C. H. Greenblatt

C. H. Greenblatt
Greenblatt at the 2024 WonderCon
Born	Carl Harvey Greenblatt (1972-06-17) June 17, 1972 Plano, Texas, U.S.
Occupation	Animator, voice actor
Alma mater	University of Texas at Austin
Years active	1992–present
Notable works	SpongeBob SquarePants The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy Evil Con Carne Chowder Harvey Beaks Jellystone!
Website
chgreenblatt.tumblr.com

Carl Harvey Greenblatt (born June 17, 1972) is an American animator and voice actor. He has worked on Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants and on Cartoon Network's The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy and Evil Con Carne. He is the creator of Cartoon Network's Chowder, Nickelodeon's Harvey Beaks and creator and executive producer of Jellystone!, an American animated series produced by Warner Bros. Animation for HBO Max based on Hanna-Barbera characters.

Early life

Greenblatt grew up in Plano, Texas. When he was in 6th grade, he made a comic called “Zibbler”. He attended the University of Texas at Austin where he majored in advertising. He worked as a cartoonist at the school’s newspaper alongside Korey Coleman.

Career

After graduating, Greenblatt worked as an art director on several television commercials, including Chef Boyardee's Chef Jr. campaign. In 1998, he got his first job in the animation industry working as an additional storyboard artist for SpongeBob SquarePants, before graduating to full-on writer and storyboard artist. From season 2 and 3 of SpongeBob he teamed up with Aaron Springer and later in season 3 he teamed up with Kaz. After finishing up on SpongeBob, Greenblatt became a storyboard artist on The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy.

In 2007, Greenblatt began Chowder, an animated show that he created and executive produced for Cartoon Network. Greenblatt collaborated with Maxwell Atoms on his new Billy & Mandy spin-off Halloween special called Underfist, in which he reprised his role as Fred Fredburger. He announced on his blog that Nickelodeon has given the go-ahead for an 11-minute pilot for a new show created by him entitled Bad Seeds (later renamed Harvey Beaks).

He announced in September 2013 that the show has since been picked up for 26 11-minute episodes, with production commencing at the beginning of 2014. He has also directed the Deadman shorts for DC Nation.

On April 5, 2018, Greenblatt announced that he had now been employed by Warner Bros. Animation, adding that he has been developing "something fun" for the studio but could not yet disclose anything else about it. On October 29, 2019, the project was officially unveiled under the title of Jellystone!, described as a crossover of several Hanna-Barbera characters living in the titular town "where they can't help but make trouble for one another".

Greenblatt also plays Fish Taco, one of three main characters in an animated YouTube series titled Mexiguin since 2018. He helps mentor show creator, Joe Kozdra, in animation and creative writing alongside his voice-acting contributions.

On January 29, 2021, a new Greenblatt project was registered for Disney Television Animation under the title Unnamed Pet Resort Project.

Legacy

Scott Thill of Cartoon Brew praised Greenblatt as one of the most influential comedy writers with innovative comedic elements. Cartoon Brew also said Greenblatt "has logged a decade-and-a-half across studios and shows". James Poniewozik of Time credited Greenblatt as defining SpongeBob's comedic style. Greenblatt was a storyboard artist and one of the writers of the SpongeBob episode "Band Geeks", considered by many to be the best episode of the entire series. SpongeBob writer Kaz recalled writing with Greenblatt fun and said he was full with "weird energy".

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999–2005	SpongeBob SquarePants	Carl ("Selling Out")	assistant storyboard artist, writer, storyboard artist, storyboard director
2003	Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?	N/A	writer, storyboard artist ("Safety Patrol" & "Popularity")
2003	Free for All	N/A	storyboard artist
2003–04	Evil Con Carne		story, storyboard artist
2004–07	The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy	Fred Fredburger, additional voices
2005	The X's	N/A	storyboard artist ("Photo Ops")
2007–10	Chowder	Kimchi, Kiwi, Adult Chowder, Himself, additional voices	creator, character designer, prop designer, executive producer, story, songwriter, storyboard artist
2010–14	Fish Hooks	Chino	director, story, writer, storyboard artist
2012	Deadman shorts	N/A	writer, storyboard artist, director, producer, character designer, color stylist, and prop designer
2015–17	Harvey Beaks	Technobear (Pilot), Dade, Jeremy, additional voices	creator, character designer, main title designer, prop designer, executive producer, staff writer, writer, storyboard artist, voice director, director
2019	Big City Greens	Dentist	voice actor
2021–present	Jellystone!	Boo-Boo Bear, Doggie Daddy, Peter Potamus, Benny the Ball, Yippee, Drooper, Grape Ape	developer, writer, character designer, director, executive producer
TBA	Unnamed Pet Resort Project	TBA	creator

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure	Fred Fredburger, Pirate #4	Storyboard artist
	The Grim Adventures of the Kids Next Door	Fred Fredburger	N/A
2008	Underfist
	Hellboy II: The Golden Army	N/A	Special thanks
2015	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water		Storyboard punch-up
2016	PINK: The Lighter Shade of Red		Special thanks

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role
2006	The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy	Fred Fredburger
2009	Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall	Fred Fredburger, Kimchi
2011	Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion	Fred Fredburger

Internet

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	Cartoons VS Cancer	Himself	Podcast
	RebelTaxi; Pizza Party Podcast
	Nickelodeon Animation Podcast
2018–present	Mexiguin	Fish Taco	Voice

External links

• C. H. Greenblatt at IMDb
• C. H. Greenblatt's current blog on Tumblr
• C. H. Greenblatt's original blog, Nerd Armada
• Frederator Studio's interview with Greenblatt