Gerald McBoing-Boing (TV series)

Last updated
Gerald McBoing-Boing
GeraldMcBoingBoing-Logo.png
Created by Dr. Seuss (characters)
Developed by
StarringGlenn Barna
Linda Ballantyne
Patrick McKenna
Samantha Weinstein
Jo Vannicola
Narrated byDeann DeGruijter
ComposersTom Szczesniak
Ray Parker
Country of originCanada
United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes39 (78 segments)
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • John Vandervelde
  • Stephen Hogins
  • Clint Eland
Running time22 minutes (11 minutes per segment) (approx. per episode)
Production companies Classic Media
Cookie Jar Entertainment
Original release
Network Teletoon (Canada)
Cartoon Network (United States)
ReleaseAugust 22, 2005 (2005-08-22) 
November 28, 2007 (2007-11-28)
Related

Gerald McBoing-Boing is an American-Canadian Flash-animated children's television series based on the 1950 animated short film Gerald McBoing-Boing . It is produced by Cookie Jar Entertainment, with animation provided by Mercury Filmworks.

Contents

It first aired on Cartoon Network in the United States on August 22, 2005, as part of their then- Tickle-U programming block, and on Teletoon in English and French in Canada on August 29, 2005. The show later aired in reruns on Boomerang around 2007. It was also internationally broadcast on ABC Kids in Australia. The series finale aired on November 28, 2007.

It uses the same basic art style as the original except more detailed: each 11-minute episode features a series of vignettes with Gerald, of what the "fantasy tales" are done in Seussian rhyme. [1] Sound checks, gags, and "real-life" portions of the show are also included. Gerald still only makes sounds (and, unlike the UPA specials, is actually praised for it), but he now has two speaking friends, Janine and Jacob, as well as a dog named Burp, who only burps (accompanied by someone, usually Gerald's mother, saying "excuse me" afterwards). Gerald's parents (names unknown) also fill out the regular cast.

Each episode was directed by Robin Budd and story edited/written by John Derevlany. The music and score for the series was composed by Ray Parker and Tom Szczesniak. 39 episodes (78 segments) were produced.

Cast

Episodes

  1. "Cuckoos & Pirates"/"Parades, Honking & Mumbling Mummies"
  2. "Monkeys, Wrestling & The World's Greatest Super Spy"/"The Dentist, The Sheep & The Two Anniversary Gifts"
  3. "Ghosts, Owls & An Evil Witch"/"Art, Glass & The Deep Dark Jungle"
  4. "Carnivals, Phones & Sneezing Dragons"/"Cars, Bees & Magic Puppies"
  5. "Good Deeds, Librarians & Aliens"/"Tornado, Chicken & Circus"
  6. "Burp, Cry Baby Blues & The Return of Scritchy McBeard"/"Videos, Cats & Superheroes"
  7. "Dog Tricks, Spare Change & The Lost Snowmen"/"Mini-Golf, Checkers & Bad Manners"
  8. "Swings, Cans & The Flying Ace"/"Photos, Radios & Knights"
  9. "Hot Rod, Elevators & Genie Meanie"/"Cheese, Birds & Cave Kids"
  10. "Escapes, Hide-N-Seek & The Beanstalk"/"Haircuts, Opera & The Albino Alligator"
  11. "Camping, Watchdogs & Janinerella"/"Hardware, Hair & Hairy Weather"
  12. "Thin Ice, Squeaky Shoes & Leprechauns"/"Museum, Coyotes & A Race Around the World"
  13. "Hopscotch, Hugs & Hunchbacks"/"Lost Dogs, Horses & Monsters"
  14. "Sleepover, Chalkboard & Trojan Cow"/"Popcorn, Shadows & 20,000 Boings Under the Sea"
  15. "Burping Hero, Dog Whistle & The Incredible Shrinking Gerald"/"Play, Cleaning & The Royal Crown Quest"
  16. "Telescopes, Hiccups & The Boing Boing Express"/"Book Clubs, Broccoli & The Mighty Ding Dong"
  17. "Loud, Drive-thru & Ben Hur"/"Stings, Beeps & Pings"
  18. "Monsters, Snowblowers & The Planet Bedtime"/"Fairs, Mimes & Dragons"
  19. "Doctor, Pigeons & Gerald McShakespeare"/"Baby Sister, Chalk & King Gerald"
  20. "Ice, Fog & Wolves"/"Auctions, Soda Pop & The Surfing Thief"
  21. "Karate, Slurps & Wrinklystiltskin"/"Tap-Dancing, Convertibles & The Three Musketeers"
  22. "Magic, Showers & Mermaids"/"Lunchboxes, Car Wash & Robot Jacob"
  23. "Planes, Parrots & Party Clothes"/"Growls, Paper & Flying Horses"
  24. "Fish, Skis & Rocket Ships"/"Rockstar, Strongman & Name that Sound"
  25. "Sports, Banks & Queen Long Big Nose the Third"/"Pinball, Parks & Princesses"
  26. "Red Light, Rain & Sneezing Flowers"/"Arcades, Scanners & News"
  27. "Dentist, Lost Goose & Wonderland"/"Clown Car, Table Hockey & Dust Bunnies"
  28. "Burgers, Movie & Hogzilla"/"Baseball Clown Elevator, Fire Truck & President's Duck"
  29. "Flying Pig, Ring Tones & Milkshakes"/"Baby Burp, Loud & Scooter"
  30. "Alarm, Mexico & Hula"/"Cool Fish, Bike & Sod Mahal"
  31. "Boo, Screams & Bats In the Belfry"/"Dancing Spiders, Sneezes & Montana"
  32. "Drum, Cellphones & Jake-Hap"/"Sand Castles, Hot-Dogs & Robin"
  33. "Conch Call, Rubber Ducks & Abominable"/"Snow Baby, Marching Band & Trashy Litter"
  34. "Clouds, Ants & Wild Jill Hiccup"/"Snakes, Squeaks & Bunnies"
  35. "Chance Of Rain, Movie Magic & Shush No Song"/"Karaoke, Rollie Boogie & Lunch Box"
  36. "Weird Pools, Bad Medicine & The Pie-less Horseman"/"Moose, Haircut & Jaco-Mite"
  37. "Train Whistles, Shoe Shopping & The Marshmallow Kids Song"/"Beehive & Watermelon"
  38. "Superheroes, Wizard of Odd & Toy Puppy"/"Good Dog, Bad Nanny & A Big Turnip"

