Jensen Karp, one of the show’s hosts, explained that he met the both of them through Fall out Boy’s Pete Wentz because Mark Hoppus, Pete Wentz and Jensen Karp wrote a kid’s cartoon together.
Mark Hoppus had the following to say about it:
“It will never see the light of day but we worked on an idea for a children’s animated show that we pitched to Disney, we pitched to a bunch of different studios.
It was a great idea, great concept, great songs. We didn’t end up getting it because another fish show had been pitched right before.”
The story was about a group of fish that were in an underwater punk/pop band singing catchy, eco-friendly tunes. The show had a sushi chef as well, aka the villain.
According to Variety, the show was called “Bronze Blue” and Pete Wentz played Shrimpy, a striped big-mouth bass bassist, Mark Hoppus played Tako, a guitarist octopus, and Jensen Karp would be the Sushi Chef.
Other artists, such as Ashlee Simpson and Pharell Williams, also played a few of the characters in the show.
How the story starts is Shrimpy’s old band falling apart due to mercury poisoning. He then posts a listing on Craigslist for a new band.
Jensen Karp and Mark Hoppus created a theme song as well, which you can listen to here.
What a shame we never get to see it!
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