- Tom Ruegger
Tom Ruegger (born April 4th, 1956, in Metuchen, New Jersey) is an American animation writer, producer, and director. He was once an executive producer/creative director for
Warner Brothers Animation . In the 1980s he worked forHanna-Barbera , writing and producing various shows--most notably "Yogi's Treasure Hunt ", "The Snorks " onNBC , the short lived "The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo" on ABC all in 1985, "Pound Puppies ", the whole "Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo " series and the runaway hit "A Pup Named Scooby-Doo ". But he is most famous as a producer, writer, show-runner and cartoon-creator forWarner Brothers Animation from 1989-2001, working alongsideJean MacCurdy andSteven Spielberg , where his creations included "Tiny Toon Adventures " (along withSherri Stoner andPaul Dini ), "Animaniacs ", "Pinky and the Brain ", "Histeria! ", "", "Freakazoid !" (for which he brought inPaul Rugg andJohn P. McCann as writers/producers), and "Road Rovers ".Ruegger has received fourteen
Emmy Awards for his work in animation.In 2004, Ruegger started Tom Ruegger Production, a full-service animation studio. In 2006, Ruegger began developing, story-editing and serving as Executive Producer on the 40-episode animated series "Animalia" (2007), based on the picture book by
Graeme Base . Along with Nicholas Hollander, he developed and story-edited another animated series entitled "Sushi Pack " (2007).Ruegger is married, and lives in the wilds near Los Angeles, California. His wife is a successful marathon runner, and he has three sons:
Nathan Ruegger (the voice of the baby version ofPlucky Duck on "Tiny Toon Adventures ",Skippy Squirrel on "Animaniacs " andFroggo on "Histeria! "), Luke Ruegger (the voice of the Flame on "Animaniacs " andBig Fat Baby on "Histeria! ") and Cody Ruegger (the voice of Little Blue Bird on "Animaniacs " andLoud Kiddington on "Histeria! ", the latter of whom he also served as the inspiration for). Collectively, the Ruegger boys also inspired the main characters of Animaniacs!—for the not-very species-specific Yakko, Wakko and Dot, who purportedly live in the water tower above the Warner Brothers main lot in Burbank, California. Ruegger himself also made occasional cameos on the shows in caricature form, most notably as the recurring character of director Cooper DaVille in "Tiny Toons".External links
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