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Question does lila have a double personality? does lila have a double personality? hmm she has a dark side, but we never really got to it. it would be fun to do an evil lila ep arnold visits arnie is, but that's just a dream. Question Yeah, I was surprised, when in "Phoebe's Little Problem", Lila was sort of half-eyed and bored when Phoebe was giving her inspirational speech. i know, it's funny when we did eps where a character doesn't have a big role and they act kind of blase. right, like how helga and gerald were in that ep. the truth is, the writers didn't think about them, just the main story... and the artists may draw them looking bored for example and the fans are all: hey, they don't even care about Phoebe! helga was pretty funny in that one. we didn't give her much to do. it was like she was just being a butt that day... it's funny, all the characters have to make sense in that way,like gerald should always be kind to Phoebe, etc. and vice versa Question Hey, I just noticed, Gerald never went in to her bedroom. to say anything can you believe it! what a bum. sometimes we cut down their roles on purpose. because then they'd take over the story. y'know? they keep their relationship on the quiet side. Question will we ever see an "official" Helga image of how she would have looked in The Patakis. that's a good idea! i made a bible, and there were several pix of Helga. i love that pic that someone did on a website helga sitting on a stool and trying to think of what to paint. it's a great picture. very soulful Question have your heard the characters voices in other language? i did, right when we first went international in 96. i guess i loved Helga in french,. they got real kids to do it, and she was as ferocious as Franny. Question did you hear the german voices? the german voices... yes! i remember that they did s story on the german kids who played A, H, and G Question I'm sure as the mastermind behind the show, he heard all the voices i didn't get to audition them, thought. though. the international people did. Question In English? in english, yes indeed. Question why Arnold´s room is so cool? why is Arnold's room so cool... well, because i wanted him to have a supercool batcave. every kid wants a batcave. i like skylights. and old brick buildings. did i ever mention that i had a dream that i was in arnold's actual room? very funny dream. Helga has that dream all the time. Question You would be in Helga's position, Craig "Oh, I'm I'm in his room!" right! I wrote that. i'm in his room! swoon... although in my dream, i was making a live action arnold movie. the room was like a set. Question Where's Lila's mom? i think lila's mom died, but we never figured it out. Question Have you got any new project? Can you tell us about it, please.? oh, yes, many new projects. always new projects these days, because it takes so many to finally sell a series! both "Party wagon" and "Lenny and Nate" are done... but Cartoon Net hasn't picked them up for series. so i either have to take them elsewhere or start again. i'm doing both. I told the folks at NIck that Lenny and Nate would be a great Nick show. Question What'd they say, Craig? Nick hasn't answered me yet. they are rather aloof these days. they know ya when they need ya. Question Sheena always seen with Lila . They are bests friend? okay, sheena and lila. sheena and lila... the artists like to draw them together. it's like Sheena is tall, so she makes a good background character between say... Lila and Nadine. the artists would put whoever they wanted in the BG... Question Craig , what was your inspiration for making hey arnold? well, i wanted to make a show about being a kid, and that is about all there was to it! Arnold had to be sensitive, and with a sense of justice, you know, the powerlessness of being a kid in an adult world beyond that, i just surrounded him with nutty characters and boom, a show. i especially needed him to have kooky grandparents because old people are funny and yet wise, good storytellers, etc. Question did you spent lot of time thinking the ideas of your projects? yes, i do! and it takes tons of time, and you have to hope something will go, so your time isn't wasted. Question why arnold didnt keep practicing karate? it's funny, we decided that he was "over' his karate phase because he was to superhuman too superhuman, i mean. he had to return to the status quo. Question whatever happened to Toran Caudell and Phillip Van Dyke? yeah, toran and phillip and spencer, all got too old-sounding. Question Alex Linz was good yeah, i liked alex. Question too bad it was only two episodes would have been fun to do a bunch of eps with him. Question Arnold's grandmother is very funny, specially when she is chasing the fly yeah, i like that fly gag. she swats, then says "nerts!" that was from the pilot. her first scene ever. i love arnold walking away saying "thanks grandma" totally deadpan. Question Is Gloria an older version of Lila? gloria. cookies, anyone? yeah, gloria is another evil dream anti-Helga. you could argue that helga made her up i like the idea that the whole arnold world is kind of made up by helga in a long fever dream. Question but