on our last rise and fall video we went over some ducks that a lot of you thought were frogs for the
show breadwinners today we are taking a look at another nickelodeon show that features animals as
main characters this time birds and whatever these two are i think they're imps that's right
we're gonna go over harvey beaks a show that you can classify as a chill hangout show first
with anything like action or over-the-top comedy second as i've stated plenty of times before
i love vibes like this it's a major reason why i enjoy craig of the creek
and while that show clearly has a little bit more action in comparison
it still brings out these exact feelings what's interesting with harvey beaks though is that while
i have heard people mention the show here and there i overall didn't hear much about it aside
from people saying that in fact they did watch it wow that's so helpful i wanted to on my own
take a look at why the show feels so disconnected from the cartoon conversation and look at how
the show came to be and what reasons there are for its eventual disappearance it looks like a
fun cute little show and just like my channel i make fun little cute content or we can all pretend
i didn't say that and move on with the rest of the video okay thanks just remember to have fun
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this one is my favorite harvey beaks follows the day-to-day life of harvey a kind young
bird who struggles with his ocd and doing anything outside of his comfort along with his best friends
fee and foo they all go on various adventures in little bark grove and usually find themselves in
some sort of shenanigans that can all be chalked up to harmless fun fee and foo are twin siblings
who are shown to have no home in the woods as they sleep in the trees at night and don't have their
parents around causing them to find family in harvey and his family life at home with harvey's
mom and dad and this egg that's just an egg until later on in season one where the egg hatches and
harvey has a new little sister michelle the series was created by ch greenblatt a veteran in the
animation space who has had his hand dipped into the ink of a bunch of classic shows and part of
the excitement for the show came from the fact of this being greenblatt's creation but with
harvey beaks it unfortunately has one of the more sadder stories of everything aligning properly
especially for what the audience was seeing but behind the scenes things began to get messy
especially as they started to pop up in the public eye ultimately leading to the end of the show
ch greenblatt works in a very unique way for this series being the follow-up for cartoon network's
chowder for him he went a route that would create something completely different in tone
one based more on charm and morale storytelling over anything first and foremost one of the most
commendable things he would do and something i personally think is really cool is how he would
bring artists and team members onto the production just from keeping a list of names of those
he found on tumblr and was blown away by tumblr oddly enough will play a larger role in this show
later on as well the original concept for harvey beak started back in 2009 and 2010 at first being
titled the terrible three and later becoming bad seeds in which would be the full pitched idea to
nickelodeon as an 11 minute segment out of the three main characters the idea was originally
to have foo be the central character causing the story and plot points to be more chaotic or
chowder-esque in some ways but after coming up with a side character that greenblatt himself
related more to that would be an opposite balance for foo the character of harvey was
fully realized and became the central character of the story as far as watching the pilot it was
released online but for some reason has become more scarce to this day it's always cool to
see where a concept forms from to what it fully becomes afterwards funny enough the show would
probably still be called bad seeds if it weren't for a trademark issue and before the show would
premiere in 2015 greenblatt announced the new title as harvey beaks once the show did premiere
it was the clear outlier within the other shows on the network it wasn't focused on slapstick
or gross out humor in any way it instead hit the viewer with a lot of heart some well told morals
and an easy jump in point for any new viewer since fighting for broadcast time was next to impossible
most times if you weren't there for the premiere of a new episode you most likely would just
full-on miss it as reruns in general were near to non-existent the show dealt with a lot of themes
that can effectively hit harder more than most for example how the show deals with the death of
a character and how this death affects certain other characters even in the end the finale is
a full 22-minute segment titled the end and the beginning regarding fee and foo's parents
life changes and dealing with saying goodbye but goodbye not meaning forever it ends as
strong as the vast majority of the show was it wore its heart and emotions on its sleeve
it also had this random chowder cameo but overall the show was great at storytelling
through relatable simplicity unfortunately a good well-written and well-received show
can't save your time on the air i gotta go think about this harvey beaks is up next
november 6th 2016. the sad part is we all felt like the show could have done well
if it had been given a chance but here's the thing nick will have aired harvey beak barely over 15
hours total for all of 2016. they run a lot more than 15 hours of spongebob a week and expect
us to compete with a global phenomenon show 18 years old honestly if i ran a network that way
