icebox.com is a web television

Web television

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 animation

Animation

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 company founded in 1999 by Jonathan Collier

Jonathan Collier

Jonathan Collier is an American television writer, best known for his work on The Simpsons, Monk, and King of the Hill. He worked as an executive producer on Mike Reiss' DVD movie, "Queer Duck: The Movie". He attended and graduated from Harvard University.-Season Seven:*"Lisa the Iconoclast"*"22...

, Howard Gordon

Howard Gordon

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, Rob LaZebnik

Rob LaZebnik

Rob LaZebnik is a television writer. He graduated from David H. Hickman High School in Columbia, Missouri and Harvard University. He currently works as a co-executive producer on The Simpsons and is credited with having written five episodes: "Treehouse of Horror XI" , "Homer vs...

, Scott Rupp and Tal Vigderson. The founders stated that the company was created to capitalize on the inherent "freedom of the medium" which they felt stifled creativity of writers due to the confining restrictions of the studio system and traditional media.

The most noteworthy online animation creations of the company are the controversial animated cartoon

Animated cartoon

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 Mr. Wong and Queer Duck

Queer Duck

Queer Duck is an animated series produced by Mondo that originally appeared on Icebox.com and later moved to the American cable television channel Showtime in 2002, where it aired as a followup feature of the American version of Queer as Folk...

. Many of the founders such as Rob LaZebnik and Jonathan Collier have written and continue to contribute to write for shows as The Simpsons

The Simpsons

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in traditional media.

The company has paired with Mondo Media in a number of shows.

The original Icebox.com shut down in February 2001 after the company failed to secure additional operating capital. It was reported Icebox.com had been spending upwards of $1.4 million a month prior to its demise.

Later in 2001, the site was re-established as Icebox 2.0, LLC

Limited liability company

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 after several company founders bought the assets of the failed original venture, including the icebox.com domain name

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. The scope of the new company was greatly scaled down from its predecessor.

Many of the animated shorts on the new site were viewable only on a pay-per-view basis. The pay-per-view feature has since been removed, although many episodes of Mr. Wong are not viewable on the site, instead only available for purchase on DVD

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Currently, most of the content from the website has been removed.

Animated features

• Queer Duck
  Queer Duck
  Queer Duck is an animated series produced by Mondo that originally appeared on Icebox.com and later moved to the American cable television channel Showtime in 2002, where it aired as a followup feature of the American version of Queer as Folk...
  
  
• Mr. Wong
• Meet the Millers
• Hard Drinkin' Lincoln
  Hard Drinkin' Lincoln
  Hard Drinkin' Lincoln is a Macromedia Flash Internet cartoon series produced in 2000 for the Internet animation company Icebox.com. The series was created by Mike Reiss and directed by Xeth Feinberg...
  
  
• Poker Night
• The Elvis and Jack Nickalus Mysteries
• Jesus and his Brothers
• Garbage Island
  Garbage Island
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• Starship Regulars
  Starship Regulars
  Starship Regulars was an animated Macromedia Flash cartoon series created by Simpsons producer Rob LaZebnik for Icebox in 1999. It parodied modern science fiction programs such as Star Trek...
  
  
• Navy Bear
• Zombie College
  Zombie College
  Zombie College is an American Flash cartoon series created by television writer Eric Kaplan and directed by John Rice for Icebox.com. 12 episodes were produced....
  
  
• Murry Wilson: Rock 'N' Roll Dad