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| The Little Lulu Show | |
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Based on | Little Lulu byMarjorie Henderson Buell |
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| Voices of | Tracey Ullman (season 1) Jane Woods (seasons 2–3) |
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| Opening theme | "Little Lulu" performed by Richard Groulx |
| Ending theme | "Little Lulu" (instrumental) |
| 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 (7 minutes per segment) |
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| Network | CTV (Canada, seasons 1–2) Family Channel (Canada, season 3) HBO (United States, seasons 1–2) HBO Family (United States, season 3) |
| Release | October 22, 1995 (1995-10-22) – February 21, 1999 (1999-02-21) |
The Little Lulu Show is an animated series based onMarjorie Henderson Buell's comic strip characterLittle Lulu.[1] The series first aired in 1995 and ended in 1999.
The series was produced by theCINAR Corporation, in association withWestern Publishing Company, Inc./Golden Books Family Entertainment, alongsideHBO, Beta Film and theCTV Television Network Ltd. for the first two seasons, with the participation of The Cable Production Fund (Season 2) and theFamily Channel (Season 3). For the third season,TMO-Loonland Film co-produced the series with CINAR.
Quick-witted Lulu can outsmart boys, bullies and even grownups. Whether she is catching frogs for a local restaurant,treasure hunting or tracking down a thief, Lulu always has 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 adventures of Lulu Moppet (voiced byTracey Ullman and later Jane Woods) and Tubby Tompkins.[2] Between stories calledLuluToon, they featured stand-up comedy that Lulu hosted and a series of musical shorts calledLulu-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 is used fromcomic book releases (including John Stanley ones), with minor alterations.[3]
The series is different fromLittle Lulu and Her Little Friends, a Japanese anime featuring the same characters made in 1976 and aired internationally in 1978.
The series was aired on HBO and HBO Family in the United States and CTV in Canada. The series continued to air onFamily Channel,Teletoon Retro (English and French),VRAK.TV, andTeleNiños (Spanish dub only). In foreign countries, the series is also aired on the AustralianABC (part of ABC for Kids),Rai 2,E-Junior,Cartoon Network andTV Globo.
| Season | Segments | Episodes | Originally released | ||
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| 1 | 18 | 6 | October 22, 1995 (1995-10-22) | December 26, 1995 (1995-12-26) | |
| 2 | 60 | 20 | May 3, 1996 (1996-05-03) | July 4, 1996 (1996-07-04) | |
| 3 | 78 | 26 | November 30, 1998 (1998-11-30) | February 21, 1999 (1999-02-21) | |
| Characters | Voice actors | ||
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| "Little" Lulu Moppet | Tracey Ullman (Season 1) Jane Woods (Seasons 2–3) | ||
| Thomas "Tubby" Tompkins | Bruce Dinsmore | ||
| Annie Inch | Michael Caloz (Seasons 1–2) Vanessa Lengies (Season 3) | ||
| Iggy Inch | Dawn Ford | ||
| Willie Wilkins | Andrew Henry (Seasons 1–2) Ricky Mabe (Season 3) | ||
| Eddie Stimson | Justin Bradley | ||
| Wilbur Van Snobbe | Jacob Tierney | ||
| Gloria Goode Darling | Angelina Boivin | ||
| Alvin Jones | Ajay Fry (Seasons 1–2) Jonathan Koensgen (Season 3) | ||
| Mrs. Martha Moppet | Pauline Little | ||
| Mr. George Moppet | Gary Jewell | ||
| Mrs. Ellie Tompkins | Susan Glover | ||
| Mr. Jim Tompkins | Terrence Scammell | ||
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| Margie | Angelina Boivin | ||
| Jeannie and Joannie | Danielle Desormeaux | ||
| Janie | |||
| Miss Feeny | Ellen David | ||
| Butch, the Lead West Side Boy | Michael Yarmush | ||
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