>I so love Dexter's Lab. Great style, stories, outstanding voice acting. It was a great show back then, but I implore you to keep it only as fond memories of an earlier time. Don't re-watch it now because you will see things in it that will make your jewdar go off. (((Genndy Tartakosky))) created the show so... >Early Life >--------------------- >Tartakovsky was born on January 17, 1970, in Moscow to Jewish parents.[7][8] His father worked as a dentist[9] for government officials and the Soviet Union national ice hockey team.[10] Tartakovsky felt that his father was a very strict and old-fashioned man, but they had a close relationship. His mother, Miriam, was an assistant principal at a school. He has a brother, Alexander, who is two years older and a computer consultant in Chicago.[10] Before coming to the United States, his family moved to Italy. There, Tartakovsky was first drawn to art, inspired by a neighbor's daughter. Tartakovsky later commented, "I remember, I was horrible at it. For the life of me, I couldn't draw a circle". >Kids watching too much TV is not a problem in Russia. There's nothing for them to watch. I came here and got sucked into TV right away. 'Wonder Woman,' 'Batman' and the cartoons from Warner Brothers and Hanna Barbera--as soon as I started watching it, I fell in love with cartoon movement. >Tartakovsky's family moved to the United States when he was seven[12] due to concerns about the effect of antisemitism on their children's lives.[10] The family originally settled in Columbus, Ohio[13] and later moved to Chicago. He was greatly influenced by the comics he found there; his first purchase was an issue of Super Friends. Tartakovsky began attending Chicago's Eugene Field Elementary School in the third grade. School was difficult because he was seen as a foreigner. He went on to attend Chicago's prestigious Lane Tech College Prep High School and says he did not fit in until his sophomore year. When he was 16, his father died of a heart attack.[10] Afterwards, Tartakovsky and his family moved to government-funded housing, and he began working while still attending high school.