Barry Mills (producer)
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Barry Mills is an American film producer, director, and writer.
He started his career by writing and producing promos and bumpers for TBS and TNT
in the early 1990s. In 1995 Barry and his friend, author Jack Pendarvis, created the TV show The Rudy and Gogo World Famous Cartoon Show
for TBS, but ended up getting picked up by TNT and premiered in June of '95. The Rudy and Gogo World Famous Cartoon Show was an afternoon block of classic cartoon shorts hosted by marionettes ("Rowdy" Rudy was voiced by Mills) and a mostly silent nanny goat named Gogo, taking place in front of an ever changing green screen. TNT would use the Rudy and Gogo concept for various cartoon and cult classic movie marathons as well, until the show got cancelled in 1997.
In 1998 Mills started working for Cartoon Network
and was a producer for the 1998 season of Space Ghost Coast to Coast
. Later he created and produced the cartoon anthology shows The Bob Clampett Show
and The Popeye Show
, which he restored most of the old black-and-white shorts to their original, unedited forms. In the early 2000s he wrote and produced some Adult Swim
promos and was the voice of Hustlin' Tom Turk in "The Dressing" episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force
In 2004 he started up Sheila Green Productions, which produces miscellaneous promos, music videos, TV spots, etc.
He started his career by writing and producing promos and bumpers for TBS and TNT
Turner Network Television
Turner Network Television is an American cable television channel created by media mogul Ted Turner and currently owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner...
in the early 1990s. In 1995 Barry and his friend, author Jack Pendarvis, created the TV show The Rudy and Gogo World Famous Cartoon Show
The Rudy and Gogo World Famous Cartoon Show
The Rudy and GoGo World Famous Cartoon Show was a programming block of cartoons for TNT during the mid 1990s. Hosted by "Rowdy" Rudy R. Moore , and his pet goat Gogo , the show featured a variety of cartoon short subjects from Turner Entertainment's library, including pre-July 1948...
for TBS, but ended up getting picked up by TNT and premiered in June of '95. The Rudy and Gogo World Famous Cartoon Show was an afternoon block of classic cartoon shorts hosted by marionettes ("Rowdy" Rudy was voiced by Mills) and a mostly silent nanny goat named Gogo, taking place in front of an ever changing green screen. TNT would use the Rudy and Gogo concept for various cartoon and cult classic movie marathons as well, until the show got cancelled in 1997.
In 1998 Mills started working for Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network is a name of television channels worldwide created by Turner Broadcasting which used to primarily show animated programming. The channel began broadcasting on October 1, 1992 in the United States....
and was a producer for the 1998 season of Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Space Ghost Coast to Coast is an American animated parody talk show hosted by the 60s Hanna-Barbera cartoon character Space Ghost. The show premiered on April 15, 1994 on Cartoon Network...
. Later he created and produced the cartoon anthology shows The Bob Clampett Show
The Bob Clampett Show
The Bob Clampett Show was an animation anthology television program which ran from 2000 to 2001. Produced by the Cartoon Network, it featured animated theatrical shorts from the Warner Bros. library that were animated or directed by Bob Clampett, as well as a selection of shorts from the Beany and...
and The Popeye Show
The Popeye Show
The Popeye Show is a Cartoon Network TV show that premiered on November 11, 2001. Each episode would include three unedited Popeye theatrical shorts from Fleischer Studios and/or Famous Studios. The show was narrated by Bill Murray , would give the audience short facts about the history of the...
, which he restored most of the old black-and-white shorts to their original, unedited forms. In the early 2000s he wrote and produced some Adult Swim
Adult Swim
Adult Swim is an adult-oriented Cable network that shares channel space with Cartoon Network from 9:00 pm until 6:00 am ET/PT in the United States, and broadcasts in countries such as Australia and New Zealand...
promos and was the voice of Hustlin' Tom Turk in "The Dressing" episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Aqua Teen Hunger Force , retitled Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1 in 2011, is an American animated television series on Cartoon Network late night programing block, Adult Swim, as well as Teletoon's Teletoon at Night block and later G4 Canada's ADd block in Canada...
In 2004 he started up Sheila Green Productions, which produces miscellaneous promos, music videos, TV spots, etc.