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In 1982, '''Klasky-Csupo''' (pronounced "CLASS-key CHEW-po") was formed in a bedroom apartment in Los Angeles, California. The name of the company derives from the last names of the two producers, Omaha native Arlene '''Klasky''' and Hungarian-born animator Gábor '''Csupó'''. During ''The Tracey Ullman Show''<nowiki/>'s days, Klasky-Csupo produced the animated ''Simpsons'' shorts, consisting of 48, before ''The Simpsons'' became a full-time network series in 1989. After those initial skits, Klasky-Csupo worked with [[20th Century Fox Television]] and Matt Groening to produce domestic animation for the first three seasons of the animated sitcom until 1992, when [[Film Roman]] took over production. In 1990, the duo cut a production deal with [[Nickelodeon]], and there they made ''Rugrats'', one of the first three Nicktoons, and one of the network's successful animated series. After that, Klasky-Csupo made other successful animated shows such as ''The Wild Thornberrys'', ''Aaahh!!! Real Monsters'', ''As Told By Ginger'', ''Duckman'' (for USA Network and [[Paramount Television (1967-2006)|Paramount Network Television]], distribution currently held by CBS), and ''The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald'' (a promoted cartoon available exclusively at McDonald's restaurants from 1998 to early 2001), among others. The company also animated ''Spy vs. Spy'' and Don Martin cartoons for ''Mad TV'' on Fox. However, shortly after ''The Rugrats Movie'' came out in 1998, Nickelodeon and Klasky-Csupo started to get into contract disagreements combined with the rising popularity of the then-new ''SpongeBob SquarePants''. But the straw that broke the camel's back was with the 2003 release of ''Rugrats Go Wild!'', which was a financial disappointment. As a result, many shows from the company were canceled in the following year, and ''All Grown Up'' was put on hiatus in 2006 before officially being canceled in 2008. The company went dormant for a while, but Arlene Klasky and Gábor Csupó officially revived the company in 2012 and announced that they were working on some "top secret projects". On July 16, 2018, then [[Paramount Players]] and current Nickelodeon CEO [[Tollin/Robbins Productions|Brian Robbins]] revealed that the pair, along with co-creator Paul Germain, officially confirmed that a revival of ''Rugrats'' was in the works, which would include 26 new episodes, and a new live-action movie, both featuring the babies re-imagined in CGI form, until the latter was pulled from the release plan. The revival debuted on the [[Paramount+]] streaming service in 2021.