What’s Inside 200
Legendary producer and writer Alan Burnett (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0122334/) talks about his career creating some of the most beloved animated shows of all time including “Batman: The Animated Series”,” Superman: the Animated Series”, “Batman Beyond”, “Static Shock”, and more!
0:00 SEGMENT 1: Alan Burnett on starting out as an NBC page, working on 1978’s “The New Fantastic Four” animated series, reading comics as a kid, being able to read through the Batman comic archives after being hired at “Batman: TAS”, and his role as a producer and writer on “Batman: TAS”.
12:24 SEGMENT 2: Alan Burnett on working with Dwayne McDuffie on “Static Shock”, how the “Heart of Ice” episode of “Batman: The Animated Series” became so iconic, humanizing villains, and creating new comics with Paul Dini on “Batman: The Adventures Continue”
21:43 SEGMENT 3: Alan Burnett on his favorite villain he’s ever worked on, creating “Batman Beyond”, “The Call” and “Egg Baby” episodes of “Batman Beyond”, and changing up the animation for “Justice League”.
34:10 SEGMENT 4: Alan Burnet on killing Superman before it was cool on “Challenge of the Superfriends” and his favorite non-DC shows like “Ducktales”, “Smurfs”, and “Freakazoid”,
43:06 SEGMENT 5: Alan Burnett on what shows he feels don’t get enough attention, winning 4 Emmys, being semi-retired, his thoughts on a #JLReunion, and his favorite DC animated movie.
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