Line #24 Creator/JimJinkins


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2	Born and raised in Richmond, Virginia, James Peter "Jim" Jinkins (born August 8, 1953) worked on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} in its infancy, where he acted in ''Series/{{Pinwheel}}'' and served as a graphic designer on several other shows. He then moved on to the Children's Television Workshop (now Creator/SesameWorkshop), where he created short cartoons for ''Series/SesameStreet'' and ''Series/SquareOneTV'', and served as graphics director for the latter. Jinkins also worked in advertising during this period. In 1989, he produced a series of grapefruit juice commercials that featured an "everyman" character who would later be known as Doug Funnie.
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4	In 1990, Jinkins started Jumbo Pictures with his business partner, David Campbell. The studio's first project was ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'', which premiered in 1991 as one of Nickelodeon's first Franchise/{{Nicktoons}}. After Jinkins sold his company to Creator/{{Disney}} in 1996, ''Doug'' [[ChannelHop hopped]] to Creator/{{ABC}}'s Creator/OneSaturdayMorning and was {{retool}}ed as ''Brand Spanking New Doug''. The show ran until 1999 and spawned a theatrical film titled ''WesternAnimation/Dougs1stMovie''. Jinkins also created ''Series/AllegrasWindow'' for Creator/NickJr, ''Hoyt'n Andy's Sportsbender'' for Creator/{{ESPN}}[[note]]Disney's discovery of Jinkins working on this series during its acquisition of ABC and ESPN was one of the catalysts in Jumbo's sale to Disney[[/note]], ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatiansTheSeries'' for One Saturday Morning, and ''WesternAnimation/PbAndJOtter'' for [[Creator/DisneyChannel Playhouse Disney]], as well as the DirectToVideo series ''The Beginners' Bible''.
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6	In 2000, Jinkins created a new production company called Cartoon Pizza. The new company mostly specialized in {{preschool show}}s, including ''WesternAnimation/{{Stanley}}'', ''WesternAnimation/JoJosCircus'' (both for Playhouse Disney), and ''WesternAnimation/PinkyDinkyDoo'' (an InternationalCoproduction for Creator/{{Noggin}}, [[Creator/{{CBC}} Kids' CBC]], Creator/{{CBeebies}}, and Discovery Kids Latin America). The studio animated the "Global Thingy" cartoons for ''Sesame Street''. Jinkins also co-created a DirectToVideo [[ReligiousEdutainment religious cartoon]] series called ''Hoop Dogz''. Cartoon Pizza's final project was ''Musical Mornings with Coo'', a programming block on [[Creator/{{Sprout}} PBS Kids Sprout]].
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8	Jim Jinkins's cartoons had a distinctive style. Most characters were depicted with BlackBeadEyes. Music was provided by Fred Newman, who also performed the voice of at least one character.
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10	!!Shows and segments produced by Jumbo Pictures (including those that predated the company):
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12	* ''Series/SquareOneTV'' (animated segments)
13	* ''Series/SesameStreet'' (animated segments)
14	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}''
15	** ''WesternAnimation/Dougs1stMovie''
16	* ''Creator/RichardScarry Presents The Best Series Ever!'' (beginning with ''Richard Scarry's Best Busy People Video Ever!'' in 1993, taking over from Jerry Leiberman Productions)
17	* ''Series/AllegrasWindow''
18	* ''The Beginners' Bible''
19	* ''Hoyt'n Andy's Sportsbender''
20	* ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatiansTheSeries''
21	* ''WesternAnimation/PBAndJOtter''
22	* ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries'' (Pre-production services only)
23	[[/index]]
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26	!!Shows and segments produced by Cartoon Pizza:
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28	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Stanley}}''
29	* ''Sesame Street'' ("Global Thingy" segments)
30	* ''WesternAnimation/JoJosCircus''
31	* ''WesternAnimation/HoopDogz''
32	* ''WesternAnimation/PinkyDinkyDoo''
33	* ''Monster Monster Trucks''
34	* ''Musical Mornings with Coo''
35	[[/index]]
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38	!!His work provides examples of:
39	* AuthorAvatar: Pinky's father in ''Pinky Dinky Doo'' is [[CreatorCameo voiced by Jinkins]], and he works as a cartoonist.
40	* AuthorCatchphrase: A number of characters in his works are named "Dink"[[note]]an [[FunWithAcronyms acronym]] of "double income, no kids"[[/note]] or "Dinky", such as the Dinks from ''Doug'', Dinky Pachyderm from ''[=JoJo=]'s Circus'', and the title character of ''Pinky Dinky Doo''.
41	* BlackBeadEyes: Almost all of his characters have black dots for eyes. ''101 Dalmatians: The Series'' is an exception.
42	* CreatorCameo: He appeared in the ''101 Dalmatians: The Series'' episode "Dalmatian Vacation" as the leader of a Heaven's Gate-esque cult. The character's appearance was a caricature of Jinkins dressed as Doug Funnie.
43	* CreatorsOddball: ''Allegra's Window'' used puppetry, and ''[=JoJo=]'s Circus'' used stop-motion animation. ''Hoyt'n Andy's Sportsbender'' and ''101 Dalmatians: The Series'' didn't use Jinkins's art style. ''Hoyt'n Andy's Sportsbender'' is also the only adult work Jinkins has done.
44	* CreatorProvincialism: Jinkins grew up in Richmond, Virginia; ''Doug'' and ''PB&J Otter'' were both set in the South.
45	* EdutainmentShow: Most of his output is aimed at the preschool crowd, with some curriculum attached. ''Allegra's Window'' and ''PB&J Otter'' have life lessons, while ''Stanley'' teaches about animals, ''[=JoJo=]'s Circus'' teaches exercise, and ''Pinky Dinky Doo'' teaches vocabulary. ''Doug'' isn't aimed at preschoolers and doesn't really teach anything, but it did air on Creator/{{Noggin}} [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8Zuan8OlMs once]] for some reason.
46	* GoodParents: All of his shows have loving parents to guide their child protagonists.
47	* RealMenLoveJesus: Jinkins is a devout Christian. In ''Doug'', the Funnies are seen in their Sunday best in episodes that take place on Sunday; the show otherwise did not have explicit religious themes. Jinkins's faith led him to work on the AnimatedAdaptation of ''The Beginners' Bible'' and create ''Hoop Dogz''.
48	* {{Tuckerization}}: In ''Pinky Dinky Doo'', Daffinee's butler is named Jinkins.

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