Strawberry Shortcake: Pets on Parade

Strawberry Shortcake: Pets on Parade is an animated television special from 1982, made by Romeo Muller, Robert L. Rosen, and Fred Wolf. This is the third to feature the Iconix Brand Group character, Strawberry Shortcake.

Strawberry Shortcake: Pets on Parade
Written byRomeo Muller
Directed byFred Wolf
Kohsei Ohtani[1]
StarringRomeo Muller
Russi Taylor
Robert Ridgely
Theme music composerMark Volman
Howard Kaylan
Performed by:
Flo & Eddie
Lyrics:
Romeo Muller
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersRomeo Muller
Fred Wolf
Tomoh Fukumoto
EditorRich Harrison[1]
Running time23 minutes
Production companiesMuller/Rosen[1]
Murakami-Wolf-Swenson[1][2]
Toei Doga[1][2]
Those Characters from Cleveland (uncredited)[1][2]
DistributorSunbow Productions (TV, 1987)[2]
Release
Original networkSyndication
Original releaseApril 9, 1982 (1982-04-09)[2][3][4]
Chronology
Preceded byStrawberry Shortcake in Big Apple City (1981)
Followed byStrawberry Shortcake: Housewarming Surprise (1983)

Synopsis

Strawberry Shortcake: Pets on Parade chronicles Strawberryland's "Second Annual Grand Old Petable Pet Show and Pet Parade." Strawberry Shortcake and her cat, Custard, are the judges of the pet show, but the Purple Pieman and Sour Grapes plan to enter their own pets into the show and frame Strawberry for cheating.

Cast
Name Character Source
Russi TaylorStrawberry Shortcake[2]
Robert RidgelyPeculiar Purple Pieman
Joan Gerber[nb 1]Soufflé the Skunk
Julie McWhirterAngel Cake / Custard
Romeo MullerMr. Sun / Narrator

Release

Pets on Parade premiered on April 9, 1982 in 100 U.S. cities.[4] It aired on WCBS in New York City[3] and on KTLA in Los Angeles.[2]

This was the last Strawberry Shortcake special produced by Muller/Rosen.

Reception

In the 1996 edition of Ballantine Books' Video Movie Guide, Mick Martin and Marsha Porter gave the special two and a half stars out of four.[5]

See also

Notes
  1. Credited as Joanie Gerber.

References
  1. Wolf, Fred (director); Muller, Romeo (writer) (April 9, 1982). "Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple City". Syndication. Missing or empty |series= (help)
  2. Woolery, George W. (1989). "Strawberry Shortcake: Pets on Parade". Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962–1987. Scarecrow Press. pp. 402–403. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2.
  3. O'Connor, John J. (April 9, 1982). "TV Weekend; Shortcake, Survivalists, City Opera and Comedy". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved October 11, 2010.
  4. Thompson, Ruth (April 1, 1982). "Star Scene". J-W Plus (Lawrence Journal-World). p. 3. Retrieved October 11, 2010.
  5. Martin, Mick; Porter, Marsha (1995). "Strawberry Shortcake: Pets on Parade". Video Movie Guide 1996. Ballantine Books. p. 215. ISBN 0-345-39783-5. Retrieved October 11, 2010.
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