Created by Michael Pearlstein (now known as Mike R. Brandon), "Sniz & Fondue" was inspired and derived from characters of his short-lived comic series for a small comic book publishing company Northstar called "Puppy Action!". He later received a phone call from Linda Simensky, the head of Nickelodeon's programming at the time, who had found the first issue of "Puppy Action!" and asked him if he'd be interested in creating a pilot for a potential series. So, he produced the 1992 pilot "Psyched for Snuppa" by Stretch Films and Jumbo Pictures, under the self-proclaimed disliked direction of John R. Dilworth, creator of Cartoon Network's "Courage the Cowardly Dog". Although the pilot was passed by Nickelodeon in favor of "Trash-O-Madness", the pilot of "Rocko's Modern Life", the Nickelodeon team liked Sniz and Fondue so much that they spun the characters into a series of segments for "KaBlam!". Unfortunately, John R. Dilworth, Jim Jinkins, and David Campbell were only involved in the pilot and had no involvement with the rest of "Sniz & Fondue" when it became a part of "KaBlam!" (Jim Jinkins and David Campbell had officially moved their jobs to Disney Enterprises when they purchased Jumbo Pictures). Dilworth was asked by the board to direct the "Sniz & Fondue" series in New York City, but he declined due to other interests.