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It`s time for you to meet the cast of Ed, Edd `n Eddy.

DANNY ANTONUCCI- Creator

Antonucci was born of the first-generation Italian immigrants to Canada. His experiences as the child of immigrant parents deeply influenced his later work.

Antonucci was fascinated by cartoons (and other animated things) as a child and spent long hours drawing and trying to figure out how the pictures 'moved.' He performed puppet shows for money, and made his first cartoon at the young age of 14.

Antonucci attended the Sheridan College of Visual Arts but quit to take a job as an animator at Canimage Production, a division of Hanna-Barbera. He worked on numerous shows, including The Smurfs, The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show and The Flintstones Comedy Hour. It was on the latter show that he worked with animation legend Tex Avery.

Intending to move to Los Angeles in 1984 to find more work, Antonucci landed in Vancouver, British Columbia. He landed a job at International Rocketship Ltd., animating short films and television commercials. His first effort was on the short film, Sandboxland.

Antonucci's first solo work was Lupo the Butcher, produced by International Rocketship, about a knife-wielding maniac. Antonucci says the short arose out of his own frustration at having to work in children's film for so long, and to try his hand at creating a fully-fledged character on film. The short animated film screened at several film festivals in Europe, including the Berlin Film Festival, before gaining attention in the United States at Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation. During his time with the Lupo cartoon, he also did the snoring noises to another International Rocketship released cartoon entitled "Dog Brain" which was written by fellow cartoonist J. Falconer.

The 'Lupo' character was eventually licensed by the Converse athletic shoe company. This led to additional work, including animated commercials for Levi Strauss & Co. and MTV. In 1993, still working for International Rocketship, Antonucci did a series of short commercials for MTV which depicted several brothers on a couch grunting. MTV commissioned a series, and The Brothers Grunt began airing in August 1994.

On April 1, 1994, Antonucci started the animation company a.k.a. Cartoon, which produced 'The Brothers Grunt' series. Altogether, 45 seven-minute episodes aired before the series went off the air in 1995.

Antonucci returned to doing commercials. Antonucci worked for MTV on its short-lived Cartoon Sushi show in 1997, directing, writing and providing voices.

But feeling pigeon-holed as an angst-ridden, 'edgy' artist, Antonucci decided to produce an animated children's television show again. He resolved, however, to ensure that the series was produced in a way similar to the classic cartoons of the 1940s. Antonucci spent months designing the show's look in a style reminiscent of the old United Productions of America (UPA) cartoons.

Seeking as wide an audience as possible, Antonucci shopped the show to Nickelodeon, which demanded creative control. Antonucci refused to give it, so he took the show to Cartoon Network, which quickly picked it up.

The show, Ed, Edd n Eddy, premiered on Cartoon Network, January 4th, 1999. The premise is that three pre-adolescent boys — named Ed, Edd, and Eddy (collectively known as 'the Eds') — hang around in their suburban neighborhood of Peach Creek Estates. Led by the avaricious Eddy, the other Eds get caught up in various schemes to make money off their peers, so they can get jawbreakers. But Eddy's plans usually fail, leaving the boys in various predicaments. The characters almost never leave the neighborhood, and adults are nowhere to be seen. Occasionally, humorous satirical references are made to Canada in the show. (In one episode, the Eds stumble upon a box of turkey basters at the local dump, and Eddy pawns them off to the neighborhood kids as "Canadian squirtguns".)

According to Antonucci, plots for 'Ed, Edd n Eddy' are taken from his own memories of suburban life and what it was like to while away idle summer vacations. He also based several stories on escapades his own two children have had.

Antonucci is a strong advocate of hand-drawn animation. The wobbling animation in 'Ed, Edd n Eddy' is an homage to the hand-drawn cartoons with a style that harkens back to cartoons of the 1930s-1950s; the show also utilizes non-repeating solid blocks of color and simple line, and little detail in the artwork is evinced, unless it is something which has the attention of the characters. In interviews, Antonucci says this is because children rarely pay attention to detail.

'Ed, Edd n Eddy' was Cartoon Network's sixth Cartoon Cartoon. It first aired in 1999 and has since attracted millions of fans worldwide. Originally, there were to be only four seasons; Cartoon Network, however, ordered two more seasons of 'Ed, Edd n Eddy', bringing the series length to six seasons, and a seventh season is in consideration. There are also three holiday specials for Halloween, Christmas, Valentine's Day and a special non-canon episode for the US event, Cartoon Network Invaded. As of 2007, the show is the longest running original cartoon on Cartoon Network, and one of the most popular.

