The interview may be better than the crossover
Way back last March, I told you about the first Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy movie, and also mentioned the upcoming crossover event, The Grim Adventures of the Kids Next Door. Back then, the news was that the crossover would be happening this summer, but as these things sometimes go, the current air date is now November 11th for the event.
In preparation, Newsarama’s Steve Fritz is back, with both a teaser summary of the Kids Next Door’s visit to Endsville and an interview with KND creator “Mis-Tah” Tom Warburton.
First you can read all about the episode:
[Billy is] panicked, and wrecking just about anything that is within a radius of six feet from him.
So Billy calls for help. Ed, Edd and Eddy refuse his pleas when they realize Billy doesn’t have a quarter. They tell him to call some other kids who will work for nothing.
Shortly thereafter, the Kids Next Door appear. When Billy says he asked for the PowerPuff Girls, Nigel Uno states that the Girls won’t come to Endsville. Too many weird things happen here.
A more prophetic thing couldn’t have been said. Before this 30 minute special is over, Mandy will be in charge of the KND, a monster called The Delightful Reaper Down The Lane will be terrorizing the world and Uno will be tortured by no less than Fred Fredburger. Yes, it’s the end of the world as we know it and you WILL feel fine. If not, you’ll have to contend with Mandy.
Now, had you asked me before I read that if I was interested in watching the crossover, I would’ve been non-committal. But I’ll admit that this write-up has already piqued my interest. As I moved on to the interview, however, I fell hook, line and sinker for Warburton. Just a sample:
NRAMA: Who wore the pants in this team up?
TB: Pants? We were supposed to be wearing PANTS?
NRAMA: Er, yeah. How did you come up with the basic story line?
TB: We had stufisticated computers do that for us while we were hitting each other with rubber chickens. Every once and while we’d stop and add in a joke or two when we were tired.
Catch The Grim Adventures of The Kids Next Door on Cartoon Network on November 11th, and enjoy the ready makings of a fan-crush on Tom Warburton by checking out the whole interview.