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The Mr. Men Show
GenreComedy
Created byRoger Hargreaves
Directed byMark Risley
Country of origin United States
 United Kingdom
Production
Running time11 Minutes
Original release
Network Cartoon Network
Boomerang
Five
Release February 4, 2008
February 25, 2008
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The Mr. Men Show is an animated television series based on the original Mr. Men and Little Miss books created in the 1970s, 80s and 90s by British author Roger Hargreaves. Adapted from the published source material into a television variety program, The Mr. Men Show features comedy sketches, pantomimes, dance numbers and music videos. The TV series is directed by Mark Risley and executive produced by Eryk Casemiro & Kate Boutilier.

Production

The Mr. Men Show is produced in Glendale, California by Renegade Animation.

Opening Credits

  • Kate Boutilier - Excutive producer
  • Eryk Casemiro - Excutive producer
  • Mark Risley - Director

Episodes

Season 1

  1. Physical/Boo Boos
  2. Farm/Movies
  3. Science/Lake
  4. Books/Beach
  5. Boats/Mall
  6. Flying/Hobbies
  7. Dance/Inventions
  8. Fair/Camping
  9. Amusement Park/Trains
  10. Paint/Fish
  11. Adventure/Construction
  12. Snow/Canned Goods
  13. Jobs/Gardens
  14. Collections/Chores
  15. Restaurants/Music
  16. Full Moon/Night
  17. Food/Bugs
  18. Cooking/Rainy Day
  19. Heatwave/Sleep
  20. Yard Work/Parade
  21. Games/Superstore
  22. Hotel/Birthday
  23. Car Wash/Wildlife
  24. Dillydale Day/Cars
  25. Sightseeing/The Dark
  26. Circus/Ships

Season 2

  1. Picnics/Driving
  2. Outer Space/Clean Teeth
  3. Airports/Shoes
  4. Arts and Crafts/Game Shows
  5. Garages/Eyeglasses
  6. Toys/Reptiles
  7. Hats/Robots
  8. Parties/Up and Down
  9. Dining Out/Gifts
  10. Sun and Moon/Telephone
  11. Seashore/Washing & Drying
  12. Sneezes & Hiccups/Fruit
  13. Radio/Supermarket
  14. Skyscrapers/Cinema
  15. Getting Around/Clocks
  16. Post Office/Pets
  17. Dance Dance Dance/Trees
  18. Library/Pirates
  19. Goo/Trains & Planes
  20. Out to Sea/Next Door
  21. Lunch/Machines
  22. Fairies and Gnomes/Home Improvement
  23. Birds/Bath and Bubbles
  24. Sand and Surf/Parks
  25. Surprises/Travel
  26. Bad Weather/Pests

Season 3

  1. Car Docks/Snow
  2. Zoo/Swimming Pools
  3. Monorail/Aquarium
  4. Sports/Plants
  5. Ice Cream/Pond
  6. Diner/Cabaret
  7. Planes/Fossils
  8. Art Gallery/Television
  9. Planetarium/Gymnastics
  10. Carnival/Rock Pools
  11. Christmas part 1
  12. Christmas part 2
  13. Dance Dance Dance Dance Dance/Photography
  14. Supermarket/Flashlights
  15. Birds/Horses
  16. Birthday/Library
  17. Computers/Harbour
  18. Putting on the Cowboy part 1
  19. Putting on the Cowboy part 2
  20. SuperHeroes/Trains
  21. Good and Bad/Buses
  22. Cats & Dogs/Vegetables
  23. Dillydale's 100th Anniversary Special
  24. 146th Episode Special
  25. Restaurant/Cinema
  26. Hospital/Pottery
  27. Golf/Cyborgs
  28. Seaside/Flowers
  29. Going Eco/Canoes

Characters

Mr. Men

Little Misses

Adapting the books for television

Some artistic license has been taken in adapting the books for television, including name changes, design alterations, the creation of entirely new characters and the gender reassignment of existing characters. Mr. Rude, Mr. Quiet, Mr. Strong, Mr. Grumpy, Little Miss Magic, Mr. Tall, Little Miss Bossy, Mr. Funny, Little Miss Curious, Mr. Fussy, Little Miss Naughty, Little Miss Whoops, Mr. Messy, Little Miss Helpful, Mr. Small, Mr. Nosy, Mr. Jelly and Mr. Lazy have undergone re-imaginings, with Mr. Jelly furthermore being renamed to Mr. Nervous and Mr. Greedy furthermore being renamed to Mr. Hungry (it should be noted in season 1 that Mr. Fussy was renamed Mr. Persnickety). Little Miss Calamity and Little Miss Daredevil were created exclusively for the television series, while the book’s female characters of Little Miss Stubborn and Little Miss Scatterbrain have been changed to Mr. Stubborn and Mr. Scatterbrain and the books male character Mr. Impossible and Mr. Jelly have been changed to Little Miss Impossible and Little Miss Jelly. Mr. Tall, Mr. Funny, Little Miss Curious, Little Miss Bossy, Little Miss Magic and Little Miss Giggles appeared in Season 2.

