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In 2012, he created his own animation studio 'Starburns Industries'[[note]] Named after his character in ''Series/{{Community}}''[[/note]] with Creator/DanHarmon, The studio animated the first two seasons of ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'', Creator/{{HBO}}'s ''WesternAnimation/{{Animals}}'', and various commercials. That same year, he and Dan Harmon launched a Website/{{Kickstarter}} Project to bring one of Creator/CharlieKaufman's audio plays to life, entitled ''WesternAnimation/{{Anomalisa}}'', which was released in 2015 to select theaters by Creator/{{Paramount}}.
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In 2012, he created his own animation studio 'Starburns Industries'[[note]] Named after his character in ''Series/{{Community}}''[[/note]] with Creator/DanHarmon, The studio animated the first two seasons of ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'', Creator/{{HBO}}'s ''WesternAnimation/{{Animals}}'', ''WesternAnimation/Animals2016'', and various commercials. That same year, he and Dan Harmon launched a Website/{{Kickstarter}} Project to bring one of Creator/CharlieKaufman's audio plays to life, entitled ''WesternAnimation/{{Anomalisa}}'', which was released in 2015 to select theaters by Creator/{{Paramount}}.
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His career started in 1992 when he met Creator/BobOdenkirk on the Series/TheBenStillerShow. Although that show was acclaimed, it was cancelled after its first season, where he worked on [[Creator/DanaCarvey The Dana Carvey Show]], Late Night with Conan O'Brien (again with Bob Odenkirk), Late Show with David Letterman, and in the [[CultClassic cult favorite]] [[Series/MrShow Mr Show with Bob and David]] (yet again with Bob Odenkirk).
In 2000 began his venture into animation, ''TV FunHouse'', a spin off based on a series of Series/SaturdayNightLive animated shorts.
In 2005, he created the cult classic, WesternAnimation/MoralOrel for Creator/AdultSwim, about a well meaning, pure-hearted Christian kid named Orel Puppington who doesn't quite understand the lessons his local preacher teaches. The show, which started out as a dark parody of Series/LeaveitToBeaver, quickly turned into a smart critique about religious authority figures that don't practice what they preach and only use their Christian authority as a source of power in a bible belt town. After the [[WhamEpisode two episode Season 2 finale]], Head of Adult Swim Mike Lazzo asked Dino to make the show as dark as humanly possible.
In 2000 began his venture into animation, ''TV FunHouse'', a spin off based on a series of Series/SaturdayNightLive animated shorts.
In 2005, he created the cult classic, WesternAnimation/MoralOrel for Creator/AdultSwim, about a well meaning, pure-hearted Christian kid named Orel Puppington who doesn't quite understand the lessons his local preacher teaches. The show, which started out as a dark parody of Series/LeaveitToBeaver, quickly turned into a smart critique about religious authority figures that don't practice what they preach and only use their Christian authority as a source of power in a bible belt town. After the [[WhamEpisode two episode Season 2 finale]], Head of Adult Swim Mike Lazzo asked Dino to make the show as dark as humanly possible.
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His career started in 1992 when he met Creator/BobOdenkirk on the Series/TheBenStillerShow. ''Series/TheBenStillerShow''. Although that show was acclaimed, it was cancelled after its first season, where he worked on [[Creator/DanaCarvey ''[[Creator/DanaCarvey The Dana Carvey Show]], Late Show]]'', ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien O'Brien'' (again with Bob Odenkirk), Late ''Late Show with David Letterman, Letterman'', and in the [[CultClassic cult favorite]] [[Series/MrShow Mr ''[[Series/MrShow Mr. Show with Bob and David]] David]]'' (yet again with Bob Odenkirk).
In 2000 began his venture into animation, ''TV FunHouse'', aspin off spin-off based on a series of Series/SaturdayNightLive ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' animated shorts.
In 2005, he created the cult classic,WesternAnimation/MoralOrel ''WesternAnimation/MoralOrel'' for Creator/AdultSwim, about a well meaning, well-meaning, pure-hearted Christian kid named Orel Puppington who doesn't quite understand the lessons his local preacher teaches. The show, which started out as a dark parody of Series/LeaveitToBeaver, ''Series/LeaveitToBeaver'', quickly turned into a smart critique about religious authority figures that don't practice what they preach and only use their Christian authority as a source of power in a bible belt Bible Belt town. After the [[WhamEpisode two episode Season 2 finale]], Head head of Adult Swim Swim, Mike Lazzo asked Dino to make the show as dark as humanly possible.
