Jordan Koch, a 2008 graduate of Southern Lehigh High School, is doing storyboards for The Loud House, premiering Monday, May 2, at 5:00p.m. (ET/PT) on Nick USA. And Lara Jill Miller, an Allentown native who starred as Samantha, opposite Nell Carter in the hit 1980s sitcom Gimme A Break!, is providing the voice of 4-year-old prodigy Lisa Loud for the show.
Koch graduated from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania in 2012 with a degree in media arts with a focus in animation. In 2012, he moved to Los Angeles where he started working as a character designer at a start-up animation studio, and worked as a freelance artist, including for Animation Magazine.
In June 2014, The Loud House creator and executive producer Chris Savino saw Koch's work on Facebook and asked if he would be interested in working on the show. Koch began working as a storyboard revisionist on the show and was soon promoted within 5 months to storyboard artist.
In December, Koch spoke at an assembly at Southern Lehigh Middle School, about how his career took him from Southern Lehigh to working at Nickelodeon Animation Studio in Burbank, California.
Savino, who also worked on Nickelodeon's Rocko's Modern Life, Cartoon Network's The Powerpuff Girls, Johnny Test and Dexter's Laboratory as well as Disney's Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil, created an animated short of The Loud House inspired by his childhood growing up as one of 10 siblings in 2014. The short was part of Nickelodeon's annual Animated Shorts Program and The Loud House was the first series to be greenlit out of the global program, which is designed to cultivate a new generation of creative talent.
The 26-episode series centers around 11 year-old Lincoln Loud, and his struggle to survive as the only boy in a house full of 10 sisters. His sisters, who each have unique personalities, are Lori, Leni, Luna, Luan, Lynn, Lucy, Lola, Lana, Lisa, and Lily.
Miller, who also voices Lambie, the stuffed best friend of the title character in Disney Junior's hit preschool series Doc McStuffins, and the title character in Disney Junior's Henry Hugglemonster, plays the second youngest of the sisters. Other voice actors are Grant Palmer as Lincoln Loud; Caleel Harris as his best friend Clyde McBride; Catherine Taber as Lori; Liliana Mumy as Leni; Nika Futterman as Luna; Cristina Pucelli as Luan; Jessica DiCicco as Lynn and Lucy and Grey Griffin as Lola, Lana and Lily.
In the premiere episode "Left in the Dark," Lincoln wants to watch the finale of his favorite show, but in order to do that, he must beat each sister to the couch first. Then, in "Get the Message," after Lincoln leaves a scathing voicemail on sister Lori's phone, he realizes he has to erase it before she hears it.
Leading up to the shows launch, Nick USA are unveiling first-looks at full-length episodes from the series, which fans can watch on Nick.com, the Nick App, and Nick On Demand.
Viewers can also visit the official The Loud House show page on Nick.com and the Nick App to learn more about the show and its characters, and get a behind-the-scenes look at the series. Beginning Monday, April 25, fans can witness some crazy antics in the new game "Welcome to The Loud House," where users can place Lincoln in different environments with any four of his sisters to manipulate a fun mix of hilarious and unexpected results. Episodes of The Loud House will be available on Nick.com and the Nick App, along with platforms including iTunes, Amazon, Xbox, Google Play, Vudu, Playstation, and Nick On Demand.
Original source: The Morning Call.
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