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Hello all, Frederator Networks is privileged to be part of a vast network of creators of every race, religion, gender, and sexual orientation. We’re firmly rooted in the support of creator-driven stories that come from personal, unique, and diverse perspectives. We feel strongly about the injustices that the Black community is faced with. Black lives matter, and we stand with protesters against police brutality and the systemic racism that causes and enables it.

All of us at Frederator have been having constant internal conversations educating one another, staying informed, and most importantly, planning how we can do more and do better.

We’ve decided that one of the ways is by making a donation to the nonprofit civil rights advocacy organization, Color of Change. We strongly believe in their mission to free all people from racism and injustice. This group is only one of many worthy organizations doing important work to create lasting change and equity for Black people in America, and we encourage you to continue to stay informed and get involved however you can.

To our Black network members, animators, employees, and fans - we support you, we love you, and we will continue to help you create lasting change in the world. Sincerely, Fred

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Happy New Year 2020 from Frederator!

Illustration & Design by Alexandria Batchelor

Prints by Valhalla Studios

A limited edition New Year poster from Frederator

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Frederator Loves You! Happy New Year! 2020

FREDERATOR NETWORKS Burbank • New York • Toronto • Vancouver

Átomo Network, Cartoon Hangover, Channel Frederator Network, Channel Frederator, Fredbot, Frederator Books, Frederator Digital, Frederator Studios, Get in the Robot, The Leaderboard

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Oh Yeah! Cartoons (1998) The Fairly OddParents (2001) ChalkZone (2002) My Life as a Teenage Robot (2003) Nicktoons Film Festival (2004) Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! (2006) Channel Frederator (2007) Fanboy & Chum Chum (2009) Ape Escape (2009) Adventure Time (2010) Cartoon Hangover (2011) Bravest Warriors (2012) SuperF*ckers (2012) Too Cool! Cartoons (2013) Bee and PuppyCat (2013) The Leaderboard (2015) Super Science Friends (2015) Cinematica (2015) Castlevania (2017) GO! Cartoons (2017) Slug Riot (2018) (Not) Hero (2018) Chris P. Duck (2018) Get in the Robot (2018) Costume Quest (2019)

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Frederator Studios, A WOW! Unlimited Media Company, announces all new episodes of supernatural success “Costume Quest” to debut on Amazon Prime Video on October 11.

Followed by the premiere of a holiday special “Heroes on Holiday” on Novmeber 22.

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(New York, NY) August 29, 2019 – Costume Quest, the latest hit animated series produced by Wow! Unlimited Media’s Frederator Studios, announces the addition of seven brand new episodes that will premiere on October 11.  Additionally, a 35-minute holiday special, Heroes on Holiday, will premiere on November 22.  Coming off the heels of the series’ highly anticipated release earlier this year, seven half-hour episodes will debut as a continuation of season one on Amazon Prime Video this Fall.  Part one of the series received immense critical praise, with Robert Lloyd of the Los Angeles Times  saying that the program “starts well and gets better, growing looser and more poetic,” while noting the detailed animation and “fresh” writing. 

Based on the eponymous video game series by Double Fine Productions (Psychonauts, Broken Age) and the world originally created by Tasha Sounart, Costume Quest is a funny cartoon mystery series tracking a team of four kids as they use their imaginations and a whole series of magical, transformative costumes to battle the sinister monster Bob Dickerson (voiced by Christopher McDonald) as he launches his diabolical plan to take over the sleepy town of Auburn Hollow.  Heroes on Holiday, the series’ 35-minute holiday special, will kick-off the season when it premieres on November 22.  Audiences will find out how Wren, Reynold, Everett, and Lucy put Christmas in jeopardy trying to balance the desire to experience their favorite Auburn Hollow holiday traditions with their responsibilities as heroes.  

“The debut of Costume Quest earlier this year thrilled fans of the cult hit video game as well as younger viewers just discovering the characters and story, and we are looking forward to continuing the adventure with these additional episodes, just in time for Halloween, followed by our festive holiday special” said Fred Seibert, CEO, Frederator and Chief Creative Officer WOW!. “Our talented team has done a great job of bringing the charm of the beloved video game to life through the series and we are sure fans will be excited to see what comes next.”

Established by industry luminaries Fred Seibert, founder of Frederator and producer of all-time animation hits like Adventure Time and The Fairly OddParents, and Michael Hirsh, godfather of the Canadian animation scene and founder of Nelvana and Cookie Jar, Wow! Unlimited Media combines two of the biggest animation studios (Frederator Studios and Rainmaker/Mainframe Studios) and along with its bold vision, takes center stage in the emerging battle for animation supremacy.  