i would be ashamed and disgusted with myself that was the response given from greenblatt to a fan on
his tumblr sharing their sadness in the way harvey beaks was being treated by the network it's not
often a look in between the cracks of the business side are poured out so this felt more personal in
an emotional response sense than anything in a malicious sense this was but one initial
response of many from greenblatt that has since been deleted before any of these responses to
fans in 2016 that told a more sad tale we need to see what directly triggered this peak into madness
in 2015 the show's first year on the air suddenly was taken off schedule confusing fans leading to
speculations of it being due to the show's ratings which for this early on in a show's life were
fairly decent in comparison of other shows on the network shane houghton wrote on his tumblr
sorry the channel has been moving stuff around so much continuing on to say we on the crew are
just as frustrated as you guys greenblatt jumped in as well stating everyone remain
calm we're not off the air and it's not just us getting this treatment they stopped all premieres
animation and live action except pig goat banana cricket for the summer hopefully they'll re-run
the show so folks can become more aware of it in the meantime we should be back with a big
push come late summer early fall we're not thrilled about this but we're still making
episodes full steam ahead and i promise they will get out there eventually nickelodeon aside from
any contractual related reasons wouldn't be happy with one of their show's creators for the network
publicly bad-mouthing the way in which the company is run but the thing was this was all pretty mild
especially in comparison of what would come later his comments here were more of concern for the
fans rather than an attack on the network but that didn't stop the animation space in general
taking this story and every other story in and claiming nick is not a place to take your ideas
to they are not creator friendly nor do they respect them somehow this would all land on
greenblatt's shoulders as an easy scapegoat and a response from him was released on the surface
an apology from greenblatt was issued in the comments on the article that cartoon brew had
written that was criticizing nickelodeon hey guys this is carl i think we need to set a few
things straight to say nickelodeon doesn't respect their creators is a big disservice to the truth
my disappointment and confusion with when and where the show airs is not a knock on the network
in general i've made posts stating how nick has been extremely creator friendly to me they never
once told me i couldn't do exactly what i wanted with this show or failed to provide me with the
resources to make it happen i brought harvey beaks to nick because i feel it's the right fit for both
them and me there are lots of very creator-driven shows in the pipeline here and they also have just
as much freedom to make exactly the shows they want is nick trying to figure out the best way to
get those shows out there and make them successful yes do they have that process perfected no
i think what we're seeing is growing pains as the network transitions into the digital age trust me
it can be hard as a creator when tv audiences are shrinking we can all armchair quarterback what we
think should be happening at these networks but the reality is a network has a ton of moving
parts that we aren't all privy to and making changes at a giant corporation isn't easy or fast
but things are happening that will be good i really believe that or else i wouldn't be here
so a little bit of venting isn't a sign of the apocalypse it's us being passionate about our
work and wanting as many people to see it as possible a well-worded and thoroughly written
response from greenblatt one that does hold true to a lot from their personal point of view as well
as how the network itself operates the only problem with that though is that this was all
forced from nickelodeon regardless of what was sincerely meant within the response
nickelodeon ultimately made greenblatt publicly respond with this to push out some good pr and to
simmer down those who are upset with the network and their decisions greenblatt in response to more
fans on his tumblr went into the story behind the apology that defense was forced i was taken into
an office given a stern lecture and told i had to go on cartoon brew and write a reply and yeah
it's funny how the network easily forgets it took a couple of seasons for spongebob to catch on now
they're too big to fail and they need that instant hit they're a junkie and they're stuck on the
needle of spongebob but like all junkies they'll wither and die if they don't clean up that is a
very different response both in emotion and tone in comparison to the forced nickelodeon apology
there was no sugar coating it anymore what better person to know that even spongebob had its initial
struggles during what most consider the golden years of spongebob than a person who legit worked
on the show and saw it all first hand things only get messier from here but how i don't know
they did cancel the show a while back but that means we won't make any more past season two
not that they won't show them that's 52 half hours which is a lot and they will
all air we're still finishing up season 2 so there are plenty more for you to see
ending isn't the sad part a little i'm sad they make it so hard for anyone to see the show now we
are back to november 6th 2016. after about halfway through season 2 premiering on nickelodeon it was
fully confirmed that harvey beaks was cancelled by the network the remaining episodes of the show
