The Nutshack

The Nutshack was a Filipino-American show created by Ramon Lopez and Jesse Hernandez, which ran from 2007-2011.

Merchandise[]

Most of the merchandise were either sold at conventions or just privately, they were mostly things like posters and shirts. Some of the shirt designs are the show's logo with Phil's signature "Got Nutz" behind the shirt. The show had a home media release that was made in 2007, then released later in 2009 by distributor "Kosh Entertainment".

Production[]

The Nutshack was in development since mid or late 2005, the show was teased around 2006 on YouTube and possibly television. The first 3 episodes of the show were made around late 2006, the entirety of Season 1 was made in early to mid 2007. Season 2 began production around late 2007 and finished around 2008, but was only aired till 2011. The show was animated in Macromedia Flash throughout the entire series on a Windows XP model. Jesse and Ramon claimed that they didn't hold back for the series finale (aka WTF/Battle of the Bay) season 2 was originally only airing in the Philippines until 2012.

Cast[]

Ramon Lopez as Phil Matibag, Horatio and Sanjee
Rex Navarrete (S1) / Joey Gulia (S2) as Jack, Tito Dick and Cherry Pie
Jesse Hernandez - Dwayne, Ed, Angel, Willie and Rainbow Scout
Rhia Abarquez as Chita
Jerome Castro as Jerome
Jamar Logan as Manu and Jamar

Reception[]

The show is considered to be one of the Worst animated shows ever due to its most infamous theme song, which is considered to be repetitive and a masterclass of art as said by most reviewers (Mr Enter, RebelTaxi and PhantomStrider). Some find the show bad, interesting to watch.

It has a 2.2 score on IMDb. Some claim the show rips off "Friday: The Animated Series" and "El Chavo Animado" which is untrue.

After the series ending (connection to Wild Grinders, The Meme)[]

A year after The Nutshack ended, a Nick show created by Rob Dyrdek named "Wild Grinders" premiered. The show seems to have a similar art style to The Nutshack. (Eyes, ears, hands and noses.) Causing people to start claiming Wild Grinders is the "successor" of The Nutshack.

Season 1 and 2 were lost media until 2014, when The Nutshack Archive released the entire episodes on his YouTube channel. The channel says that Ramon Lopez had Season 2 on a bootleg DVD-R and was given to him along with other goodies relating to the show.

The Nutshack became a small fad when SiIvaGunner started using the theme song in his high quality rips during the Reboot era. In August 2016, The Nutshack became a huge meme and restored a fad ("X but X is replaced with X").

Trivia[]

The Nutshack had choppier animation during early production of the show, one of the teasers was used in a episode (Jeepney Episode/Pimp my Jeepney).
It has a IMDb Ratting of 2.2 stars
It became of meme because of it's theme song.
Season 2 was never released on home media, which is why it's censored.
The theme song had extended lyrics, it was also lost media until Jan of 2017.