C.H Greenblatt

**Carl Harvey Greenblatt** (born June 17, 1972) is an American animator, storyboard artist, writer, director, producer, 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!*, a Hanna-Barbera animated series for HBO Max produced by Warner Bros. Animation.

## Early life

Greenblatt was born on June 17, 1972 in Plano, Texas, and raised in a Jewish family. He attended the University of Texas at Austin where he majored in advertising. He was classmates with future film critic 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. After finishing up on *SpongeBob*, Greenblatt became a storyboard artist on *The Grim Adventures of Billy and 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. From season 2 and 3 of *SpongeBob* he teamed up with Aaron Springer and later in season 3 he teamed up with Kaz.

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 with 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".