![]() There were some one-off cartoons that did not fall under the Surprising Shorts title, but were presented as their own entities.It appeared occasionally during the first two seasons. Surprising Shorts, which had no recurring characters or plot or art style but seemed to be the overarching title given for a series of one-off cartoons.These appeared in almost every episode, with the exception of Life with Loopy which suffered frequent Schedule Slippage in season one, and Sniz and Fondue when their production company went under mid-season three. Prometheus and Bob, the dialogue-free chronicles of an alien (Prometheus) and his attempts to educate a caveman (Bob), made hilariously unsuccessful by Promethesus's arrogance, a meddling chimpanzee, and Bob's overwhelming stupidity.Filmed in a mix of stop-motion and puppetry. Life with Loopy, the adventures of Loopy, a spunky girl who gets into bizarre situations, as related by her older brother.Filmed in a mix of stop-motion and live-action described as "Chuck-imation". Action League NOW, which followed the misadventures of a band of incompetent action figure superheroes.Sniz and Fondue, the story of two geeky Funny Animal brothers of indeterminate species.It was hosted by Henry and June, who resided inside a comic book (which was more notable earlier on season four toned down most of the comic book refrences except for "turning the page") in which they frequently broke the fourth wall, mocked tropes, and got into their own adventures. It's more less-remembered than any other Nicktoon save Oh Yeah Cartoons, but there's somewhat of a reason there. It aired on Nickelodeon from 1996-2000, with many episodes left unaired. It was masterminded by Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi, the creators of The Adventures of Pete and Pete (McRobb also wrote for Nick's original Doug and Ren and Stimpy), as well as Robert Mittenthal, who co-created Nickelodeon's incarnation of |Double Dare. It spawned two spinoffs, Action League NOW (which was the centerpiece of KaBlam! throughout its run) and Angela Anaconda. Running only a half-hour, it crammed in four two-to-five minute programs per episode as well as various miscellaneous animated short series that would come and go. KaBlam! ( Kablam! Theater in pre-production) was an animated anthology show designed to show off more animated shows, and the first spin-off of All That.
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