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The Whelk
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In 1999 MTV launched
Downtown
, an animated slice of life show about young people in Manhattan's Lower East Side based on
interviews with non-actors
(
Pilot
part 2
part 3
) created by animator Chris Prynoski (Daria, Beavis And Butt-head, Metalocalypse). Despite an Emmy nomination, the show was cancelled after one season (with one unaired episode). Like so many MTV shows, licensing complications prevented it from reaching DVD,
meaning the only way to watch the show was to e-mail Chris directly
. Until someone
uploaded the entire series to Youtube.
posted by
The Whelk
on Dec 16, 2011 -
18 comments
"Daria" Photoshoot
More with Trent
posted by
The Whelk
on Nov 28, 2011 -
72 comments
Hey, what ever happened to
Julie Brown?
( not
that one
) She was a hit in
Earth Girls Are Easy
with her number,
Cause I'm a Blonde
. She had another hit with the Dr. Demento staple
The Homecoming Queens' Got a Gun!
Then she faded into the cultural-artifact twilight ...
[
more inside
]
posted by
The Whelk
on Dec 30, 2008 -
37 comments
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