A Little Curious
| A Little Curious | |
|---|---|
| Genre |
Comedy Educational |
| Created by | Steve Oakes |
| Written by |
Carin Greenberg Nicholas Hollander 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 |
| Composer(s) | Pat Irwin |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 43 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Sheila Nevins |
| Producer(s) | John Hoffman |
| Running time | 24 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Curious Pictures HBO Original Programming |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Television Distribution |
| Release | |
| Original network | HBO |
| Original release | January 26, 1999 – August 15, 2000 |
A Little Curious is a children's television show produced in 1999-2000 and aired on HBO Family since 1999. The show, 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.
The 24-minute episodes are essentially anthologies of shorts centered on a common, easily digested theme such as "Up and Down" or "Slippery." While each short draws from the same pool of characters, they are produced in a variety of animation techniques. Animation styles include stop-motion, clay animation, traditional 2-D cel animation, and 3-D CGI, along with live-action segments narrated by Bob the Ball. Some of the shorts are designed to fit more than one theme, and are re-used in different episodes.
The "pool" of characters, generally based on everyday objects, include:
The characters appear to be designed to evoke a sense of familiarity in preschoolers. For instance, young children can see aspects of their own personalities in Bob and Little Cup, observe the family dynamic among the Shoe Family, and perhaps most obviously, see a bit of their grandparents in Doris the door.
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