More New Episodes of "THE 7D"

Here are some images from additional new episodes of  "THE 7D" which will be premiering in the coming weeks on DisneyXD.
 

"Once In A Purple Moon" 
Written by Sherri Stoner, Deanna Oliver and Sindy Boveda Spackman.  Storyboarded by Doug McCarthy.  Directed by Jeff Gordon.  
When Doc is laughed out of the Academy during his lecture on  phenomena that will take place during an upcoming full moon, he vows to prove that his "Mooney Schmagooney Theory" is correct.  But strange happenings accompany the next full moon, which is not a regular full moon, but rather, "a triple-color full moon all the way!"  

"Water You Doin', Dopey?"

Written by Mike Loprete.  Storyboard by Kexx Singleton.  Directed by Charles Visser.  

Dopey uses his supernatural water-finding skills to leads the 7D on a desperate search for the Fountain of Youth in order to save Queen Delightful from an aging spell cast by Hildy Gloom.   

 

BTW, the voice of the audio book version of Doc's new "Encyclopedia Enchantica" -- re-titled as the "Encyclopedia En-Blab-ica" -- is provided by guest-star Fran Drescher!  

"THE 7D" Season 2 Begins

The first new episode of THE 7D Season 2 can be seen on Friday January 29 at 2PM on the Disney Channel.  The second new episode of Season 2 can be seen at 9:30 on Saturday January 30 on DisneyXD.  Yes, two different channels!  

Below are scenes from these first two half hours.  Feel free to download these images, share them with friends, and post them to your social media!  

Above:  From "When Pigs Fly," storyboarded by Doug McCarthy and directed by Charles Visser.  

Above:   From "Knight School," written by Deanna Oliver and directed by Alfred Gimeno.

Above:  From "In Yer Dreams Pal," written by Sherri Stoner and storyboarded and directed by Alfred Gimeno, premiering at 9:30 AM on Saturday January 30th on Disney XD.  

Above:  From "The Great Glitterpillar," written by Shea Fontana and storyboarded and directed by Charles Visser, also premiering at 9:30 AM on Saturday January 30th on Disney XD.  

Our awesome crew is led by our line producer Bradley Bowlen, our co-executive producer Tom Warburton, our production manager Jennifer Nelson, our art director Frank Montagna,  our song writer and musical director Parry Gripp and composer Keith Horn, our story editors Deanna Oliver and Sherri Stoner,  our series editor Brad Rozman, and of course our directors Jeff Gordon, Alfred Gimeno and Charles Visser, to name just a few of the huge talents who make THE 7D come to life.

SLEEPY AND THE SANDMAN -- "THE 7D"

Stephen Stanton provides the voice of Sleepy and Harlan Williams performs the role of the Sandman in  THE 7D episode entitled "In Yer Dreams Pal," written by Sherri Stoner and directed by Alfred Gimeno.

New Season 2 episodes of THE 7D start airing Saturday, January 23, 2016, on DisneyXD.  

"THE 7D" Season 2 Starts in January on DisneyXD

We are in the middle of making 20 new half hours of "The 7D," slated to premier January 23, 2016 on DisneyXD.  Will keep you posted on the exact time and date.  Meanwhile, here's a heretofore-unreleased poster I smashed together from Season 1, episode 1 -- "The Littlest Giants," directed by Alfred Gimeno.   

"THE 7D" -- NEW EPISODE -- "THE ROCK OF SAGES" -- SATURDAY SEPT. 12, 2015

Greetings, fellow Cartoonatics!  

Tune in for "The Rock of Sages," an all new half-hour episode of THE 7D on Saturday morning, September 12 on DisneyXD.  You'll meet...

...The Seven Sages (one is missing, above) who hold the key to saving Jollywood from the Evil Lord Grudgemunger...

This wicked wizard seeks to control all the magic in the Universe, with the help of his unwitting allies...the Gloom!  

Will Hildy become the new Queen of Jollywood?  

Has Queen Delightful's rule come to an end?  

Can the secrets of The Singing Scroll (guest star Paul Shaffer) help our heroes save the kingdom?    

Can the 7D thwart Grudgemunger's forces of doom?  

I'm thinking "definitely."
  
Find out for yourselves -- Saturday, Sept. 12  on DisneyXD -- with the premiere of THE 7D's "Rock of Sages."   (Multiple airings continue through the week.)  

 

And check your TV schedule for THE 7D, airing every day of the week on DisneyXD starting in September!     

"THE 7D": The Voice Actors, Part 4

Here's Kevin Michael Ricardson (the voice of Happy) with The 7D series' casting director, Abigail (Abbie) D'Andrea.

Among other casting coups for the show, Abbie booked Jimmy Weldon, the voice of "Yakky Doodle" from The Yogi Bear Show (1961), to voice the role of Whoopty Doopty Schmoodily Duck in the upcoming 7D episode entitled "Bing Bong Beans."   Jimmy, pictured below, turned 90 last December and is going stronger than ever!

   

Abbie also brought in two of our very favorite voice stars to perform in various 7D episodes:  Tress MacNeille (Duck Tales, The Simpsons, Tiny Toons, Animaniacs) and Rob Paulsen (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain).  

These are just a few of the great casting choices made by Abbie during the first season of  The 7D.  