The company has rapidly built a strong production portfolio with a number of high-end properties, including Castlevania, a top-rated animation series on Netflix, ReBoot: The Guardian Code (Netflix) and Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures (with Mattel for Netflix), Bee and PuppyCat (Cartoon Hangover), Costume Quest (Amazon) and Spy Kids Mission Control (Netflix). 

About Wow! Unlimited Media

WOW! is creating a leading next generation kids and youth entertainment business by focusing on creating top end content, and by building and partnering with the most engaging platforms. The Company’s key assets include: Frederator Networks Inc., which includes the world’s #1 digital animation network, Channel Frederator Network, Frederator Studios, an animation production company, as well as video-on-demand channels on digital platforms; and one of Canada’s largest, multi-faceted animation production studios, Mainframe Studios, which produces animated television series and long-form animated features. 

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Costume Quest promo art by show storyboard artist Yujin Lee. Thank you, Yujin!

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Dreamworks Animation’s Mark Taylor joins Frederator, Rainmaker/Mainframe & WOW! Unlimited. 

When Mark Taylor and I were both inducted to the Animation Magazine Hall of Fame in 2017, little did I know that he was contemplating his next steps beyond Dreamworks Animation Television and Nickelodeon Animation. We’d tried to work together at Hanna-Barbera, but later I was able to convince Albie Hecht at Nick that Mark was the perfect guy to supercharge the building of Nick’s new animation studio. We were finally able to work together for almost 15 years, on Frederator shows ranging from The Fairly OddParents to Oh Yeah! Cartoons, not to mention the original Adventure Time short.

Here’s what I said in our press announcement: “Mark’s extensive global experience and knowledge of all aspects of production make him the perfect addition to our team,” said Fred Seibert, CEO of Frederator and chief creative officer at WOW! “His collaborative relationships in the animation industry are ideal for a company like ours that always puts talent first.”

Given all this, imagine my thrill that Mark’s joined our team. You can read some more about his appointment here, here, and here.

Welcome Mark Taylor!

Photo from the 2017 Animation Magazine Hall of Fame induction, Santa Monica, California USA: (left to right) Fred Seibert, Philippe Soutter, Lori Forte, Nancy Cartwright, Glen Keane, Mark Taylor  

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Frederator Loves You! Happy New Year! 2019

FREDERATOR NETWORKS Burbank • New York • Toronto • Vancouver

Átomo Network, Cartoon Hangover, Channel Frederator Network, Channel Frederator, Fredbot, Frederator Books, Frederator Digital, Frederator Studios, Get in the Robot, The Leaderboard

Illustration & Design by Arlen Schumer

Prints by Valhalla Studios

A limited edition poster

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For you, a free Frederator ebook.

“Frederator loves you: Best of Frederator: Original Adventures in Cartoons, TV and Streaming 1998-2018″

Frederator Loves You: Best of Frederator on Scribd

20 years is a long time, and Frederator has a long tail. Of cartoons, for sure. Of streaming channels and networks. Of TV shows.

So for the last few months we’ve been putting together this 20 year, “best of” retrospective of what we’ve all been up to during that time. The paperback book itself is available on Amazon (238 pages, 488 illustrations for $29.99 (that’s 6¢ per illustration, 12¢ a page, not too bad). We printed it through Amazon’s on-demand system, and I have to say, the quality’s pretty good. 

But, you can check it out for yourself here for free, to look at on your phone, tablet, or your laptop.

I know it might sound like some BS, but we couldn’t have done any of this stuff without you and your friends. Frederator’s fans watching what we do is what makes 20 years possible. Thanks so much.

Please, let me know what you think of our book. –Fred

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“Frederator Loves You: The Best of Frederator 1998-2018″ 

Available November 1, 2018 @Amazon.com

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“Channel Frederator Network Announces $1 Million Creative Fund To Support Its 3,000+ Members’ Projects“

Tubefilter: By James Loke Hale On October 1, 2018

Channel Frederator, the YouTube-focused multichannel network branch of the animation hub, has established a $1 million creative fund exclusively for members of its network.

Any of its more than 3,000 network members — including 5 Minute Crafts (35 million subscribers), Jaiden Animations (4.6 million), and Domics — can pitch a project to receive funding, which is intended to help creators “push the bar creatively,” the company says. Applications are available now, and all members of Channel Frederator can apply for the grant in the form of an internal pitch.

