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Joe Murray

Creator of Rocko's Modern Life

u/BigJoeWorry ↗AMA only
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Their 2013 r/IAmA AMA, posted from this account

We retrieved 3 posts and 70 comments from u/BigJoeWorry, all from 2013, most often in r/IAmA and r/television.

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A redditor wrote in r/IAmA

On “I am Joe Murray, The creator of the animated 90's series Rocko's Modern Life. Ask me anything.”

What was the inspiration to Wacky Delly episode? Like where does the randomness like that come from? Classic episode, loved the show, I still refer to Laundry Day as a very dangerous day because of Rocko. (Edit: I forgot the alternate spelling of Delly)

u/BigJoeWorry replied

Well it's basically "the producers' in animation, make the worst show possible so Ralph would get fired. I was at the end of my contract and wanted out. We laughed that I should do a show about Deli meats that…

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Well it's basically "the producers' in animation, make the worst show possible so Ralph would get fired. I was at the end of my contract and wanted out. We laughed that I should do a show about Deli meats that really sucked. At the time someone brought in an old promotional film from Dole pineapple in the 50's on how to spruce up your meatloaf. We tried to get permission to use it but was denied. So we did one ourselves. I made the meatloaf that is in that live sequence.

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A redditor wrote in r/IAmA

On “I am Joe Murray, The creator of the animated 90's series Rocko's Modern Life. Ask me anything.”

I've heard many things about the scrapped episode "Wake Up, Maggie" and Magdalene, which was supposed to be Rocko's sister and even managed to find what I think is a picture of her in your book. Could you tell anything about how the episode was supposed to go down? I hear it was…

u/BigJoeWorry replied

I had her in mind from the start, but after developing the show, she didn't seem to fit. The network wanted some more female characters and I wrote "Wake up Maggie ( she was narcoleptic) but I didn't like it…

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I had her in mind from the start, but after developing the show, she didn't seem to fit. The network wanted some more female characters and I wrote "Wake up Maggie ( she was narcoleptic) but I didn't like it. We later created Dr. Hutchinson to have a female with a "hook"

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A redditor wrote in r/IAmA

On “I am Joe Murray, The creator of the animated 90's series Rocko's Modern Life. Ask me anything.”

Mr Bighead was my absolute favorite as a kid. was he inspired by someone in your life?

u/BigJoeWorry replied

A nasty neighbor on our street who always stole our baseballs.

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