In fact, it was because of his connections to the prime time Fox animated sitcom known for its gross-out gags and raunchy humor that Bonnet wanted to see whatever Povenmire was working on.
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According to Povenmire, "Disney was the first to say, 'Let's see if you can do it in 11 minutes.' We did it in the pilot and they said, 'Let's see if you can do it for 26 episodes.'" ĭisney Channel's Senior VP of Original Series Adam Bonnet was a fan of Family Guy and wasn't scared off by Povenmire's work on the series. Their stubbornness and persistence paid off when Povenmire finally got a meeting with Disney.
Nickelodeon kept sending it up higher and higher in the production personnel ranks, but it was eventually deemed too complicated to pull off. At Fox, there were a few meetings, but negotiations fizzled out. Studios were worried about the complexity of the plots for the time allowed. Povenmire had started animating and directing Family Guy episodes, but continued to shop the show around to Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, and Fox Kids. Marsh had moved to London to work on an assortment of films and series including Postman Pat and Bounty Hamster.
Povenmire and Marsh were no longer working together. This drawing is hung up on the wall in the studio where the show is produced. The first ever drawing of Phineas, done on butcher paper. The Family Guy Connection File:OriginalPhineasEver.jpg I just wanted it to feel like summer." The creators won out in the end. Povenmire recalled, "I actually had discussions with Disney about this because they wanted to come up with a cool color scheme. Marsh emphasized the need "for all of the stuff that they do to work, their world needs to be grounded in reality." Disney wanted a more stylized palette. Povenmire and Marsh wanted bright candy-colored characters with natural colors for the backgrounds. The color palette was originally a matter of discussion. A lot of what I see now is borrowed from Tex." The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show provided additional inspiration in its format, where several different stories would be resolved together at the end of the episode. Marsh describes this homage to legendary Looney Tunes animator/director Tex Avery, "There's a little bit of Tex Avery in there - he had that very graphic style. They also created characters that were easily recognizable in silhouette, which is an old animation standard that Matt Groening taught Povenmire while he was working on The Simpsons.Īfter the characters were set, they decided to work geometric shapes into the background to tie the whole thing together. The goal was to create simple characters that kids could easily draw on their own. Phineas is a triangle, Ferb is a rectangle, and Candace is a half-circle. Style Īll the other characters grew from that simple triangle-headed kid. Povenmire called Marsh that evening and told him the news: he had Phineas.
At the Wild Thyme restaurant in South Pasadena, California, where they have butcher paper over the tables and crayons for you to draw with, Povenmire was sharing a meal with his wife when he drew the first sketch of a triangle-headed kid. It was during this time that the pair started to develop a show that would allow them to continue working together as writers. Phineas actually makes a prototypical appearance in the post office line of Rocko's Modern Life S4 E6a: "S.W.A.K." in 1997. They bonded over a shared sense of humor and were eventually paired as a writing team on Rocko's Modern Life for Nickelodeon where they learned more and more aspects of the animation production business. Creators Dan Povenmire (left) and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh (right).Ĭreators Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh met as layout artists on The Simpsons in the mid-1990s, where they sat across from each other as layout artists on that series.
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