The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures
The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures | |
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Genre | Animation |
Written by | Patrick Granleese Caroline R. Maria Bruce Robb |
Voices of | Julie Burroughs Terrence Scammell Rick Jones Holly Gauthier-Frankel |
Composer | James Gelfand |
Country of origin | France Canada United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 52 (list of episodes) |
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Running time | 23 minutes |
Production companies | CINAR/France Animation Reader's Digest WIC Entertainment |
Original release | |
Network | HBO Family |
Release | March 2, 1997 (HBO Family), March 1, 1998 (HBO) – October 27, 1999 |
The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures is a French-Canadian-American animated TV series that aired on HBO from March 1, 1998[1] to October 27, 1999. It later re-aired on YTV in 2002. The show follows the adventures of two cousin mice, Emily from the country and Alexander from the city, who go on adventures around the world in the early 20th century, usually to stop the evil rat No-Tail No-Goodnik.
Main characters
- Emily (voiced by Julie Burroughs) is an American female country mouse and one of the protagonists of the series. She wears a red dress with a white apron on it and a straw hat with a red ribbon tied in a bow around it.
- Alexander (voiced by Terrence Scammell) is an American male city mouse and another protagonist of the series. He wears a blue suit and a matching hat with a red bowtie.
- No-Tail No-Goodnik (voiced by Rick Jones) is a rat thief and the antagonist of the series. He goes to some countries and often uses fake tails when doing his duty like doing disguises.
Series overview
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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Season premiere | Season finale | |||
1 | 26 | March 1, 1998 | May 30, 1998 | |
2 | 13 | March 21, 1999 | April 2, 1999 | |
3 | 13 | October 15, 1999 | October 27, 1999 |
Production
The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures was initially produced as a 26-episode series[1][2] costing US$9 million.[2] Production partners Germany's Ravensburger; Reader's Digest in the United States; and CINAR (later Cookie Jar Group), which contributed US$6 million towards the original project's funding.[2]
The show's main characters first appeared in the 1993 HBO special, The Country Mouse and the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale.[1] It was loosely based on the classic fable by Aesop.
Broadcast
Reruns of the show aired on the Cookie Jar Toons block on This TV until September 23, 2011, and weekend mornings in Ireland on RTÉ Two's The Den, usually at 7:15 a.m. However, all CINAR references in these broadcasts have been replaced by Cookie Jar references, but when Netflix began to stream season 1-2 on its "watch instantly" streaming service on February 29, 2012, all CINAR references have been restored. Reruns currently air on the Light TV channel.
Home media release
Direct Source released two DVD volumes of the show on February 27, 2007. Season 1 is also available on iTunes.
Mill Creek Entertainment released The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures - 26 Mice Tales Around The World on August 4, 2015 on DVD for Region 1.[3] This 2-disc collection features all 26 episodes from the second and third seasons on DVD for the very first time.
References
- ^ a b c Press release (February 14, 1996). "HBO Sets Out on The Country Mouse and The City Mouse Adventures, All-New Animated Family Series Launching in March". Newsroom. Time Warner. Archived from the original on March 15, 2006. Retrieved December 30, 2012.
- ^ a b c Raugust, Karen (2004). "Financing and Deal Making". The Animation Business Handbook. St. Martin's Press. p. 173. ISBN 0-312-28428-4. Retrieved December 30, 2012.
- ^ DVDs for '26 Mice Tales Around The World' Archived 2015-08-01 at the Wayback Machine
External links
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