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''Camp Lazlo'' is an American animated television series created by Joe Murray and produced by his company Joe Murray Productions with Cartoon Network Studios. The series premiered on Cartoon Network on July 8, 2005. The show revolves around Lazlo, a spider monkey who attends a Boy Scout-like summer camp with a cast of anthropomorphic animal characters. The series has a style of humor similar to Murray's previous series, ''Rocko's Modern Life''. The series won three Emmy Awards and three Pulcinella Awards, and was also nominated for another Emmy and an Annie Award. The series ended its three-year run on Cartoon Network on March 27, 2008 after 5 seasons, 61 episodes, and an hour-long television special. ==History== After the end of the production of ''Rocko's Modern Life'', Murray kept a notebook of ideas for television shows and books. Murray attributes some of his most fond memories to days at summer camp; Murray said that he attended summer camp every summer for "4 or 5 years in a row" and that he "couldn't really get the scouting thing down". He also described cartoons with pastoral settings such as the Bugs Bunny cartoons of the ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' series and ''Yogi Bear'' as having a "calming" effect due to the tree-filled backgrounds. At the time he believed that too many futuristic themes appeared in media and literature, so he wished to create a series that would "get back to nature".〔(Q & A with Joe Murray ), ''Cartoon Network Pressroom''〕 ''Camp Lazlo'' originated from a camp-related children's book series concept by Murray that, according to him, "outgrew its medium". As Murray developed the concept, he felt that his "lunatic characters wanted to live" and decided that a simple story could not sufficiently house his characters. Murray desired to create a series about a group of children without "high tech stimulus" and "in nature".〔"(Camp Lazlo )," ''Joe Murray Studio''〕 Linda Simensky, who had previously worked with Murray on ''Rocko'', had since moved to Cartoon Network and called Murray to solicit a new series. After an initial hesitation, Murray sent Simensky〔"(Bio )," ''Joe Murray Studio''〕 the idea for a show with a working title of ''3 Beans''. Simensky "thought it sounded too much like a salad", so Murray changed the name to ''Camp Lazlo''. When approval was given, Murray decided to produce the show at Cartoon Network Studios and brought Mark O'Hare on as co-producer. According to Murray, the "green light" to start Lazlo had been initially given and later revoked, leaving Murray and Mark O'Hare "pissed" and "depressed". Murray believed that an executive was not "completely sold" with starting production for ''Camp Lazlo''. Murray worked to have the series receive its final, definite approval.〔"(June 28, 2008 )." ''Joe Murray Studio''.〕 Production of ''Camp Lazlo'' began in 2004 and ended in 2007.〔 November 2007 saw the beginning of the final production run of ''Camp Lazlo''.〔"(September 8, 2007: Holy crap we won! )," ''Joe Murray Studio''〕〔"(October 31, 2007 )," ''Joe Murray Studio''〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Camp Lazlo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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