Erky Perky

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Erky Perky
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Erky and Perky
Genre Comedy
Animated sitcom
CGI
Created byDavid Webster
Written byvarious
Directed byDavid Webster
Tim Golsby-Smith
Cameron Chittock
StarringJason Barr
Neil Crone
Judy Marshak
Adrian Truss
Ron Rubin
Keith Knight
Melissa Jane Shaw
Composers Alex Khaskin
Ken Worth
Country of originAustralia
Canada
No. of seasons3 [1]
No. of episodes39 (78 segments)
Production
Executive producers
  • Michael Boughen
    Mathew Street
    Arnie Zipursky
    Lisa Fitzpatrick
    Christopher Mapp (Seasons 2–3)
    Charles Falzon (Season 3)
  • For YTV:
    Bonita Siegel (seasons 1–2)
    Delia Leandres (seasons 1–2)
    Coral Schoug (season 3)
ProducersKristine Klohk
Avrill Stark (creative producer; seasons 1–2)
Mandy Fanning (seasons 1–2)
Barbara Stephen (season 3)
Tracy Lenon (season 3)
Running timeapprox. 22 Minutes
Production companies CCI Entertainment
Ambience Entertainment
The LaB Sydney
Original release
Network Seven Network (Australia)
YTV (Canada)
Release7 September 2006 (2006-09-07) 
7 December 2009 (2009-12-07)

Erky Perky is an CGI-animated television series on YTV developed by CCI Entertainment and Ambience Entertainment, [2] with CGI animation by Australian Visual Effects company The LaB Sydney. [3] It follows two bickering, dim-witted insects, Erky and Perky, who live at a hot dog stand before accidentally being taken to a house. [4] They try to settle into the house, living with fellow house bugs, and hunting for food in a very clean kitchen. [5]

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Plot

Two bugs, the Scottish-accented Erky, and his friend, the cowardly and impressionable Perky, live an idyllic life on a downtown hot dog stand, a cornucopia of crumbs, relish and wieners. They live the high life until one day they are swept away in a take-out bag and end up in a sterile suburban kitchen with no food in sight. The two bickering, dim-witted and lazy bugs are forced to survive in the new and scary "Land of Kitchen". Every day, they are obsessed with finding food, and eventually finding their way home to "Hot Dog Stand". Their quests are almost always befouled by "Mad" Margaret, the self-appointed ruler of Kitchen, and her "sidekick" Cecil.

Characters

Additional voices provided by Danny Wells, John Stocker, Linda Sorenson, Lawrence Bayne, Rick Miller, Robin Duke and Robert Tinkler.

Series overview

SeasonEpisodesSegmentsOriginally released
First releasedLast released
1 1326September 7, 2006 (2006-09-07)June 29, 2007 (2007-06-29)
2 1326September 5, 2007 (2007-09-05)March 28, 2008 (2008-03-28)
3 1326September 7, 2009 (2009-09-07)December 7, 2009 (2009-12-07)

Episodes

Season 1 (2006–07)

  1. Where Are We? / A Toast to Erky (September 7, 2006)
  2. Flights of Fancy / Web of Death (September 14, 2006)
  3. Burst My Bubble / Sticky Situations (September 21, 2006)
  4. Sucked In / Tongue Tied (September 28, 2006)
  5. Ghostly Goodies / All That Cheese (October 5, 2006)
  6. Cereal Thriller / She Loves Me Not (October 12, 2006)
  7. Erky's Birthday / Location, Location, Location (October 19, 2006)
  8. Got Ya! / Perky the Brave (October 26, 2006)
  9. Little Erky / Go Team (June 1, 2007)
  10. Key to the Kitchen / Cold Snap (June 8, 2007)
  11. The Good Days / Double Dare (June 15, 2007)
  12. Stinks Sinks / Make Me Laugh (June 22, 2007)
  13. The Intruder / Return to Sender (June 29, 2007)

Season 2 (2007–08)

  1. Buggy Bug Buggleson / Boof is Born (September 5, 2007)
  2. Broken Wings / The Party (September 12, 2007)
  3. Wildberry Implosion / Party Pooper (September 19, 2007)
  4. You Nut! / Tomorrow's Outlook Fine (September 26, 2007)
  5. Beautiful Music / The Principle of the Thing (October 3, 2007)
  6. Funny Bum / Pantry of Horrors (October 10, 2007)
  7. A Zen Tale / Perky vs. MC Buggy Z (October 17, 2007)
  8. Robobug / A Dance in a Trance (October 24, 2007)
  9. The Inseparables / Pangs & Peaceful Protests (October 31, 2007)
  10. Pablobo Returns / Danger on the Windowsill (March 7, 2008)
  11. Monument to Margaret / Bug Bags (March 14, 2008)
  12. Kitchen Day / Bug in Baby's Clothes (March 21, 2008)
  13. Roamin' Holiday / Blueboy's Treasure (March 28, 2008)

Season 3 (2009)

  1. Zapped / Flying High (September 7, 2009)
  2. Bug Eater / Mind Over Matter (September 14, 2009)
  3. Car Trouble / A Trojan Scheme (September 21, 2009)
  4. Erky's Worst Nightmare / Soldier Bugged (September 28, 2009)
  5. Slim Perky / Talking Tum (October 5, 2009)
  6. Bug in From the Cold / Alien Invasion (October 12, 2009)
  7. Where's Cecil / Bug in the Bubble (October 19, 2009)
  8. To Bug or Not To Bug / The Miracle Shootout (October 26, 2009)
  9. Bug House / Perky in Charge (November 2, 2009)
  10. Magic Box / Bugliebeard (November 9, 2009)
  11. Pancake on the Fan / Swat! (November 16, 2009)
  12. Future Crumb / Paddle Whacker (November 23, 2009)
  13. Pop Culture / Up and Away (December 7, 2009)

References

  1. Ball, Ryan (20 September 2006). "Animania HD Serves Up More Erky Perky". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  2. Torre, Dan; Torre, Lienors (2018). Australian Animation: An International History. Springer International Publishing. p. 206. ISBN   9783319954929 . Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  3. "Erky Perky Swarms Into Season Two" (Press release). CCI Entertainment, Ltd. 6 October 2006. Archived from the original on 27 April 2010. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
  4. "YTV announces its fall programming highlights". 13 July 2006. Archived from the original on 8 February 2010. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
  5. Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 182. ISBN   978-1538103739.