater in Hollywood. |
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2001“All Grown Up”, a special produced with a “dream sequence” where all the babies are aged 10 years airs on Nickelodeon in July.“The Rugrats” receive a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame cementing their place in entertainment and animation history.“As Told By Ginger” debuts its first 90 minute prime time Nick Flick: “Summer of Camp Caprice” 7/7/01 on Nickelodeon.“The Wild Thornberrys” debuts its first 90 minute prime time Nick Flick: “Origin of Donnie” 8/18/01 on Nickelodeon. |
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2002"The Wild Thornberrys Movie" is released, and Paul Simon's song from the film "Father and Daughter" is nominated for an Academy Award. |
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2003"Rugrats Go Wild!" is released in movie theaters worldwide, bringing together the Rugrats and The Wild Thornberrys.“Stinky Pierre” pilot is complete.“Citizen Tony” pilot, starring Louie Anderson, is complete. |
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2004“What’s Cooking?” pilot produced for Nickelodeon.2005The Immigrants feature film made it’s debut at the eighth International Bangkok FilmFestival January 13, 2005. The original 6 episodes were cut, reformatted, and retitled “IMMIGRANTS L.A. DOLCE VITA” specifically for the festival“Sugarless” pilot is completed for Noggin.Pilots of “Twinkle” and “Schmutz” are created for NickelodeonProduction begins for the “Junkyard Teddies” and “Rockstars!” pilotsThe “Rugrats Tales from the Crib Snow White” DVD feature releases in stores Sept. 9th. |
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2006Eleven more pilots go into production including Big Babies, Ronnie Biddles, Zeek & Leo, Ace Bogart: Space Ape, Shark Hunters, Chicken Town, Weiner Squad, Ricky Z, Little Freaks, Eggheads, and Commander Bunsworth. |
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Defined by twin commitments to artistic integrity and creative responsibility, Klasky Csupo has emerged in the last decade as the leading independent animation company in the industry. A boldly eccentric and privately owned entity, staffed by a who’s who of creative and production professionals, Klasky Csupo is much more than a 21st century cartoon factory, however. With divisions devoted to film, TV, video, the internet, publishing and advertising, Klasky Csupo is a multi-media enterprise at the forefront of entertainment.
During nearly 20 years of operation, Klasky Csupo has created, developed, animated and produced era-defining television programming like “The Simpsons” and “Rugrats” in addition to such popular series and high-quality specials as “Duckman,” “Stressed Eric,” “The Wild Thornberrys,” “Rocket Power,” “As Told By Ginger,” and the Lily Tomlin voiced “Edith Ann.” “The Rugrats Movie” and “Rugrats in Paris: The Movie” represent the two feature films produced to date.
Formed by graphic designer Arlene Klasky and Hungarian-born animator Gabor Csupo, in a spare room of their apartment in 1981, Klasky Csupo has grown to house over 500 artists and creative workers in its state-of-the-art animation facility located in the heart of Hollywood.
Since 1989, Klasky Csupo has produced original and consistently appealing programming for cable-giant Nickelodeon under a unique ownership formula whereby it retains creative control and a percentage of the profits while corporate parent Viacom, which pays much of the overhead, owns the shows.
Indeed, artistic innovation and sound business results are the rule at Klasky Csupo, which is distinguished by having produced the first non-Disney animated feature to gross in excess of $100,000,000, the global box-office smash, “The Rugrats Movie.” Financing its many creative ventures, Klasky Csupo has long negotiated a healthy share of revenue from downstream sales of its programming, entertainment products and ancillary merchandise.
For its many contributions to the animation industry and to quality, albeit off-kilter children’s television, Klasky Csupo has received five Emmy awards and two Cable Ace trophies along with honors in commercial, art, production and humanitarian too numerous to list.
“We have a particular taste. We have a commitment to do something different, fresh and new and not to imitate others,” co-founder Gabor Csupo summarizes. In the immediate future, such commitments translate into plans for cgi animated television series and feature films.
A diversified media company, Klasky ‘Csupo comprises film and television production, and KACHEW!, the commercial production division.