In the early days of the internet Howard Gordon (creator of \u201cHomeland\u201d and \u201c24\u201d), Rob Lazebnik (executive producer, \u201cThe Simpsons\u201d) and Jonathan Collier (writer and producer, \u201cKing of the Hill\u201d and \u201cBones\u201d) were among the first to see the potential of web animation as a way to bring ideas too unconventional for television to a brand new audience.<\/p>\n
Bringing together more than a hundred top writers, animators and actors from \u201cThe Simpsons\u201d, \u201cSouth Park\u201d, \u201cSeinfeld\u201d, \u201cNewsradio\u201d, \u201cMr. Show\u201d, \u201cLarry Sanders\u201d and more to create original, unrestricted comedy series, the original Icebox.com was a tremendous success. Larry David, Al Jean, Mike Reiss, Eric Kaplan, Dave Foley, Brian Posehn, Pam Brady, Billy West, Tess McNeil, Peter Bagge, Dana Gould, Jeff Martin, Kevin Curran and many, many more top names in television comedy had a hand in creating critically acclaimed Icebox series like \u201cZombie College\u201d, \u201cStarship Regulars\u201d, \u201cSuperhero Roommate\u201d, and \u201cRock N\u2019 Roll Dad\u201d.<\/p>\n
The game-changing developments of recent years have made it possible to reach an audience through streaming video like never before and we believe it\u2019s the perfect time to bring Icebox back. Between our extensive writer relationships, both established & emerging along with expertise in low-cost, high-quality Flash animation and video production and international experience with multiple media platforms including movies, television and webseries we are in a uniquely advantageous position no other company can match. We are the owner of a large library of classic content for our cult fanbase as well as brand new creations from our partners and the next generation of rising talent.<\/p>\n
Our mission statement is simple: We believe that if you give brilliant writers the tools to produce they way they want without interference the chances of success increase exponentially. Mike Reiss, “Simpsons” writer and creator of Icebox’s \u201cHard Drinkin\u2019 Lincoln\u201d and \u201cQueer Duck\u201d explains it best on in an interview on the new Icebox Youtube channel:<\/p>\n