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LITTLE CURIOUS, A: LOUD SOFT SHAKE {PREMIERE}
(TV)

Summary

One in this series of childrenÕs programs consisting of musical and educational skits in live action, stop-motion, computer, and cel animation. The skits are performed by a cast of everyday objects -- Bob the ball, Mop, Mr. String, the Shoe Family, Doris the door, Little Cup, Plush the stuffed dog, and a couple named Pad and Pencil. In this episode, the emphasis is on objects that are loud or soft, as well as objects that shake. Highlights include the following: Doris taking a look at several loud objects such as a jackhammer, an airplane, a fire truck, and Bob's garish bow tie in "Too Loud!"; Bob urging his friends to creep around the house and speak in whispers so as not to wake Doris in "Talk Softly"; several dogs, including Plush, shaking water off their bodies after being given a bath or playing in the ocean in "Shake It Off"; the Shoe Family performing a tap dance routine and telling jokes onstage in "Shoe Business"; Doris nostalgically telling Bob about her experiences growing up as a young door in "Old Softie"; Plush scheming to get an apple out of a tall tree in "Shake Down"; and the gang sitting on a soft feather bed and flying off to "Slumberland" in "Sleep Softly."

Details

  • NETWORK: HBO
  • DATE: 1998
  • RUNNING TIME: 0:25:04
  • COLOR/B&W: Color
  • CATALOG ID: T:57899
  • GENRE: Children's; Animation
  • SUBJECT HEADING: Animation; Children's programs; Music
  • SERIES RUN: HBO - TV series, 1998
  • COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

  • Steve Oakes … Executive Producer, For Curious Pictures, Director
  • Richard Winkler … Executive Producer, For Curious Pictures
  • Susan Holden … Executive Producer, For Curious Pictures
  • David Starr … Executive Producer, For Curious Pictures
  • Sheila Nevins … Executive Producer, For Home Box Office
  • Carole Rosen … Co-Executive Producer, For Home Box Office
  • Sabina Barach … Supervising Producer
  • John Hoffman … Producer
  • Jamie Lustberg … Producer, For "A Little Reality"
  • Kris Greengrove … Producer, For "HeÕs a Plush"
  • R.M. Charde … Producer, Director, For "Old Softie"
  • Chris Hoey … Associate Producer
  • Michelle Shapiro … Associate Producer, For Home Box Office
  • Daniel Hank … Associate Producer, For "A Little Reality"
  • Jesse Cromwell … Production (Misc.), Line Producer
  • Carin Greenberg Baker … Production (Misc.), Contributing Producer, Writer, Head Writer, Lyricist, For "Milk Shake", For "Bounce Back"
  • Frank Drucker … Production (Misc.), Outside Animation Producer
  • Frank Way … Production (Misc.), Live Action Producer
  • Helena Uszak … Director, For "Milk Shake"
  • Maciek Albrecht … Director, For "Talk Softly"
  • Michael Johnson … Director, For "Ring It Loud"
  • Corky Quackenbush … Director, For "Shake Yourself About" and "Shoe Business"
  • Veronika Soul … Director, For "Bob Bounces Back!"
  • Hunt Squibb … Director, For "Too Loud"
  • Mark Benjamin … Director, For "A Little Reality"
  • Karen Villarreal … Animation, For "HeÕs a Plush"
  • Igor Mitrovic … Animation, For "Old Softie"
  • Daniel Winter … Animation, For "Too Loud"
  • Noah Klabunde … Animation, For "Too Loud"
  • Nicholas Hollander … Writer, Head Writer, Lyricist, For "Plush"
  • Becky Mode … Writer
  • Alana Burgi Sanko … Writer
  • Pat Irwin … Composer, Theme Music by, For "Milk Shake", For "Bounce Back", For "Soft Touch (Slumberland)", For "Plush", Music (Misc. Credits), Music Supervisor
  • Charles Macak … Composer, Lyricist, For "Hokey Pokey"
  • Larry LaPrise … Composer, Lyricist, For "Hokey Pokey"
  • Taftt Baker … Composer, Lyricist, For "Hokey Pokey"
  • Bert Russell … Composer, Lyricist, For "Twist and Shout"
  • Phil Medley … Composer, Lyricist, For "Twist and Shout"
  • Don Sebesky … Composer, For "A Little Romance"
  • Alana Burgi … Lyricist, For "A Little Romance"
  • Fred Schneider … Lyricist, For "Soft Touch (Slumberland)"
  • Manhattan Transfer … Music Group
  • Matthew Galkin … Music (Misc. Credits), Music Coordinator
  • For Cel Animation:
  • Holly Edwards … Producer
  • Catherine Carlson … Director
  • James Munro … Director
  • Anna Blomfield … Animation
  • Chris Petrocchi … Animation
  • Arnaldo LaBoy … Animation
  • Chiaki Tanaka … Animation
  • Lyla Warren … Animation
  • Ken Kaiser … Animation
  • Brad Rau … Animation
  • Joe Sloan … Animation
  • Franz Palomaris … Animation
  • Diaz, Derek Adrian Hecker … Animation
  • For CG Animation:
  • Christine E. Walter … Coordinating Producer
  • Tammy Walters … Supervising Producer
  • David Baas … Direction (Misc.), Director of Animation
  • Jason Carswell … Animation
  • Sam Crees … Animation
  • Patrick Porter … Animation
  • Anthony Tablong … Animation
  • Ferdinand N. Terado … Animation
  • John Wilson … Animation
  • Cameron Bowen … Cast, Bob
  • Sandy Correia … Cast, Mrs. Shoe and Lacey
  • Rafael Ferrer … Cast, the Pencil
  • Bob Kaliban … Cast, the Little Cup and Plush
  • Amanda Kaplan … Cast, the Mop and Mary Jane
  • Marilyn Pasekoff … Cast, Doris
  • Gerrianne Raphael … Cast, the Pad
  • Gary Yudman … Cast, Mr. String and Mr. Shoe