Paul Germain

Nickelodeon Animation Podcast

Nickelodeon

Tv & Film

4.2 • 966 Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2017

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Rugrats co-creator Paul Germain belongs in the Animation Hall of Awesomeness for his work on the seminal Nickelodeon show. And then there’s that little thing called The Simpsons that he developed as shorts on The Tracy Ullman Show. Then there’s Recess. And Lloyd In Space. You want more? How about getting his first job after college on the Academy Award-winning movie Terms of Endearment and giving Cameron Crow the idea for the graduation speech in Say Anything? Paul joins Hector in the studio for a lively talk about his incredible career and breaks it down for aspiring writers, producers, and animation buffs. So listen up and learn from one of the masters of the Hollywood trade!

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0:00.0	Nick Nick Nick Nick Nick Nick Nix Nix.
0:02.0	Nickelodeon!
0:05.0	From Nickelodeon animation in Burbank, California,
0:10.0	this is the Nickelodeon animation podcast.
0:12.0	Hi, I'm your host, Hector Navarro. This is the Nickelodeon animation podcast.
0:13.2	Hi, I'm your host Hector Navarro.
0:15.0	Welcome to the podcast.
0:16.2	Our guest today is a screenwriter, producer, director, voice director,
0:21.3	who, along with Arlene Klaski and Gabor Chupo created the Rugrats
0:25.8	one of the most successful and beloved animated series of all time.
0:29.9	Before that he helped develop The Simpsons for the Tracy Ullman show and pioneered the radio play style of recording voice actors for television animation.
0:38.0	And after Rugrats he co-created recess and Lloyd in Space for Disney.
0:42.0	All the while, focusing on producing top quality character-driven
0:45.3	family entertainment, it's my pleasure to get to talk to Paul Germain. My family is originally from Mexico. I would take vacations down into Mexico and every time we would go to Mexico and come back at that border
1:04.4	wait line there would these knock off Bart Simpson piggybanks.
1:08.0	So like I yeah I love that when you see that kind of stuff I've seen a Chuckie Bong around.
1:14.0	No way.
1:16.0	Yeah, that was pretty wild.
1:18.0	That's hilarious.
1:19.0	That's so funny.
1:20.0	A Chuckie Bong.
1:21.0	Yeah.
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