Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Letter Information

We are going to send our letters on the 31st of January, 2012. A discussion has happened over at swatkats.us and we decided that this is what should be put in the letters:

- Christian Tremblay, one of the show's creators, is interested in renewing the series
- SWAT Kats was the the number one new syndicated animated show of 1994
- After nearly 18 years it still has a strong internet fan base
- The premise of the show allows for a wide-variety of merchandise
- The animated action and target audience of the show makes it a great fit in the current Warner Bros. lineup

Here's a sample letter.


January 31, 2012

ATTN: Warner Bros. Animation
4000 Warner Boulevard
Burbank, CA. 91522

Dear Warner Bros.,

I am a fan of the show SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron, an animated series for television created by Christian and Yvon Tremblay and produced by Hanna-Barbera and Turner Program Services in 1994. The show is periodically rerun on the Cartoon Network classic channel Boomerang. The show’s rights are currently held by Warner Bros.

There were a total of 23 original episodes over two seasons, with one special Clip Show episode capping the series off. The story takes place in a fictional city ("Megakat City") inhabited by Anthropomorphic felines (known as "Kats") and chronicles the adventures of two superhero best friends who fight super-crime under secret identities. The show was Hanna-Barbera's attempt to compete with Batman: The Animated Series and features a more serious tone akin to The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest.

Variety named SWAT Kats the #1 new syndicated animated show of 1994.

After nearly 18 years, SWAT Kats still has a strong internet fan base. Many fans believe that the action-oriented premise of the show would fit well with Warner Bros.'s current Cartoon Network lineup on Friday nights. The premise also offers a number of merchandizing opportunities.

Christian Tremblay, co-creator of the show, has also expressed an interest in bringing the series back to television. Recently, SWAT Kats was successfully released on DVD on WBShop.com and Amazon.com.

Every episode of the series was directed by Robert Alvarez. The bulk of the series was written by either Glenn Leopold (13 episodes) or Lance Falk (6 episodes). Jim Stenstrum contributed two episodes, while David Ehrman, Von Williams, Eric Clark (with Lance Falk), Mark Saraceni and Jim Katz all contributed one episode. Several of these people are still working in the animation industry for Warner Bros. today.

Please consider renewing SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron with Christian Tremblay's involvement.
Sincerely,

SIGNATURE

YOUR NAME
YOUR ADDRESS

 The address to Warner Brothers can be found here.

6 comments:

  1. Do you think there might be a general e-mail address we might be able to send our letters to? It might be a lot of work to open and read however many letters we're sending as opposed to e-mails. But our e-mails might be interpreted as spam. Ideas?

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  2. There's no email address that I know about. Although if there was I'm sure that WB wouldn't interpret it as spam considering that each email would have a different address.

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  3. Cooooooooooooooool....


    How much time will it take to make & release... approximately?


    I just Can't wait ...

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  4. @Anonymous If you're talking about the show then I don't know. If you're talking about the letters then the date for sending them is January 31 2012.

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  5. I'll send a letter. But, I think I should point out that there should be another paragraph/break for "Sincerely" and in the last sentence, "SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron" should be italicized. Good luck!

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  6. I've used your sample but personalized it more. Hope we get a good turn out on this. Ulyferal

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