Camp Lazlo
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Camp Lazlo is an Emmy nominated, American animated television series created by Joe Murray, produced by Cartoon Network Studios and currently airs on Cartoon Network. The show features a Boy Scout-like summer camp with a cast of all animal characters, a "retro" type of humor and silliness which is akin to Murray's previous series, Rocko's Modern Life (which aired on Nickelodeon a decade earlier), and cultural references. The main theme song plays on the children's song "B-I-N-G-O".
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[edit] Description
The show features the adventures of three major characters: Lazlo, the title character, is a Brazilian spider monkey with a happy-go-lucky attitude; Raj, an Indian elephant who's usually more level-headed; and Clam, an albino pygmy rhino, who speaks in sentences usually consisting of one or two words, synonymously echoing his friends statements.
Each episode is split into two parts approximately 11 minutes long, with the exception of two episodes. The show breaks the fourth wall, such as when Lazlo is gives an award to a camper for being the best "incidental character", and sometimes lacks continuity, as in an episode which ends with Lumpis being eaten by a lake monster.
Carlos Alazraqui, Tom Kenny and Doug Lawrence, all of whom did much of the voice work on Murray's previous series Rocko's Modern Life, provide lead voices in this show along with veteran voice actors Jeff Bennett, Jodi Benson, Jill Talley (Kenny's wife and Mr. Show co-star), and first time voice acting Steve Little (Alazraqui's Reno 911! co-star).
Camp Lazlo premiered on July 8, 2005 in the USA; new episodes currently air on Wednesdays at 7:00 PM US ET/PT. In Canada, Teletoon's English channel also debuted the show June 26, 2006; but in the last week of August 2006, it was pulled from TELETOON, and returned on June 22, 2007. Due to its nature, TELETOON only airs it during the summer season. Note that despite the show being in it's fourth season, TELETOON is still airing only the first season.
In Australia and India Camp Lazlo is shown on the Cartoon Network.
[edit] Characters + See Also
- Main article: Characters in Camp Lazlo
- Main article: Characters in Camp Lazlo
Camp Lazlo has a cast of dozens, but these are some of the main characters:
- Lazlo is a monkey who's optimistic nature always wins the day.
- Raj is a cautious elephant who plays good balance to Lazlo's impulsiveness.
- Clam is a rhino who plays side-kick to the two, but who's really an unsung genius.
See also: Characters in Camp Lazlo (Minor)
See also: List of places in Camp Lazlo
[edit] Episodes
- Main article: Episodes in Camp Lazlo
As of July 2007, Camp Lazlo is in its fourth season, and a fifth is in production.
[edit] Awards & Nominees
[edit] Pulcinella
The series won three 2006 Pulcinella Awards for Best Animated Series for Children and Best Animated Series for all ages and Lazlo was the winner of Best Character at the 10th Cartoons By The Bay Festival in Positano, Italy. It was the second consecutive year that a Cartoon Network series won the latter two awards, as the Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends character, Bloo regard Q. Kazoo, won the award the year before.
[edit] Emmy
"Hello Dolly / Over Cooked Beans" was nominated for an Emmy in the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming less than One Hour) category, but was defeated by The Simpsons. The episode has been hosted on the Cartoon Network website and can be viewed here.
The TV movie Where's Lazlo? has been nominated for an Emmy in the Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or More) category in 2007.
[edit] Annie
Sue Mondt, a production designer on Camp Lazlo, was nominated an Annie Award for production design on the episode "Hard Days Samson."
[edit] Video Games
- Main article: Camp Lazlo: Leaky Lake Games
[edit] Watch!
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