this is relevant and I’m glad I saw it

cari28ch3-me:

therubbleoroursins:

I’m fascinated by the fact that Phineas and Ferb is a show that actually exists
Like
I can understand how someone could have come up with the idea of an animated show about stepbrothers trying to find cool ways to spend their summer vacation
And from there I can see how the characters of Candace, Isabella, Beauford, Baljeet, Jeremy, and Stacy came about
But at what godforsaken point in the thought process did someone go, “Hey, what if there’s an ongoing subplot about their pet who’s a secret agent trying to stop a German guy from channeling his anger towards his abusive parents into conquering the tri-state area?”
Just
How

while I don’t know how, the “pet being a secret agent” subplot meant that it took 16 years for the creators to finally sell the show to a network, because everyone wanted either one plot or the other and they were insistent on having both, so everyone but Disney said no

and then after they wrote about 3 songs for the show they were asked for a new song per episode, and they said yes. 8 years of coming up with stuff but that much to keep in mind while still keeping most ideas in an 11 min run-time

it is more of a marvel that it even got made