Blammo the Clown

For the character, see Blammo the Clown (character).

Blammo the Clown
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Premiere date	January 8, 1997
Run time	7:30
Starring	Bob Picardo Butch Hartman Jeff Bennett Steven Calabro
Music composed by	Bill Fulton
Writer(s)	Butch Hartman Michael Rann Eugene Mattos
Director(s)	Eugene Mattos Kris Zimmerman (voices)
Animation director(s)	Robert Alvarez
Art director(s)	Butch Hartman
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"Blammo the Clown" is the thirty-seventh episode of What a Cartoon! It aired on January 8, 1997 on Cartoon Network. It was written and created by its creators Butch Hartman, Michael Rann, and Eugene Mattos, directed by Mattos, and voice directed by Kris Zimmerman. Along with "Short Pfuse," it was an unsuccessful backdoor pilot to a fully realized Pfish and Chip spin-off series.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Chip	Butch Hartman
Pfish	Bob Picardo
Paper boy	Jeff Bennett
Police chief	Jeff Bennett
Police chief's mother (photo)	N/A
Blammo the Clown	N/A
D.Z.	Steven Calabro

Organizations

• Big City Yak (mentioned)

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Big City
      • Big City City Hall
      • Police station
    • New Mexico
      • Santa Fe
• The Sun

Objects

• Big City Yak newspaper
• Teddy

Vehicles

• Clown cars
• Train

Production

Filming

It was copyrighted in 1995.

Music

The What a Cartoon! theme song was performed by Gary Lionelli. The episode's main music was composed by Bill Fulton. The director of music production was Bodie Chandler.

Crew credits

• Art director: Butch Hartman
• Executive producer: Larry Huber
• Line producer: Bob Onorato
• Creative consultant: Michael Rann
• Production supervisor: Sylvia Edwards
• Production coordinator: Donna Castricone
• Overseas animation director: Chris Cuddington
• Prop designer: Jim Stenstrum
• Background designer: Bill Proctor
• Clean-up artists: Barbera Krueger, Donna Zeller
• Casting director: Kris Zimmerman
• Talent coordinators: Cindi Lyn Peltier, Collette Sunderman
• Supervising recording engineer: Ed Collins
• Recording engineer: Preston Oliver
• Background supervisor: Al Gmuer
• Background painters: Joseph Binggeli, B.G. Callahan, Jonathan Goley, Andrew Phillipson, Leonardo Robledo
• Xerographists: Star Wirth, Martin Crossley, Catherine Parotino, Richard Wilson
• Ink and paint supervisor: Alison Leopold
• Color stylist: Karen Greslie
• Final checker: Nelda Ridley
• Ink and paint artists: Carmen Brooks, Lori Hanson, Christine Kingsland
• Graphics artist: Iraj Paran
• Camera operator: Dan Larsen
• Post production executive: John Forrest Niss
• Animation checker: Beth Goodwin
• Track readers: Jim Hearn, Kay Douglas, Carol Iverson, Kerry Iverson
• Supervising film editor: Paul Douglas
• Post-production supervisor: Gayle Mnookin
• Post production coordinator: Gail D. Silvers
• Sound services provider: 21st Century Sound
• Negative consultant: William DeBoer, Jr.
• Video services provider: Modern Videofilm
• Production assistants: Sandy Benenati, Jeffrey Collins
• Production liaison: Heather Kenyon
• Executive in charge of production: Joe Mazzuca
• Senior vice president of production: Sherry Gunther
• Development executive: Dan Smith
• Produced in association with: FIL-Cartoons
• Senior Vice President of Production: Sherry Gunther

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: January 8, 1997 on Cartoon Network

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

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