In 2000 began his venture into animation, ''TV FunHouse'', a
In 2005, he created the cult classic,
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The episode "Alone" was so dark, it got the series cancelled. Instead of 5 seasons with 20 episodes each, Lazzo slashed that down to 13 for the third and final season. Dino would later get a chance to use the characters again in "Beforal Orel: Trust" in 2012 due to the high rerun ratings of Moral Orel, but that would be the last we'd see of the show.
In June of 2010, Dino came back to do another Stop Motion animated series, WesternAnimation/MaryShelleysFrankenhole , which had no drama and was more of a BlackComedy like how Moral Orel's earlier seasons were. The show lasted two seasons, with one episode pulled from broadcast due to explicit content.
In 2012, he created his own animation studio 'Starburns Industries'[[note]] Named after his character in Series/{{Community}} [[/note]] with Creator/DanHarmon, The studio animated the first two seasons of WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty, Creator/{{HBO}}'s WesternAnimation/{{Animals}}, and various commercials. That same year, he and Dan Harmon launched a Website/{{Kickstarter}} Project to bring one of Creator/CharlieKaufman's audio plays to life, entitled WesternAnimation/{{Anomalisa}}, which was released in 2015 to select theaters by Creator/{{Paramount}}.
In 2013, he went to Creator/{{Fox}} for their new 'Animation Domination High Definition' block to create WesternAnimation/HighSchoolUSA with WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether creators Dave Jeser and Matt Silverstein. The show was cancelled after one season, with another episode banned on Fox for extreme explicit sexual content, which briefly saw life on Hulu, then finally premiered on FXX in 2015.
In 2014, he and Leah Tiscione started a ''Musical Graphic Novel'' called "Trent: A Light Tragedy with Music", which brought back a bit of the Moral Orel cast back including: Scott Adsit, Creator/JayJohnston, Britta Phillips, and Dino himself. The book itself was released in 2017 under Star Burns Industries Press, where you can purchase [[https://www.starburnsindustries.com/product-page/trent-a-light-tragedy-with-music it at the Starburns Store]]
In June of 2010, Dino came back to do another Stop Motion animated series, WesternAnimation/MaryShelleysFrankenhole , which had no drama and was more of a BlackComedy like how Moral Orel's earlier seasons were. The show lasted two seasons, with one episode pulled from broadcast due to explicit content.
In 2012, he created his own animation studio 'Starburns Industries'[[note]] Named after his character in Series/{{Community}} [[/note]] with Creator/DanHarmon, The studio animated the first two seasons of WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty, Creator/{{HBO}}'s WesternAnimation/{{Animals}}, and various commercials. That same year, he and Dan Harmon launched a Website/{{Kickstarter}} Project to bring one of Creator/CharlieKaufman's audio plays to life, entitled WesternAnimation/{{Anomalisa}}, which was released in 2015 to select theaters by Creator/{{Paramount}}.
In 2013, he went to Creator/{{Fox}} for their new 'Animation Domination High Definition' block to create WesternAnimation/HighSchoolUSA with WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether creators Dave Jeser and Matt Silverstein. The show was cancelled after one season, with another episode banned on Fox for extreme explicit sexual content, which briefly saw life on Hulu, then finally premiered on FXX in 2015.
In 2014, he and Leah Tiscione started a ''Musical Graphic Novel'' called "Trent: A Light Tragedy with Music", which brought back a bit of the Moral Orel cast back including: Scott Adsit, Creator/JayJohnston, Britta Phillips, and Dino himself. The book itself was released in 2017 under Star Burns Industries Press, where you can purchase [[https://www.starburnsindustries.com/product-page/trent-a-light-tragedy-with-music it at the Starburns Store]]
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The episode "Alone" was so dark, it got the series cancelled.canceled. Instead of 5 seasons with 20 episodes each, Lazzo slashed that down to 13 for the third and final season. Dino would later get a chance to use the characters again in "Beforal Orel: Trust" in 2012 due to the high rerun ratings of Moral Orel, but that would be the last we'd see of the show.
In June of 2010, Dino came back to do anotherStop Motion StopMotion animated series, WesternAnimation/MaryShelleysFrankenhole ''WesternAnimation/MaryShelleysFrankenhole'' , which had no drama and was more of a BlackComedy like how Moral Orel's earlier seasons were. The show lasted two seasons, with one episode pulled from broadcast due to explicit content.