“When a network member joins us, we make a promise to help them grow, embrace their dreams, and strive for success with their careers on the YouTube platform and outside of it as well,” says newly-appointed director of networks Kenny Ash. “With this opportunity, we can work together and grow even further as a team and as a family. ”

Currently, the network’s members collectively have more than 140 million subscribers, and net more than 2.5 billion views per month. In addition to the just-launched fund, Frederator provides members with affiliate and sponsorship opportunities, YouTube tools, gaming and animation platform discounts, Patreon and marketing account management, a fast-track to pitch cartoons to Frederator, and a library of royalty-free assets.

   (More at The Wrap, Animation Magazine, Animation World Network)

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Frederator Networks has a new website. Here’s the great sizzle video directed the Frederator Digital team to be posted on it soon. Here’s the preview.

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This note recently went out to all our members of the Channel Frederator Network. We’d like to share it with all our supporters. 

‘Sup Fred Fam

We know you all have been waiting patiently all week to hear the next steps from us, but first, we’d like to tell you where “Frederator Loves You” came from.

Many years ago, our CEO, Fred Seibert, fell in love with the people he surrounded himself with creating cartoons. He started Channel Frederator Network to help Artists & Animators embrace their dreams, and therefore, carried that love over to all of you, and to all of us here in the MCN team. So when we say “Frederator Loves You!” it applies to every way we run our network, no matter what.

YouTube recently changed their YouTube Partnership Program policy. We are extremely proud to announce that albeit YouTube is disabling their partnership with some of you, we here at Channel Frederator consider you members in good standing. You will not be disabled from your partnership with us, you will still have access to our tools/platforms, and opportunities for growth to reach that threshold for monetization. This was decided on day one of this big change, a unanimous decision from all levels of management here at Frederator. We just needed to do some tweaking under the hood, and make sure that our dreams of still having you all with us can come true.

Below are some important notes we want to mention:

All members affected by Youtube’s new policy will still have access to the forums, all our tools, and opportunities while you’re still in contract with us.

After your contract ends, we will limit some of the services we offer until you’re able to monetize again. 

For those who are interested, we’re dedicated to continue to help you reach the required 1K subs and 4K threshold. Then you’re more than welcome to be fully linked with us, and have access to everything!

We’re doing everything we can to help all our members. That’s all for now! If you have any questions, concerns, comments, suggestions, etc, then join us in the forums, tweet at us, or email support.

Frederator Loves You!

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Frederator’s 20th Anniversary: 2002-2003

A limited edition postcard for our anniversary, and my limited memory of our years… 

2002 was a year of transition, as we starting adding digital media into our bag of cartoon tricks. 

Frederator  established a strategic partnership with the now defunct Primedia in New York, publishers of hundreds of speciality magazines and new owner of About.com. CEO Tom Rogers asked us to oversee the digital arms of their teen publications like Tiger Beat, 16, and Seventeen. Emil Rensing brought some colleagues from Aol, some of Fred’s media friends came aboard, and we were off to the interactive races. 

Inspired by 30 years of Herman Miller’s Summer Picnic Posters and his personal obsession, Fred inaugurated an annual New Year’s poster, the first one by Los Angeles designer Patrick Raske.

By 2003 we were humming along. Early in the year Frederator Studios got a 4th Nickelodeon pick-up. Rob Renzetti –a special creative relationship dating back to my Hanna-Barbera days– created My Neighbor was a Teenage Robot as the sixth of his six Oh Yeah! shorts and it morphed into a big fan favorite, My Life as a Teenage Robot, with Alex Kirwan as Rob’s creative partner and art director. Eric Homan returned West to set up the production. 

ChalkZone was in it’s second season of production. 

And, thanks to Emil’s idea to start the first production blogs from a network series, The Teenage Roblog, MLaaTR has a loyal fan base that’s stayed active into this decade. 

Eric developed a relationship with Mexican born artist and  creator/director Jorge Gutierrez who provided us with a uniquely stunning entry into our now annual New Year’s poster. 

And, without a shorts incubator in production, I missed the regular flow of postcards. Our friends Sean Adams and Noreen Morioka of AdamsMorioka/Los Angeles (designers of the Frederator logotype) stepped up and agreed to design an entire series (#4). Problem solved. 

More to come. 

