Mondo Media
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Formerly | Tenth Annual Industries (1988-1998) |
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Company type | Private |
Industry | Entertainment |
Founded | 1988 (as Tenth Annual Industries) 1998 (as Mondo Media) |
Founder | John Evershed Deirdre O'Malley |
Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
Products | Web series, television programs, video games, movies, commercials, branding, promotion |
Subsidiaries | Mondo Mojo Mondo Studios 6 Point Harness[1] |
Website | www |
Network | YouTube |
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Programming | |
Language(s) | English Spanish German |
Mondo Media is an American company that produces animation targeted at teens and young adults. The company was founded in 1988 in San Francisco, California.[2] The company produces ad-supported, internet-based animated segments called Mondo Mini Shows.
Mondo's most successful shows are Happy Tree Friends, which has since spawned a multimedia franchise,[3] and Dick Figures, which was adapted into a feature-length film and was nominated for an Annie Award.[4] Other series distributed by Mondo Media feature notable writers and voice actors. Short running series Off The Curb stars voice actors Carlos Alazraqui, Cedric Yarbrough, John Di Maggio, Fred Tatasciore, and Gary Anthony Williams.[5] Mr. Wong was created and voiced by South Park writers Pam Brady and Kyle McCulloch.
According to AdAge Magazine in January 2013, Mondo Media was the top-ranked and all-time most popular YouTube channel, with 1.3 billion views and 1.3 million subscribers.[6]
Tenth Annual Industries
Tenth Annual Industries was a former name of the company until 1998. It produced commercials, an MTV animated series Beavis and Butt-Head and music videos (including Michael Jackson's "Leave Me Alone", Peter Gabriel's "Digging in the Dirt", Cher's "I Got You Babe" (with Beavis and Butt-Head), Tom Petty's "Runnin' Down a Dream", U2's "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" and Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Love Rollercoaster").
Television
Mondo Media has produced animation for Fusion, MTV and Adult Swim.[7]
The Happy Tree Friends television series was the company's first full-length television production. It premiered in the United States on September 25, 2006 on G4 and ran for only one season of 13 episodes.
In 2013, Canadian channel Bite teamed up with Mondo Media and YouTube to create Bite on Mondo, a program in which content creators pitched ideas for new shows. The pitches are funded through Mondo and use YouTube's popularity to decide whether or not they will be picked up. The winning pitches were broadcast on Bite on August 29, 2014.[8][9] In October 2014, parent company Blue Ant Media, Mondo Media, and Corus Entertainment announced that Teletoon would air a new series featuring shorts from the program. It was expected to premiere in 2016 on Teletoon at Night, but instead premiered on September 4, 2015 as Night Sweats on Adult Swim Canada.
In 2015, Mondo Media produced the animated sketch comedy series Like, Share, Die on Fusion. Each 15-minute episode of the series consists of several short segments and episodes of Mondo-produced web series.
In May 2019, El Rey Network began airing an anthology of Mondo series called the Mondo Animation Hour.[10]
List of series
Show/Channel | Year(s) | Created by | Description |
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4th Period Lunch | 2012 | Ilana Cohn and Tyler Spiers[11] | Seven episodes aired during November and December 2012. |
Archeologists | 2014–present | Bart Batchelor and Chris Nielsen[12] | Prologue series to World Doctors. |
Bad Hybrid | 2012 | Animax Interactive[13] | Six episodes aired between May and September 2012. |
Baman Piderman | 2009–2012; 2014; 2015–present | Alex and Lindsay Small-Butera[14] | 2 seasons of episodes aired and was often seen as one of Mondo's most popular shows. The creators co-operated on the series, Dick Figures. |
Bedfellows | 2013–present | Rob Schuldt, Kris Patrick[15] | Various episodes have been shown on Mondo's channel after originally appearing on the Bedfellows channel. |
BigFish | 2009 | -[16] | Five episodes aired between July and September 2009. |
Billy and the Bitch | 2012 | Dave Carter[17] | Nine episodes, including a claymation Christmas special, aired between March and December 2012. |
Black and White | 2009 | John Izen[18] | 41 episodes aired between February and July 2009. |
Bubbles and Me | 2012 | Hamilton Craig and Brian Muelhaupt[19] | A pilot was shown in May 2012, and two following episodes aired in September and October the same year. |