In 2012, he created his own animation studio 'Starburns Industries'[[note]] Named after his character inSeries/{{Community}} [[/note]] ''Series/{{Community}}''[[/note]] with Creator/DanHarmon, The studio animated the first two seasons of WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty, ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'', Creator/{{HBO}}'s WesternAnimation/{{Animals}}, ''WesternAnimation/{{Animals}}'', and various commercials. That same year, he and Dan Harmon launched a Website/{{Kickstarter}} Project to bring one of Creator/CharlieKaufman's audio plays to life, entitled WesternAnimation/{{Anomalisa}}, ''WesternAnimation/{{Anomalisa}}'', which was released in 2015 to select theaters by Creator/{{Paramount}}.
In 2013, he went to Creator/{{Fox}} for their new 'Animation Domination High Definition' block to createWesternAnimation/HighSchoolUSA ''WesternAnimation/HighSchoolUSA'' with WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'' creators Dave Jeser and Matt Silverstein. The show was cancelled canceled after one season, with another episode banned on Fox for extreme explicit sexual content, which briefly saw life on Hulu, then finally premiered on FXX in 2015.
In 2014, he and Leah Tiscione started a ''Musical Graphic Novel'' called "Trent: A Light Tragedy with Music", which brought back a bit of theMoral Orel ''Moral Orel'' cast back including: Scott Adsit, Creator/JayJohnston, Britta Phillips, and Dino himself. The book itself was released in 2017 under Star Burns Industries Press, where you can purchase [[https://www.starburnsindustries.com/product-page/trent-a-light-tragedy-with-music it at the Starburns Store]]
In June of 2010, Dino came back to do another
In 2012, he created his own animation studio 'Starburns Industries'[[note]] Named after his character in
In 2013, he went to Creator/{{Fox}} for their new 'Animation Domination High Definition' block to create
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In 2005, he created the cult classic, WesternAnimation/MoralOrel for Creator/AdultSwim, about a well meaning, purehearted pure-hearted Christian kid named Orel Puppington who doesn't quite understand the lessons his local preacher teaches. The show, which started out as a dark parody of Series/LeaveitToBeaver, quickly turned into a smart critique about religious authority figures that don't practice what they preach and only use their Christian authority as a source of power in a bible belt town. After the [[WhamEpisode two episode Season 2 finale]], Head of Adult Swim Mike Lazzo asked Dino to make the show as dark as humanly possible.
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In 2005, he created the cult classic, WesternAnimation/MoralOrel for Creator/AdultSwim, about a well meaning, pure hearted purehearted Christian kid named Orel Puppington who doesn't quite understand the lessons his local preacher teaches. The show, which started out as a dark parody of Series/LeaveitToBeaver, quickly turned into a smart critique about religious authority figures that don't practice what they preach and only use their Christian authority as a source of power in a bible belt town. After the [[WhamEpisode two episode Season 2 finale]], Head of Adult Swim Mike Lazzo asked Dino to make the show as dark as humanly possible.
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Konstantinos "Dino" Stamatopoulos (born December 14, 1964 in Norridge, Illinois) is a Greek-American writer, director, actor, and producer born December 14th, 1964 in Norridge, Illinois.
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Konstantinos "Dino" Stamatopoulos is a Greek-American writer, director, actor, and producer born December 14th, 1964.
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* Series/{{Community}} Actor, Writer, Consultant (2009-2012, and 2014-2015)[[note]] Left in protest with the firing of Dan Harmon. Came back when they rehired Dan for season 5 and 6.
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* Series/{{Community}} Actor, Writer, Consultant (2009-2012, and 2014-2015)[[note]] Left in protest with the firing of Dan Harmon. Came back when they rehired Dan for season 5 and 6. [[/note]]
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In 2012, he created his own animation studio 'Starburns Industries'[[note]] Named after his character in Series/{{Community}} [[/note]] with Creator/DanHarmon, The studio animated the first two seasons of WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty, Creator/{{HBO}}'s WesternAnimation/{{Animals}}, and various commercials. That same year, he and Dan Harmon launched a Website/Kickstarter Website/{{Kickstarter}} Project to bring one of Creator/CharlieKaufman's audio plays to life, entitled WesternAnimation/{{Anomalisa}}, which was released in 2015 to select theaters by Creator/{{Paramount}}.
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In 2012, he created his own animation studio 'Starburns Industries'[[note]] Named after his character in Series/Community Series/{{Community}} [[/note]] with Creator/DanHarmon, The studio animated the first two seasons of WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty, Creator/{{HBO}}'s WesternAnimation/{{Animals}}, and various commercials. That same year, he and Dan Harmon launched a Website/Kickstarter Project to bring one of Creator/CharlieKaufman's audio plays to life, entitled WesternAnimation/{{Anomalisa}}, which was released in 2015 to select theaters by Creator/{{Paramount}}.