Artwork from the top: Frederator postcards Series 42.1; 2002 poster by Patrick Raske; My Life as a Teenage Robot poster: Art direction: Alex Kirwan, Designed & illustrated by Jill Friemark; BoschZone by Frank Rocco; 2003 poster by Jorge Gutierrez; Frederator postcard No. 13 by AdamsMorioka. 

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From the postcard back:

Congratulations! You are one of 300 people to receive this limited edition Frederator postcard!

www.frederator.com

20 Years of Frederator 1998 - 2018

Series 42.1 [mailed out February 16, 2018]

©2018, Frederator Networks, Inc. A WOW! Unlimited Media Company. All rights reserved.

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Frederator’s 20th Anniversary: 1998-2001 

I promised to post a few Frederator highlights looking back from our 20th year. 

Our first few years were dominated by figuring out how to be independent again. After five years with Hanna-Barbera and working for Turner Broadcasting running Hanna-Barbera, figuring out how to get my own thing going took a little while.��

1998 was the year we debuted our first cartoon show, Oh Yeah! Cartoons on Nickelodeon. When we wrapped the season, the party poster had a last minute tongue in cheek joke that inadvertently set the promise for Frederator Studios: “Original Cartoons since 1998.” 

Frederator itself existed completely to the beneficence of Herb Scannell and Albie Hecht at Nickelodeon and Tom Freston and Judy McGrath at Nick’s parent, MTV Networks. We’d all worked together for a decade before I decamped to Hanna-Barbera, and when Ted Turner sold his company they kindly asked me back to make cartoons and consult on programming issues at their company. 

On the first day it was just me and Stephanie Stephens in a temporary conference room in North Hollywood. Our building was right next to what would soon be a notorious bank robbery shootout, and within weeks we were joined by my Hanna-Barbera collaborator Larry Huber, and a teenage Alex Kirwan in his first full time production job, both ready to tackle Oh Yeah! (Steve Hillenburg was in the same space as us, working hard on some pilot about a sponge.)  Within the year, Eric Homan had had it at Warner Bros. Animation Art and joined up for what’s turned out to be an amazing partnership, first to help develop properties from our short lived time at the helm of the Kitchen Sink Press, and then onto more cartoon-y pursuits. 

Oh Yeah! was my second cartoon shorts incubator, taking up where the Hanna-Barbera back-to-the-future experiment, Cartoon Network’s What A Cartoon!, left off. All together the shorts featured 34 original creators and 99 original cartoons. Right from the go it spawned two hit series, Larry Huber’s and Bill Burnett’s ChalkZone and Butch Hartman’s The Fairly OddParents, quickly followed by Rob Renzetti’s My Life as a Teenage Robot. Several of the other creators stayed in Frederator’s circle of talent for the next two decades.   

1999 

Frederator looked everywhere for creators. During our first years, most worked in the Los Angeles animation industry, and many came from right within the Oh Yeah! crew. Mike Bell was a writer on Dave Wasson’s Tales from the Goose Lady and went on to create Super Santa and The Forgotten Toybox; Tim Biskup was a Season 1 background designer. Co-executive producer Larry Huber had worked in the cartoon business since the 1960’s. Alex Kirwan had been a high school student who won a contest we had at H&B. I was lucky that many –Hartman, Burnett, Moncrief, Thompson, Renzetti, Ventura, Eng, MacFarlane– came over with me from Hanna-Barbera. On the other hand, Pennsylvania based David Burd worked with me at MTV back in the day.

This season we also got introduced to our first tween creator, 12 year old John Reynolds on his Terry and Chris short, with a story, design, and directing assist from Butch Hartman. A grown up John has become a member in good standing in the Los Angeles animation industry. 

2000-2001 

Frederator Studios took a short break while I moved my family to New York from Los Angeles. Eric Homan took the plunge with me and we leapt into the brave new world that was the consumer internet, when I became president of MTV Networks’ online division with MTV.com, Nick.com, ComedyCentral.com among others. 

But cartoons cannot be stopped! Frederator’s Nickelodeon cartoons took their next steps with the start of series production based on Butch Hartman’s Oh Yeah! short, The Fairly OddParents and Bill Burnett’s and Larry Huber’s ChalkZone (March 22, 2002). Debuting March 30, 2001, FOP would go on to a record run of 16 years (as of 2018) and counting.

Critically, this was the period it dawned on me that I no longer had it in me to be a good corporate employee. But the internet bug had hit squarely and I saw Frederator's future. Quickly, we set up shop as Frederator/New York with computer engineer and visionary Emil Rensing, and trolled around for some work. 

We set ourselves up as frederator.kz out of Kazakhstan. It seemed less, um, common.

