#klasky

1982

Arlene Klasky and Gabor Csupo form KLASKY CSUPO, INC. in their two bedroom apartment in Hollywood.

1983

Klasky Csupo, INC. expands and moves to a new location on Seward Street in Hollywood.

1988

Klasky Csupo, INC. animates Matt Groening’s “The Simpsons” as bumpers for the “Tracy Ullman Show.”

Music Videos produced for Beastie Boys & Luther Vandross.

 TV Titles produced for: “21 Jump Street,” “Anything But Love” and “In Living Color.”

1990

Interstitial shorts produced for “Sesame Street.“

1991

Arlene Klasky, Gabor Csupo & Paul Germain create “Rugrats” which helps to launch “Nicktoons” a line-up for creator driven cartoons to brand the Nickelodeon network.

1994

“Duckman” premieres on the USA Network.

 “AAHHH!!! Real Monsters” debuts on Halloween as the second Klasky Csupo, INC. series to debut on Nickelodeon.

1995

In September, Klasky Csupo, INC.’s  “Santo Bugito,” premieres on CBS.

Klasky Csupo, INC. Commercials division opens. In first year solicits and wins campaigns for Coca-Cola, Taco Bell, Oscar Mayer Lunchables, Kraft, 1-800-Collect and interstitial animated sketches of Antonio Prohias’ “Spy Vs. Spy” for “Mad TV.”

1998

On August 12th, “Stressed Eric” is “Americanized” and airs for 6 consecutive weeks on Wednesday nights at 9:30 on NBC, marking Klasky Csupo, INC.’s 3rd prime-time show on a non-cable broadcast network.

On September 1st “The Wild Thornberrys” premieres as first 22-minute animated show for Nickelodeon Primetime. Prior to this debut all Nickelodeon animated TV series were 11 minute in length.

Klasky Csupo, INC. launches The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald on Home Video October 9th, available exclusively through McDonalds worldwide.

“The Rugrats Movie” premieres on November 25, 1998 and is the first non-Disney animated movie to break the $100 million dollar box office gross benchmark in the US. 

1999

“Rocket Power” premieres on Nickelodeon as the anchor of its new fall line up in September.

2000

“The Rugrats in Paris” premieres on November 17, 2000 at “Graumans” Chinese Theater in Hollywood.

2001

“All Grown Up”, a special produced with a “dream sequence” where all the babies are aged 10 years airs on Nickelodeon in July.

“The Rugrats” receive a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame cementing their place in entertainment and animation history.

“As Told By Ginger” debuts its first 90 minute prime time Nick Flick: “Summer of Camp Caprice” 7/7/01 on Nickelodeon.

“The Wild Thornberrys” debuts its first 90 minute prime time Nick Flick: “Origin of Donnie” 8/18/01 on Nickelodeon.

2002

"The Wild Thornberrys Movie" is released, and Paul Simon's song from the film "Father and Daughter" is nominated for an Academy Award.

2003

"Rugrats Go Wild!" is released in movie theaters worldwide, bringing together the Rugrats and The Wild Thornberrys.

“Stinky Pierre” pilot is complete.

“Citizen Tony” pilot, starring Louie Anderson, is complete.

2004

“What’s Cooking?” pilot produced for Nickelodeon.

2005

The Immigrants feature film made it’s debut at the eighth International Bangkok FilmFestival January  13, 2005.  The original 6 episodes were cut, reformatted, and retitled  “IMMIGRANTS L.A. DOLCE VITA” specifically for the festival

“Sugarless” pilot is completed for Noggin.

Pilots of “Twinkle” and “Schmutz” are created for Nickelodeon

Production begins for the “Junkyard Teddies” and “Rockstars!” pilots

The “Rugrats Tales from the Crib Snow White” DVD feature releases in stores Sept. 9th.

2006