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Eureeka's Castle

Eureeka's Castle
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Genre Children's
Created by
Written by R.L. Stine (head writer)
Starring
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 4
No. of episodes
  • 147 (total amount of episodes)
  • 87 (seasons 1-3)
  • 52 (season 4)
  • 3 (half-hour specials)
Production
Executive producer(s) Kit Laybourne
Producer(s)
  • Kathleen Minton
  • Michael Holman (1989–1991)
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time
  • 50-52 minutes (seasons 1-3)
  • 25-27 minutes (season 4)
Distributor Viacom International
Release
Original network Nickelodeon
Original release September 4, 1989 (1989-09-04) – 1992 (1992)
Chronology
Related shows Gullah Gullah Island

Eureeka's Castle is an American children's television series created by Judy Katschke and R.L. Stine. It originally aired on Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block from September 4, 1989 to 1992. Reruns of the show aired on Noggin from 1999 to 2002.

Bob Stine, better known for his children's horror novels written under the pen name R.L. Stine, co-created the show with Judy Katschke and was the head writer.

The puppet design and construction for the characters were done at 3/Design Studio where the puppets were built by James Kroupa, John Orberg, Kip Rathke and Matt Stoddart.

The show's fourth season, which ran concurrently with the third season, was designed for international distribution and featured clips from previous episodes. Production on Eureeka's Castle ended in 1992, as some of the show's crew began working on Gullah Gullah Island.

The show follows various puppet characters (in the style of Sesame Street), including Eureeka, a sorceress-in-training. Eureeka and her friends live in a wind-up castle music box owned by a friendly giant. Other characters include Magellan the dragon, Bogge and Quagmire, Batley the bat, and Mr. Knack. There are also various appearing creatures such as mice, singing fish statues called the Fishtones, Magellan's pets Cooey and the Slurms and Batley's pet spider, Webster.

Also featured were animated segments such as the Weston Woods Studios films based on popular children's books, live-action short films, and UK imports such as Roobarb, The Shoe People, and Gran.

Several episodes of Eureeka's Castle were released on VHS first by Sony Wonder from 1995 to 1996 and redistributed by Paramount Home Video in 1997.

In 1990, Eureeka's Castle won an Ace Award for best children's program.


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