The Pumpernickel Show

## Overview

*The Pumpernickel Show* is an American/New Jerseyan series created by Tom Petersen. It airied on NBC from June 20, 2021 to July 2 of the same year. It aired in syndication in from September 24, 2022 to 2023.

The series revolves around 4 main characters, Dod, British-Canadian boy Snippy, Ry and their pet chicken Gorga.

## Format

There will be a content warning screen. Then it would show the opening credits, then the episode would play as normal. After the episode is done, we see a Zodiac notice, and then a *Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings* episode from series 2, and then a *Baldi* segment (by Adobo Flash).

It was originally going to have a subject related to the month that the episode number corresponded to, but this plan got scrapped seeing how that would mean the series would have to be monthly, and it was thought that nobody would want to have to wait that long.

## Cast

NOTE: In the cast, none of the characters besides Snippy use any dialogue. This was because of time constraints.

### Singing voices

* Cristina Amendola – Snippy
* Tom Petersen – Harry, Nashville
* Starra – Snizzy

### Additional voices

* R. Finnikin – Karen (original speaking voice), News Guy, Inspector
* Mitchell Hill Jr. – Announcer, Commercial Singers
* Astrobot99 – Kevin
* NejenTheMan – Police, TV Guy, Jim, 911 Responders, Dale, Salesman
* Jacob Nance – Joker
* Adam Santos
* JameirXD – Joe Graham, JameirXD
* Jayden Sosa – Jay Thompkins
* Rachel Leon – Karen, Krispy
* Rosabelle – Madame Judy

Original Cuts

## Characters

*Main article: List of The Pumpernickel Show characters*

## Production

The series production began in 2020. It was also produced by Burns & Burns in both Wilmington and Nashville. The voices were originally recorded in several places and mixed in Jacksonville, North Carolina, but later on, the cast was replaced with New York-based voice talent, with a few internationally-based voice actors in areas such as the UK, Portugal and Los Angeles. Text-To-Speech generators were used for certain characters.

* TTS Alice (US), TTS Emma (UK) - Hotel
* TTS Joey (US), TTS Brian (UK), TTS Russell (Australia) – Heartbreaker 1
* TTS Justin (US), TTS Brian (UK), TTS Russell (Australia) – Heartbreaker 2
* TTS Ivy (US), TTS Amy (UK), TTS Nicole (Australia) – Heartbreaker 3
* TTS Joey (US), TTS Brian (UK), TTS Russell (Australia) – Inator

Some of the Text-To-Speech generators were of pre-existing character voices.

* TBA – April

The voice directors were Tom Petersen.

## Episodes

*Main article: List of The Pumpernickel Show episodes*

## Broadcast

The series made its debut on June 20, 2021 on NBC, and it premiered on June 20, 2022 on WJBS-TV.

On December 2, 2021, it was announced that the series will have all 12 episodes released to Google Drive.

## Shorts

Shorts were produced after the series closed and shut down. Snippy got older, but the other characters’ ages stayed the same. Hiroto replaced Harry, who committed suicide. Pumpy and Coach Squidward Pheekers are also dead.

Field Trip to the Farm (Fall 2022)

* Meet Farmer Bill (October 17, 2022) – The kids go to the farm and meet Farmer Bill Sanders.
* The Cornfield (October 18, 2022) – The kids travel through a cornfield.
* The Harvest Moon (October 19-20, 2022) – The Harvest Moon comes out.
* The Harvester (October 20, 2022) – A scarecrow attacks the kids.
* Escape From The Death Farm (October 21, 2022) – The kids finally escape the farm.

## Shorts cast

Lisa Fisher – Gorga

Frazer Petersen – Derek

Stacey Weston – Karen

## Rejected shorts cast

Dogtoy (short 1) & Jamie Hogan (shorts 2-3) – Snippy

Dogtoy (short 1) – Nashville

Logan Fors – Hiroto

Tom Petersen – Gorga