A Little Curious is an American children's animated television series that ran on HBO Family for two seasons. The series premiered on February 1, 1999 until its final episode aired on May 1, 2000. The series, produced by Curious Pictures and HBO, was aimed at preschoolers. It was one of the cornerstone programs for the relaunch of the HBO Family channel in February 1999.[1][2]
A Little Curious | |
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Genre | Anthology Comedy Educational |
Created by | Steve Oakes |
Written by | Carin Greenberg Baker Nicholas Hollander Laurie Israel Becky Mode Alana Sanko Frederick J. Stroppel |
Directed by | Steve Oakes |
Voices of | Cameron Bowen Amanda Kaplan Gary Yudman Marilyn Pasekoff Sandy Correia Bob Kaliban Gerrianne Raphael Rafael Ferrer |
Theme music composer | The Manhattan Transfer |
Opening theme | "I'm a Little Curious" performed by The Manhattan Transfer |
Ending theme | "I'm a Little Curious" (instrumental) (season 1) "I'm a Little Curious" (instrumental remix) (season 2) |
Composer | Pat Irwin |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 43 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Carole Rosen Sheila Nevins Susan Holden Steve Oakes Richard Winkler David Starr |
Producer | John Hoffman |
Running time | 24 minutes |
Production company | Curious Pictures |
Original release | |
Network | HBO |
Release | February 1, 1999 May 1, 2000 | –
The 24-minute episodes are essentially anthologies of shorts centered on a common, easily digested topic word such as "slippery" or "sticky". While each short draws from the same pool of characters, they are produced in a variety of animation techniques.[3] Animation styles include stop-motion, collage animation, clay animation, traditional 3-D and 2-D cel animation, and 3-D CGI, along with live-action segments mostly narrated by Bob the Ball.[4] Some of the shorts are designed to fit more than one topic, and are re-used in different episodes.
The pool of characters, generally based on everyday objects, include:
A Little Curious was a production of Curious Pictures for HBO. Curious Pictures would later be more recognizable for their work on the Cartoon Network animated series Codename: Kids Next Door, as well as the Playhouse Disney series Little Einsteins. The show featured music composed by Pat Irwin, who also created the music for the Nickelodeon animated series Rocko's Modern Life.