![]() ![]() At the beginning of the show, when we were putting together animatics of the boards before we had any animation done, we would use songs that we liked – licensed songs – to put together the music montages to see how it would flow and play. Is music an important part of your creative process? You've included Mountain's " Mississippi Queen" and "You're the Best," which most people likely know simply as "that Karate Kid song," not to mention iconic tracks by Pat Benatar and Kenny Loggins. Wired: Now speaking of music, Regular Show does something that few other cartoons do in that you license real world music in several episodes. ![]() Quintel: Nice! Especially during the summertime. Wired: I'll not lie, I'll cop to singing "Oh Snap" every once in a while, but primarily it's "Summertime Loving." And that episode has two really catchy songs, where you're having, like, a battle of catchy songs in your brain. Wired: But that's how you know he did his job correctly, when everybody around the office is singing "Summertime Loving." And when Regular Show got green-lit and I was looking for board artists he was one of the first people I went to, and he wanted to do it. He was ahead of me, and then we worked together on Flapjack. Quintel: That is great! Actually that is one of our board artists, Sean Szeles, who I went to school with. When you called in that's the song that played. Wired: Oh, it's my ringtone! I'm not even lying. Quintel: Did it ever get stuck in your head? Who among you actually penned " Summertime Loving, Loving in the Summer (Time)," likely the best worst of all time? Wired: One of my favorite episodes is included in the Slack Pack DVD release: "This is My Jam" from season 2. He was that guy, and my regular voice felt like the right fit for that. That's that time when you're hanging out with your friends and getting into stupid situations, but you're also taking it seriously enough. I don't know, I took it seriously, but at the same time you, like, mess around and you're going to parties. Specifically when I was going to art school at Cal Arts. He really kind of embodies what I think I was like during college. Wired: Obviously you're the voice of Mordecai – and if I ever doubted that, I am totally convinced now – but is that the character you most identify with? He comes in and… When he comes in he sounds like Luke Skywalker to us, but then he turns on the Skips voice and it's like "Wow, that's crazy!" So it's really neat to have him around and we're really glad that he wanted to do it. ![]() Quintel: You know it is because the voice – I mean when you watch the show it's so distinctive and so… gritty that you couldn't imagine that it comes out of him! But Mark is like such a pro. Is it weird to have Luke Skywalker as the voice of your cartoon yeti? Wired: Regular Show boasts a pretty unique collection of voice actors: you and Sam Marin voice a lot of the characters, but Skips is actually done by Mark Hamill. Wired: Which is an important role in and of itself. ![]() He doesn't say a whole lot, but he laughs and is always around for the supportive high five. Making jokes – cracking jokes at everybody's expense – and thinking he's funny, but everybody else just looks at him like, "Huh, what did he just say?" And High Five Ghost is kind of his sidekick. But Muscle Man's just like the guy that does his work, but at the same time is always calling out inappropriate stuff. I think they have a little bit more experience than them – they've been there longer at the park – but they're about equals as far as how they're employed at the park. Quintel: Well, Muscle Man and High Five Ghost, they're kind of like the equivalent of Mordecai and Rigby. Wired: What about Muscle Man and fan-favorite High Five Ghost? This DVD collection does a fine job of highlighting all that's great about this wholly surreal property, but sadly – like the recent Adventure Time release – it's light on the bonus features. Obviously music plays a big part in the show's unique charm, as does an eclectic cast of characters ranging from the principal players Mordecai and Rigby, a sarcastic blue jay and mischievous raccoon, to an unflappable yeti and an angry anthropomorphic gumball machine. Stand-outs include the mystical musical debut "The Power," rock 'n' roll fantasy "Mordecai and the Rigbys," time-traveling radio freak-out "The Night Owl" and the positively infectious "This Is My Jam." It's a collection of a dozen episodes, six from each of the first two seasons. Tuesday marks the release of Regular Show: Slack Pack, the series' DVD debut. Quintel, who also serves as part of the principal voice cast. It is, more to the point, the brainchild of writer-animator J.G. It's part classic animated slapstick, part new-school ensemble sitcom, and all weird. Trying to describe Cartoon Network's Regular Show is a bit of a task. ![]()
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