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The Little Lulu Show
GenreComedy
Based onLittle Lulu
by Marjorie Henderson Buell
Directed by
  • Greg Bailey
  • Louis Piché
  • Nick Rijgersberg
Voices ofTracey Ullman (season 1)
Jane Woods (seasons 2 and 3)
Theme music composer
Opening theme"Little Lulu"
ComposerJeff Fisher
Country of origin
  • United States
Original languageAmerican English
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes52 (156 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Ronald A. Weinberg
  • Cassandra Schafhausen
  • Lesley Taylor
Running time22 minutes (7 minutes per segment)
Production companies
Original release
NetworkCTV (Canada, seasons 1 and 2)
Family Channel (Canada, season 3)
HBO (United States, seasons 1 and 2)
HBO Family (United States, season 3)
ReleaseOctober 22, 1995 (1995-10-22) –
December 25, 1998 (1998-12-25)

The Little Lulu Show is an animated series based on Marjorie Henderson Buell's comic book character Little Lulu.[1] The series first aired in 1995 and ended in 1998.

The series was produced by the CINAR Corporation, in association with Western Publishing Company, Inc./Golden Books Family Entertainment, alongside HBO, Beta Film and the CTV Television Network Ltd. for the first 2 seasons, with the participation of The Cable Production Fund (Season 2) and the Family Channel (Season 3). For the 3rd season, TMO-Loonland Film co-produced the series with CINAR.

Plot

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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 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 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 is used from comic book releases (including John Stanley ones), with minor alterations.[3]

The series is different from Little Lulu and Her Little Friends, a Japanese anime featuring the same characters made in 1976 and aired internationally in 1978.

Broadcast

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The series was aired on HBO and HBO Family in the United States and CTV in Canada. The series continued to air on Family Channel, Teletoon Retro (American English and Canadian French), VRAK.TV, and TeleNiños (Mexican Spanish dub only). In foreign countries, the series is also aired on the Australian ABC (part of ABC for Kids), Rai 2, E-Junior, Cartoon Network and TV Globo.

Characters

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Main article: List of Little Lulu characters

Episodes

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Main article: List of The Little Lulu Show episodes
SeasonSegmentsEpisodesOriginally released
First releasedLast released
1186October 22, 1995 (1995-10-22)October 27, 1995 (1995-10-27)
26020May 3, 1996 (1996-05-03)July 4, 1996 (1996-07-04)
37826November 30, 1998 (1998-11-30)December 25, 1998 (1998-12-25)

Voice cast

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Characters Voice actors
"Little" Lulu Moppet Tracey Ullman (Season 1)
Jane Woods (Seasons 2–3)
Thomas "Tubby" Tompkins Bruce Dinsmore
Annie Inch Michael Caloz (Seasons 1 and 2)
Vanessa Lengies (Season 3)
Iggy Inch Jane Woods (Season 1 and Boy Cannon Ball)
Dawn Ford (Seasons 2 and 3)
Willie Wilkins Andrew Henry (Seasons 1 and 2)
Ricky Mabe (Season 3)
Eddie Stimson Ricky Mabe (Seasons 1 and 2)
Justin Bradley (Season 3)
Wilbur Van Snobbe Jacob Tierney (Northern New Jersey accent)
Gloria Goode Darling Angelina Boivin
Alvin Jones Ajay Fry (Seasons 1 and 2)
Jonathan Koensgen (Season 3)
Mrs. Martha Moppet Pauline Little
Mr. George Moppet Gary Jewell
Mrs. Ellie Tompkins Susan Glover
Mr. Jim Tompkins Arthur Grosser
Officer McNab Terrence Scammell (Irish accent)
Marge Angelina Boivin (Seasons 1 and 2)
Brigid Tierney (Season 3)
Jeannie and Joannie Tamar Kozlov
Miss Feeny Danielle Desormeaux
Butch the Lead West Side Boy Michael Yarmush

References

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  1. ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 364–365. ISBN 978-1538103739.
  2. ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 507–508. ISBN 978-1476665993.
  3. ^ "Everybody's Favorite Juvenile Feminist". comicreaders.com. Archived from the original on October 28, 2006. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
  1. ^ Known as CINAR Films for the first 2 seasons. Animation outsourced to Wang Film Productions (seasons 1 and 2) and AKOM (season 3).
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