the back half of season 2 wouldn't be shown on the main nickelodeon channel but rather the nicktoons
channel well known as the graveyard for shows that couldn't be a spongebob on the main channel a lot
and i mean a lot of shows have found their fate sealed because of being dropped off on nicktoons
we've covered plenty of them here on the channel sadly this makes another but what's even a little
bit sadder is that everyone working on harvey beaks didn't find out about the nicktoons move
until a tweet popped up on twitter and with the whole cancellation on its own
being sad it came with a weird punishment the network hit the show with like yeah
cancelling something is already the end-all be-all in the public's eye at least but after the initial
deleted rants from greenblatt the network in a snap made things seem to disappear the rest of
season 2 was originally going to premiere on the 20th of november in 2016 but now post announcement
of nicktoons and post rants from greenblatt these episodes just never started airing now in february
of 2017 even greenblatt himself stated i literally have no idea when or where if the episodes will
air maybe it was because of those comments or just happenstance but in march of 2017 the show
premiered the final 15 episodes up until december of that same year a lot of the tumblr responses
from greenblatt however give us an even deeper look into how everything really was behind the
scenes i'm terribly disappointed in the network i'm disappointed that i put my faith in them i'm
disappointed that i spent seven years of my life making something special for them just to throw
it away i'm disappointed in so many things about them that i can't even say it all it's hard going
into work every day feeling sad angry and let down i'll do my best to make sure the show stays great
though going on regarding pitches to nick for shows and ideas they have a terrible record be
ready for them to bite your neck and cause massive blood loss greenblatt is certainly passionate
about his work but also about the animation space in general he would fight and stick up for the
newcomers on the block giving people their first big job opportunities and deal head-on with the
transparency about the ethics of the business even at his own dismay when the network comes back at
him nickelodeon can be split in two different ways there is nickelodeon the animation studio and then
there's nickelodeon the network they both function in different ways and are not one in the same
despite the name my time at nick has been excellent as a studio they've been creatively
supportive i've worked with amazing people they let me make the show i wanted with little
compromise i couldn't have had a better experience a completely different tone in the sentiment
expressed here from greenblatt but this was toward the animation studio of nickelodeon not the
network side while the show would still go on with its remaining episodes post everything said and
expressed harvey beaks would quietly come to an end on december 29th 2017 on the nicktoons network
since the end of harvey beak ch greenblatt went on to work on big city greens jelly stone and has
more in the pipeline beyond that his legacy holds strong in the animation space for his body of
work and what he has been a part of chowder was a big moment on cartoon network right before the cn
real era came into play and then after that the new animation renaissance but that same new era
wasn't as big and opportunity driven when it came to nickelodeon while harvey beaks did get a chance
to spread its wings it unfortunately was forced to fly below the treetops it may have only lasted
a little longer than two and a half years but it was able to branch out a bit with some comic books
volume 1 inside joke by stefan petruccia volume 2 it's crazy time by kevin kramer and volume 3
more than meets the eye by shane houghton even jeff tremell created a comic for harvey beaks he
actually wrote for an episode of the show beforehand and has since went on to write
for a handful of other popular shows with his eventual main gig becoming craig of the creek
and now is currently working as a head writer on the upcoming spider-man freshman year show coming
in 2024. harvey beaks also had and was in several nickelodeon flash games with the main one being
pichu where you launch up into the air and collect as many bugs on your way back down
while avoiding tree branches and bees the show was also nominated for a few awards like two
annie awards a young artist award and a daytime emmy but it didn't win any of those categories it
was nominated for after finally seeing what this show was and being myself a fan of the laid-back
style of storytelling with likable characters and beautiful animation it's sad to see this
show not fully given the chance to last even a little bit longer and find a larger audience the
fans of the show it did garner are for the most part pretty heavily opinionated in the favor of
the show and i can easily see why it has a great and real sense of childlike optimism and wonder
greenblatt wasn't out to create chowder 2 or be like any other show out at the time with the h in
ch greenblatt actually standing for harvey you can tell there was something a little extra special
thrown in the mix there there's a reason why he saw himself in that character and maybe why he
was very extra passionate about this show it was something unique and will remain a positive look
back for me when discussing the show further on but of course what about you what did you think
about harvey beaks let me know all your thoughts in the comments thanks so much for watching make
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