Franny's Feet | |
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Genre | Fantasy Educational |
Created by | Cathy Moss Susin Nielsen |
Written by | Nicole Demerse Shelley Hoffman Louise Moon Cathy Moss Susin Nielsen Robert Pincombe Betty Quan John Slama Steve Westren Lienne Sawatsky Dan Williams Karen Moonah Katherine Sandford |
Directed by | Joanne Boreham |
Voices of | Phoebe McAuley George Buza |
Theme music composer | Amin Bhatia Ari Posner |
Opening theme | "Where will my feet take me today?" by Tajja Isen |
Ending theme | "Where will my feet take me today?" (instrumental) |
Composers | Amin Bhatia Meiro Stamm |
Country of origin | Canada |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 52 (104 segments) |
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Editor | Paul Hunter |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company | Decode Entertainment [a] |
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Network | Family Channel (seasons 1–2) Playhouse Disney (season 3) [1] |
Release | July 8, 2003 – October 31, 2010 |
Franny's Feet (French: Franny et les chaussures magiques) is a Canadian animated children's television series created by writer Cathy Moss and fellow Susin Nielsen. The series was produced by Decode Entertainment with the participation of Family Channel in association with Channel Five Broadcasting Limited (seasons 1–2) with animation production by C.O.R.E. Toons. The series follows the adventures of Frances "Franny" Fantootsie (a name combination of "fantasy" and "tootsie") as she tries on a new shoe and travels to different countries.[ citation needed ]
Franny's Feet aired on Family Channel from July 8, 2003 to October 31, 2010. [2] [3] It also aired on PBS Kids in the US and on Five in the UK. A total of 52 episodes were produced across three seasons.
A 5-year-old girl named Franny visits with Grandpa every day at his shoe repair shop in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. They talk about all matters until a customer comes. The customer presents shoes needing to be repaired to Grandpa, who gives them to Franny to place inside the shoe repair box. Franny tries on the footwear and they take Franny to a magical place such as a Native American magic world in Wyoming, a sunny beach in Jamaica, or a high mountain in China. At the end of each episode, after Franny solves the problem in a magical place, she receives a treasure and adds it to a treasure box and solves an imaginative problem.
Produced by Decode Entertainment, Franny's Feet is children-aimed and centers on how upbeat is the initial exploration.
The series first aired on Family Channel in Canada on July 8, 2003 and concluded on October 31, 2010. [2] [3]
The series aired on Five in the UK as part of the Milkshake! block. The broadcaster co-commissioned the series with Family Channel. [4] The series has also aired on Discovery Kids, Playhouse Disney [4] and Tiny Pop.
Universal Pictures Video subsidiary Vision Video Ltd. held home video rights to the series. [5]
In 2006, it aired on PBS Kids. In 2008, it aired on Sprout in the US (co-funded by NYC station WNET, also a co-producer). [6]
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