C. H. Greenblatt

Carl Harvey Greenblatt (born June 17, 1972) is an American screenwriter, producer, storyboard artist, cartoonist, animator, and voice actor. He has worked on the Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants, and on the Cartoon Network's The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy and Evil Con Carne. He has been the creator of Cartoon Network's Chowder, Nickelodeon's Harvey Beaks, and creator and executive producer of Jellystone!, a new Hanna-Barbera animated series for HBO Max and produced by Warner Bros. Animation.

C. H. Greenblatt
Greenblatt in 2009
Born	Carl Harvey Greenblatt (1972-06-17) June 17, 1972 Plano, Texas, U.S.
Occupation	Screenwriter, producer, storyboard artist, cartoonist, animator, voice actor
Notable works	Chowder Harvey Beaks SpongeBob SquarePants The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy Fish Hooks Jellystone!
Years active	1992–present
Website
chgreenblatt.tumblr.com

Greenblatt took inspiration for his work from Jim Henson, Dr. Seuss, and Richard Scarry.

Early life

He was born in Plano, Texas and raised in a Jewish family. He attended the University of Texas at Austin where he majored in advertising. He was classmates with future film critic Korey Coleman.[1]

Career

He got his first job in the animation industry working as an additional storyboard artist for SpongeBob SquarePants.

In 2007, Greenblatt began Chowder, an animated show that he created and executive produced for Cartoon Network.[2] Greenblatt collaborated with Maxwell Atoms on his new Billy & Mandy spin-off Halloween special called Underfist, in which he reprised his role as Fred Fredburger. He announced on his blog that Nickelodeon has given the go-ahead for an 11-minute pilot for a new show created by him entitled Bad Seeds (later renamed Harvey Beaks).[3]

He announced in September 2013 that the show has since been picked up for 26 11-minute episodes, with production commencing at the beginning of 2014. He has also directed the Deadman shorts for DC Nation. From Season 2 and 3 of SpongeBob he teamed up with Aaron Springer and later in Season 3 he teamed up with Kaz.

On April 5, 2018, Greenblatt announced that he had now been employed by Warner Bros. Animation, adding that he has been developing "something fun" for the studio but could not yet disclose anything else about it.[4][5] On October 29, 2019, the project was officially unveiled with the title of Jellystone, described as a crossover of several Hanna-Barbera characters living in the titular town “where they can’t help but make trouble for one another”.[6]

Legacy

Greenblatt is considered to be one of the greatest comedy writers by critics and fans in modern times.[7] Scott Thill of Cartoon Brew praised Greenblatt as one of the most influential comedy writers with innovative comedic elements. Cartoon Brew also said Greenblatt "has logged a decade-and-a-half across studios and shows". James Poniewozik of Time credited Greenblatt as defining SpongeBob's comedic style. Greenblatt was one of the writers of the SpongeBob episode "Band Geeks", considered by many to be the best episode of the entire series. SpongeBob writer Kaz recalled writing with Greenblatt fun and said he was full with "weird energy".

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999–2005	SpongeBob SquarePants	Carl, additional voices	Additional storyboard artist (1999-2000), writer (2000−2005), storyboard artist (2000-2002), storyboard director (2002-2005)
2003	Free for All	N/A	Storyboard artist
2003–04	Evil Con Carne		Writer, storyboard artist
2004–07	The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy	Fred Fredburger, additional voices
2005	The X's	N/A	Storyboard artist
2007–10	Chowder	Kimchi, Kiwi, Adult Chowder, Himself, additional voices	Creator, character designer, prop designer, executive producer, writer, songwriter, storyboard artist
2010–14	Fish Hooks	Chino	Director, story, writer, storyboard artist
2012	Deadman shorts	N/A	writer, storyboard artist, director, producer, character designer, color stylist, and prop designer
2015–17	Harvey Beaks	Technobear (originally), Dade, Jeremy, additional voices	Creator, character designer, main title designer, prop designer, executive producer, writer, storyboard artist, voice director, director
2019	Big City Greens	Dentist	Voice actor
N/A	Jellystone!	N/A	Creator, developer, writer, character designer, director, executive producer

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie	N/A	Storyboard artist
2007	Billy and Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure	Fred Fredburger, Pirate #4
	The Grim Adventures of the Kids Next Door	Fred Fredburger	N/A
2008	Underfist
	Hellboy II: The Golden Army	N/A	Special thanks
2015	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water		Storyboard punch-up
2016	PINK: The Lighter Shade of Red		Special thanks

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role
2006	The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy	Fred Fredburger
2009	Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall	Fred Fredburger, Kimchi
2011	Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion	Fred Fredburger

Internet

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	Cartoons VS Cancer	Himself	Podcast
	RebelTaxi; Pizza Party Podcast
	Nickelodeon Animation Podcast

References

1. Coleman, Korey (August 14, 2018). "The Weekly Roast & Toast 8-14-18". Double Toasted. Archived from the original on August 15, 2018. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
2. Liu, Ed (October 30, 2007). "Toon Zone Interviews C.H. Greenblatt on Crafting "Chowder"". Toon Zone. Retrieved March 4, 2008.
3. Amidi, Amid. "Nick's Upcoming 'Bad Seeds' Renamed 'Harvey Beaks!'". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
4. "Nerd Armada". Nerd Armada. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
5. "Nerd Armada". Nerd Armada. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
6. "'Looney Tunes' Update, Hanna-Barbera Series Set at HBO Max". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
7. "#C.H. Greenblatt". Cartoon Brew.

External links

• C. H. Greenblatt on IMDb
• C. H. Greenblatt's current blog on Tumblr
• C. H. Greenblatt's original blog, Nerd Armada
• Frederator Studio's interview with Greenblatt