Little noted, and against the advice of counsel, was the addition to our team of a self taught engineer intern, high school freshman David Karp. 

Frederator limited edition postcards

This period was where we started our tradition of Frederator limited edition postcards. The first three series (the “series” designation didn’t actually start for a few years) were the Oh Yeah! seasons, and a few non-series snuck in there too. One of the Frederator/NY clients was MTV’s new acquisition, the former Nashville Network they’d rebranded as TNN: The National Network. We threw some Frederator t-shirts along with David Ramage when he went across the country proving the channel was indeed national. 

More to come…

Artwork from the top: Frederator’s first announcement illustrated and designed by Arlen Schumer, color by Patrick Raske; Oh Yeah! posters by Hatch Show Print, Nashville; Oh Yeah! Cartoons limited edition sericel, creative direction by Eric Homan; Oh Yeah! postcard, Series 3, 2000. 

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It’s hard to believe that in 2018 posting this speech is anything more than a reminder of how far we’ve come in the pursuit of equal justice for all Americans. But obviously, we’ve all got a long way to go, still. 

“I have a dream” on Scribd

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It’s Frederator’s 20th Anniversary year!  

Hard to believe, but Frederator’s been making “Original Cartoons since 1998,″ as I thought I was joking in our first crew poster for Oh Yeah! Cartoons. I mean, there was *no* possibility that we would ever exist long enough for that phrase to be anything other than a gag. 

I can’t thank you all enough for a great ride. Everyone who’s ever watched one of our cartoons, or our channels. Everyone who’s ever worked at Frederator. Everyone. 

Over the next several months I’ll post some images from our company highlights, from ChalkZone and The Fairly OddParents to Adventure Time and Bee and PuppyCat. Channel Frederator to Cartoon Hangover to The Leaderboard. And everything in between. 

Millions of animation frames, millions of viewers around the world. It’s been wild times. Thanks again! 

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Meet the Frederators: Casey Gonzalez, Lead Writer at Frederator Digital  

If someone had the perfect combination of passions and experience to be the Frederator Digital lead writer, it would be Casey Gonzalez. But since she only started several weeks ago, I know as little about her as you do. So, I asked Casey to introduce herself to us before she answered the 7 Questions.

“I was born and raised in Ohio and have been in New York since 2006.

“I started out in publishing working as an editor on graphic novels. I found my way into comics as a disgruntled college student–I didn’t have enough time for pleasure reading, so I started reading any comics I could get my hands on because I could devour an entire comic in an evening. When I’d read every graphic novel in my college’s library, I realized that I had more than a casual interest in comics. I’ve worked everywhere from the smallest of indie publishers to large, mainstream houses. I spent several years at First Second, where I launched the successful Science Comics series and worked with some really fantastic creators – Paul Pope, Jillian Tamaki, and James Kochalka, among them.

“I got my MFA in Fiction from Brooklyn College in 2016, where I was a Truman Capote Fellow and recipient of the Himan Brown Award. I continue to work on personal writing; I’m currently at work on a novel that I’d describe as a near-future dust bowl love story, among other creative projects.

“One reason I am so glad to be here is that I’ve always felt that literature, while powerful, has a significant barrier to entry–literacy. And it’s very important to me to tell stories in a way that is as accessible as possible, which is why it’s so exciting to be working in video now.”

1 What are you into right now?

It’s winter, which is when I get really into model building! I’m currently working on a model of Deep Space Nine. I got into building models a few years ago when I was craving mindless but detailed-oriented work. I do lots of arts and crafts, but model building has become a favorite because at the end of a project I’ve got a rad Klingon Warbird, or my very own Thousand Sunny! I find it very calming. It’s nice to turn off my brain, turn on some garbage television, and craft my own lil starship.

2 How did you meet Frederator?

I’m young enough to have been raised on Frederator, and old enough that Oh Yeah! Cartoons is my first Frederator touchstone. I’ve spent most of my adult life editing comic books, and I was looking to make a change while continuing to work on wacky, heartwarming content for weirdos.

Frederator is a perfect fit, and I’m so glad to be here, working with sweet nerds to make content for sweet nerds!

3 Describe your work. Is it what you expected to be doing with your life?

I’m Frederator Digital’s Lead Writer, which means that I touch just about every one of our scripts for Cartoon Hangover, Channel Frederator, and The Leaderboard. It’s certainly not what I expected to do with my life, but it is what I hoped I’d be doing.

