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==Founding==
The company was founded in 2002 by Magnus Jansson, Erik Öhrner, Emil Cederman and Johan Kirppu while they were still students at [[Karlstad University]],<ref>[http://www.varmland.se/reportage/om-varmland/inova-dar-foretag-vaxer "Inova – där företag växer fram"], Värmland.se, 13 August 2012 {{sv icon}}</ref><ref>Birgitta Eberfors, [http://www.almi.se/varmland/Aktuellt/releaser/Assorted-Nuts-vaxer-med-riskkapital/ "Assorted Nuts växer med riskkapital"], Almi Företagspartner, retrieved 2 February 2013 {{sv icon}}</ref> and began operations in 2003.<ref name=NWT>Piaree Brolinson, [http://nwt.se/ekonomi/article1125818.ece "Karlstadföretag öppnar kontor i Hollywood"] {{wayback|url=http://nwt.se/ekonomi/article1125818.ece |date=20120820140541 }}, ''[[Nya Wermlands-Tidningen]]'', 19 June 2012 {{sv icon}}</ref>
==Studio==
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''The Goob'' is an award-winning animated series featuring adventures of the character Dwayne 'The Goob' Dunderson from rural Alabama in the American Deep South as he travels towards Hollywood and dreams of stardom. The Goob blogs his travels on his camera phone, establishing the series as the world's first to feature a 3D animated blogger.<ref>[http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/pressroom/inova/pressrelease/view/thegoob-vaerldens-foersta-3d-animerade-bloggare-225750 "'theGoob': Världens första 3D-animerade bloggare"], Press release, Inova, MyNewsDesk.com, 2 July 2008 {{sv icon}}</ref>
''The Goob'' earned Magnus Jansson and Assorted Nuts the 2010 Streamy Award for 'Best Animation in a Web-Series'.<ref name=NWT/><ref>[http://film-i-varmland.regionvarmland.se/produktion/aktuellt/assorted-nuts-vann-i-hollywood/assorted-nuts-vann-i-hollywood "Assorted Nuts vann i Hollywood"], Film i Värmland, retrieved 2 February 2013 {{sv icon}}</ref><ref name=VF>Cecilia af Jochnick, [http://www.vf.se/naringsliv/3d-och-tv-assorted-nuts "3D och tv för Assorted Nuts"], Näringsliv, ''[[Värmlands Folkblad]]'', 21 June 2012 {{sv icon}}</ref> The animated series also achieved over 5 million mobile downloads and The Goob character was signed by [[EMI]] as a recording artist,<ref>Matt Kapko, [http://www.awn.com/news/mobile-and-wireless/emi-signs-goob "EMI Signs The Goob"] [[Animation World Network]], 21 December 2009.</ref> releasing a dance remix of the Country song "Feel The Free".<ref>[http://blip.tv/the-goob ''The Goob'']{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, [[Blip (website)|Blip]], retrieved 2 February 2013.</ref>
''The Goob'' was picked up by the [[United States|American]] online network [[Toon Goggles]] in September 2012,<ref>[http://www.theassortednuts.com/content/toon-goob-toon-goggles "Toon Goob On Toon Goggles"] {{wayback|url=http://www.theassortednuts.com/content/toon-goob-toon-goggles |date=20121110125706 }}, Assorted Nuts, 27 September 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/9/prweb9949637.htm "Assorted Nuts Animation Studio's Award Winning Series 'The Goob' To Air On Leading Kids Streaming-TV Platform Toon Goggles!"], PRWeb, 27 September 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www.toongoggles.com/shows/goob ''The Goob''], Toongoggles</ref> and by October it was the network's number 2 rated show.<ref>[http://www.theassortednuts.com/content/hillbilly-shoots-top "Hillbilly Shoots To The Top"] {{wayback|url=http://www.theassortednuts.com/content/hillbilly-shoots-top |date=20121213171706 }}, Assorted Nuts, 1 October 2012.</ref> It premiered in the US on [[Strike.TV]].<ref>[http://www.strike.tv/feeds/shows/the-goob.rss ''The Goob''], Strike.TV.</ref>
===Monkey Business===
'Monkey Business' features the ''Tom & Jerry''-esque slapstick comedy antics of two characters on a jungle island - Ben the seasoned monkey and Al the young gorilla.<ref name=Productions>[http://www.theassortednuts.com/productions Productions], Assorted Nuts</ref> The series was chosen by Cartoon Forums to be presented at an international fair in [[Toulouse]]<ref name=VF/> and had its [[UK]] premiere on the [[BBC]]'s [[CBBC]] channel in 2010.<ref>[http://www.theassortednuts.com/content/monkeys-go-nuts-cbbc "Monkeys Go Nuts On CBBC"]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Assorted Nuts, 13 December 2010.</ref>
===Jumping Green Things===
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* [http://www.theassortednuts.com/ Assorted Nuts blog]
* [http://www.thegoob.com ''The Goob'']
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121213171706/http://www.theassortednuts.com:80/content/hillbilly-shoots-top ''The Goob'' award speech/interview] - 2010 Streamy Awards
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnaZ5h2LuiU&list=PL8036982E39F2E4A3&index=1&feature=plpp_video 2010 Streamy Awards] - Magnus Jansson's Streamy award acceptance speech
* [http://www.facebook.com/?sk=welcome#!/pages/theGoob/74659195672 ''The Goob''] on Facebook
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