The Little Lulu Show
The Little Lulu Show is a Canadian-American animated television series based on the Marjorie Henderson Buell comic book character Little Lulu.[1]
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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) (Canada) HBO Family (United States) |
| Audio format | Dolby Surround |
| Original release | November 11, 1995 – February 21, 1999 |
History
The series aired on HBO Family in the United States and CTV in Canada from 1995 to 1999 after Marge's death in 1993. The series continued to air on Family Channel and Teletoon Retro in Canada. The lead character was voiced first by Tracey Ullman and later Jane Woods. The series was animated by CINAR (now WildBrain) in Canada.
The series centers on the life and adventures of Lulu Moppet and Tubby Tompkins.[2] Between stories called LuluToon, they featured stand-up comedy that Lulu hosted and a series of musical shorts called Lulu-Bite is also shown. Each episode contains three sketches with different stories, interspersed with a "stand up-comedy" presented by Lulu and two short 30-second introductions without speech, based on the last comic stories (with only three scenes).
Each storyline featured in the LuluToons are used from comic book releases (including John Stanley ones), with minor alterations.[3]
This series is different from Little Lulu and Her Little Friends, an anime television series featuring the same characters made in 1976 and aired internationally in 1978.
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 (Seasons 1 and 3 only) | Jane Woods (Season 2 only) | |
| 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 Clarence 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.