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| Jay Jay the Jet Plane | |
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| Also known as | Jay Jay (for short) |
| Genre | Children's television series |
| Created by | David Michel Deborah Michel |
| Written by |
John Semper Eleanor Burian-Mohr |
| Starring |
Mary Kay Bergman (1998–1999) Gina Ribisi Chuck Morgan Marie Danielle Donna Cherry (1999–2005) Debi Derryberry (1999–2005) Eve Whittle Michael Donovan |
| Narrated by | Chuck Morgan Michael Donovan Brian Cant (UK) |
| Theme music composer | Parachute Express |
| Composer(s) | Stephen Michael Schwartz Richard Jacques |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 73 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | David Michel Bruce D. Johnson William T. Baumann Chris Walker |
| Producer(s) | David Michel |
| Location(s) | Tarrytown Airport in Tarrytown |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
PorchLight Entertainment Modern Cartoons Wonderwings.com Entertainment Knightscove Family Films |
| Distributor |
Tommy Nelson (1998–2002) Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2002–2005) Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2005) |
| Release | |
| Original network |
TLC (USA; November 2, 1998 – March 14, 2000) PBS Kids (USA; June 11, 2001 – November 25, 2005) |
| Picture format | SDTV 480i |
| Original release |
Home Video series: December 13, 1994 – October 29, 1996 Television series: November 2, 1998 – November 25, 2005 |
Jay Jay the Jet Plane is an American children's television series based at the fictional Tarrytown Airport. The series has 73 episodes, and is centered on a group of aircraft who live in the fictional city of Tarrytown. The episodes are commonly distributed in 25-minute-long (as without commercials) pairs, with one header sequence and one end credits for each pair. Each episode contains one or more songs.
The theme song and the majority of the other songs were written by well-known children's singer/songwriter Stephen Michael Schwartz, and sung by his popular musical group, Parachute Express. Created by David and Deborah Michel, the series is intended to be educational and to teach life and moral lessons to children (and sometimes also to parents).
In 1994, a short live-action series was produced at AMS Production Company in Dallas, Texas, with real model plane characters, and animated crafted human characters; they did not talk but had the same personalities as in the later series. This original series was narrated similarly to the first eleven seasons of Thomas & Friends or Theodore Tugboat. It contained three videos: Jay Jay's First Flight, Old Oscar Leads the Parade and Tracy's Handy Hideout. These three episodes were known as the "pilot series".
On November 2, 1998, the CGI/live-action series premiered on The Learning Channel. Debi Derryberry took on the role of Jay Jay after Bergman's death in 1999 with no new characters voiced by her. The Learning Channel removed the series on March 14, 2000. On June 11, 2001, all episodes began broadcasting on PBS Kids; the end credits have changed, and additional episodes were created in 2001–2005. Home video editions were released by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment through 2003 as part of their "Columbia TriStar Family Fun" collection. Additional distribution was added with Tommy Nelson, the children's division of book publisher Thomas Nelson, although the series is not overtly "Christian". Voice actress Mary Kay Bergman provided the original voice of Jay Jay, Herky, Savannah, and Revvin Evan. After her death, Debi Derryberry and Donna Cherry replaced her.
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