Craig Bartlett created Arnold from nothing, but without Matt Groening, would 'Hey Arnold!' have ever made it to our screens?
To people of a particular generation, Hey Arnold! was a constant. The animated TV show was a reliable presence for '90s and early-2000s childhoods due to its accessibility and universal relevance. The Nickelodeon cartoon followed Arnold Shortman and his neighborhood friends as they assisted a different supporting character's personal problem in each episode.
Although her animation credits are minimal, some fans of The Simpsons might recognize the name Lisa Groening. Lisa is the sister of Matt Groening, the creator of The Simpsons, Futurama, and Disenchantment. Lisa, as well as the rest of Matt's family, served as the inspiration for the names in The Simpsons. The characters of Marge and Homer were named after Groening's own parents, which Matt felt he needed to make up for by also naming his firstborn son Homer, too.
The short was followed by two sequels. 1990's three-minute short The Arnold Waltz sees Arnold having more daydreams during his school's music class, and its credits read "Music by the Ainsworth School Band, recorded by Homer Groening, 1965." 1991's Arnold Rides a Chair is the shortest of the three at less than one minute, and sees Arnold imagining his chair taking him to exotic locations.
Bartlett told the What's In My Head Podcast, "I showed her that little two-minute film, and she really loved it, and she said 'Who is this Arnold guy?' I said I don't know just something I created a couple summers ago." But that wasn't enough to convince Harrington yet, as Bartlett agreed a full claymation half-hour would be too difficult. "I wasn't into that, really. I thought it'd be much better to use the kind of Rugrats training I'd gotten.
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