A FINAL HI HO TO THE 7D

It was only a matter of time.

It happens to every show.

That inevitable day 

when you put the 

last

big

red

check

on the

last card.

And after two seasons of

THE 7D,

it was time to say goodbye to

Happy

Sleepy

Sneezy

Grumpy

Bashful

Dopey

and 

Doc.

It's been a long ride

filled with 

wild stories,

crazy characters,

madcap inventions

and

kooky villains.

The show was 

kind of like that, too!

(HAW!)

But now it's on to new adventures!

MASSIVE

thanks to the folks at 

Disney Junior

and

Disney TVA

for giving me the opportunity to

Co-Executive Produce

on the show!

And sooper big 

huge thanks to

Mr. Tom Ruegger

and the entire

7D Crew 

for 

rockin' out with me.

It's always sad when a show 

finishes up.

But I'm 

CRAZY

excited for what's

happening next for me at 

Disney!

I'd

love

love

LOVE

to tell you it's

Galactic: Kids Kext Door!

But it's not.

(sorry)

But it

IS

really

really

REALLY

FUN!

Can't wait to tell you about it!

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THE 7D PANEL AT COMIC-CON 2016

You're going to Comic-Con this year, right?

I know...

silly question.

You

ABSOTIVELY

POSOLUTELY

wouldn't miss it,

would you.

Well, while you're there

you gotta stop by

Disney TV Animation's

PENN ZERO AND THE 7D 

panel!

I'll be up there on stage with

executive producer

Tom Ruegger

(Animaniacs, Tiny Toons, Pinky and the Brain, etc etc etc)

along with 

Sam Levine

and his 

Penn Zero: Part Time Hero

cronies.

If you get there early enough,

you can even grab a set of these

killer 7D buttons:

Here are the official stats:

Friday, July 22nd

2:30pm
Disney XD’s Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero and The 7D
Join the creators of Disney XD’s animated series 

Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero and The 7D. 

Panelists include show creators Sam Levine (Penn) and friends, 

Tom Warburton and Tom Ruegger (The 7D). 

See exclusive clips from the shows. 

The panel will also feature sneak peeks of 

brand new animated shows coming soon.
Friday July 22, 2016 2:30pm – 3:30pm
Room 5AB

And we'll all be doing an 

autograph session 

afterwards at 4:00!

So I'll totally see you there!

IT'S A WRAP, 7D-STYLE

Just before the New Year

we were told that 

The 7D

was going to finish up after it's 

second season.

And once a production starts winding down,

there's a slow and steady procession of folks leaving.

First it's the writers.

Then the storyboard artists.

Then design starts disappearing.

And some production folk.

Etc etc etc...

Eventually all that remains is a handful of 

post production ninjas

(like me)

who ride the train until the bitter end.

In our case, that's September 2016.

But it'd be silly to have the wrap party then.

Most people will be on new and exciting projects

and not even remember 

working on

The 7D.

So last Wednesday,

production manager 

Jennifer Nelson

and her merry band of

production elves 

threw a killer party!

There were handmade party favors:

And treats:



And almost
EVERYONE
that ever worked on the show
was there!

Here's me with
killer voice actor
Kevin Michael Richardson (Happy)
and sooper awesome designer David DePasquale:

That's
Executive Producer
Tom Ruegger
in the middle there!

And here's the card everyone signed for him:



And here I am sandwiched between
Stephen Stanton (Sleepy)
and
Dee Bradley Baker (Numbuh Four)
I mean... Dopey!

Of course,

Mr. Ruegger

gave a great speech to the crew:

One of the most fun moments of the night was a staged
reading of some of the 7D's favorite lines:



Here's a piece of it:

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And a signed script:

And what's a party without a photo booth? Here's me and my post production team, Frame Slashin' Samurai  Brad Rozman and  Rookie Sensation Retake Rocker  Val Petrone 



And don't worry 7D fans. Even though production is winding down,  there's still a lot more 7D coming! We're only halfway through post production!
SPECIAL BONUS!
After  SIXTY TWO YEARS in the animation industry, timing director Joanna Romersa is retiring with The 7D as the last production  to be blessed with her presence. (Her first job was doing ink and paint on Lady and the Tramp!)
She is uncannily young, both physically and mentally... Whip smart... Superbly talented... A joy to be around... And most likely a vampire.
Big love to Joanna and to this drawing of her by series director Alfred Gimeno:

SUPER RARE 7D MINI-SODE

While there weren't any new 7D episodes last weekend,  there  WAS this little treat cooked up by some industrious production elves:

Brilliant.
I vote we do all the episodes this way and spend the money we save on chocolate covered pretzels.

SECOND SEASON WITH THE 7D

We've been busy here in the  mines of Jollywood.
And it's almost time we show  off some of the gems we been digging up:

MEET THE 7D CREW!

I know it seems quiet to you,

but from where I am 

the sounds of 

The 7D's

second season production are 

DEAFENING!

There are a lot of sooper triple busy 

people here and our sooper triple 

awesome production team thought 

of a great way to get to know some of them!

Check it out:

Fun, right?

And oh yeah...

here's mine:

EMMY NOM NOMS!

There's a lot of 

NOM

NOM

goin'

around:

And

The 7D

has not one but

TWO

NOMS

for the

2015 Daytime Emmy Awards

Congrats to the 7D music team!

And what does 

sooper-talented

sooper-prolific

sooper-funny

7D composer

Parry Gripp

have to say

about this?