Andy Merrill
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Andy Merrill | |
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Born | Andrew Merrill November 27, 1966 Newark, Ohio, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Writer, producer, voice actor |
Years active | 1990–present |
Spouse |
Stacy Isenhower (m. 1998) |
Children | 1 |
Andrew Merrill (born November 27, 1966)
Personal life
Merrill was born to James, a dentist and Dixie Merrill, a dental hygienist in Newark, Ohio.[2] He graduated from Newark High School in 1985.[3] He is a graduate of Asbury University, where he majored in media communications. He and his wife, Stacy Isenhower, who works for Cartoon Network, have one child.
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Merrill joined Cartoon Network within several months of its inception in 1992, coming over from sister company CNN. He started working in programming, and in 1993 he and then head of programming Mike Lazzo helped put together the first animated late-night talk show, Space Ghost Coast to Coast. He voiced Space Ghost in the first of two unaired pilots for the show.
In April 1994, Space Ghost Coast to Coast premiered on Cartoon Network. The concept was that 1960s
Merrill, along with Coast to Coast friend and co-star George Lowe, wrote on social media that their friend and co-star C. Martin Croker died on September 17, 2016. It was then revealed that Adult Swim would play the first produced episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast aired 12:30 eastern, 11:30 central that night in honor of Croker's contribution not only to Space Ghost, but many Adult Swim shows in both animation and voice overs. The three of them, along with Dave Willis, Dana Snyder, and Carey Means had been friends since their earliest Cartoon Network days.
Cartoon Planet
In 1995,
Originally, the skits and songs were filler for showing old cartoons owned by Turner Entertainment (Hanna-Barbera, Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies, Popeye the Sailor) until the skits and songs became more popular and Brak developed more of a personality and grew popular with fans. The show eventually became entirely skits and songs.
Brak spin-offs
In 2000, two
Merill reprised Brak on the episode "Space Con" of the Max series Jellystone! which is also based on Hanna-Barbera characters.
Boomerang
Merrill left Atlanta briefly, moving to New Jersey for a year and joining the programming department of Boomerang, an asset of the Turner Broadcasting System.
Acting
Year | Production | Role | Other notes |
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1993; 1994–2008 | Space Ghost Coast to Coast | Brak, Lokar, Live-Action Space Ghost |
Also writer and producer |
1995–1999; 2012–2014 | Cartoon Planet | Brak, Dancin' Space Ghost | |
2000 | Brak Presents the Brak Show Starring Brak | Brak | Special |
2000–2003; 2007 | The Brak Show | Brak, Clarence | Creator and actor |
2000–2015 | Aqua Teen Hunger Force | Oglethorpe, Merle | Actor, 21 episodes |
2005 | Sunday Pants | Dr. Lyle Pushkin | Actor |
2007 | Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters | Oglethorpe | Film |
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Zombie Ninja Pro-Am | Oglethorpe | Video game | |
2008 | Assy McGee | Yusuf | Season 2, Episode 9 |
2011 | Pound Dogs | Dog Pound Worker Guy | Short film |
Secret Mountain Fort Awesome | Additional voices | ||
2013-2017 | Adventure Time | James, Additional voices | 3 episodes |
TripTank | Various characters | 2 episodes | |
2015–2016 | Gravity Falls | 8-Ball, Teeth | 3 episodes |
2016 | Harvey Beaks | Bag | Season 2, Episode 6 |
2019 | Welcome to the Wayne | Muhlstrommer | Season 1, Episode 13 |
2022 | Aquadonk Side Pieces | Oglethorpe | 1 episode |
2024 | Kiff | Pat Chatterley | 1 episode |
Jellystone! | Brak | 1 episode |
References
- ^ "Andy Merrill". Discogs. Retrieved 2018-03-07.
- ^ https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/newarkadvocate/name/james-merrill-obituary?id=48404439
- ^ https://www.newspapers.com/image/289390724/?clipping_id=21419641&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjI4OTM5MDcyNCwiaWF0IjoxNzEzMzc1MjU4LCJleHAiOjE3MTM0NjE2NTh9.JXcO0-ClP0zBkXorqKnhEd9zaowVqfroLm1xgwQOcWc
External links
- Andy Merrill at IMDb