Mike Lazzo

Mike Lazzo
Born	Michael Harriet Lazzo December 11, 1958 (1958-12-11) (age 52) Atlanta, Georgia,  United States
Residence	Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Other names	Citizen Long Hair, Mickey LaLameman, Bwah-Wahhah!, Stinky
Occupation	Television producer, TV series Creator
Known for	Space Ghost Coast to Coast

Michael Lazzo, (born December 11, 1958^[1]), is a television producer and the senior executive vice president in charge of Adult Swim at Williams Street Studios.

After he dropped out of High School at age 16, Mike Lazzo was roommates with Barry Mills, the creator of TNT's The Rudy and Gogo World Famous Cartoon Show.^[2] Mike Lazzo began his career working in the mailroom of TBS. In 1994 he helped create the first animated late night talk show Space Ghost Coast to Coast for the Cartoon Network. Then in 1995, Lazzo's newly-named production company, Ghost Planet Industries, produced the first spin off from Space Ghost: Coast to Coast, Cartoon Planet which debuted on TBS, but later moved to Cartoon Network the following year.

In 1997, Lazzo and GPI began production on Toonami, an afternoon block of action cartoons on Cartoon Network. In 2004, he served as the producer for Miguzi, another afternoon block of action programming, this time aimed at a younger audience.

In 1999, Ghost Planet Industries changed its name to Williams Street and the following year the studio started developing more non-Space Ghost-related comedy cartoons aimed at adult audiences. The Brak Show, Sealab 2021, and Aqua Teen Hunger Force all premiered on Cartoon Network unannounced in the early mornings of December 2000, almost a year before [adult swim] officially premiered in September 2001. Keith Crofford has served as Lazzo's co-executive producer since 1994.

External links

• Michael Lazzo at the Internet Movie Database
• The edge of night: Adult Swim draws youth by breaking rules - YoungMoney article on The Boondocks (TV series) and Lazzo
• Swimming Against The Tide - FastCompany article about Lazzo
• An Interview with Mike Lazzo - IGN interview of Mike Lazzo
• Roadtrip Nation: Mike Lazzo - Roadtrip Nation interviews Mike Lazzo

References

1. ^ Robot Chicken Episode 320
2. ^ Space Ghost Coast to Coast Volume 2 "Sharrock" Episode Commentary

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Name	Lazzo, Mike
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Date of birth	December 11, 1958
Place of birth	Atlanta, Georgia,
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