Lisa (TV series)

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Lisa
Genre Animated cartoon, Preschool
Created by Magnus Carlsson
Directed by Magnus Carlsson
Narrated by Gösta Ekman
Theme music composer Magnus Carlsson
Composer Magnus Carlsson
Country of originGermany
Sweden
Hungary
Original languagesSwedish
German
English
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes14
Production
Producer Magnus Carlsson
Running time6-7 min (average)
Production companiesHappy Life
TMO Film GmbH
Original release
Network SVT1 (Sweden)
KIKA (Germany) [1]
Release1998 (1998) 
2001 (2001)

Lisa is a Swedish-German-Hungarian animated preschool television series created by Magnus Carlsson. [2] It was produced by Happy Life and is aimed at younger children. [3]

Contents

Production and telecast

The Lisa series was first produced as a series of cinematically-released short films. The first short film, Lisa får en barnvakt, premiered in June 1996 [4] and was released as a book the following year. Two further short films, Lisa hos tandläkaren and Lisa på picknick, were granted funding from the Swedish Film Institute in February 1997 [5] and released in January 1998. [6] [7]

The series was aired on SVT beginning in 1999. [8] It also aired on KIKA in Germany. In addition with English voices, it screened on Nick Jr. in the United Kingdom [9] and HBO Family in the US, [10] as well as distributed internationally by Fox Kids. [11] There were also some books made based on the series. [12] [13] The series was narrated by Gösta Ekman. [14]

Carlsson left Happy Life for a few years after having co-founded the studio, but Happy Life went on to produce more episodes of Lisa without Carlsson's involvement nor approval. Carlsson then sued his former employer for copyright infringement, a lawsuit he won in arbitration by January 2002. [10]

Plot

The series focuses on Lisa, a title little girl lead who also serves as the narrator. [13] She lives with her parents in a two-story house. Sometimes, she visits his dad's place of work and they walk around town. She likes to play with her parents and neighbours. Various children have playmates and play in her yard.

Characters

TV episodes

No.Name
1At the Shopping Centre
2Holger with Big Ears
3At the Dentist
4Goes On a Plane
5Paints The Bathroom
6Lisa's Space Adventure
7Scared of Loll
8Gets a Babysitter
9The Davidsons
10The Dinner Party
11The Fancy Dress Party
12Waving Club
13What Am I Going to Be When I Grow Up
14The Painter
15Picking Apples

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References

  1. "Lisa: Sendetermine". 10 November 2005.
  2. https://magnuscarlsson.se/magnus-carlsson/ [ bare URL ]
  3. Carlsson, Magnus (22 January 1999). "Nu har svensk tv vaknat också – Alla vill ha Magnus Carlsson". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish).
  4. Lisa får en barnvakt, The Swedish Film Database
  5. "Klart med stöd från Filminsitutet". Svenska Dagbladet. 20 February 1997.
  6. Lisa hos tandläkaren, The Swedish Film Database
  7. Lisa på picknick, The Swedish Film Database
  8. Gohde, Erika (6 May 1999). "Prisade vänner drack sig fulla. Men nu är Magnus figurer barnvänliga". Expressen (in Swedish).
  9. "Nick Jr. leads the preschool diginet race". Kidscreen. August 1, 1999.
  10. 1 2 "Animatör får rätt till Lisa". Svenska Dagbladet. 5 January 2002.
  11. "Svensk barnfilm på export". Helsingborgs Dagblad (in Swedish). 2 April 2000.
  12. Carlsson, Magnus (2000). Lisa på maskerad (in Swedish). BonnierCarlsen. ISBN   978-91-638-1753-3.
  13. 1 2 Persson, Ann (5 January 1998). "Robin hoppas bli hipp i hela världen". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish).
  14. "Lisa". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). 21 November 1999.