I’m a writer, but I never dreamed I’d be able to find a full time writing job. At a base level, I’ve always wanted to do work that makes people feel less alone. To me, that means building connections between people based on shared experiences. And I think that’s what we’re doing at Frederator – building meaningful connections between creators, content, and fans.

4 Do you watch television? (Is that different to you than watching video through the internet?)

I watch way too much TV, mostly via streaming services on my computer. I’m always rewatching a Star Trek series and plugging through some anime. I also consume A TON of reality TV, like RuPaul’s Drag Race (one of the greatest shows of our time) and the Bachelor franchise (one of the worst?!).

5 What’s your favorite cartoon of all time?

Just to keep my brain from breaking, I’ll limit myself to Western cartoons!

King of the Hill resonates with me on a deep, deep level. It is so funny and so humane and so true to a certain American experience, one that I recognize from my own life. And I think that Bobby Hill is one of the best fictional characters ever created, across all media. I’ll die on that hill! He is hapless, yet wonderfully complex and sympathetic. An extremely well written child character–and that’s not easy to pull off! Overall, I think the show treats its characters with great tenderness that’s often missing from similar shows.

6 Where do you live? Will you live there forever?

I recently moved back to Lefferts Gardens in Brooklyn after an interlude in Gowanus. While I do hope to live in NYC forever, I like the experience of discovering a new neighborhood. Sunset Park, Kensington, or pretty much anywhere in Queens are next on my list! And for better or for worse, I see California glimmering on the horizon…

7 Answer a question of your own for us.

Which is better, Faulkner’s oeuvre or Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece?

THEY ARE OF EQUAL QUALITY, SCOPE, AND VISION AND BOTH SPEAK PROFOUND TRUTHS ABOUT HUMANITY!!! If I hadn’t died back on the Bobby Hill Is the Best Character Ever hill, you’d find my rotting corpse here.

Thanks Casey!

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*7 Questions is my irregular series of interviews with interesting people. Coming up soon, writers, artists, graphic designers, educators, tech founders, start up investors, music folks, and more Frederators.

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Meet the Frederators: Dan Toth, Marketing Manager, Frederator Networks  

Dan Toth joined the Frederator/NY team recently as our marketing manager, and though I quizzed him at lunch the other day, it would probably best for him to introduce himself. 

“I grew up in New Jersey and went to college in South Carolina before returning north to start my career. I spent about 6 years in advertising prior to coming to Frederator. My twitter bio says I’m a geek-of-all-trades; an idea man with a penchant for design and technology.” 

A perfect Frederator match! On to the seven questions. 

1 What are you into right now?

CryptoKitties. It’s an virtual online cat collecting / trading game built on the blockchain. Think Beanie Babies meets Bitcoin. I’ve sadly fallen deep into the craze and have found myself bidding on cats late into the wee hours of the morning.

2 How did you meet Frederator?

I had always seen the Frederator tag at the end of Adventure Time episodes, so that’s how I knew about it. My kickball teammate, (now coworker) Jeremy, surfaced an opportunity here and I jumped on it immediately. And here I am!

3 Describe your work. Is it what you expected to be doing with your life?

My formal occupation title is “Marketing Manager”, but it’s much more fun to say that I work in the cartoon business. I make sure all of our shows are being spread around to as many people as possible while keeping our fans informed and happy. I never knew what I’d be doing with my life, but this is a pretty sweet place to be so far.

4 Do you watch television? (Is that different to you than watching video through the internet?)

I would say I DON’T watch TV; yeah I think it’s different even if I’m watching video thru the Internet on my television. Been a cord cutter since 2012.

5 What’s your favorite cartoon of all time?

Courage the Cowardly Dog takes the number one spot, specifically the episode with the hunchback.

Some other favorites are Dexter’s Laboratory, Clone High, and Rugrats.

6 Where do you live? Will you live there forever?

The big apple! NYC. Every time I think about leaving I just can’t imagine living without the champagne of tap water and the only honest bagels on the globe. Bagels and water are very important to me. Time will tell if fate can tempt me away from New York. I could see myself in Japan, New Zealand, or California.

7 Answer a question of your own for us.  

What’s the scientific term for a brain freeze?

Sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia. I get one almost every time I eat ice cream and was always wondering why it happened, so I looked it up frequently and wound up memorizing the term.

Thanks Dan!

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*7 Questions is my irregular series of interviews with interesting people. Coming up soon, writers, artists, graphic designers, educators, tech founders, start up investors, music folks, and more Frederators.