A Little Curious | |
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Genre | Anthology Comedy Educational |
Created by | Steve Oakes |
Written by | Carin Greenberg Baker Nicholas Hollander Laurie Israel Becky Mode Alana Sanko Frederick J. Stroppel |
Directed by | Steve Oakes |
Voices of | Cameron Bowen Amanda Kaplan Gary Yudman Marilyn Pasekoff Sandy Correia Bob Kaliban Gerrianne Raphael Rafael Ferrer |
Theme music composer | The Manhattan Transfer |
Opening theme | "I'm a Little Curious" performed by The Manhattan Transfer |
Ending theme | "I'm a Little Curious" (instrumental) (season 1) "I'm a Little Curious" (instrumental remix) (season 2) |
Composer | Pat Irwin |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 43 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Carole Rosen Sheila Nevins Susan Holden Steve Oakes Richard Winkler David Starr |
Producer | John Hoffman |
Running time | 24 minutes |
Production company | Curious Pictures |
Original release | |
Network | HBO |
Release | February 1, 1999 – May 1, 2000 |
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The 24-minute episodes are essentially anthologies of shorts centered on a common, easily digested topic word such as "slippery" or "sticky". While each short draws from the same pool of characters, they are produced in a variety of animation techniques. [3] Animation styles include stop-motion, collage animation, clay animation, traditional 3-D and 2-D cel animation, and 3-D CGI, along with live-action segments mostly narrated by Bob the Ball. [4] Some of the shorts are designed to fit more than one topic, and are re-used in different episodes.
The pool of characters, generally based on everyday objects, include:
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