Buddy Thunderstruck: A Great New Series For Families with Ryan Wiesbrock – EP 138

This week on the Dad Spotlight podcast we are bringing you Ryan Wiesbrock, series creator of the new Buddy Thunderstruck series on Netflix. Buddy Thunderstruck is a brand-new stop-motion animation (from the talented crew behind ‘Robot Chicken’) television kids’ series. The series follows the adventures of this special semi-truck racing dog and his albino ferret mechanic, Darnell. Buddy’s the brashest, fastest race-truck driver you’ll ever see! Geared for ages 6-11, the show has humor and timing that will appeal to parents and older audiences too!

Ryan Wiesbrock stated that he works for American Greetings entertainment and it is through this compant that he has been able to create great entertainment in the past for such series’ like Care Bears, Strawberry Shortcake and Holly Hobby to name a few. Whenever his company comes up with something new they want to make sure that they come up with something unique and innovative. When his son was about to be born he wanted to create a show that he could watch with his own child. So he thought back to his own experiences watching

It took about a year and a half to create season one of Buddy Thunderstruck. It took a lot of time to create the scripts, the puppets, and more. This is almost more like live action as you have to shoot all of the same scenes at the same time. There was about 19-20 scenes in the studio for one segment.
Their brand is global, but they decided to keep production in the United States. They were excited to be able to work with Stupid Buddy Studios in the US to be able to bring the material and the creative side all together.

When he was a kid, Ryan Wiesbrock would watch cartoons with his own father. For his father to watch it had to be funny and have action. They would watch Looney Tunes, The Three Stooges, and as he got older it was movies with action like Smokey in the Bandit and Blues Brothers.
Ryan Wiesbrock has been working in animation for 20+ years, and from his past experiences he wanted to bring in a bit more humor with more of a Cartoon Network vibe.

When the series gets picks up season two, Ryan Wiesbrock is excited to continue to push the gauntlet and continue providing the fun from Season one, but also take some new chances too. He has a ton of ideas for new stories to come.
 


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