Monster Blues
- Studio
- Klasky Csupo
- Animation studio
- Anivision Corporation
- Distributor
- Nickelodeon Network
Synopsis
Ickis runs away from the dump and moves into an abandoned building with blind bluesman Ellis Robinson, who teaches him what the blues are. In exchange, Ickis (with the help of Krumm and Oblina) helps Ellis keep the construction crews from tearing down his building.
Characters
Ickis, Janitor, Oblina, Krumm, Snorch, The Gromble, Viewfinder, Busboy, Zimbo, Man in Nursery, Dispatcher, Customer, Cindy, Joan, Ellis Robinson, Man, Dr. Buzz Kutt, Owner, Monsters
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Zhenia Delioussine
- Assistant Directors
- Peter Hixson, Jeffrey Perlmutter
Producing
- Producer
- Geraldine Clarke
- Executive Producers
- Gabor Csupo, Arlene Klasky
- Co-Producer
- Cella Nichols Duffy, Mark Steen
- Associate Producer
- Barbara Wright
- Creative Producer
- Charles Swenson
Writing
- Writer
- Mark Palmer
- Story Editors
- Mark Palmer, Spencer Green, Steve Skrovan, Mary Elizabeth Williams
- Created by
- Gabor Csupo, Peter Gaffney
- Script Coordinator
- Denise Downer
- Nickelodeon Story Editor
- Vince Calandra
Voices
- Voice
- Charles Adler (Ickis, Janitor), Christine Cavanaugh (Oblina), David Eccles (Krumm, Snorch), Gregg Berger (The Gromble, Viewfinder, Busboy), Tim Curry (Zimbo, Man in Nursery), Terri Apple (Dispatcher, Customer), Diane Delano (Cindy, Monster 1), B.J. Foster (Joan, Monster 2), Taj Mahal (Ellis Robinson), Brock Peters (Man), Edward Winter (Dr. Buzz Kutt, Owner)
Music
- Music
- Drew Neumann
Animation
- Animatic Digitizer
- Jud Kilgore
- Timing Director
- Rick Bugental
- Sheet Timers
- Leonardo Pinero, Pete Michels, Alan Smart, Debbie Baber, Herb Moore, Juli Murphy-Hashiguchi
- Checking Supervisor
- Zsuzsa Lamy
- Checker
- Marisa Konwicks
- Assistant Checkers
- Lisa Womble, Sharon Altman
- Lip Sync
- Kent Holaday
Art Department
- Art Director
- Sergey Shramkovsky
- Storyboard Artists
- Jeff Scott, Evgueni Delioussine, Toni Vian, Vadim Medzhibovskiy
- Character Design
- Chris Battle, Sergey Shramkovsky, Vadim Medzhibovskiy
- Title Sequence Design
- Craig Simmons
- Title Design
- Laslo Nosek
- Designs & Background
- Dan Krall, Vladi Rubishevsky, Geoffrey Anderson
- Character Design Assistants
- Denise Saffren, Dave Smith
- Color Design
- Renan Tolon, Gordon Swan
- Background Editor
- Robert R. Hache
Editing
- Editor
- Michael Hutchinson
- Picture Editor
- Peter Tomaszewicz
- Picture Editing Assistant
- Vincent Gonzales
Sound
- Re-Recording Mixer
- Kurt Vanzo
- Recording Engineer
- Daniel Cubert
- Dialogue Editor
- Mike Myles
- Effects Editor
- Daniel Ben-Shimon
- Foley Editor
- Derek Pippert
- Sound Assistant
- Enrique Morales
- Foley Artist
- Nancy Parker
- Foley Sheets
- Michelle Rochester
- Track Reading
- Glenwood Editorial
Casting
- Casting
- Barbara Wright
- Casting Associate
- Donna Grillo
- Casting Assistants
- Stephan A. McKenzie, Amanda McNellis
Production Management
- Post Coordinator
- Wendi McNeese
- Accounting Assistant
- Donna Munoz
- Production Accountant
- Carole Ann McCoy
- Production Assistants
- Jesse Gutierrez, Vera Duffy, Shannon Bergman
- Digital Video Post-Production
- Hollywood Digital
Crew
- A.D. Supervisor
- Samuel Williams
- Design Supervisor
- Alex Dilts
- Color Supervisor
- Robert King
- Post Assistant
- Eric Harp
- Assistant to Producers
- Diana F. Bukowski
- Production Support
- Susan Durante
- Computer Support
- Laszlo Lakits
- Production Support Staff
- Tony Lopez, Justin Baker, Jose Mojardin, James Peters
- Overseas Supervising Director
- Ferenc Varsanyi
- Nickelodeon Supervising Producer
- Kathrin Seitz
- Nickelodeon Executive Producer
- Mary Harrington
- Executive in Charge of Producion
- Laverne McKinnon
- Crew
- Klasky-Csupo, NICKELODEON
Companies and other credits
- Negative Cutter: Magic Film & Video Works
- Overseas Animation Facility: Anivision Corporation
- 1996 Viacom
Production notes
Weirder than weird, grosser than gross, the Real Monsters were a perfect fit with Nickelodeon's gooey, goopy reputation. Created by the same studio that produced that network's Rugrats (Klasky Csupo), AAAHH!!! Real Monsters pushed the bounds of the bizarre to new extremes.
The stars of the show were a trio of students at the Monster Academy, located beneath a city landfill. Ickis was the neurotic one, a long-eared pipsqueak with a mischievous streak. Big, dumb Krumm was the hairy, gaseous slacker who held his eyes in his hands. The third member of this ghastly gang was Oblina, who looked like a black-and-white candy cane with eyes and lips. The brain of the group, Oblina also had a famously bad temper.
Training under the direction of the Gromble, Monster Academy's blue, four-legged (all in red pumps) Headmaster, the threesome took lessons on how to scare correctly. When the lessons went poorly, punishment was meted out by "punishment masters" the Snorch and Zimbo.
Human boy Bradley was a partner-in-fright with Ickis, Krumm, and Oblina, but not all humans were so friendly. Hot on the trio's trail was Simon the Monster Hunter, committed to ridding the world of monsterkind.
Both the animation and the storylines edged toward the outrageous. In one episode, Krumm broke out with an enormous, living zit that ended up becoming more popular than he was. If parents were grossed out, they didn't stop their kids from watching it, as AAAHH!!! Real Monsters became a multi-season hit for Nick.
The stars of the show were a trio of students at the Monster Academy, located beneath a city landfill. Ickis was the neurotic one, a long-eared pipsqueak with a mischievous streak. Big, dumb Krumm was the hairy, gaseous slacker who held his eyes in his hands. The third member of this ghastly gang was Oblina, who looked like a black-and-white candy cane with eyes and lips. The brain of the group, Oblina also had a famously bad temper.
Training under the direction of the Gromble, Monster Academy's blue, four-legged (all in red pumps) Headmaster, the threesome took lessons on how to scare correctly. When the lessons went poorly, punishment was meted out by "punishment masters" the Snorch and Zimbo.
Human boy Bradley was a partner-in-fright with Ickis, Krumm, and Oblina, but not all humans were so friendly. Hot on the trio's trail was Simon the Monster Hunter, committed to ridding the world of monsterkind.
Both the animation and the storylines edged toward the outrageous. In one episode, Krumm broke out with an enormous, living zit that ended up becoming more popular than he was. If parents were grossed out, they didn't stop their kids from watching it, as AAAHH!!! Real Monsters became a multi-season hit for Nick.