Cartoon Pizza was the second production company of Jim Jinkins, formed in 2001 in partnership with David Campbell after Jinkins' former production company Jumbo Pictures (sold to Disney in 1996) was folded into Walt Disney Television Animation with the cancellation of the Playhouse Disney Originals cartoon show PB&J Otter the same year. In 2015, the company had been dissolved after 5 years of dormancy. The company also had two imaginary subsidiaries called Cartoon Cola and Cartoon Candy.
Visuals: On a space background, a yellow pizza is seen with a face sporting a dog's nose, brown crust, and a meek smile, which is displayed on
a rotating globe of the Earth. Below it is the text "Cartoon Pizza"; both words are stacked on top of each other. "Cartoon Cola, a Cartoon Pizza Company" and "Worldwide Delivery" (both in Stanton ICG) fade in above and below the logo. The pizza winks, wobbling slightly.
Trivia: As stated above, Cartoon Cola (and Cartoon Candy on Pinky Dinky Doo) is an imaginary company. It’s unknown why the byline is there.
Variants:
Technique: Flash animation.
Audio: A hip-hop breakbeat with beatboxing (performed by Fred Newman) and with a "ding" when the pizza winks. Composed by Ethan Sawyer.
Audio: The "ding" sound was also used as Estrela's signature work until mid-2001.
Audio Variants:
Availability: Seen on Stanley, JoJo's Circus, HoopDogz and Pinky Dinky Doo. The still version was seen on the company site's loading page.
Legacy: A nostalgic logo among those who grew up watching Playhouse Disney and Noggin.
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