Clean Slate

Zeke is tired of Mom's strict cleaning rules, so he draws a "no cleaning" zone around his house. Perfect- the rule is reversed, meaning you're not allowed to clean& at all. Because of the power of the pad, even Mom's enforcing said messy rule. At first, it's a blast when Zeke doesn't have to pick up after himself, and can slop around watching TV. But eventually, it gets crazy. Seems Mom takes these no-cleaning rules just as seriously as when she was enforcing the do-cleaning rules- and the entire family lives in fear of alarms going off if you move something into place, not to mention the ultimate punishment, time spent in Ida's version of prison- The Clutter Room, a room designed to break anyone of their clean ways and bring them over to the messy side. With the pad missing in the house's mess, Zeke has to lead the troops (Alvin, Rachel and Ike) back to sanity (or sanitary) by staging a coup to clean the house, find the pad and make things right again. Viva la resistance!

Zeke Palmer, Alvin Palmer, Ida Palmer, Rachel Palmer, Ike Palmer, Jay Fritter, Maxine Marx, The Pad

Meet Zeke Palmer. He's definitely not your ordinary 14-year-old. Zeke's an incredible artist who lives smack dab in the middle of one weird and wacky family. AND he has this awesome little electronic drawing pad that is totally WIRED. Mysteriously wired. Somehow, it makes Zeke's drawings come to life. So extreme things can happen. And boy, do they HAPPEN! Being a creative artist, Zeke is constantly getting brain waves. So he draws them in his super-powered pad. But soon enough, Zeke learns: for every action, there is a reaction. Things just never turn out the way Zeke had imagined&. Ever.

Elan Award, Best Animated Television Production, Delna Bhesania, Liz Scully, Leonard Terhoch and Avrill Stark, Producers, 2009.
Elan Award, Best Art Production, Zoe Evamy, Senior Art Director, Patricia Atchison, Art Director, 2009