The Little Lulu Show
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The Little Lulu Show | |
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Genre | Comedy |
Based on | Little Lulu, by Marjorie Henderson Buell |
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Starring | Tracey Ullman (season 1) Jane Woods (seasons 2-3) |
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Opening theme | "Little Lulu" |
Composer | Jeff Fisher |
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Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 52 (156 segments) (list of episodes) |
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Running time | 22 minutes |
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Distributor | CINAR |
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Original network | CTV (seasons 1–2) Family Channel (season 3) |
Picture format | NTSC |
Audio format | Dolby Surround |
Original release | November 11, 1995 December 22, 1998 | –
The Little Lulu Show is an animated series based on Marjorie Henderson Buell's comic book character Little Lulu.[1] The series was produced by CINAR (now WildBrain). The series aired from 1995 to 1999 after the cartoonist's death in 1993.
Plot[]
Quick-witted Lulu can outsmart boys, bullies and even grownups! Whether she’s catching frogs for a local restaurant, searching for hidden treasure or tracking down a thief, Little Lulu’s always got an ace up her sleeve. Together with her best friend Tubby, pint-sized Alvin, buck-toothed Annie, smooth Willie and the rest of the neighborhood gang, Lulu always finds herself in the middle of an adventure.
The series focuses on the life and the adventures of Lulu Moppet (voiced by Tracey Ullman and later Jane Woods) and Tubby Tompkins.[2] Between stories called LuluToon, they featured stand-up comedy that Lulu hosted and a series of the musical shorts called Lulu-Bite is also shown. Each episode contains 3 sketches with the different stories, interspersed with a "stand up-comedy" presented by Lulu and 2 short 30-second introductions without speech, based on the last comic stories (with only 3 scenes).
Each storyline featured in the LuluToons are used from comic book releases (including John Stanley ones), with minor alterations.[3]
The series is different from Little Lulu and Her Little Friends, an Japanese anime featuring the same characters made in 1976 and aired internationally in 1978.
Broadcast[]
The series is aired on HBO Family in the United States and CTV in Canada. The series continued to air on Family Channel, Teletoon Retro (English and French), VRAK.TV, and TeleNiños (Spanish dub only). In foreign countries, the series is also aired on ABC (part of ABC for Kids), Rai 2, Cartoon Network and Rede Globo.
Characters[]
Episodes[]
Voice cast[]
Name | Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 |
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"Little" Lulu Moppet | Tracey Ullman (Season 1 only) | Jane Woods (Seasons 2 and 3 only) | |
Thomas "Tubby" Tompkins | Bruce Dinsmore | ||
Annie Inch | Michael Caloz (Seasons 1 and 2 only) | Vanessa Lengies (Season 3 only) | |
Alvin Jones | Ajay Fry (Seasons 1 and 2 only) | Jonathan Koensgen (Season 3 only) | |
Iggy Inch | Dawn Ford | Jane Woods | Dawn Ford |
Willie Wilkins | Andrew Henry (Seasons 1 and 2 only) | Ricky Mabe (Season 3 only) | |
Eddie Stimson | Justin Bradley | ||
Wilbur Van Snobbe | Jacob Tierney | ||
Gloria Goode Darling | Angelina Boivin | ||
Mrs. Martha Moppet (Lulu's Mom) | Tress MacNeille | ||
Mr. George Moppet (Lulu's Dad) | Gary Jewell | ||
Mrs. Ellie Tompkins (Tubby's Mom) | Susan Glover | ||
Officer McNabb | Terrence Scammell | ||
Margie | Angelina Boivin | ||
Jeannie and Joannie | Danielle Desormeaux | ||
Miss Feeny | Ellen David | ||
Butch the Lead West Side Boy | Michael Yarmush |
References[]
- ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 364–365. ISBN 978-1538103739.
- ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 507–508. ISBN 978-1476665993.
- ^ "Everybody's Favorite Juvenile Feminist". comicreaders.com. Archived from the original on 2006-10-28. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
- ^ Animation outsourced to Wang Film Productions (seasons 1–2) and AKOM (season 3).
External links[]
- The Little Lulu Show at IMDb
- HBO original programming
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming
- Family Channel (Canadian TV network) original programming
- 1990s American animated television series
- 1990s Canadian animated television series
- 1990s American children's comedy television series
- 1990s American comedy television series
- 1990s Canadian comedy television series
- 1995 American television series debuts
- 1995 Canadian television series debuts
- 1999 American television series endings
- 1999 Canadian television series endings
- American children's animated comedy television series
- Canadian children's animated comedy television series
- Television shows based on comic strips
- Animated television series about children
- American children's comedy television series
- Canadian children's comedy television series
- Television series set in the 1950s
- Television series by Cookie Jar Entertainment
- Television series by DHX Media
- Television series by Universal Television
- English-language television shows
- Little Lulu