News &
Other Little-Known Facts -- Part 3
News &
Other Little-Known Facts -- Part 3
"Rugrats" Go Disney (sort of)
Tommy Pickles was featured on the cover of the March 1998 issue of Disney Adventures, the digest-sized kids magazine available where magazines are sold. This issue featured the "Coolest Cartoon Kids Class of 1998", with bios and pictures of Tommy, as well as (also joining Tommy on the cover) Doug, Bart Simpson, Pepper Ann, Spinelli (of Recess) and Bobby Hill (of King Of The Hill).
Here is Tommy's biography from Disney's Adventures; the picture in his bio shows Tommy climb a pile of books to get his Reptar toy (biography is from the March 1998 issue of Disney's Adventures, copyright © 1998 by Disney Enterprises, Inc. Picture on left is from that article and is ©1998 by Viacom.):
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Tommy Pickles, as told to D.A. (Disney Adventures) "(He can't write yet, because he's only 1!)"
Age: 1 Hometown: "Near You!" Motto: "A baby's gotta do what a baby's gotta do!" (Barbecue Story) Last Book Read: "I kinda read a book once but it had only pictures in it." My Goal In Life: "Be 2." Most Embarassing Moment: When I figured out that the baby in the mirror was me! (Mirrorland) Favorite Outfit: "Just one thing -- a dry diapie!" (Keep in mind that on the show, Tommy & the other Rugrats normally say "diaper". The Rugrats Movie, however, uses "diapie" (see below).) Favorite Food: "Stuff that's mushy." Favorite Cartoon Character: "Reptar." Favorite Subject In School: "I won't know for sure 'till I get there, but I bet it's gonna be naptime!" What's Always In My Backpack: "Extra diapies, 'cause a baby needs to be prepared." |
Oh Yeah! Rugrats!
The following Rugrats cast members provided voices during the first season of Nick's newest Nicktoon anthology, Oh Yeah!:
CHALKZONE
E.G. Daily (Randy, Old Woman, Girl)
JELLY'S DAY
Cheryl Chase (Lady, Boy)
THATTA BOY
Cree Summer-Francks (Polly, Tilly)
PROTECTO 5000
Joe Alaskey (Mr. C)
JACK & THE BEATSTALK
Kath Soucie (Dot)
TWINS CRIMSON & THOSE AMAZING ROBOTS
Cheryl Chase (Mom)
SUPER SANTA
Michael Bell (Santa, Dad)
THE MAN WITH NO NOSE
Michael Bell (Jules, Agent, Officer, Onlooker #3)
Christine Cavanaugh (Billy, Onlooker #1)
Tress MacNeille (Grace, Sadie, Onlooker #2)
HAMZEL & GRANDE
Kath Soucie (Grande, Dot, Mother)
CHALKZONE: AMAZIN RIVER
E.G. Daily (Rudy)
For more information on Oh Yeah!, click here or here.
We'll Be Right Back After This Important Message:
Most of the people that do voices on Rugrats also does, or has done, voices in commercials, as well. For example: Jack Riley (Stu) in ads for "Country Crock" margarine and Kath Soucie (Betty, Phil, Lil) in ads for Greyhound and Eckerds. But one unusual observation of Rugrats cast members doing ads can be found in ads for Bayer's Advantage Flea Treatment; the voices in this ad are Soucie, E.G. Daily (Tommy) and Christine Cavanaugh (Chuckie), all playing dogs & cats in the ad.
(special thanks to Don Del Grande)
Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
In the Rugrats TV series, the babies say "diaper" the same way as adults and older children say it -- "diaper". However, in The Rugrats Movie (and in the Disney Adventures article above, along with all episodes made since the movie), The Rugrats say "diaper" in a more infantile fashion -- "diapie". Considering that they said "diaper" in the TV series and "diapie" in the movie, isn't their use of "diapie" downgrading their intelligence a little bit, especially since they already know how to say "diaper" in earlier TV episodes?
Make Your Own Seasonal Rugrats Special
On 6/16/1998, Nick shown, for the first time, the Rugrats' Father's Day Special, which was repeated on 6/20/1998 & 6/21/1998. In 1999, they did the same thing again. However, this special is, to put it gently, nothing special, for all it was was 2 previously-shown episodes that already have been repeated several times already -- Regarding Stuie & America's Wackiest Home Movies.
