Sunday Pants, a new half-hour showcase of original and acquired animated shorts, will debut on Cartoon Network on Sunday, Oct. 2, at 9:30 p.m. (ET, PT). The series, which will air every Sunday evening, recalls the network’s 1995 original shorts show, World Premiere Toons, which ultimately launched such series as The Powerpuff Girls, Dexter’s Laboratory, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Johnny Bravo and Cow and Chicken.
Short toon pieces around the world will feature a variety of animation styles, from hand-drawn traditional to state-of-the-art CG. Each week’s lineup will reflect a common theme and will include musical interludes by the band The Slacks. The show’s theme song is performed by Joey Santiago, lead guitarist for the Pixies.
“We think that the most avid fans of animation will be thrilled with the different approach each creator takes to the weekly theme, and we’ll see some really experimental storytelling,” said Pola Changnon, VP of on-air promotion and exec producer of program production for Cartoon Network. “But this isn’t some sort of highbrow film festival. We’re putting forward the most entertaining cartoons we can find. Each episode will contain about a dozen shorts, so Sunday Pants will be a fast moving, hilarious half-hour.”
To provide content for Pants, Cartoon Network has enlisted veteran animators, up-and-coming talents and even a few in-house creators. Among the creators tapped are Lance Taylor of Facelift Enterprises Inc., Lincoln Pierce of Global Mechanic, Tim McKeon and Adam Pava from Cartoon Network Studios, Andy Fielding of Red Kite Animation and Andy Merrill, Craig “Sven” Gordon and Stuart Hill from Cartoon Network.
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