In the Best Day Edder Marathon, Antonucci revealed his E-Mail address is yak@akacartoon.com.

MATT HILL- Ed

Matt Hill is an English voice actor who works for Ocean Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Several of his roles are Japanese anime dubs, but he is also the voice of Ed from Ed, Edd n Eddy, Jab/Clint Bolton from Street Sharks, Cyclops' brother, Alex Masters/Havoc, from X-Men: Evolution, Captain N: The Game Master from the show of the same name, and Artha Penn from Dragon Booster. He is also Raphael from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, and the voice of the Clean Cut custom character in Def Jam Fight For NY.

SAMUEL VINCENT- Edd (Double D)

Samuel Vincent is an English voice actor who works with the Ocean Group based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He was born in North Vancouver, British Columbia.

He is perhaps best known as Edd from Ed, Edd n Eddy. His notable anime roles include Athrun Zala from Gundam Seed, Peach Man from Inuyasha, and Julian Star from Cardcaptors. Other roles include Forge from X-Men Evolution and Baby Bugs, Baby Daffy and Baby Tweety from Baby Looney Tunes. He is also known for voicing Krypto from Krypto the Superdog.

Samuel started voice-acting in 1990, which his first show was Hamtaro. By 1999, he started doing Ed, Edd 'n Eddy. In that cartoon, he plays Edd, a smart and responsible boy that lives in Peach Creek. He was also born in the same place Matt Hill was born.

TONY SAMPSON- Eddy

Tony Sampson is a Canadian voice actor working out of Ocean Group, based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is also the voice of Eddy in "Ed, Edd n Eddy" and Ray "Berzerker" Crisp in X-Men Evolution.

KATHLEEN BARR- Kevin/Marie

Kathleen Barr is a voice actress who is also known as Kathleen Baar.

TABITHA ST. GERMAIN- Nazz (Season 1)

Tabitha St. Germain is an award winning actress, who started on stage, and gradually over the years has traversed dimensions and become a cartoon. It was when she woke up one morning covered in fuzzy blue toilet paper seat cover fur that she realized the metamorphosis was complete. She has no personal life to speak of so don't even ask.

PETER KELAMIS- Rolf

Born in Sydney, he has performed many characters to draw on. He lived with his grandparents in Greece, then moved to Canada. He had the talent to impersonate any kind of people. When ran out, he streamed upon slapstick. He did stand-up starting in his 4th grade class.

During the middle of the 1980s, Peter enrolled in the University of British Columbia. A comedy act race was coming up, and he decided to participate. He then excelled in the Vancouver Theatresports Company. It led him to a first showup at the Punchlines Comedy Club. He eventually opened up for such other comedians like Howie Mandel and Dennis Miller. He experienced the starshine to date: An improvisation challenge against Robin Williams. After obtaining a new agent, he spanned his career into films and TV. He was top-numbered at the Montreal Comedy Festival and he also spanned a wild tour around Canada.

Some of his appearances on TV were in The Outer Limits, Sliders, The Sentinel, and 4 different episodes of The X-Files. Kelamis made a burning-hot hit on the television series Strange Luck, and the producer agreed on him. He currently voices Rolf on Ed, Edd n Eddy. He has also played Goku on the Ocean Group dubbed version of the second season of Dragon Ball Z and the first three DBZ movies.

Some film appearances were in Happy Gilmore, Fear of Flying, I'll Be Home for Christmas, Best in Show (film), and The Sport Pages: The Heidi Bowl. He had a recurring role in Beggars and Choosers.

JANYSE JAUD- Sarah/Lee

Janyse Jaud is a Canadian actress and singer/songwriter. In 2005, Janyse released her first Christmas CD Single featuring her original compositions "Santa Is Mine Ho Ho" and "Home Sweet Home" to great success. Janyse Jaud is also the voice of the Emmy Award Winning series "Adoption Stories", voices two lead characters in the Kid's Choice Awards Best Cartoon nominated "Ed, Edd n Eddy" and is the lead voice in the Sundance Film Festival award winner "Broken Saints".

ERIN FITZGERALD- Nazz (Seasons 2, 3, 4 & 5)/May

Erin Fitzgerald is currently living in Glendale California with her Husband Joe Pascual. When she's not working on Ed, Edd and Eddy, she works on video games and spends her time Scuba diving, hanging at the ECK center and playing with her friends.

KEENAN CHRISTENSON- Jimmy

BUCK- Jonny (Seasons 1, 2 & 3)

DAVID PAUL GROVE- Jonny (Seasons 4 & 5)