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Crashbox
Directed byDave Thomas
ComposerMatthew Morse
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes52
Production
Executive producersAdam Shaheen
Eamon Harrington
John Watkin
Camera setupSingle Camera
Running time25 minutes
Production companiesPlanet Grande Pictures
Cuppa Coffee Animation
HBO Grace & Wild Interactive Development (S1 only)
Original release
NetworkHBO Family
ReleaseFebruary 1, 1999 –
April 1, 2000

Crashbox is a Canadian educational children's television game show that airs on the HBO Family digital cable television channel in the United States. It aims to educate grade-school children in history, math, vocabulary, and other various subjects.

The show takes place in the insides of a game computer where green game cartridges (which are sculpted out of clay) are created and loaded by rusty robots. Each half-hour episode consists of at least seven 2-to-5-minute educational games. Near the end, the robots will do "Crashbox Rewind" where they review most of the games to the viewers. [citation needed]

Crashbox was one of the cornerstone programs for the relaunch of the HBO Family channel in February 1999.[1][2] The series has never been released on DVD or VHS, but remains on HBO Family to this day.

Creation team

Crashbox was created by Planet Grande Pictures, ( Eamon Harrington and John Watkin) and is animated by Cuppa Coffee Studios, headed by Adam Shaheen. Planet Grande Pictures engaged award-winning Cuppa Coffee Studios 7 months to complete 13 hours of programming.[3]

Voice cast

References

  1. ^ Richard Katz, "HBO in Family way with heavy push of new fare", Variety, September 9, 1998.
  2. ^ Lynne Heffley, "HBO Launches Spinoff With Pair of Excellent Kids' Shows", Los Angeles Times, February 1, 1999.
  3. ^ Eichhorn, P: "Cuppa Coffee brews up a special blend of animation Take One Magazine, Summer, 1999, No. 24
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