Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater

Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater
Title card
Genre	Comedy Family Adventure Fantasy
Developed by	Sanrio DIC Entertainment MGM/UA
Directed by	Michael Maliani
Voices of	Carl Banas Len Carlson Cree Summer Francks Greg Morton Sean Roberge Mairon Bennett Tara Charendoff Elizabeth Hanna Denise Pidgeon Noam Zylberman
Theme music composer	David Pomeranz
Composer(s)	Haim Saban Shuki Levy
Country of origin	Canada United States Japan
Original language(s)	English Japanese
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Executive producer(s)	Andy Heyward
Producer(s)	Michael Maliani
Running time	approx. 22–23 min.
Production company(s)	DIC Entertainment MGM/UA Television
Release
Original network	CBS TV Osaka Univision (Spanish dub)
Original release	September 19 – December 12, 1987

Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater is a Japanese-American-Canadian co-produced animated series based on the Japanese character, Hello Kitty. The series involved her and her friends doing their own version of popular fairy tales and stories. Each of the 13 episodes consisted of two 11-minute cartoons, for a total of 26 “shows”; each show was a spoof of a well-known fairy tale or movie.

Each cartoon opens with the theater filling up with patrons, and usually a look at some comical goings-on backstage. The play then begins (with Hello Kitty or another character saying “Once upon a meow”) and the stage transforms into whatever setting the story calls for (outer space, the American Old West, etc.). Each show is a lighthearted takeoff of a children’s story and a popular movie. At the end, the stage returns to normal, and the actors take their bow.

One exception to this format is the cartoon “The Phantom of the Theater,” which begins after the actors have finished a show (specifically "Robin Penguin"); all the action in this story takes place backstage.

Two VHS videocassettes were released March 24, 1998, and another one VHS in April 14, 1998 of K.T. The Kitty Terrestrial, Catula and Paws: The Great White Dog Shark, are each containing four cartoon shorts, as well as the opening and closing sequences.

In 2003, five DVDs were released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, each containing five cartoon shorts; the only one of the 26 not to be included was “How Scrinchip Stole Christmas.” The opening and closing sequences are not included.

In 2008, all thirteen episodes were made available to download on iTunes for $1.99 an episode or $21.99 for the entire series. To promote the series, iTunes offered the episodes "Wizard of Paws and Pinocchio Penguin" as a free download for a limited time.

In 2010, all 26 half episodes were made available to watch on hulu.

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