Poky and Friends

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Poky and Friends
Written byBruce Talkington
Directed byRamon Modiano
Voices ofRhonda Miller
Dan Russell
Barbara Barnes
ComposerTerry Scabrook
Country of originHungary
United Kingdom
United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes15
Production
Executive producerLauren Levine
ProducerAndras Erkel
Running time5 minutes
Production companies Varga Studio
TVC London
Golden Books Family Entertainment
Release
Original network Direct-to-video
Disney Channel (Playhouse Disney)
Original releaseJuly 18 (1999-07-18) 
July 27, 1999 (1999-07-27)

Poky and Friends is a series of animated videos and books produced by Varga TVC Productions and Golden Books Family Entertainment that ran from 1998 until 2003.

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Summary

It is a spin-off of classic Little Golden Books characters (The Poky Little Puppy, The Shy Little Kitten, etc.), just like the animated special Little Golden Book Land , although the series featured different character designs for the characters to fit the animated series.

Videos

Three Poky and Friends VHS tapes, each consisting of five episodes, were released on July 27, 1999 by Sony Wonder. Individual episodes were also shown on Disney Channel's Playhouse Disney block as post-show interstitials from 1999 to 2003.

The videos were also released on DVD by Classic Media. [4]

Books

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References

  1. Poky & Friends Starring Poky Little Puppy VHS. November 11, 1998. ASIN   6305384428.
  2. Poky and Friends - Saggy Baggy Elephant. ASIN   6305384436.
  3. "Poky and Friends-Scruffy the Tugboat-Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes .
  4. "Poky Little Puppy & Friends DVD Movie". www.cduniverse.com.
  5. Talkington, Bruce (1999-12-20). Poky and Friends : Tails of Friendship. DRi Artworks, Don Williams (English Language ed.). Golden Books Publishing Company Inc. ISBN   978-0-307-99502-5.
  6. Kleinberg, Naomi; Talkington, Bruce (May 7, 1999). "Lucky ducks". New York, N.Y. : Golden Books Pub. Co. via Internet Archive.
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  8. Talkington, Bruce (May 7, 2000). "Poky and friends : the haunted tracks". New York, N.Y. : Golden Books via Internet Archive.
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