"THE 7D": The Voice Actors, Part 3

And now, the bad guys of Jollywood...the comic villains in The 7D:
 

Jess Harnell (Grim Gloom) and Kelly Osbourne (Hildy Gloom)

Calamities in Jollywood are created by The Glooms, a pair of witch and warlock hipster newlyweds who spend their days and nights hatching and executing plots to overthrow the queen, take over the kingdom, defeat the 7D, and steal all the magic jewels in the 7D's mine.   

Dim-but-doting husband Grim Gloom is played by the always-rocking Jess Harnell.   Wakko Warner on Animaniacs is just one of his previous standout roles.  

And Grim's fiery and spirited bride is played by the fiery and spirited star of Fashion Police herself, Kelly Osbourne, in her first animated role.   (She nails it.)

A new pair of Disney villains are born!

Look out, 7D -- these two are trouble.  (And they're funny, too!)

"THE 7D": The Voice Actors, Part 2

Just a few days to the Disney XD premiere of The 7D.  

But first, meet Queen Delightful and Lord Starchbottom!

Left to right:  Tom Ruegger, Leigh-Allyn Baker (Queen Delightful), Voice Director Kelly Ward, Paul Rugg (Starchbottom)

Here are two more stars in the cast:   

Leigh-Allyn Baker, star of Good Luck Charlie,  plays the beloved and whimsical ruler of Jollywood, Queen Delightful.  

Her aide-de-camp and right hand man is the panicky bureaucrat Lord Starchbottom, played by Freakazoid himself, Paul Rugg.  Paul is also one of the writers on the show.

Next up...the heavies on The 7D.  

"THE 7D": The 3 Directors

Here are the three brilliant directors on Disney's THE 7D series:  Alfred Gimeno, Charles Visser and Jeff Gordon, out in front of the Empire offices in Burbank, where Alfred is happily waiting for a streetcar that, much to his dismay, will never arrive.  

"THE 7D": The 7 Writers

Here's a 2013 photo of the seven in-house writers for Disney's "THE 7D."  Front and center, that's our story editor, Sherri Stoner.    She is flanked by associate story editor Deanna Oliver on the left and series writer Shea Fontana on the right.  Back row, left to right:  series writers Paul Rugg, Randy Rogel, me and Roger Eschbacher.  

"The 7D" premieres on Disney XD on July 7, 2014.  

"THE 7D" logo and poster at Disneyland

Greetings from "The 7D"

This promotional image for "The 7D" animated television series appeared on the cover of Kidscreen Magazine in September 2013.  To my knowledge, this cover art is the only preview image of the 7D characters released by Disney at this time.   This is a sneak peek of the actual new, revised and updated character designs that we're using in the "The 7D" series for the Seven Dwarfs.

This piece of character art was designed and drawn by series director and designer Alfred Gimeno.  The background was designed and painted by series art director Frank Montagna.

"The 7D" is deep in production and is being made at Disney Television Animation.  Disney Junior's Nancy Kanter and Emily Hart are the creative execs guiding "The 7D."   An earlier posting here indicated a premiere date, but that was incorrect.  The series premier date has not yet been announced. 

How to Write Funny Scripts for Disney's "The 7D"

In our never-ending goal to demonstrate the art of animation production, Cartoonatics is proud to present a step-by-step analysis of the script-writing process used for the upcoming animated television series, Disney's "The 7D."


Step One

To create stories for "The 7D," assemble a team of top-notch animation writers.  Since your budget is limited, offer these writers relatively low salaries but throw in attractive perqs like free bowls of breakfast cereal and unlimited elevator rides to and from the workplace lobby.

Back row:  Paul Rugg, Randy Rogel, Tom Ruegger, Roger Eschbacher.  Front row:  Sherri Stoner, Deanna Oliver, Shea Fontana

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Step Two

Once you have hired seven writers, one for each of the lead 7D characters, gather those writers together into a "think tank" (AKA "cubicle").

Each work day, the writers meet to think up funny story ideas.   This process could take quite a bit of time, anything from a few minutes to more than 26 months, depending on various factors, including budget, burned-out brain cells and distracting YouTube videos.   

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Step Three 

Once a writer comes up with an idea, he shares it with the writing team.  Whether the idea is brilliant or lame, the rest of the team is supportive and embraces the idea with enthusiasm. 

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Step Four

The story editor quietly informs the writer that the proposed story idea is unfeasible, hackneyed, unfunny, already-been-done and rejected months ago by the network.  Other than that, it's a keeper.

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Step Five 

The writers resume the process of thinking up funny story ideas. 

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Step Six

11 am:  Lunch Time!

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Step Seven 

2 pm:  The arduous story-breaking process resumes.  

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Step Eight  

Inspiration strikes!  

Unable to come up with an original idea, the team decides to do a parody of a  popular TV show or movie...but with a "7D twist!"

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Step Nine

The writers decide that each story will be character-driven and will feature the unique, charming, lovable, funny and friendly personalities of our seven stars:   the 7D.  

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Step Ten   

It's the job of the writers to make sure every story includes not only comedy and adventure, but also a warm, gentle moment that will touch the hearts of our audience. 

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Step Eleven

And if the script comes in short -- add a song.   A peppy song. 

If it's really short -- add two songs! 

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Step Twelve   

After an exhausting day of profound pondering and crafting fairy tales for the 21st century,  it's quitting time!  

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And that's just a peek at the fast-paced process of writing cartoon comedy for the new animated TV series, Disney's "The 7D!"