He pitched the series to Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon, but the latter would not give him creative control, leading to a deal being made with the former and the series premiering on January 4, 1999.
Īdult cartoonist Antonucci was dared to create a children's cartoon while designing a commercial, he conceived Ed, Edd n Eddy, designing it to resemble classic cartoons from the 1940s–1970s.
Their plans usually fail, leaving them in various, often humiliating, predicaments. Under the unofficial leadership of Eddy, the trio frequently invents schemes to make money from their peers to purchase their favourite confection, jawbreakers. They live in a suburban cul-de-sac in the fictional town of Peach Creek along with fellow neighborhood children Kevin, Nazz, Sarah, Jimmy, Rolf, Jonny, and the Eds' female adversaries, the Kanker Sisters, Lee, Marie, and May. The series revolves around three preteen boys named Ed, Edd (called 'Double D' to avoid confusion with Ed), and Eddy-collectively known as 'the Eds'-who respectively are voiced by Matt Hill, Samuel Vincent, and Tony Sampson. Ed, Edd n Eddy is an animated comedy television series created by Danny Antonucci for Cartoon Network and the sixth of the network's Cartoon Cartoons.