Candy Hole | 2009–2010 | Brian Frisk[20] | Six episodes aired between May 2009 and October 2010. |
Cat Slap | 2009–2010; 2012 | Alan Foreman[21] | Six episodes aired between September 2009 and April 2010, with an additional episode shown May 2012. |
Chainmail Bikini Squad | 2012 | Melanie Albert and Geremy Walker[22] | Seven episodes aired between May and October 2012. |
Deep Space 69 | 2012–present | Daniel Cardenas[23] | Thirty-nine episodes have been shown, over the course of four seasons. Deep Space 69 is currently one of the main shows on Mondo. |
Destructo Box | 2011–ongoing | Joey Reinisch and Phil McLaughlin[24] | Season one, containing 27 full episodes, have been shown during 2011. Season two was announced but as of 2016 has either been scrapped or in Development hell. Reinisch and McLaughlin's first Mondo series, before Game Program Attack. |
Dick Figures | 2010–2015 | Ed Skudder and Zack Keller[25] | Five full seasons have been shown. Dick Figures: The Movie is the first feature-length film co-produced and released by Mondo. Mondo also made a launch party for said movie. |
Dirty Shorts | 2012 | - | A series of shorts featuring Dan Avidan of Ninja Sex Party. |
DJs in PJs | 2012 | Dan Avidan and Brian Wecht[26] | Two episodes aired during June and July 2012. |
Dr. Tran | 2008–2010 | Breehn Burns and Jason Johnson[27] | Ten episodes aired during 2009 (the earliest episode "Here Comes Dr. Tran!" was created in 2003), followed by seven episodes of Dr. Tran Fan Mail shown in 2009 and 2010. Aired on G4's Late Night Peep Show. |
Emergency 411 | 2010 | Tim Heiderich[28] | Two episodes aired in April 2010. |
Fan Art Fridays | 2013 | Mondo Media[29] | 10 episodes aired between February and May 2013. Exclusive to the Mondo Media website. |
Fanboy Rampage | 2010 | Davor Bujakovic and Junaid Chundrigar[30] | Three episodes aired during September and October 2010. |
Forest City Rockers | 2010 | Jim Dirschberger and Jay Howell[31] | Three episodes aired during June and July 2010. |
Fot & Angus | 2011–2012 | Alex Dron[32] | Eight episodes aired between May 2011 and August 2012. |
Fuggy Fuggy | 2009–2010 | Greg McLeod and Myles McLeod[33] | Eight episodes aired between February 2009 and January 2010. |
Game Program Attack | 2012 | Joey Reinisch and Phil McLaughlin[34] | Thirteen episodes aired between April and November 2012. Reinisch and McLaughlin's second Mondo series, after Destructo Box. |
Ginger Orphan Playhouse | 2014–2019 | Eleven episodes aired between December 2014 and March 2019 | |
The God & Devil Show | 1999–2001 | Aubrey Ankrum[35] | 43 episodes were created in 1999 and 2001, with ten being aired on YouTube in 2008. |
Goodbye Kitty | 2011 | Todd Goldman[36] | Ten episodes aired September and December 2011. |
Goodwin VS Badwin | 2012 | Joshua Bowen and Peter Burton[37] | Eight episodes aired between March and November 2012. Bowen and Burton's first Mondo series, before Mrs. Brickles. |
Gundarr | 2011–2015 | Corey McDaniel and Ted Wilson[38] | 38 episodes were aired between 1st of June 2011 and 25th November 2015. It is seen as one of Mondo's most popular shows. |
Ham Radio | 2012 | Ryan Hernandez and Kurt Duggan[39] | Five episodes aired between October and November 2012. |
Happy Tree Friends | 1999–2016 | Aubrey Ankrum, Rhode Montijo and Kenn Navarro[40] | The pioneer show for Mondo, with 194 regular episodes. |
Hard Drinkin' Lincoln | 2007 | Mike Reiss[41] | Two episodes aired in July 2007. |
Heavy Metal Guy | 2007–2009 | Jason Sadler[42] | Three episodes aired between March 2007 and March 2009. |
High Kittie | 2010–2011 | Gary Doodles[43] | Two episodes aired during December 2010 and January 2011. |
Inspector Beaver | 2002 | David Feiss[44] | Two episodes aired during 2002. |
Joe Cartoon | 1998–present | Joseph C. Shields[45][46] | Began being shown on Mondo's website in 2012. Originally aired on Mondo as early as 2009. |
KA-POW! | 2009 | Aubrey Ankrum, Rhode Montijo and Kenn Navarro[47] | Spin-off to Happy Tree Friends. Six episodes have been shown during February and March 2009. |
Kevin Spencer | 1998–2005 | ||
Kung Fu Karl | 2012–2013 | Mike Parker and Michael William[48] | 27 episodes have been shown between February 2012 and June 2013. |
LarkMart | 2010 | Aaron Simpson[49] | Four episodes aired between February and July 2010. |
Larva Animation | 2012–present | Synergy Media[50] | Over 10 episodes have aired between the 2010s. |
Like News | 2008 (made around 1999–2001) | Don Asmussen [51] | Eleven episodes aired during October and November 2008. Around 1999–2001, some of them aired on various websites. |
