Pinky Dinky Doo

Pinky Dinky Doo is an animated children's television series created by Jim Jinkins.[2] It was produced and co-owned by Jinkins' Cartoon Pizza and Sesame Workshop. The series was made in association with Discovery Kids Latin America and CBC Canada (Season 1). For the second season, Abrams Gentile Entertainment and the Canadian studio Keyframe Digital Productions[3] joined as production companies. Each episode follows an imaginative pink-haired girl named Pinky Dinky Doo as she makes up her own stories.

Pinky Dinky Doo
GenreCartoon series
Created byJim Jinkins
Developed by
  • Jim Jinkins
  • Mark York
StarringIndia Ennenga
Allison Wachtfogel
Justin Riordan
Heather Dilly
Jim Jinkins
Felix Chrome
Opening theme"Pinky Dinky Doo Theme Song"
Ending theme"We're Going to the Story Box" (Instrumental)
ComposerDan Sawyer
Country of originUnited States
Canada[lower-alpha 1]
Latin America[lower-alpha 1]
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes52 (104 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
ProducersMelanie Grisanti
Mark York
Running time26 minutes
Production companiesSesame Workshop
Cartoon Pizza
Abrams Gentile Entertainment (season 2)
Keyframe Digital Productions
(season 2)
Release
Original networkDiscovery Kids (Latin America)
Kids' CBC (Canada, season 1)
CBeebies (UK)
Noggin (US)
Picture format480i
First shown inLatin America
Original releaseApril 5, 2005 (2005-04-05)[1] –
April 8, 2011 (2011-04-08)
External links
Website

The character of Pinky Dinky Doo was created by Jim Jinkins as a bedtime story for his daughter. In 2002, he developed the idea into a two-part web series, produced by his company Cartoon Pizza alongside Sesame Workshop.[4] In 2003, Random House released a series of six children's books featuring the character, and on April 5, 2005, the show's first season made its worldwide premiere on Discovery Kids in Latin America. The show was first broadcast in English on CBC Canada in December 2005.[5]

Between January 17, 2016 and January 2, 2021, the series aired in reruns on HBO Kids as part of HBO's deal with Sesame Workshop.[6] It was also added to the HBO Max streaming service upon its launch on May 27, 2020, before being taken off in January 2021. [7]

Plot

Pinky Dinky Doo is a girl who lives in Great Big City with her parents, her little brother Tyler, and their house pet Mr. Guinea Pig. When Tyler has a problem, Pinky says, "That gives me an idea." Tyler asks, "Pinky, are you going to make up a story?" and Pinky responds, "Yeserooni positooni!", dancing to a cardboard box called the Story Box. Using chalk and her imagination, she tells a story. In the second season, Pinky uses the Story Pad, a notebook in which she draws pictures for her newer stories, whenever the Story Box is not available.

During the made-up story, Pinky must "Think Big," at which point her head swells and she comes up with an often wacky solution to the problem while singing "If I have a problem, don't know which way to go, I think and think and think and think, and suddenly I know." Some episodes feature different variations of the "Think Big" sequence:

  • In Big Blob of Talk, Pinky listens big instead.
  • In Back to School Is Cool, Pinky's hair swells instead of her entire head due to her having a bad hair day.
  • In Tyler to the Rescue, Two Wheel Dreams, Go to Bed Tyler!, and Tyler's Big Idea, Tyler thinks big.
  • In Shrinky Pinky, Mr. Guinea Pig thinks big.

Cast and characters

Dinky Doo family
  • Pinky Dinky Doo (voiced by India Ennenga)
  • Tyler Dinky Doo (voiced by Felix Chrome in season 1; Allison Wachtfogel in season 2)
  • Mr. Guinea Pig (voiced by Juan Van Michaelangelo in season 1; John Rogers in season 2)
  • Mommy Dinky Doo (voiced by Heather Dilly in season 1; Lindsie Van Winkle in season 2)
  • Daddy Dinky Doo (voiced by Jim Jinkins)

School characters
  • Nicholas Biscuit (voiced by Justin Riordan in season 1; Katherine Rose Riley in season 2)
  • Bobby Boom (voiced by Kalif Jenkins in season 1; Ralph Peavy in season 2)
  • Daffinee Toilette (voiced by Carolina Hernandez in season 1; Anabelle Berrido in season 2)

History

Production

The series was created and produced by Cartoon Pizza and Sesame Workshop, which co-own the copyright to the series.[8] These two companies were the sole producers of the show's pilot episodes. For the first season, Discovery Kids and CBC Canada joined as co-producers. Abrams Gentile Entertainment and Keyframe Digital Productions joined as production companies in the second season. Abrams Gentile financed part of the season in exchange for licensing and merchandising rights, and Keyframe animated the season. The first season used flash animation using Macromedia Flash, while the second season switched over to computer animation using 3DS Max, with the characters being animated via a 3D rig as opposed to being completely 3-Dimensional.[9]

Pinky Dinky Doo was an international co-production. Cartoon Pizza, Sesame Workshop, and Abrams Gentile were based in the United States; CBC and Keyframe Digital were based in Canada;[3] and Discovery Kids was based in Latin America. For season two, the budget was about $200,000 Canadian dollars per episode.[3]

Jim Jinkins originally created Pinky Dinky Doo in 2000 as a bedtime story for his then four-year-old daughter. In an interview with Animation Magazine, he admitted, "It wasn't pre-meditated as a kid's show." In 2002, Jinkins worked with Sesame Workshop to create two web-based pilot episodes starring Pinky, which were released online in 2003.[4] From 2003 to 2004, Random House published a series of six children's books centered around Pinky. Jim Jinkins said of his work with Sesame Workshop: "The Workshop was a beautiful partner ... they didn't overhaul it, but saw it as natural literacy project."[3]

Broadcast

The series made its worldwide premiere on April 5, 2005, on Discovery Kids in Latin America. The show was first broadcast in English on CBC Canada, which premiered the show in December 2005.[5] Other Canadian stations that aired Pinky Dinky Doo include TVOntario and Knowledge Network, as well as TFO in French Canada.[10] In most other territories, Sesame Workshop aimed to premiere the show in the first quarter of 2006.

