During the show's run, several specials and shorts were produced in addition to the regular television series. He pitched the series to Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon, but the latter demanded creative control, leading to him making a deal with the former and the series premiering on January 4, 1999. Īdult cartoonist Antonucci was dared to create a children's cartoon while designing a commercial, he conceived Ed, Edd n Eddy, designing it to resemble classic cartoons from the 1940s–1970s. Their plans usually fail, leaving them in various, often humiliating, predicaments. Under the unofficial leadership of Eddy, the trio frequently invent schemes to make money from their peers to purchase their favourite confection, jawbreakers. The series revolves around three preteen boys named Ed, Edd (called 'Double D' to avoid confusion with Ed), and Eddy-collectively known as 'the Eds'-who live in a suburban cul-de-sac in the fictional town of Peach Creek. Ed, Edd n Eddy is a Canadian-American animated television comedy series created by Danny Antonucci for Cartoon Network, and the sixth of the network's Cartoon Cartoons.
