Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling

Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling
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Based onRocko's Modern Life
by Joe Murray
Written by
Directed byJoe Murray
Cosmo Segurson
Starring
ComposerPat Irwin
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerJoe Murray[1]
ProducerLizbeth Velasco
EditorKevin Sukho Lee
Running time46 minutes
Production companyNickelodeon Animation Studio
Original release
NetworkNetflix
ReleaseAugust 9, 2019 (2019-08-09)
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Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling (titled onscreen as Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling: The Rocko Special) is a 2019 American animated comedy streaming television special based on, as well as a continuation of Joe Murray's Nickelodeon series Rocko's Modern Life. It was originally slated to premiere on Nickelodeon in 2018 as a television special, but went unaired; in May 2019, Nickelodeon sold the distribution rights of the special to Netflix, which released the film on August 9, 2019, airing 23 years after the original series finale.

After being stuck in space for 20 years, Rocko and his friends return to a late-2010s era O-Town with modern amenities such as constantly updating touchscreen phones, radioactive energy drinks, food trucks and coffee shops on every corner. Rocko, who does not share Heffer and Filburt's enthusiasm for the 21st century, attempts to get his favorite television show The Fatheads back on the air, since it is the last remnant of his past; to do so, he goes on a quest to find the show's creator. The film is dedicated to the show's previous creative director Stephen Hillenburg, who died in 2018.

  1. ^ Balach, Katelyn; Robertson, Sydney (June 22, 2017). "NICKELODEON'S BRAND-NEW TV SPECIAL ROCKO'S MODERN LIFE: STATIC CLING REUNITES ORIGINAL VOICE CAST TO REPRISE ROLES". Nickelodeon Press. Viacom International, Inc. Archived from the original on May 12, 2018. Retrieved May 21, 2018.