200-Alan Burnett on His Career Producing and Writing for Batman: TAS, Superman: TAS, Batman Beyond, and More!

Published: Jan. 1, 2021, 7:50 p.m.

Legendary producer and writer Alan Burnett (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0122334/) talks about his career creating some of the most beloved animated shows of all time including \u201cBatman: The Animated Series\u201d,\u201d Superman: the Animated Series\u201d, \u201cBatman Beyond\u201d, \u201cStatic Shock\u201d, and more!

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0:00 SEGMENT 1: Alan Burnett on starting out as an NBC page, working on 1978\u2019s \u201cThe New Fantastic Four\u201d animated series, reading comics as a kid, being able to read through the Batman comic archives after being hired at \u201cBatman: TAS\u201d, and his role as a producer and writer on \u201cBatman: TAS\u201d.

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12:24 SEGMENT 2: Alan Burnett on working with Dwayne McDuffie on "Static Shock", how the \u201cHeart of Ice\u201d episode of \u201cBatman: The Animated Series\u201d became so iconic, humanizing villains, and creating new comics with Paul Dini on \u201cBatman: The Adventures Continue\u201d

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21:43 SEGMENT 3: Alan Burnett on his favorite villain he\u2019s ever worked on, creating \u201cBatman Beyond\u201d, \u201cThe Call\u201d and \u201cEgg Baby\u201d episodes of "Batman Beyond", and changing up the animation for \u201cJustice League\u201d.

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34:10 SEGMENT 4: Alan Burnet on killing Superman before it was cool on \u201cChallenge of the Superfriends\u201d and his favorite non-DC shows like "Ducktales", "Smurfs", and "Freakazoid",

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43:06 SEGMENT 5: Alan Burnett on what shows he feels don\u2019t get enough attention, winning 4 Emmys, being semi-retired, his thoughts on a #JLReunion, and his favorite DC animated movie.

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