About Channel Frederator
Once upon a time in a far away land called “The 90s,” a guy named Fred had a big idea: A new Cable TV Network that would be the central hub for all things Comedy. It wouldn’t be just another place for funny stuff on a comedy saturated TV dial. It would be the place that young, hot, hip, upstart comedy creators would flock to. The place they would want to be.
That cable comedy mecca now exists. It’s called Comedy Central. (To find out how it got that name and positioning, click here.) And the Comedy Central of today is not that far off from the one Fred envisioned all those years ago.
Now the “See Change” caused by the explosion of video content on the Internet has caused Fred to have a new vision. Fred now sees a place on the Internet that will be THE central hub for hot, hip, upstart animators. A constantly flowing festival of great cartoons—a new film festival every week! A place that will present all animation styles (Claymation, Stop motion, 2D, 3D… 4D if you’ve got it!)
Well, that Internet Cartoon Mecca now exists. It’s called Channel Frederator, and it is The World’s Original Cartoon Podcast. It is programmed not by some knock-kneed network executive who thinks she can dictate what cartoons you want to see. It’s programmed by YOU, by the members of the cartoon-making tribe. You create stuff, we put it on. Simple as that. Channel Frederator isn’t just another place for animation on the web. It is THE place on the web where the cartoon tribe can meet and show the world their work, and talk to each other. (We’re more than happy to post your phone calls and comments online.)
The next “South Park” won’t be passed around on VHS tapes the way the first one was. It will be uploaded onto the Internet, and seen instantaneously by millions. We hope its creators will see fit to unveil their work on Channel Frederator—Cartoon Central for the Internet.
Meet the Hosts
Justin Johnson
Justin Johnson was also one of the first video bloggers, as well as an early pioneer of sketch comedy on the net. He's been highlighting awesome comments, questions, and voicemails from the Channel Frederator audience since 2006. He lives in New York and has been known to cut his own hair from time to time.
The Fredbot
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The Fredbot is the powerful and mysterious cartoon force that lies behind Channel Frederator. Don't be frightened - he loves you. He loves you so much that he is on a mission to bring you the best cartoons on the Internet for your entertainment pleasure.
You!
It's always about you, isn't it? Well good! At Channel Frederator we love you. We think it should be all about you! We take your input - be it by commenting, voicemail, or e-mail - very seriously. If you love what we're doing, we try to do more of it. If you hate it? It's gone. All of our cartoons are submitted, ranked and rated by our Channel Frederator audience which means you run the show!
Carl the Superfan
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Carl the Channel Frederator SuperFan was handpicked by The FredBot to host Channel Frederator. Carl is not his real name and honestly, we don't know who he is. Rumor has it that he's been an intern for Channel Frederator for four years, but that can't be verified. We just call him Carl and you should, too.
Carl hosts the show from the basement of Channel Frederator.
Bailee DesRocher
Bailee DesRocher is an actor, comedienne, improviser, singer and first class nerd. She currently resides in Hollywood where she has starred in comedic songs and sketches with Fred Willard's MoHo's, The Upright Citizen's Brigade LA, iO West, The Tomorrow Show, and with Comedy Central's Hollow Men. She is also a cartoonist, illustrator and zombie expert. Her limited-animation series Zombies & You has helped hundreds of people casually survive the zombie menace.
Get to Know the Shows
Nite Fite
Penalty and Lloyd are unscripted, unrehearsed, and completely uninformed. Join them each week as they press hot-button issues and give America a dose of hard talking. Created by animator Dan Meth, whose previous series garnered over 20 million views on the web over the past year and Mark Vitelli. Nite Fite is the first-ever weekly animated talk show for the web.
The Meth Minute 39
Meth Minute 39 - 39 original cartoons twisting pop culture and music from the mind of Dan Meth. One day Dan said to Fred Seibert, ”How cool would it be if I had my own Random Cartoons show? Just 39 short cartoons with no commitment to any particular characters” Fred replied “So do it.” The Meth Minute 39 is the first original series from Channel Frederator.
Frederator Show
Channel Frederator is the world's original Cartoon Podcast. We show the cream of the crop of the independent animation world. That's right: Independent. You submit and we play it. Every week we show the best of the best and pay the animator $50. If their toon gets the most views in their debut week, they get another $200. It just how we do it, ya'll. Aight?
The Channel Frederator flagship show "aka Frederator Show" is hosted by the one and only Carl The SuperFan, an overexcited fan of cartoons, and The FredBot, a benevolent and powerful robot built to share and spread the glory of Cartoons. He loves you and honestly, we should be glad. Those laser-eyes probably shouldn't have been built into him.
Cartoon Hangover
Cartoon Hangover is where animators go to let their hair down. Every Friday, host Bailee Deshrocher shares with you the edgiest, twisted, most hilarious cartoons in the world.
Meet the Team
Carrie Miller
Producer
Vanessa Pappas
Director of Programming
Matthias Sundberg
Editor
About Next New Networks
Next New Networks is TV for the Internet. As the leading independent producer of online television networks Next New Networks creates, packages, brands, markets and syndicates some of the Web's most popular regularly scheduled and episodic programming. Since its inception in March 2007, the company has launched sixteen networks, and its programming has been viewed more than 500 million times. For more information, visit www.nextnewnetworks.com