Merci Satan | 2012 | http://www.mondomedia.com/shows/merci-satan/[52] | Four episodes aired between July and September 2012. |
Mrs. Brickles | 2012 | Joshua Bowen and Peter Burton[53] | Three episodes aired during June and July 2012. Bowen and Burton's second Mondo series, after Goodwin VS Badwin. |
Mr. Wong | 2009–2010 | Pam Brady and Kyle McCulloch[54] | Five three-part episodes aired April 2009 and March 2010. |
NewsHit | 2012 | Nick denBoer & Davy Force[55] | 12 episodes aired between January and October 2012. |
Oliver Age 24 | 2013 | Oliver Hindle[56] | Mondo Partnered channel began airing February 2013. |
Off The Curb | 2012 | Carlos Alazraqui, Cedric Yarbrough, John Di Maggio, Fred Tatasciore and Gary Anthony Williams[57] | Five episodes aired between July and October 2012. Stars the voices of Carlos Alazraqui, Cedric Yarbrough, John DiMaggio, Fred Tatasciore and Gary Anthony Williams[58] |
Parenthesis Humor | 2015 | Stephen Sloan[59] | Three episodes aired between August and December 2015. |
Papercuts | 2012 | Alex Horan and Johnny Chew[60] | Three episodes aired between May and August 2012. |
Piki & Poko | c. 1999 | Six episodes aired on YouTube as part of Mondo Mini Shows Classics, one of the episodes aired back in 1999-2001 and 2006. | |
Poker Night | 2007–2010 | Rob Greenberg and Bill Corbett[61] | Four episodes aired between February 2007 and April 2010. |
Post Nuclear Family | 2012 | Rich Moyer[62] | Seven episodes aired between March and October 2012. |
Raised By Zombies | 2012–2013 | Mati Chavez[63] | Seven episodes aired between August 2012 and June 2013. |
Sketched Out | 2012 | Mondo Media[64] | A series of seven episodes aired during August and September 2012, with how-to draw tutorials by various Mondo Media creators. |
Skill Me Now | 2012 | Dan Milano[65] | Six episodes aired between May and September 2012. |
Super Celery Man | 2012 | Kieran Sugrue[66] | Four episodes aired between March and July 2012, followed by a Christmas special on December that year. |
TAC | 2010 | Michel Beaudet[67] | English dub of Têtes à claques. Eight episodes aired between March and October 2010. |
Thugs on Film | 2007 (made around 1999–2001) | -[68] | Five episodes aired in March 2007. |
Trailer Trash | 2011 | Max Benator and Todd Goldman[69] | Fourteen episodes aired between June and December 2011. |
Trapped in Technology | 2012 | Rob Manual[70] | Five episodes aired during June and August 2012. |
Turbo Fantasy | 2012; 2018 | David Ferguson[71] | Seven episodes aired between May and December 2012. A 2nd season premiered on VRV on August 27, 2018. |
Video Game Therapist | 2012 | Mike McCafferty[72] | Three episodes aired between June and November 2012. |
World Doctors | 2014–2015 | Bart Batchelor & Chris Nielsen[73] | 25 episodes have aired to date, in addition to many short supplemental videos including World Doctors Outreach. |
Zombie College | 2008–2010 | Eric Kaplan[74] | Eleven episodes aired between October 2009 and November 2010. Features the voice talent of David Herman (King of the Hill, Beavis and Butt-head), Pamela Segall (King of the Hill, Recess), John DiMaggio (Futurama, Adventure Time) and Billy West (Futurama, The Ren & Stimpy Show). |
Zoog Disney | 1998–2002 | Drew Takahashi[75] | Programming block produced for Disney Channel. First season co-produced with Colossal Pictures. |
Failed pilots
Show | Pilot Name | Year(s) |
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Ad Wizards | "Pilot"[76] | 2012 |
Book Em Nerdo | "Forget it, Ryu. It's Chinatown"[77] | 2012 |
Dallas Heck | "Pilot"[78] | 2012 |
Duck Weed | "The Boonies"[79] | 2012 |
Epic Comments | "Happy Tree Friends"[80] | 2012 |
Explosion Force | "Pilot"[81] | 2012 |
Frankly Frank | "My Eyes are Up Here"[82] | 2012 |
Going Nowhere | "Teen Wolf Lady Magnet"[83] | 2012 |
I, Pineapple | "Pilot"[84] | 2012 |
Miami Mermaids | "Pilot"[85] | 2012 |
Neanderlulz | "Pilot"[86] | 2012 |
Slash 'Em | "Pilot"[87] | 2012 |
Star Jerks | "Pilot"[88] | 2012 |
Suck Tower | "The Suck"[89] | 2012 |
SUPERSTUPID | "Pilot"[90] | 2012 |
Vileville | "Pilot"[91] | 2012 |
Villain Complex | "Pilot"[92] | 2012 |
Work Horse | "Busted"[93] | 2012 |
Youth Troop Tommy | "Pilot"[94] | 2012 |
References
- ^ http://www.cartoonbrew.com/studios/mondo-media-six-point-harness-finalize-merger-143145.html
- ^ "MONDOMEDIA - Main". Mondo Media. Archived from the original on 1998-12-02.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Horn, Jesse (December 10, 2010). "Happy Tree Friends". Interview with Mondo Media CEO John Evershed. Oddities Magazine. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- ^ http://annieawards.org/nominees#17
- ^ "Off the Curb – Behind the Scenes". CE Solutions, Inc.
