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Cartoon Pizza
Company type	Animation studio
Industry	Animation
Predecessor	Jumbo Pictures
Founded	2001; 24 years ago
Founders	Jim Jinkins; David Campbell
Defunct	2015; 10 years ago
Fate	Dormancy
Headquarters	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.; New York City, New York, U.S. (formerly)
Key people	Jim Jinkins (President); David Campbell (CEO); Jack Spillum (President, Animation Production);
Products	Stanley; JoJo's Circus; Pinky Dinky Doo;
Website	Official website

Cartoon Pizza was an American animation studio located in Nashville, Tennessee. It was co-founded by Jim Jinkins and David Campbell as the successor to Jinkins' former company, Jumbo Pictures.

The studio had partnered with several studios to help produce their shows, including Disney in 2001, Sesame Workshop in 2006, and Cuppa Coffee Studios. The studio was formerly headquartered in New York City until 2011, when the company relocated to Nashville, Tennessee.^[1]^[2]

History

In February 1996, Jim Jinkins' former company Jumbo Pictures was bought by The Walt Disney Company, which produced Doug's 1st Movie (1999) and integrated the studio into its subsidiary Walt Disney Television Animation.^[3]

In 2001, a year after Jumbo Pictures was closed by The Walt Disney Company, Jinkins and David Campbell formed Cartoon Pizza as a successor company.^[4]^[5] Jinkins was helming the position as president, Campbell as CEO, Jack Spillum as the president of animated productions, Ellie Copeland as the vice president of finances and operations, and Beldeen Fortunato as the vice president of administration.^[6]

In December 2001, Cartoon Pizza agreed to a two-year nonexclusive production deal with Sesame Workshop, the creators of Sesame Street, Dragon Tales, and Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat. Sesame Workshop agreed to house the company at their New York City office and handle international distribution. They would co-produce a minimum of six new kids' properties.^[7]

The company became a co-production partner in Tiger Aspect Productions' animation division to develop a series titled Earth Kid. Gullane Entertainment became an equal partner in Earth Kid as the show's international distributor in April 2002 until it was acquired by HIT Entertainment in September of that year. Gullane and HIT also had three other projects in the works with Cartoon Pizza.^[8]

The company operated two separate subsidiaries, Cartoon Cola,^[9] and Cartoon Candy.^[10]

In 2015, the company had been dissolved after 5 years of dormancy.^[4]

Productions

Title	Release date	Channel/block	Notes
Stanley	2001–2004	Playhouse Disney
Sesame Street shorts^[5]	2003	PBS Kids	Co-produced with Sesame Workshop
Monster Monster Trucks	2003	Unaired TV pilot	Co-production with IDT Entertainment
JoJo's Circus^[5]	2003–2007	Playhouse Disney	Co-produced with Cuppa Coffee Studios
Hoop Dogz	2004	Direct-to-DVD
Pinky Dinky Doo	2005–2010	Noggin	Co-production with Sesame Workshop
Feeling Good with JoJo	2006–2008	Playhouse Disney	Co-production with Cuppa Coffee Studios

References

^ [1] Wayback Machine Retrieved on July 27, 2015.
^ [2] Wayback Machine Retrieved on July 27, 2015.
^ "Disney - Leadership, History, Corporate Social Responsibility". The Walt Disney Company. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
^ ^a ^b "Cartoon Pizza, Inc". appext20.dos.ny.gov. New York Department of State Division of Corporations. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c Woodbury, Jason P. (December 5, 2016). "I Was That Kid, Too: Twenty-Five Years of Nickelodeon's "Doug"". FLOOD. No. 5. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
^ [3] Wayback Machine Retrieved on 27-07-15.
^ Webster, Kay Leigh (October 25, 2001). "Cartoon Pizza and Sesame Workshop team up". C21media. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
^ Winstone, Keely (April 29, 2002). "Tiger Aspect and Cartoon Pizza sign with Gullane". C21media. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
^ "Food Allergy Topic du Jour on JoJo's Circus". Animation World Network. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
^ "CARTOON PIZZA INC. Trademarks :: Justia Trademarks". trademarks.justia.com. Retrieved 2023-11-16.