Upcoming Season 3

Season 3 will be made in 2010. It will have 52 new episodes as usual. There will be 5 new Mr. Men (Mr. Chatterbox, Mr. Clever, Mr. Hungry, Mr. Marvelous and Mr. Topsy-Turvy) and 5 new Little Misses (Miss Busy, Miss Impossible, Miss Jelly, Miss Tiny and Miss Wise). Little Miss Chatterbox won't appear but Mr. Chatterbox will be taking her roles. Little Miss Calamity will return and Mr. Funny will now talk plus he will have a stemless flower on his hat (Unlike In Season 2). Mr. Tall and Little Miss Curious will speak in lots of episodes but Mr. Marvelous and Little Miss Busy will just speak in one or two episodes. The Christmas and Putting on the Cowboy episode will be in 2 parts. There will an episode where Dillydale Celebrates it's 100th Anniversary and a 146th episode special with a guest appearance by Adam Campbell Sing. There will be another episode on Snow, Supermarket, Birds, Birthday, Library, Trains, Restaurants and Cinema that also appeared in Season 1 and 2. There will also be an episode called Dance Dance Dance Dance Dance which will have 3 plots in the US version and 4 plots in the UK version. Each episode will have 3 or sometimes 4 plots. Now, Emma Tate Will Voice Little Miss Whoops. From This Season Onwards, There Will Be 29 Episodes, Insted Of 26.

Changes to Opening Cinematic:

  • Little Miss Helpful will help Little Miss Calamity put up a clever picture of Mr. Clever that she throws in the air after falling off the ladder.
  • Mr. Hungry will be eating Donuts with Mr. Nosey and Mr. Small but he has lots of Donuts.
  • Little Miss Bossy will boss Mr. Tickles arms to go up and not tickle her.
  • Little Miss Scary will also scare Little Miss Jelly with her mask but Little Miss Jelly will also faint
  • Mr. Fussy will now clean Mr. Tickles arms with a hose.
  • Mr. Chatterbox will do what Little Miss Chatterbox did in the opening.
  • Mr. Funny will laugh at Mr. Scatterbrain sitting on a toy train thinking that it's Funny.
  • Mr. Tickle's arms will whizz through Mr. Tall's long legs.
  • Little Miss Impossible will undo the knot in Mr. Tickles arms that was done by Little Miss Naughty quickly (that's impossible).
  • Little Miss Curious and Little Miss Wise will be on the jet with Mr Bump and Little Miss Whoops. She starts to giggle when Mr. Bump falls off the plane.
  • note: Little Miss Chatterbox, Mr. Marvelous, Mr. Topsy-Turvy, Little Miss Busy and Little Miss Tiny won't appear in the opening cinematic.

Dillydale

The Dillydale city sign

In Roger Hargreaves' original book series, each of the Mr. Men and Little Miss characters were given a hometown: Happyland, Tiddletown, Nonsenseland - in the television series, all the characters live in the same city, the township of Dillydale. The name "Dillydale" was coined by series producer Peggy Regan. To commemorate the historic naming, Peggy was presented with a plaque and the honorary title "The Mayor of Dillydale".

American and English versions

The Mr. Men show is dubbed from English (U.S. version) into English (UK version). With the exceptions of Mr. Scatterbrain and Mr. Rude, the American voice cast is completely different from the British cast.

The artists at Renegade Animation animate the Mr. Men Show character actions to the U.S. cast's performance. The finished episodes are then shipped to the UK for overdubbing, where the UK cast mimics the US cast, matching the existing lip sync in much the same process that is employed when dubbing Godzilla films from Japanese into English.

US voice cast

UK Voice Cast

Channels

Country Channel
United States United States Cartoon Network
United Kingdom United Kingdom Five and Fiver (Milkshake!)
France France France 5
Australia Australia ABC1,ABC2 and Nick Jr.
Canada Canada YTV
Portugal Portugal RTP 1 and RTP 2
Singapore Singapore Okto
Japan Japan Cartoon Network Japan
South Korea South Korea Cartoon Network Southeast Asia
Spain Spain TVE2
Germany Germany Nickelodeon

External links

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