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The Kardiac Kids

"...all roads lead not only to Hollywood, not only to sex, but to Cleveland."
--Joe Eszterhas, Hollywood Animal

	The Kardiac Kids is a series of episodic shorts following the adventures of a crime-fighting rock 'n' roll band from Cleveland, Ohio. Executive Producers (and Cleveland natives) Bill Watterson and John Charles Meyer spearhead the project, which was written by Kevin Shay and Bill Watterson.
"But we're all here in Cleveland, Ohio And that ain't bad brother don't you know" -The Euclid Beach Band, "There's No Surf in Cleveland, U.S.A."
The Creators
Bill Watterson (Executive Producer/Writer/Will Strut): career highlights include slicing teenagers in half as the murderous lead in the feature Chiseled, headlining the New York New York Casino in Las Vegas, voicing a cracked Austrian for an MTV animated pilot, and serving as pit boss for an X concert. He has also played the Grim Reaper. And the banjo. At the same time, actually.
	"East side, West side--give up, or surrender --been down, but I still rock on..." --MSB, "This Town"
	John Charles Meyer (Executive Producer/Editor/Toby Granger): an actor, singer, and video editor who appears on Nickelodeon's Zoey 101 and iCarly. His editing skills are on display in Follow The Idiots, a documentary which tracks his former band's first national tour. John has also worked for two losing presidential campaigns.
"...livin' in sin with a safety pin..." -Ian Hunter, "Cleveland Rocks"
Kevin Shay (Co-Writer): Kevin's debut novel The End as I Know It was published by Doubleday in 2006, and he is currently at work on his sophomore effort. His humor writing has appeared in print and online in McSweeney's, eCompany Now, Salon, Modern Humorist, and the anthology 101 Damnations. He was an online editor for McSweeney's and co-edited Created in Darkness By Troubled Americans, a collection of pieces from the site.
	""Yeah, man, I'm waitin' for dose Cleveland jokes. Go ahead!" -Harvey Pekar, American Splendor
	Alex Ferrari (Producer/Graphic Designer/Kid Cleveland): an actor and world-class poker player who twice appeared in the World Series of Poker and once threw a trashcan at a girl.
"I feel like a dying dream flashed up on the silver screen" -The GC5, "Lies and Prophecies"
The Cast & Crew
	Damian Kulash (Johnny Baggio): the frontman of OK Go, the world's sexiest, paisley-est rock band.
	Bill Kessler (The Rat): a company member of the Acme Comedy Theater in Los Angeles, he has also written jokes for Hollywood Squares and Us Magazine's "Fashion Police" column.
	Daniel Lee (Jason Flemming): an actor, producer, and voice-over artist. He is a veteran of San Francisco's Killing My Lobster comedy troupe.
	Tim Griffin (Agent Griffin): a comedy writer whose credits include Entourage (HBO) and The Deads (ABC Family).
	Tim Nordwind (Klaus Meine): blows bass for OK Go.
	Cory Casoni (Gennadi Slovenowski): an actor, writer, and Conservatory Student at Second City, Los Angeles.
	Chrissy Anderson (The Waitress): an actress and dancer, with a background in musical theater and improvisational comedy.
Scott Keiner (Director of Photography): a director whose feature script Sizzlean was selected for the competitive 2005 FIND (Film Independent) Screenwriters and Producers Labs. He directed the pilot Fat, Broke and Horny (Official Selection, New Jersey International Film Festival), and has directed, shot and produced music videos for OK Go, Vis Winters and New Maximum Donkey.
	"I got my devil machine/ Got my electronic dream" -The Dead Boys, "Sonic Reducer"

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