- ^ Russell, Mallory (January 9, 2013). "At Long Last, YouTube Has a New No. 1 Original Channel". Advertising Age. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
- ^ "Mondo Media". Crunchbase. Retrieved 2017-11-24.
- ^ BLUE ANT MEDIA & MONDO MEDIA TEAM UP WITH YOUTUBE TO LAUNCH $3 MILLION ANIMATED COMEDY PROGRAM IN CANADA, Blue Ant Media, 2013-11-3
- ^ https://tvschedule.zap2it.com/overview.html?programSeriesId=SH01965850
- ^ "Mondo-Powered Animation Hour Headed To El Rey Network". Retrieved May 13, 2019.
- ^ "4th Period Lunch - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Archeologists - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Bad Hybrid - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Baman Piderman - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Bedfellows - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "BigFish - all episodes - YouTube". YouTube.
- ^ "Billy and the Bitch - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "BigFish - all episodes - YouTube". YouTube.
- ^ "Bubbles and Me - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Candy Hole - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Cat Slap - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Chainmail Bikini Squad - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Deep Space 69 - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Destructo Box - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Dick Figures - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "DJ's In PJ's - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Dr. Tran - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Emergency 411 - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Fan Art Fridays - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Fanboy Rampage - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Forest City Rockers - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Fot & Angus - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Fuggy Fuggy - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Game Program Attack - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "The God & Devil Show - all episodes - YouTube". YouTube.
- ^ "Goodbye Kitty - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Goodwin VS Badwin - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Goodwin VS Badwin - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Ham Radio - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Happy Tree Friends - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Hard Drinkin' Lincoln - all episodes - YouTube". YouTube.
- ^ "Heavy Metal Guy - all episodes - YouTube". YouTube.
- ^ "High Kittie - Mondo". Mondo Media. Archived from the original on 2014-11-13. Retrieved 2013-07-05.
- ^ "Inspector Beaver - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Joe Cartoon - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Joe Cartoon - YouTube". YouTube.
- ^ "KA-POW! - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Kung Fu Karl - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "LarkMart - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Larva Animation - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Like News - all episodes - YouTube". YouTube.
- ^ "Merci Satan - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Mrs. Brickles - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Mr. Wong - all episodes - YouTube". YouTube.
- ^ "NewsHit - Mondo - YouTube". YouTube.
- ^ "Oliver Age 24 - YouTube". YouTube.
- ^ "Off The Curb - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Off The Curb - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Parenthesis Humor - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Papercuts - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Poker Night - all episodes - YouTube". YouTube.
- ^ "Post Nuclear Family - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Raised By Zombies - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Sketched Out - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Skill Me Now - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Super Celery Man - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "TAC - all episodes - YouTube". YouTube.
- ^ "Thugs on Film - all episodes - YouTube". YouTube.
- ^ "Trailer Trash - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Trapped in Technology - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Turbo Fantasy - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Video Game Therapist - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "World Doctors - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Zombie College - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "(Colossal) And Zoog Disney". Animation World Network.
- ^ "Ad Wizards - Pilot - YouTube". YouTube.
- ^ "Book Em Nerdo - Pilots - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Dallas Heck - Pilots - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Duck Weed - Pilots - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Epic Comments - Pilots - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Explosion Force - Pilots - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Frankly Frank – My Eyes are Up Here - Pilots - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Going Nowhere - Pilots - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "I, Pineapple - Pilot - YouTube". YouTube.
- ^ "Miami Mermaids - Pilots - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Neanderlulz – Pilot - Pilots - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Slash 'Em - Pilots - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Start Jerks - Pilots - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Suck Tower - The Suck - Pilots - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "SUPERSTUPID - Pilot - YouTube". YouTube.
- ^ "Vileville - Pilot - Pilots - Mondo". Mondo Media. Archived from the original on 2014-04-14. Retrieved 2013-07-05.
- ^ "Villain Complex - Pilot - Pilots - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Work Horse - Pilots - Mondo". Mondo Media.
- ^ "Book Em Nerdo – Dallas Heck - Pilots - Mondo". Mondo Media.