Welcome to Eltingville

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Welcome to Eltingville
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The title card featuring the four members of the Eltingville club. From the left: Jerry, Bill, Josh, and Pete.
Created by Evan Dorkin
Based on Eltingville
by Evan Dorkin
Written byEvan Dorkin
Directed by Chuck Sheetz
Voices of
Theme music composer The Aquabats
Ending theme"Welcome to Eltingville"
performed by The Aquabats
ComposerDenis M. Hannigan
Country of originUnited States
Japan (animation production)
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producersEvan Dorkin
Sarah Dyer
Running time22 minutes
Production companies Cartoon Network Studios
Tama Production
Original release
Network Adult Swim
ReleaseMarch 3, 2002 (2002-03-03)

Welcome to Eltingville is an American adult animated comedy pilot created by Evan Dorkin, as an adaptation of his comic book series Eltingville . It premiered in the United States on March 3, 2002, on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim, but was not picked up for a full series.

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Welcome to Eltingville takes place in Eltingville, Staten Island, and focuses on the lives of four teenage boys: Bill Dickey, Josh Levy, Pete DiNunzio and Jerry Stokes, all members of "The Eltingville Club", who have shared interests in comic books and science fiction, among other things. The pilot is an adaptation of the 1995 Eltingville story 'Bring Me the Head of Boba Fett in which Bill and Josh get into a fight over a collectible Boba Fett action figure.

Pilot

The Eltingville Club's members, Bill Dickey, Josh Levy, Pete DiNunzio and Jerry Stokes, get into a fight while playing Dungeons & Dragons , their commotion wakes up Bill's mom who warns them to be quiet. Another fight breaks out shortly when Josh's VHS tape which was said to contain bootleg scenes of actresses, really has The Hair Bear Bunch! on it. Bill's Mom kicks out his friends and Bill kicks Josh out of the club. The next day, Bill awakes from a nightmare which he calls a "freaky premonition," and decides to let Josh back into the club. After a day on the town, the boys end their day at a comic book shop, where Bill and Josh compete in a trivia contest to win a Kenner 12-inch action figure of Boba Fett. Despite Bill winning, they continue their dispute, wreaking havoc in the process. They both race home to steal their parents' money, and race back to the store. Bill and Josh present their payments to the clerk, Joe, with a check and credit cards, respectively, but rejects both of them. They resume fighting and end up breaking the action figure. Outraged, Joe kicks all four of them out of the store. Bill angrily walks away with Fett's head and leaves Josh with the body as he weeps on the ground, Jerry tells Pete, "Well, if Boba Fett wasn't dead before, he sure as hell is now." Willoughby, a boy from the store, ends the episode by breaking the fourth wall, asking "Is this the end of the Eltingville Club?"

Production and broadcast

The pilot episode, "Bring Me the Head of Boba Fett", was written by Evan Dorkin, storyboarded by Stephen DeStefano, and directed by Chuck Sheetz. It was rated as TV-14 in the United States for comic violence, crude sexual references (including sexualized depictions of women), and moderate offensive language. It was produced by Cartoon Network Studios. Production on the episode was officially completed in October 2001 with animation handled by Tama Production in Tokyo, Japan. [1] The pilot was based on Dorkin's time as a comic book store employee at Jim Hanley's Universe in Eltingville, Staten Island. [2] The pilot's story line was partially based upon the comic story of the same name and the pilot's theme opening and closing themes were written and performed by The Aquabats.

Dorkin took a large role in the pilot's creation and has since stated that if he could have re-done the episode, he would have chosen to delegate more work and to choose an Eltingville story that would show off more of the series' potential and characters. [3] If the series had been picked up for further episodes or a miniseries, potential plot lines for episodes would have included a "Klingon vs. Elf war" between a local Klingon camp and a Renaissance fair, as well as the club members digging through the Staten Island landfill for a collectible item that was mistakenly thrown out. [4]

The pilot episode was originally aired in the United States on Cartoon Network's late night programming block Adult Swim on March 3, 2002, and was originally promoted as a "special" by Adult Swim. It has since been re-aired periodically on Adult Swim since its original premiere, including twice on Halloween night, October 31, 2008, as part of an advertised "Halloween Stunt" night. [5]

Cast

Reception

Animation World Network and Ain't It Cool News both praised the pilot episode, [6] and Ain't It Cool News complimented the show on its geek humor, which they considered to be fairly accurate and funny. [7]

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