CAMP LAZLO

'''Camp Lazlo''' is an Emmy nominated, American animated television series created by Joe Murray, produced by Cartoon Network Studios and currently airs on Cartoon Network. The show features a Boy Scout-like summer camp with a cast of all animal characters, a "retro" type of humor and silliness which is akin to Murray's previous series, ''Rocko's Modern Life'' (which aired on Nickelodeon a decade earlier), and cultural references. The main theme song plays on the children's song "B-I-N-G-O".

Contents

Description

Characters

Episodes

Crew

Awards

Pulcinella Awards

Emmy Awards

Annie Awards

Camp Lazlo on DVD

Games

References

External links

Description

The show features the adventures of three major characters: Lazlo, the title character, is a Brazilian spider monkey with a carefree attitude; Raj, an Indian elephant who is more level-headed; and Clam, an albino pygmy rhino, who speaks in bursts of one or two words, synonymously echoing his friends statements.
Each episode is split into two parts approximately 11 minutes long, with the exception of two episodes. The show breaks the fourth wall, such as when Lazlo gives an award to a camper for being the best "incidental character", ^[1] and sometimes lacks continuity, as in an episode which ends with Lumpus being eaten by a lake monster.^[2]
Carlos Alazraqui, Tom Kenny and Doug Lawrence, all of whom did much of the voice work on Murray's previous series ''Rocko's Modern Life'', provide lead voices in this show along with veteran voice actors Jeff Bennett, Jodi Benson, Jill Talley (Kenny's wife and ''Mr. Show'' co-star), and first time voice acting Steve Little (Alazraqui's ''Reno 911!'' co-star).
''Camp Lazlo'' premiered on July 8, 2005 in the USA; new episodes currently air on Wednesdays at 7:00 PM US ET/PT. In Canada, Teletoon's English channel also debuted the show June 26, 2006; but in the last week of August 2006, it was pulled from TELETOON, and returned on June 22, 2007. The second season will premiere on Teletoon in the fall of 2007.
In Australia, India, and Latin America ''Camp Lazlo'' is shown on the Cartoon Network.

Characters

Main articles: List of Characters in Camp Lazlo

Episodes

Main articles: List of Camp Lazlo episodes

As of September 2007, Camp Lazlo has finished its fourth season, and is currently in its fifth.

Crew

★ Joe Murray producer / executive producer / creator / writer/ storyboard artist

★ Mark O'Hare creative director/supervising producer/writer/storyboard artist

★ Merriwether Williams story editor/writer

★ Kaz writer / storyboard artist. According to Kaz's website, he will not be returning for the fifth season, although some episodes previously written may air. ^[3]

★ Martin Olson writer/songwriter (left to become head writer for Disney's Phineas and Ferb)

★ Steve Little writer/voice actor

★ Shareena Carlson producer

★ Brian A. Miller producer

★ Carey Yost writer/storyboard artist

★ Antoine Guilbaud writer/storyboard artist

★ Rick Farmilce writer/storyboard artist

★ Thurop Van Orman writer/storyboard director/storyboard artist

★ Mike Roth writer / storyboard director

★ Tom King writer/storyboard artist

★ Mike Kenny writer/storyboard artist

★ JG Quintel writer/storyboard artist

★ Kent Osborne writer/storyboard director

★ John Infantrino writer/storyboard artist

★ Piero Piluso writer/storryboard artist

★ Clayton McKenzie Morrow writer/storyboard director

★ Cosmo Segurson writer/storyboard artist

★ Stephanie Erdel writer/storyboard artist

★ Kim Roberson writer/storyboard artist

★ Eddie Trigueros writer/storyboard artist

★ Ant Ward writer/storyboard artist

★ Russell Calabrese animation director

★ Brian Sheesley animation director/supervising director

★ Lindsey Pollard animation director

★ Swinton O. Scott III animation director

Awards

Pulcinella Awards

The series won three 2006 Pulcinella Awards for Best Animated Series for Children and Best Animated Series for all ages and Lazlo was the winner of Best Character at the 10th Cartoons By The Bay Festival in Positano, Italy.^[4] It was the second consecutive year that a Cartoon Network series won the latter two awards, as the ''Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends'' character, Blooregard Q. Kazoo, won the award the year before.

Emmy Awards

"Hello Dolly / Over Cooked Beans" was nominated for an Emmy in the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming less than One Hour) category ^[5], but was defeated by ''The Simpsons''. The episode has been hosted on the Cartoon Network website and can be viewed here.
The TV movie Where's Lazlo? has won an Emmy in the Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or More) category in 2007.^[6]

Annie Awards

Sue Mondt, a production designer on Camp Lazlo, was nominated an Annie Award for production design on the episode "Hard Days Samson."^[7]

Camp Lazlo on DVD

Prior to Camp Lazlo's premier on Cartoon Network, a Press Kit for the show was given away as a promotional item, containing fact sheets on the show and a DVD with four episodes (2 half-hour episodes): ''Gone Fishin' (Sort Of) / Bean Are From Mars'' and ''Parasitic Pal / It's No Picnic''. This item is only available through a second-hand market.
On July 18, 2007, Madman Entertainment of Australia released a set of two DVDs encoded for Region 4 of Season One episodes. No further information is available about a Region 1 release or additional seasons.
Two episodes have also appeared on Cartoon Network themed DVDs. ''Hello Dolly'' appeared on the ''Cartoon Network Fridays - Volume 1'' DVD, released on September 19, 2006. ''Snow Beans'', a winter-themed episode of the show, was released on the ''Cartoon Network Christmas: Volume Three'' DVD on October 3, 2006. ^[8]

Games

Main articles: Camp Lazlo: Leaky Lake Games

'' is a video game for Game Boy Advance based on the series.

References

1. ''Award to the Wise'' episode
2. ''Gone Fishin' (Sort of)''
3. http://www.kazunderworld.com/
4. ''Lazlo'' Emerges as Champ on the Bay Ryan Ball
5. http://www.emmys.tv/awards/2006pt/awards/animated.php
6. 2007 Emmy Nominations http://www.emmys.tv/awards/2007pt/nominations.php?action=search_db
7. ''2006 Annie Awards by Category'' - Nominees from the official Annie Award website, November, 2006
8. http://animationinsider.net/article.php?articleID=1150

External links

★ Official UK Website

★ Super Cartoon Network

★ Official website

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