You can make your own seasonal Rugrats special by watching the following stories below. Christmas, Chanukah, Passover, Halloween, Mother's Day, Father's Day & Thanksgiving already have specials of their own.
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If you didn't like Nick's Rugrats' Father's Day Special, you can make your own... |
Any 2 of these: Touchdown Tommy Runaway Angelica Angelica Breaks A Leg Sour Pickles Stu Gets A Job The Mysterious Mr. Friend Chuckie Is Rich Faire Play The Smell Of Success Man Of The House A Whole New Stu Chuckie's Bachelor Pad Big Babies |
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Independence Day Victoria Day Canada Day |
Any 2 of these: Barbecue Story Grandpa's Teeth The Sky Is Falling Dil We Meet Again |
| Labor Day |
What The Big People Do Angelica's Last Stand |
| New Year's Day |
Party Animals Naked Tommy |
| Valentine's Day |
Any 2 of these: Angelica's In Love Grandpa's Date Cradle Attraction Lady Luck |
| St. Patrick's Day |
The Gold Rush Chuckie Is Rich |
| Easter |
Any 2 of these: The Trial Dust Bunnies Chuckie's Duckling |
| Grandparents' Day |
Any 2 of these: The Case Of The Missing Rugrat Grandpa Moves Out Sour Pickles Toys In The Attic Aunt Miriam Visiting Aunt Miriam Grandpa's Date Where's Grandpa? Wrestling Grandpa Grandpa's Bad Bug Lady Luck The Old Country |
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Grammys Tonys Junos |
Any 2 of these: Reptar On Ice Hair! Angelica's Ballet Music or don't watch anything for 11 minutes; just listen to The Rugrats Movie soundtrack |
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Oscars Emmys Geminis BAFTAs |
Any 2 of these:
At The Movies |
| Weddings |
Let Them Eat Cake I Do |
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The day your cable company picks up the Game Show Network |
Any 2 of these: Game Show Didi Chuckie Is Rich Kid TV What's Your Line? |
| Your Birthday |
Tommy's First Birthday
Or any 2 of these: |
An Interesting Story
On 5/15/1999, at the 1999 Motor City Comic Con near Detroit, I met Scott Roberts, one of the writers of the Rugrats comic strip, and creator of Patty Cake. At the convention, we talked about Patty Cake and Rugrats. Also, I had an interesting story about what I experienced at the 1998 Motor City Comic Con.
At the 1998 show, I was wearing a T-shirt with a picture of Angelica on the front (I wore this same shirt at the 1999 show). I stopped to look at comics at one of the dealers' stalls, when that dealer pointed to my Angelica shirt and asked, "Is that Patty Cake?"
In converse, Scott had a similar story. He has written a story, which was a crossover between Patty Cake and Mr. Beat; a comic character created by Chris Yambar and published in Mr. Beat, Superstar & Mr. Beat Babes & Bongos Special by Moordam Comics (previously on this site, I said that it was a cross-over with Rowan Atkinson's Mr. Bean; blame it on the anime display and The Dukes Of Hazzard exhibit behind me). At one point of that story, Patty Cake was mobbed by fans, who thought that Patty Cake was Angelica. Ironically, this reference was made long before Roberts became involved with the Rugrats strip.
By the way, there IS a Patty Cake / Angelica crossover of sorts in issue 14 of Slave Labor's Patty Cake & Friends. Ask your comic book dealer, or order direct from Slave Labor. And see if you can find Angelica.
Patty Cake & Angelica, separated at birth? You be the judge.
The Klasky-Csupo Staff Are A Bunch Of Characters...Literally
When you see a doll or a picture or even a news article on a Rugrats episode, you may be actually looking at a member of the Klasky-Csupo staff. Former Rugrats design supervisor David L. Allen explains:
The people who work on Rugrats are really fun folks. They often draw each other in the background as "extras". I was once a toy puppet, showed up on a stamp on an envelope, and my wedding was announced on a newspaper headline stating "Labre to Wed" (Labre is my middle name). Paul Germain, a Rugrats producer, is the Dummy Bear producer in the Dummy Bear Dinner Disaster episode (not the voice, but the actual "model" for the character). Many other Klasky employees have shown up on episodes, too.
(Thanks to David L. Allen)
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