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* ComicBook/{{Trent}} - Writer, Musical Composer (2017)
* ComicBook/{{Trent}} - Writer, Musical Composer (2017)
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[[caption-width-right:220:at San Diego Comic Con 2014]]
Konstantinos "Dino" Stamatopoulos is a Greek-American writer, director, actor, and producer born December 14th, 1964.
His career started in 1992 when he met Creator/BobOdenkirk on the Series/TheBenStillerShow. Although that show was acclaimed, it was cancelled after its first season, where he worked on [[Creator/DanaCarvey The Dana Carvey Show]], Late Night with Conan O'Brien (again with Bob Odenkirk), Late Show with David Letterman, and in the [[CultClassic cult favorite]] [[Series/MrShow Mr Show with Bob and David]] (yet again with Bob Odenkirk).
In 2000 began his venture into animation, ''TV FunHouse'', a spin off based on a series of Series/SaturdayNightLive animated shorts.
In 2005, he created the cult classic, WesternAnimation/MoralOrel for Creator/AdultSwim, about a well meaning, pure hearted Christian kid named Orel Puppington who doesn't quite understand the lessons his local preacher teaches. The show, which started out as a dark parody of Series/LeaveitToBeaver, quickly turned into a smart critique about religious authority figures that don't practice what they preach and only use their Christian authority as a source of power in a bible belt town. After the [[WhamEpisode two episode Season 2 finale]], Head of Adult Swim Mike Lazzo asked Dino to make the show as dark as humanly possible.
And he did.
The episode "Alone" was so dark, it got the series cancelled. Instead of 5 seasons with 20 episodes each, Lazzo slashed that down to 13 for one more season.
In June of 2010, Dino came back to do another Stop Motion animated series, WesternAnimation/MaryShelleysFrankenhole , which had no drama and was more of a BlackComedy like how Moral Orel's earlier seasons were. The show lasted two episodes, with one episode pulled from broadcast due to explicit content.
In 2012, he created his own animation studio 'Starburns Industries'[[note]] Named after his character in Series/Community [[/note]] with Creator/DanHarmon, The studio animated the first two seasons of WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty, Creator/{{HBO}}'s WesternAnimation/{{Animals}}, and various commercials. That same year, he and Dan Harmon launched a Website/Kickstarter Project to bring one of Creator/CharlieKaufman's audio plays to life, entitled WesternAnimation/{{Anomalisa}}, which was released in 2015 to select theaters by Creator/{{Paramount}}.
In 2013, he went to Creator/{{Fox}} for their new 'Animation Domination High Definition' block to create WesternAnimation/HighSchoolUSA with WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether creators Dave Jeser and Matt Silverstein. The show was cancelled after one season, with another episode banned on Fox for extreme explicit sexual content, which briefly saw life on Hulu, then finally premiered on FXX in 2015.
In 2014, he and Leah Tiscione started a ''Musical Graphic Novel'' called "Trent: A Light Tragedy with Music", which brought back a bit of the Moral Orel cast back including: Scott Adsit, Creator/JayJohnston, Britta Phillips, and Dino himself. The book itself was released in 2017 under Star Burns Industries Press, where you can purchase [[https://www.starburnsindustries.com/product-page/trent-a-light-tragedy-with-music it at the Starburns Store]]
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!!His works:
* Series/TheBenStillerShow - Writer (1992 - 1993)
* Series/{{MrShow}} - Actor and Writer (1996 - 1998)
* Series/TheDanaCarveyShow - Writer (1996)
* Series/TVFunhouse - Writer (2000)
* Film/MasterOfDisguise - Co-producer (2002) (His OldShame)
* WesternAnimation/TomGoestotheMayor - Writer and Creative Consultant (2004 - 2005)
* WesternAnimation/MoralOrel - Creator, Writer, Director, Executive Producer (2005-2008, one off special in 2012)
* Series/LuckyLouie - Writer (2006)
* Series/{{Community}} Actor, Writer, Consultant (2009-2012, and 2014-2015)[[note]] Left in protest with the firing of Dan Harmon. Came back when they rehired Dan for season 5 and 6.
* WesternAnimation/MaryShellysFrankenhole - Creator, Writer, Executive Producer, actor. (2010 - 2012
* WesternAnimation/HighSchoolUSA - Creator and Writer (2013)
* WesternAnimation/{{Anomalisa}} - Executive Producer (2015)
* [[Series/MrShow W/ Bob & David]] - Writer, Co-Executive Producer, Actor (2015) [[note]] Four episode reunion of the Mr Show gang for the shows twentieth anniversary, but without HBO.[[/note]]
[[caption-width-right:220:at San Diego Comic Con 2014]]
Konstantinos "Dino" Stamatopoulos is a Greek-American writer, director, actor, and producer born December 14th, 1964.
