Obie Scott Wade

Career

Wade worked on Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? and Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. He co-wrote eight episodes of Baby Looney Tunes, a Warner Bros. show. He also worked Al Roach: Private Insectigator; and Deer Mike, a Disney show. Wade says of a break he received, "Years ago, when I first got into the business, I called a TV production company looking for a job. The nice man on the phone told me that there was no work to be had because everyone was on hiatus. When I innocently asked him if ‘hiatus’ was an island, he laughed and hired me to write comedy."

He was an executive at Zeroes and Ones, a production studio in Santa Monica, California in 2001. Wade was co-creator with Paul Frank of the animated series, Julius & Friends, what was launched on Sony's screenblast.com in 2002. He was also the show's producer and director. The characters include Julius, the monkey, and Clancy, a miniature giraffe. Jason Schwartzman is the voice for Julius. The "Yeti Set Go" episode was selected for the 2000 Sundance Film Festival. An episode of the show was selected again in 2001, the Sundance Film Festival said that "this good-humored tale explores such issues as friendship, fate, and hot chocolate." In 2001, Wade and Michael Adamo received a Certificate of Merit, a Children's Jury Prize, at the Chicago International Children's Film Festival for Julius & Friends: Hole in One.

In 2012, Wade created the show SheZow, an animated comedy about a macho 12-year-old-boy, Guy Hamdon, who turns into a superhero in the form of his late aunt when he wears her ring. When he is done fighting crime, he turns back into a little boy. The idea for the show originated from a show that Wade watched in the 1970s about a school teacher who turned into Isis, after she found an amulet. As the goddess, she performed feats of heroism. SheZow was targeted to 6- to 11-year-old children. It was funded by Film Victoria and launched by DHX Media on ABC Australia. There was backlash at the show's premiere on the The Hub when it was seen as a show about a transgender child. Romeo San Vicente states, "Technically that makes him a situational transvestite in the service of law and order and, clearly, young audiences are already understanding that it no more makes the character transgender (a word most of them have probably never encountered) than the Batman costume turns Bruce Wayne into an actual flying mammal of the order chiroptera." The show's critics included the Catholic League, American Family Association, and One Million Moms, who said the show was an "attempt by the gay, lesbian and transgender community to indoctrinate our children into accepting their lifestyles."

He is CEO of ObieCO Entertainment. In 2013, he was listed among the "rising stars in animation" by Animation Magazine. Wade was co-author of the juvenile fiction book, Oddry, which was published in 2014.