why did she apear with Stinky at the movies? interesting. she returned, in another cameo... i think we writers just liked messing with Helga's head. Question in the first movie , why arnold makes helga to retract? and why does helga retract? we talked a long time about that. we wanted to end the first movie with arnold and helga at least pretending that things were still the same. like "let's agree that this never happened." arnold is still a kid, and he's not ready for such intense information. he's kind of "whoa, i need to lie down." the truth is, i was saving his reaction for the second movie. ha! it all happened so fast... arnold is like me in that he has to think things over a long time, before coming to a decision. that i believe is a libra characteristic. go libras. Question Have you think of usign another type of music beside jazz? music for cartoons? yes, every new cartoon needs its own music. i love my relationship with Jim Lang, so i'd use jim for any cartoon. for Party Wagon we did a completely different vibe. Question I think Jim Lang´s music it´s a very important part of the series... me too. i used to say it was my secret weapon because jim's music would "sell" any emotion and help so much with both pacing and meaning of the scenes. jim was cranky if i cut the shows too fast he likes them to have good "handles" at the ends of scenes Question We love HA's music i agree, but sometimes i just had too much good stuff and would cut it fast, like the final cut of "Party Wagon. " Question The jazz music was very good in the chasing scenes, like "ransom" yeah, i love the music in Ransom. when they interrogate Curly. i can go for another 25 minutes, okay? sorry it took a while to get in. Question "Kidnapping's not my game - too messy" yeah, i love that line. Question We love the music of "Pigeon-Man" me too. i have tons of lang music on my ipod. you know that you can go online to jim's site and download arnold tunes. check it out! you can email him and make requests. Question Could you tell us any more about Brainy? let's talk about brainy. i kind of relate to him. he's my shadow self. brainy is kind of all knowing even though his name is ironic. because he's always doing stupid stuff like showing up in Wheezin' ed's cave. (my favorite scene) and the one where the kids throw him off the train. ..."uh, something." my daughter is watching "runaway float" in the other room Question You're daughter is how old? katie is 11. Question Was it fun doing the April Fool’s Day episode {especially the tango scene}? the tango scene was a blast. Tuck Tucker boarded it... and the pool scene was a straight rip off. Question of what? there's a play here in LA called "it's a Stevie Woinderul Life" have any of you heard of it? a troupe called the troubadors puts on musicals that combine old shakespeare stories and movies with pop music. they also did "Fleetwood MacBeth." they are HILARIOUS. Question Are you going to write a book about TJM? ah, the jungle movie. no plans yet. it would be the jungle book. and disney already took that name! those bastards. ha Question what do you mean with no plans YET? well, i know i should finish the arnold saga and i guess i keep waiting for Nick to get interested again. i can hear the big crashing scene in "runaway float" Question brainy has asthma? i guess he does. he's just a noisy breather. needs nasal work somehow. Question when is helga's birthday? it is at March 25? i don't really know. Maybe Franny's bd Question Who is the girl in blue that is often seen arguimg with Rhonda? (like in Polishing Rhonda) you aren't talking about Nadine, are you? oh, arguing. that's just some sixth grader. has no name. Question I thought her name was Marnie marnie. good. Question What kind of modification would you suggest to me for my comic based on The Patakis? is it at a website? i'll google "the patakis" and look for it. Question I can't recall where I saw it - It might have been on Stephen's site cool, i'll come look at it., Question Did you planned to include Brainy in the Patakis, did he still stalk Helga and get punched for that? yeah, if i did the patakis, i'd have everyone there Question Even Lila? yeah, can't resist. it's fun to see them all as teenagers. except not "all growed up." yknowwhatimean? these teens would be evil and dark and stuff. . Question ugh, not that show... I think "all growed up" lost the charm of the rugrats being babys they need to grow back down ha! all growed down. embryos. little tadpoles. a show about tadpoles, called "tadpoles." i used to love to hear gabor csupo say "rugrats." he had an Oskar K accent. rrrugrrrats. with a kind of whiney end to each sentence. Question Did you planned to include Brainy in the Patakis, did he still stalk Helga and get punched for that? i'm having deja vu. Question when is the pataki's coming on in the US? i'm afraid patakis is gone the way of all my other crazy projects. Question can you make a drawing for the page? sure. Question Thanks! uh oh, it's time to go! i'm going out to a play again. it was nice to be in s. america if only for an hour and a half thanks y'all.. you're great to keep in touch. take care and see ya! adios muchachos
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