18 Facts About Danny Antonucci

Danny Antonucci created the Cartoon Network animated comedy series Ed, Edd n Eddy as well as Lupo the Butcher and The Brothers Grunt for MTV.

Danny Antonucci continued his career in Vancouver, working on animated shorts and television commercials at International Rocketship Limited, where he created his first solo work, Lupo the Butcher.

For MTV, Danny Antonucci made a number of bumpers, his series The Brothers Grunt, and the title sequence to animation showcase program Cartoon Sushi.

Danny Antonucci went on to create Ed, Edd n Eddy on Cartoon Network.

Danny Antonucci attended the Sheridan College of Visual Arts but quit to take a job as an animator at Canimage Production, a division of Hanna-Barbera.

Danny Antonucci landed a job at International Rocketship Limited, animating short films and television commercials.

Danny Antonucci explains the short arose out of his own frustration at having to work in children's film for so long, and to try his hand at creating a full-fledged character on film.

Danny Antonucci originally created a mascot for Cartoon Network, known as the jester, as well as the mascot's bumpers.

Danny Antonucci went on to work on MTV's Cartoon Sushi show in 1997, directing, writing and providing voices, in addition to being responsible for the title sequence of the show.

Danny Antonucci spent months designing the show, before trying to sell it to Nickelodeon.

Danny Antonucci refused to give it, and instead took the show to Cartoon Network.

The crawling lines are not nearly as active as those in Dr Katz, Professional Therapist, but are still visible, and Danny Antonucci likens it to cartoons of the 1930s.

Danny Antonucci stated that he believed it was important to add Plank, a board of wood, to the show, stating that he "thought it would be really cool to do the show with Plank taking on a character of his own" and to cause Jonny to do things he would usually never do.

Danny Antonucci stated that Rolf is strongly based on himself and his cousins, since he was part of an immigrant family, and grew up in a first-generation foreign household with different customs and ways of living.

Danny Antonucci's first solo work Lupo the Butcher was a successful short and is considered to be a cult classic.

Danny Antonucci worked on a number of award-winning commercials for Converse, ESPN and Levi's.

In 1998, for his work on Cartoon Sushi, Danny Antonucci received a National Cartoonists Society Division Award for Television Animation.

Danny Antonucci has two children named Tex and Marlowe who were named after animator Tex Avery and the fictional character Philip Marlowe respectively.