Old Man Dexter
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| Network | Cartoon Network |
| Premiere date | March 24, 1996 |
| Run time | 7:33 |
| Starring | Christine Cavanaugh Allison Moore Kath Soucie Jeff Bennett |
| Music composed by | Thomas Chase Steve Rucker |
| Writer(s) | Craig McCracken |
| Storyboard artist(s) | Craig McCracken |
| Director(s) | Craig McCracken Genndy Tartakovsky |
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"Old Man Dexter" is the third pilot to Dexter's Laboratory. It aired on March 24, 1996 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Craig McCracken, and directed by McCracken and the series creator, Genndy Tartakovsky. It was the first short to be aired independently from its parent series, What a Cartoon!
Dexter wants to stay up late to watch a movie with the rest of the movie, but keeps on being sent to bed, so he uses a machine that will make him older.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Dee Dee: Grandpa!
Dexter: I am not Grandpa!
Dee Dee: Grandpa!
Dexter: I am not Grandpa!
Dee Dee: Grandpa!
Dexter: I am not Grandpa!
Dee Dee: Grandpa!
Dexter: I am not Grandpa!
Mom: Grandpa?!
Dexter: Hi.
Characters
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Locations
Objects
Vehicles
Production
Development
Filming
It was copyrighted in 1996.
Music
The theme song and music were composed by Thomas Chase and Steve Rucker. The end title lyrics were written by Pamela Phillips Oland. The director of music production was Bodie Chandler.
Crew credits
- Storyboard artist: Craig McCracken
- Background designer: Todd Frederiksen
- Background stylist: Martin Ansolabehere
- Executive producer: Larry Huber
- Executive producer: Debby Hindman
- Production supervisor: Sylvia Edwards
- Production coordinator: Donna Castricone
- Unit post-production supervisor: Gary Hall
- Story consultant: Jason Butler Rote
- Fil-Cartoons animation director: Chris Cuddington
- Layout designers: Charlie Bean, Andrew Bialk, Julian Chaney, David Mucci Fassett, Christopher Mitchell, Conrad Vernon, John Carey Yost
- Additional background designers: Andrew Bialk, Andrew Gentle
- Model designers: Andrew Bialk, Sean Edberg, Todd Frederiksen, Paul Rudish, C. Miles Thompson
- Clean up artist: Barbara Krueger
- Casting director: Kris Zimmerman
- Talent coordinator: Collette Sunderman
- Supervising sound engineer: Ed Collins
- Recording engineer: Preston Oliver
- Ink and paint supervisor: Alison Leopold
- Color stylists: Karen Greslie, Cynthia Mcintosh
- Final checker: Nelda Ridley
- Graphics artist: Iraj Paran
- Animation checkers: Sandra Benneati, Beth Goodwin
- Xerographits: Star Wirth, Martin Crossley
- Camera operator: Steven Mills
- Executive in charge of post-production: John Forrest Niss
- Track readers: James Hearn, Kay Douglas, Carol Iverson, Kerry Iverson
- Supervising film editor: Paul Douglas
- Post-production supervisor: Gayle Mnookin
- Post-production assistant: Gina Lamar
- Negative consultant: William DeBoer, Jr.
- Post-production coordinator: Gail D. Silvers
- Telecine/On-line editor: Modern Videofilm
- Sound editor: 21st Century Sound Design Corp
- Sound re-recording mixer: Digimix
- Production assistants: Sami Rank, Sandra Benenati, Linda Moore, Jeffrey Collins
- Production liaison: Heather Kenyon
- Production accountant: Diana Stolpe
- Executives in charge of production: Joe Mazzuca, Brian A. Miller
- 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: March 24, 1996 on Cartoon Network
- United Kingdom and Ireland:
Behind the scenes
Errors
- When the family laughs at the movie they're watching, their mouths don't move.
Legacy
- The Hydro-Cosmetic Acceler-ager is used again in "Babysitter Blues" and "Don't Be a Baby."
- Dexter's old man look foreshadows what he will really look like in the TV movie Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip. Just as old man Dexter calls Dee Dee "Billy" in this short, old man Dexter calls his young man self "Billy" in Ego Trip.
Critical reception
In other languages
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Home availability
- In the United States:
- July 3, 2001: Warner Home Video releases Dexter's Laboratory: Greatest Adventures on VHS.
- October 12, 2010: Warner Home Video releases Dexter's Laboratory: Season One on DVD.
- June 25, 2024: Warner Home Video releases Dexter's Laboratory: The Complete Series on DVD.
- In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
- March 27, 2000: Warner Home Video releases Dexter's Laboratory: Volume 1 on VHS.
- In Australia:
- February 13, 2008: Madman Entertainment releases Dexter's Laboratory: Season 1 on DVD.
- October 25, 2017: Madman Entertainment releases Dexter's Laboratory: Collected Experiments on DVD.
