Happy Monster Band

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Happy Monster Band
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Title card from the first series
Created byDon Carter
Directed by Chris Prynoski (Season 1)
Steve Loter (Season 2)
Music by Tally Hall
Country of originUnited States
United Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes20
Production
Executive producersLoris Kramer Lunsford
Jason Netter
Running time5 minutes
Production companiesKickstart Productions
Titmouse, Inc. [1]
Original release
Network Playhouse Disney
ReleaseOctober 1, 2007 (2007-10-01) 
October 28, 2008 (2008-10-28)

Happy Monster Band (branded as Happy Monster Band: World Tour in season 2) is an animated children's television series that originally aired on Playhouse Disney from October 1, 2007, to October 28, 2008. The series was created by Don Carter and produced by Kickstart Productions. It is about a group of monsters who perform songs about friendship, love, exercise, chores, and other preschool themes.

Contents

Characters

Main

There are four monsters that make up the Happy Monster Band: Ink, Bluz, L.O., and Frred. Each of the monster's name reflects its color: Ink's signature color is pink, Bluz's is blue, L.O.'s is yellow and Frred's is red. They were designed by Don Carter. All four of the band members are children, but their singing voices are those of the members of the band Tally Hall. In the UK version, children's voices are used for the singing portions.

Recurring

The first season introduces several characters.

World Tour

Episodes

Series 1 (Direct from Monsterland, 2007)

  1. "I Will Be Your Friend" – The monsters celebrate their long friendship together.
  2. "I'm the Best at Being Me" – L.O. is not as scary as Bluz because he likes to write poetry and paint.
  3. "Do the Monster Stomp" – Frred thinks that Bluz found what was missing.
  4. "Do Re Mi–Mi–Mi" – Ink struggles to write a song for work until her friends help her.
  5. "Monster Hoe Down" – The monsters have dressed up as three cowboys and a cowgirl and are ready to hoedown.
  6. "Even Monsters Cry Sometimes" – Frred is sad because his father has a flat tire and he worries he will miss the concert, making him cry until his friends comfort him, saying it’s okay for anyone, even monsters, to cry.
  7. "Dirty, Smelly Monster Chores" – L.O. does chores, spreading clothes on the floor, bringing in garbage and tracking mud around.
  8. "Get Up and Go Go Go" – The band tell the twins all about their routines.
  9. "Scare Up Some Fun" – The twins see an empty room and think that the band is not there. The band tries to scare them.
  10. "Practice Makes Progress" – Ink's jump rope contest is coming up, so she practices her skills.

Series 2 (World Tour, 2008)

  1. "At the Rodeo" - The band is in Texas and is at the ranch. Frred is on a horse and twirls a lasso. Frred is a rock-and-roll rodeo cowboy.
  2. "A Wonderful Time in France" - While The band is in France, Bluz wanted to ask The Beret Monster where did he got his beret from.
  3. "The Italian Way" - The band is in Italy and Frred is very hungry but L.O. accidentally drops his camera.
  4. "Yin and Yang" - The band is in Hong Kong.
  5. "Here in Australia" - The band rocks at the Sydney Opera House in Australia.
  6. "In India" - The band makes a Bollywood movie at the Taj Mahal and rocks with a tiger, a snake charmer and Pooja the elephant in India.
  7. "Siesta! Siesta!" - The band plays soccer in Spain.
  8. "Konichiwa!" - The band rocks in Japan.
  9. "The Monster Tangle" - The band does the Monster Tangle instead of a tango in Argentina.
  10. "London Town" - The band finds a double decker bus in England because their bus has a flat tire.

Production

The music was written and performed by Rob Cantor, Joe Hawley, and Zubin Sedghi from indie rock band Tally Hall. The characters and concept for the show were created by children's book author and illustrator, Don Carter. [2] Judy Rothman Rofé wrote all the episodes in Season One and five of the episodes in Season Two.

The shorts have been edited to replace the mention of the playhousedisney.com website with the one for a corresponding country, most notably playhousedisney.co.uk for the UK dub and playhousedisney.de for the German dub, and disneyjunior.com after Playhouse Disney rebranded as Disney Junior.

Broadcast

In the United Kingdom, the show was shown on Playhouse Disney/Disney Junior from October 5, 2007, to 2014.

References

  1. "Richard Pose - Linkedin" . Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  2. "Butterfly1234". 8 February 2016.