Jesse Novak | |
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Occupation | Composer |
Years active | 2012–present |
Notable work | BoJack Horseman (music from the Netflix original series) |
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Relatives | B. J. Novak (brother) |
Jesse Novak is an American composer, best known for his work scoring television shows, including The Mindy Project , BoJack Horseman , [1] Tuca & Bertie , [2] The Baby-Sitters Club, [3] and Superstore . [4] He is the brother of actor and producer B. J. Novak, [5] and the son of author William Novak. [6]
Novak comes from a Jewish family in Massachusetts. His parents are Linda (née Manaly) and author William Novak. [7] [8] His father co-edited The Big Book of Jewish Humor, and has ghostwritten memoirs for Nancy Reagan, Lee Iacocca, Magic Johnson and others. [9] [10] Novak has two brothers: Lev Novak and B. J. Novak.
Ralph Carney was an American multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer. While his primary instruments were various saxophones and clarinets, Carney also collected and played many instruments, often unusual or obscure ones.
Amy Winfrey is an American animator, screenwriter, songwriter, director and voice actress. She is best known for creating the web series Making Fiends that was later picked up by Nickelodeon in 2008, and for directing several episodes of BoJack Horseman, including "The View From Halfway Down" and "Free Churro", which were each nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program at the 71st and 72nd Primetime Creative Arts Emmys.
Benjamin Joseph Manaly Novak is an American actor, comedian, and writer. He has received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations and won two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Vera Mindy Chokalingam, known professionally as Mindy Kaling, is an American actress, screenwriter, and producer. She has received numerous awards for her work, including two Screen Actors Guild Awards, the Tony Award, and was nominated for six Primetime Emmy Awards.
ShadowMachine is an American animation studio and production company for film, television, commercials and music videos.
Aaron Paul is an American actor and producer. He is best known for portraying Jesse Pinkman in the AMC series Breaking Bad (2008–2013), for which he won several awards, including the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (2014), Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film (2013), and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. This made him one of only two actors to win the latter category three times since its separation into comedy and drama. He has also won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television three times, more than any other actor in that category. He reprised the role of Jesse Pinkman six years after the end of the series in the 2019 Netflix film El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie and again during the final season of the spin-off series Better Call Saul in 2022, earning further critical acclaim.
Aaron Long is a Canadian animator and filmmaker. He is best known for his independent cartoons Sublo and Tangy Mustard and Fester Fish and for his work on the television series BoJack Horseman and Tuca & Bertie.
Raphael Matthew Bob-Waksberg is an American comedian, writer, producer, actor, and voice actor. He is known as the creator and showrunner of the Netflix animated comedy series BoJack Horseman and the Amazon Prime Video animated series Undone. He is also an executive producer on the Netflix/Adult Swim animated series Tuca & Bertie, created by BoJack Horseman production designer Lisa Hanawalt.
BoJack Horseman is an American adult animated psychological comedy drama television series created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg. It stars the voices of Will Arnett, Amy Sedaris, Alison Brie, Paul F. Tompkins, and Aaron Paul. Set primarily in Hollywood, the series revolves around the anthropomorphic horse BoJack Horseman (Arnett), a washed-up star of a 1990s sitcom who plans a return to relevance with an autobiography to be written by ghostwriter Diane Nguyen (Brie). It also chronicles his contentions with his agent, Princess Carolyn (Sedaris), former rival Mr. Peanutbutter (Tompkins), roommate Todd Chavez (Paul), and his declining mental health. The series is designed by cartoonist Lisa Hanawalt, a longtime friend to Bob-Waksberg who previously collaborated on the webcomic Tip Me Over, Pour Me Out.
Adam Conover is an American comedian, writer, voice actor, television host, and labor organizer. He created and hosted the half-hour truTV show Adam Ruins Everything, based on the CollegeHumor series of the same name. He was also the host of the American version of The Crystal Maze on Nickelodeon. In 2022, Conover's limited series The G Word with Adam Conover debuted on Netflix. Conover currently serves on the board of the Writers Guild of America West.
Lisa Hanawalt is an American illustrator, writer, and cartoonist. She has published comic series, as well as three books of illustrations. She worked as the production designer and a producer of the Netflix animated series BoJack Horseman (2014–2020), and co-hosts the podcast Baby Geniuses (2012–present) with comedian Emily Heller. She created and executive produced the Adult Swim animated series, Tuca & Bertie (2019–2022).
William Novak is a Canadian–American author who has co-written or ghostwritten numerous celebrity memoirs for people including Lee Iacocca, Nancy Reagan, and Magic Johnson. He is also the editor, with Moshe Waldoks, of The Big Book of Jewish Humor. He has also written several "private" books, which he described in a 2015 essay for The New York Times.
"Fish Out of Water" is the fourth episode of the third season of the American animated television series BoJack Horseman. It was written by Elijah Aron and Jordan Young, and directed by Mike Hollingsworth. The episode was released in the United States, along with the rest of season three, via Netflix on July 22, 2016. Angela Bassett provides her voice in a guest appearance in the episode.
Tuca & Bertie is an American animated sitcom created by cartoonist Lisa Hanawalt for Netflix. It began streaming on May 3, 2019. It stars Tiffany Haddish and Ali Wong, with a supporting cast including Steven Yeun, John Early, Richard E. Grant, and Reggie Watts. The first season received positive reviews, and was cited as one of the best shows of 2019 by several publications. The show's central characters are two anthropomorphic female birds: Tuca the toucan and Bertie the song thrush. Episodes mainly focus on the two's relationships with each other and with their peers.
"That's Too Much, Man!" is the eleventh and penultimate episode of the third season of the American animated television series BoJack Horseman. It was directed by J.C. Gonzalez and written by Elijah Aron and Jordan Young. The episode was released in the United States, along with the rest of season three, via Netflix on July 22, 2016.
"Free Churro" is the sixth episode of the fifth season of the American animated television series BoJack Horseman, and the 55th overall episode of the series. It was written by series creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg and directed by Amy Winfrey. The episode was made available for streaming, along with the rest of season five, via Netflix on September 14, 2018.
"The View from Halfway Down" is the fifteenth episode of the sixth season of the American animated television series BoJack Horseman, and the 76th and penultimate overall episode of the series. It was written by Alison Tafel and directed by Amy Winfrey. The episode was originally released as one of eight episodes made available for streaming via Netflix on January 31, 2020. Guest stars in this episode include Stanley Tucci, Kristen Schaal, Wendie Malick, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Brandon T. Jackson, and Zach Braff.
BoJack Horseman (Music From The Netflix Original Series) is the soundtrack album to the adult animated black comedy-drama series BoJack Horseman (2014–2020). The soundtrack for the series released by Lakeshore Records in digital and physical formats on September 1 and 29, 2017. It includes several songs, among them the full version of the main theme, Patrick Carney and Michelle Branch's version of America's "A Horse with No Name", Sextina Aquafina's "Get Dat Fetus, Kill Dat Fetus", the themes from Horsin' Around and Mr. Peanutbutter's House, and the entire score for the episode "Fish Out of Water". A vinyl edition was released on January 12, 2018, and a second re-issue was released in September 2020.