Related Research Articles

<i>Gerald McBoing-Boing</i> 1950 short film

Gerald McBoing-Boing is an animated short film about a little boy who speaks through sound effects instead of spoken words. It was produced by United Productions of America (UPA) and given wide release by Columbia Pictures on November 2, 1950. It was adapted by Phil Eastman and Bill Scott from a story by Dr. Seuss, directed by Robert Cannon, and produced by John Hubley.

Tots TV is a British children's television programme, produced by Ragdoll Productions and Central. The series was first telecast in the UK on the ITV network from 1993 to 1998.

As a subset of the Bratz line, in which all of the dolls are at infant age, it was titled under the brand name Bratz Babyz. The brand is split into two lines, the regular Bratz Babyz and the Bratz Big Babyz.

<i>Krypto the Superdog</i> American childrens animated television series

Krypto the Superdog is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation, based on Superman's canine companion Krypto, which premiered on Cartoon Network on March 25, 2005, and aired on The CW's Saturday morning block Kids' WB from September 23, 2006, until September 15, 2007. 39 episodes were produced.

Catherine Disher is a British-born Canadian actress. She has won two Gemini Awards: in 2005 for Best Actress for her role in the Canadian mini-series Snakes and Ladders, and in 2010 for her role in The Border. She was also nominated for her role as Dr. Natalie Lambert in the Forever Knight TV series.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Stocker (voice actor)</span> Canadian voice actor

John Stocker is a Canadian voice actor. His career in voice acting began in the 1970s.

Dan Hennessey is a Canadian voice director and voice actor who, early on in his career, performed with a children's comedy troupe The Zoo Factory. That same year, in 1973, he played Claudius, King of Denmark in his first film, a Canadian adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet play.

Susan Blu, better known as Sue Blu, is an American voice-actress, voice-director, and casting-director in American and Canadian cinema and television. She most notably voiced Arcee in The Transformers: The Movie and Seasons 3 and 4 of The Transformers. She is also known for playing the roles of Stormer/Mary Phillips and Lindsey Pierce in the 1980s animated series Jem. She also served as a Casting- & Voice-Director for Handy Manny, for which she also guest-starred as Marion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Spike and Tyke (characters)</span> Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon characters

Spike and Tyke are fictional characters from the Tom and Jerry animated film series, created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Spike is portrayed as an English Bulldog, who is generally amiable and friendly, and a loving father to his son Tyke in several episodes. However, Spike's character also has a very stern, and fierce side, for occasions such as when he is defending his son Tyke.

Richard Huemer was an American animator in the Golden Age of Animation.

Ron Rubin is a Canadian voice actor and writer. His credits include X-Men: The Animated Series (Morph), The Avengers: United They Stand, C.O.P.S., Police Academy, Beetlejuice, Stickin' Around, Care Bears, Kratts' Creatures (Tark), and the English-language dub of Sailor Moon (Artemis).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cartoon Network Arabic</span> Arabic-language feed of Cartoon Network EMEA

Cartoon Network Arabia is a pan-Arab free-to-air children's television channel that is broadcast to Arab audiences in the Middle East and North Africa. It is one of two language versions of the original namesake American channel. the other being a pay television channel on beIN and additional providers known as Cartoon Network MENA, which is available in both English and Arabic.

This is a list of winners of the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer In An Animated Program. The award was presented between 1995 and 2021. It recognized a continuing or single voice-over performance in a series or a special. The performance generally originated from a Children's Animated, Special Class Animated Program.

The Roger Rabbit shorts are a series of three animated short films produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation from 1989 to 1993. They feature Roger Rabbit, the animated protagonist from Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), being enlisted the task of caring for Baby Herman while his mother is absent, resulting in a plot defined by slapstick humor and visual gags. Each short concludes with a sequence involving live-action and animation, where the characters interact with live-action human beings, akin to the 1988 film. Droopy Dog from MGM makes a cameo in all of the shorts.

Dog Daze is a 1937 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies directed by Friz Freleng and animated by Robert McKimson. The short was released on September 18, 1937.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tiny TV</span> International children’s block

Tiny TV was a brand name used by Turner Broadcasting for a slate of international programming blocks that targeted preschool-age children. The block primarily aired on Cartoon Network in countries such as Australia, India, Scandinavia, South Korea, and Taiwan. Tiny TV was also broadcast on Boomerang in Latin America and Southeast Asia, as well as Pogo TV in India.

Events in 1954 in animation.

References

  1. Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 239–241. ISBN   978-1538103739.