Tom Minton

Not to be confused with Thomas Minton.

Tom Minton is an American animator, producer, writer, and storyboard artist.[1] He created and wrote the "Toby Danger" episode of Freakazoid!,[2] wrote the lyrics to the song "Brainstem"[3] and served as the chief model for the Warner Bros. character the Brain in Pinky and the Brain.[4][5] He was story editor of Ralph Bakshi's Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures, a 1987 series art-directed by John Kricfalusi.[6]

He was the producer of Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring (2001) and Baby Looney Tunes' Eggs-Traordinary Adventure (2002). He was a writer/producer on Duck Dodgers (2003–2004), producer/story editor on Tom and Jerry Tales (2006) and a producer/story editor/writer of The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries (1995–1999). He was a co-producer and co-writer of Tweety's High-Flying Adventure (2000). He is a multiple Emmy Award nominee for Disney's Raw Toonage, Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs, The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries and Baby Looney Tunes.[7] He is a Peabody Award winner as a writer on Animaniacs.[8] He has written several episodes for the hit Disney Channel animated series Phineas and Ferb and The Hub's Littlest Pet Shop.

  1. ^ http://www.animationinsider.com/2011/09/tom-minton/ Mike Milo, Tom Minton "Tom Minton" Animation Insider September 9, 2011, Retrieved July 2, 2014
  2. ^ Tom Ruegger, John McCann, Paul Rugg (2008) "Freakazoid Season 1" Warner Home Video (DVD) Audio Commentary, Episode 2 "Candle Jack/Toby Danger in Doomsday Bet/The Lobe"
  3. ^ (2006) "Pinky and the Brain Season 1" Chapter 3 Tokyo Grows/That Smarts/Brainstem (Song) "Brainstem" Onscreen title card: Written by Tom Minton (DVD) Warner Home Video
  4. ^ Maurice La Marche, Tom Ruegger, et.al..(2006) "Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs: Volume 2" Special Features: The Writers Flipped, They Have No Script. (DVD) Warner Home Video.
  5. ^ http://www.retrojunk.com/article/show/456/the-silver-age Takinedo "The Silver Age An Essay About the Collective Animations of Steven Spielberg and Tom Ruegger" Retrieved July 2, 2014
  6. ^ Ralph Bakshi, Jim Reardon, Andrew Stanton, et.al..(2010) "Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures" Special Features: Breaking the Mold: The Re-making of Mighty Mouse. (DVD) CBS Home Video.
  7. ^ "ABC tops Emmy noms". variety.com. March 12, 1998. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
  8. ^ "Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs". www.peabodyawards.com. Retrieved July 2, 2014.