Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi

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Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi are a team of American show-creators, writers and producers of television and screenwriters.

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They are best known as the co-creators of the award-winning and critically acclaimed Nickelodeon television series The Adventures of Pete & Pete . Critics[ who? ] have called this quirky and heartfelt ode to growing up "one of the best kids' shows ever".

Los Angeles Times TV critic Robert Lloyd said of the show, "By rendering the ordinary events of childhood and adolescence — staying up late, hating shop class, discovering music, ruing the end of summer — as the epic stuff of legend, the series captured the actual depth and intensity of feeling that comes with being young. Poignant without being sentimental, oddball but never merely weird, the show was made to be 'funny, sad, strange and beautiful'."

The series was also known for its music and special guest stars. Over its 39 episodes, Pete & Pete featured Michael Stipe, Iggy Pop, Debbie Harry, Steve Buscemi, Patricia Hearst and many others. In recent years,[ when? ] the show has returned to its now grown-up audience in the form of cast reunions that have played to sold-out audiences in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and Portland.[ citation needed ]

Currently,[ when? ] McRobb is an executive producer of two animated series for children in production for Apple TV+. Harriet the Spy is an adaptation of the coming-of-age novel about a rebellious 11-year-old girl living in New York City in the 1960s, who wants to be a spy and a writer. El Deafo is an adaptation of the Newbery Award-winning graphic novel and memoir. It is a tragicomic chronicle of a young girl who has to learn to overcome her disability when she loses her hearing at age five.

Recent[ when? ] projects include executive-producing Costume Quest , an animated children's series from Amazon which was premiered in 2018. He was also the executive producer and writer of Click, Clack, Moo: Christmas at the Farm , an animated Christmas special based on the popular Click, Clack, Moo children's book series. It was premiered in December 2017. [1] From 2015 to 2017, he was one of the executive producers of Sanjay and Craig , an animated children's show for Nickelodeon.

McRobb was also a writer on the 2007 family movie Alvin and the Chipmunks .

Work

Television

TitleRoleNetworkPremiereEnded
The Adventures of Pete & Pete Co-creators, executive producers, writers [2] NickelodeonNovember 28, 1993December 28, 1996
Inside-Out BoyCreator, writer (Will McRobb)19901992
Doug Story Editor (Will McRobb)Nickelodeon/ABCNickelodeon series: August 11, 1991
ABC series: September 7, 1996
Nickelodeon series: January 2, 1994
ABC series: June 26, 1999
The Ren & Stimpy Show Story Editor, writer (Will McRobb)NickelodeonAugust 11, 1991December 16, 1995
KaBlam! Co-creators, executive producers, writers [3] October 1, 1996January 22, 2000
The War Next Door Co-creators, executive producers, writers USA Network July 23, 2000September 24, 2000
The Assistants Co-creators, executive producers, writers, [4] executive producers The N July 10, 2009September 11, 2009
Sanjay and Craig Executive producers, writers [5] NickelodeonMay 25, 2013July 29, 2016

Television movies

TV movieTelevision seriesRoleNetworkPremiere dateDVD release date
"Battle of the Bands" The Naked Brothers Band Writers [6] NickelodeonOctober 6, 2007September 4, 2007
Albert N/ACo-executive producers, writersDecember 9, 2016November 14, 2017

Films

TitleRoleDistributorsPremiere date
Snow Day Screenwriters [4] Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies February 11, 2000
Alvin and the Chipmunks 20th Century Fox December 14, 2007
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies July 25, 2008
The Tale of Despereaux Story [4] Universal Pictures December 19, 2008
The Loud House Movie Producer
Screenwriter (Chris Viscardi)
Nickelodeon Movies
Netflix
August 20, 2021

Web series

TitleRoleDistributorsPremiereEnded
Bravest Warriors Developers, executive producers (seasons 1–3) Cartoon Hangover November 8, 2012December 24, 2018

Music Video

SongBandRoleNotesPremiere
Water Underground Real Estate Along with Michael C. Maronna ("Big" Pete Wrigley) and Danny Tamberelli ("Little" Pete Wrigley), are executive producers on the music video.The video is a tribute to the 1990s Nickelodeon show The Adventures of Pete & Pete and features numerous references to episodes from the show as well as the actors that played "Big" Pete Wrigley, Michael C. Maronna, and "Little" Pete Wrigley, Danny Tamberelli, alongside the five current Read Estate band members.November 27, 2023, on YouTube [7]

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References

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  2. Remington, Alex, "Interview with Will McRobb, Co-Creator of "The Adventures of Pete and Pete," One of the Best Kid's Shows in TV History.", The Huffington Post, February 21, 2010. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
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  6. "The Naked Brothers Band" (2007) – Full Cast and Crew.", The Internet Movie Database. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
  7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDVifDI1je0