Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (TV series)

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Ace Ventura: Pet Detective was an animated television series based on the film of the same name. The series was produced by Morgan Creek Productions and the Canadian company Nelvana for Warner Bros. Studios. It aired from 1995 to 1997 on CBS. The series aired in re-runs on Nickelodeon from 1999 to 2000.

The series is a spin-off of the Ace Ventura movies. The titular character, voiced by Michael Hall, is a goofy private investigator with a predilection for animals of all species.

The show ran on CBS for one season. Many of the characters from the movie were retained, though not voiced by their original actors. While the original movies already had a strongly cartoonish comedic aesthetic, they were eclipsed by the slapstick and garish humor of the cartoon. Written by Seth MacFarlane, the show was rife with toilet humor and anachronisms (one episode centered around the Egyptian Mau, claiming it to be an extinct breed of cat, when, in fact, they are not), displaying similar humor to his later series, Family Guy. Despite running in a time slot after The Mask (another popular Jim Carrey-based cartoon) and a well-advertised crossover with that show, the series failed to gain a large audience. Ultimately, both The Mask and Ace Ventura were cancelled.

[edit] Cast

Ace Ventura: Michael Hall
Woodstock: D.G. Beatty
Spike: Richard Binsley
Schickadance: Vince Corazza
Atrocia Odora: Pam Hyatt
Emilio: Bruce Tubbe
Aguado: Al Waxman

[edit] Credits

Executive Producers: James G. Robinson, Gary Barber
Co Executive Producers: Michael Hirsch, Patrick Loubert, Toper Taylor
Produced by: Tom Ruegger, Jocelyn Hamilton
Supervising Producer: Stephen Hodgins
Line Producers: Dave Beatty, Patricia R. Burns
Directed by: Dave Pemberton
Story Editors: Duane Capizzi, Tom Mason, Dan Danko
Assistant Directors: Paul Riley, Mike Csunyoscka
Casting: Jessie Thomson
Voice Director: Dan Hennessey
Production Secretary: Joanne Boreham
Unit Manager: Joyce Marshall
Unit Director: Ruta Cube
Production Supervisor: Steve Chadwick
Production Coordinator: E. Stephanie Kravos
Production Managers: Lauri Towata, Craig Wilson
Production Assistants: Caroline Simmons, Gitte Barrows, Ken Stephenson
Storyboard Artists: David Thomas, Rob Walton, Frank Lintzen, Steve Remen, John Flagg, Lyndon Ruddy, Dan Nosella, Drew Edwards, Andrew Tan, Allan Parker, Ian Baggley
Storyboard Coordinator: Dave Baggley
Storyboard Cleanup: Dave Quensnelle
Animation Director: Rick Marshall
Layout Artists: Raymond Pang, Michael McKay, Brad Markewitz, Luc Latulippe, Riccardo Durante, David Pietila, Chad Hicks, Blayne Burnside, Birgit Schulz, Leslie Rogers, Nixon J. Lyons
Layout Supervisor: Steve Fitch
Layout Coordinators: Vivian Cheuk, Giles Sander