His career started in 1992 when he met Creator/BobOdenkirk on the Series/TheBenStillerShow. Although that show was acclaimed, it was cancelled after its first season, where he worked on [[Creator/DanaCarvey The Dana Carvey Show]], Late Night with Conan O'Brien (again with Bob Odenkirk), Late Show with David Letterman, and in the [[CultClassic cult favorite]] [[Series/MrShow Mr Show with Bob and David]] (yet again with Bob Odenkirk).
In 2000 began his venture into animation, ''TV FunHouse'', a spin off based on a series of Series/SaturdayNightLive animated shorts.
In 2005, he created the cult classic, WesternAnimation/MoralOrel for Creator/AdultSwim, about a well meaning, pure hearted Christian kid named Orel Puppington who doesn't quite understand the lessons his local preacher teaches. The show, which started out as a dark parody of Series/LeaveitToBeaver, quickly turned into a smart critique about religious authority figures that don't practice what they preach and only use their Christian authority as a source of power in a bible belt town. After the [[WhamEpisode two episode Season 2 finale]], Head of Adult Swim Mike Lazzo asked Dino to make the show as dark as humanly possible.
And he did.
The episode "Alone" was so dark, it got the series cancelled. Instead of 5 seasons with 20 episodes each, Lazzo slashed that down to 13 for one more season.
In June of 2010, Dino came back to do another Stop Motion animated series, WesternAnimation/MaryShelleysFrankenhole , which had no drama and was more of a BlackComedy like how Moral Orel's earlier seasons were. The show lasted two episodes, with one episode pulled from broadcast due to explicit content.
In 2012, he created his own animation studio 'Starburns Industries'[[note]] Named after his character in Series/Community [[/note]] with Creator/DanHarmon, The studio animated the first two seasons of WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty, Creator/{{HBO}}'s WesternAnimation/{{Animals}}, and various commercials. That same year, he and Dan Harmon launched a Website/Kickstarter Project to bring one of Creator/CharlieKaufman's audio plays to life, entitled WesternAnimation/{{Anomalisa}}, which was released in 2015 to select theaters by Creator/{{Paramount}}.
In 2013, he went to Creator/{{Fox}} for their new 'Animation Domination High Definition' block to create WesternAnimation/HighSchoolUSA with WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether creators Dave Jeser and Matt Silverstein. The show was cancelled after one season, with another episode banned on Fox for extreme explicit sexual content, which briefly saw life on Hulu, then finally premiered on FXX in 2015.
In 2014, he and Leah Tiscione started a ''Musical Graphic Novel'' called "Trent: A Light Tragedy with Music", which brought back a bit of the Moral Orel cast back including: Scott Adsit, Creator/JayJohnston, Britta Phillips, and Dino himself. The book itself was released in 2017 under Star Burns Industries Press, where you can purchase [[https://www.starburnsindustries.com/product-page/trent-a-light-tragedy-with-music it at the Starburns Store]]
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!!His works:
* Series/TheBenStillerShow - Writer (1992 - 1993)
* Series/{{MrShow}} - Actor and Writer (1996 - 1998)
* Series/TheDanaCarveyShow - Writer (1996)
* Series/TVFunhouse - Writer (2000)
* Film/MasterOfDisguise - Co-producer (2002) (His OldShame)
* WesternAnimation/TomGoestotheMayor - Writer and Creative Consultant (2004 - 2005)
* WesternAnimation/MoralOrel - Creator, Writer, Director, Executive Producer (2005-2008, one off special in 2012)
* Series/LuckyLouie - Writer (2006)
* Series/{{Community}} Actor, Writer, Consultant (2009-2012, and 2014-2015)[[note]] Left in protest with the firing of Dan Harmon. Came back when they rehired Dan for season 5 and 6.
* WesternAnimation/MaryShellysFrankenhole - Creator, Writer, Executive Producer, actor. (2010 - 2012
* WesternAnimation/HighSchoolUSA - Creator and Writer (2013)
* WesternAnimation/{{Anomalisa}} - Executive Producer (2015)
* [[Series/MrShow W/ Bob & David]] - Writer, Co-Executive Producer, Actor (2015) [[note]] Four episode reunion of the Mr Show gang for the shows twentieth anniversary, but without HBO.[[/note]]