Before the series premiere, Kidscreen announced that broadcast rights for Pinky Dinky Doo had been sold to ABC Television in Australia.[11] It was also announced that Sesame Workshop was "focusing on securing German and French [broadcast] partners,"[11] which became Super RTL in Germany and France 5.

Pinky Dinky Doo was sold to over 35 international broadcasters.[12] The American Forces Network, a channel operated by the U.S. Armed Forces, aired Pinky Dinky Doo from 2006 to 2016.[13] In the United States, Noggin had temporary broadcast rights for Pinky Dinky Doo and aired it as one of several acquired shows[14] from 2006 to 2009. The show continued to air following Noggin's relaunch as the Nick Jr. channel aired the show from the channel's relaunch on September 28, 2009 until April 8, 2011. The Spanish-language U.S. network Univision aired the Spanish dub of the show as part of its Saturday morning programming block for children, Planeta U, from Planeta U’s launch on April 5, 2008 to September 3rd, 2011. HBO Kids aired the series in reruns as part of HBO's partnership with Sesame Workshop between 2016 and 2021.[6] The show has been made available on the HBO Max streaming service upon its launch on May 27, 2020, until January 2, 2021.[15]

In the United Kingdom, the show was broadcast on the BBC's children's network CBeebies. It was originally shown in American English, but it was later redubbed and broadcast with British English voices, although the series were put on hiatus between December 31, 2006 and September 24, 2007.[16][17] In Brazil, TV Cultura aired a Brazilian Portuguese dub. The series also aired on Rai Yoyo in Italian, Baraem in Arabic, and Hop! Channel in Hebrew.

Episodes
Main article: List of Pinky Dinky Doo episodes
SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
126April 5, 2005 (2005-04-05)April 30, 2006 (2006-04-30)
226September 6, 2008 (2008-09-06)April 8, 2011 (2011-04-08)

Description

The show helps viewers increase their vocabularies with its Great Big Fancy Word, which is featured several times during the episode. It also addresses problem-solving skills as well as the basics of narrative stories—character, dialogue, plot, details, main idea and sequence of events. After Pinky tells her story and solves the problem of the day, kids are invited to play an interactive game on the Cheese Sandwich toy, where they review details about the story. At the end of each episode, Pinky says, "I love to make up stories. I'll bet you can make up a story too." In each episode, there is also a "Great Big Fancy Word", but when somebody is about to say the word, Mr. Guinea Pig will blow a trumpet (sometimes a different brass/woodwind instrument) and then the character says the word (even if Mr. Guinea Pig himself says the word).

This series was created by Jim Jinkins, who originally made up Pinky's adventures as bedtime tales for his children. The executive producers are Jinkins and David Campbell. It is a production of Sesame Workshop, Cartoon Pizza, Keyframe Digital, and Abrams Gentile Entertainment. According to the show's website, it is intended to promote reading and imaginative storytelling.[18][19]

Notes
  1. Pinky Dinky Doo was an international co-production. Cartoon Pizza, Sesame Workshop, and Abrams Gentile were based in the United States; CBC and Keyframe Digital were based in Canada;[lower-alpha 2] and Discovery Kids was based in Latin America.

References
  1. "Pinky Dinky Doo Season 1 on HBO". Amazon Video. 2016. April 5, 2005
  2. Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 465. ISBN 978-1538103739.
  3. Strike, Joe (December 9, 2008). "'Pinky Dinky Doo': Keyframe Digital Does the Second Season". AWN.com. Animation World Network. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  4. Connell, Mike (October 1, 2002). "Cool New Shows! 2002". Kid Screen. Brunico Communications Ltd. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
  5. https://kidscreen.com/2005/09/01/canada-20050901/
  6. Perez, Sarah (January 13, 2016). "HBO Takes On Netflix With A New Kids Section Featuring 'Sesame Street' And More". Techcrunch.com. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  7. https://www.polygon.com/2020/5/27/21271224/hbo-max-tv-shows-movies-full-list-dc-batman-superman-warner-bros-criterion-anime
  8. https://www.awn.com/animationworld/pinky-dinky-doo-keyframe-digital-does-second-season
  9. https://www.awn.com/news/pinky-dinky-doo-goes-3d
  10. "Pinky Dinky Doo". TFO.org.
  11. Lianne, Stewart (October 1, 2004). "Cool New Shows! 2004". Kid Screen. Brunico Communications Ltd.
  12. "Keyframe Digital Partners with Sesame Workshop to Help Pinky Dinky Doo 'Do 3D'". September 12, 2008.
  13. "AFN Family TV and Entertainment Guide" (PDF). 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 28, 2016.
  14. http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2007/08/13/mtvns-noggin-and-the-n-channels-to-split-into-two-separate-24-hour-services-dec-31-07-25193/20070813nick01/
  15. https://www.polygon.com/2020/5/27/21271224/hbo-max-tv-shows-movies-full-list-dc-batman-superman-warner-bros-criterion-anime
  16. "CBeebies 31 December 2006 - BBC Genome".
  17. "CBeebies 24 September 2007 - BBC Genome".
  18. http://www.pinkydinkydoo.com/grownups_education.html
  19. "Pinky Dinky Doo Season 2 on HBO". Amazon Video. 2016. April 29, 2007
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