Ricky Sprocket: Showbiz Boy
| Ricky Sprocket: Showbiz Boy | |
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The show's main character, Ricky Sprocket.
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| Also known as | 'Ricky Sprocket' |
| Genre |
Comedy Sitcom |
| Created by | David Fine Alison Snowden |
| Written by | Russell Marcus David Fine Alison Snowden Bill Motz Bob Roth Shane Simmons Steven Sullivan Alicia Sky Varinaitis |
| Directed by | Josh Mepham Alison Snowden David Fine |
| Starring |
Jillian Michaels Tabitha St. Germain Ashleigh Ball Jayne Eastwood Jeff Lumby Kathleen Barr Dorla Bell Andrea Libman Scott McNeil Ian James Corlett Jamie Watson Brian Drummond Peter Kelamis Richard Newman French Tickner Dave Ward Cathy Weseluck Dale Wilson Chiara Zanni |
| Opening theme | "Ricky Sprocket!" |
| Ending theme | Come along with me |
| Composer(s) | Hal Beckett |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 25 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | David Fine Alison Snowden Chris Bartleman Tatiana Kober Blair Peters |
| Producer(s) | Ashley Ramsay |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Bejuba Entertainment SnowdenFine Animation Studio B Productions Nickelodeon |
| Release | |
| Original network | Teletoon |
| Original release | August 31, 2007 – May 4, 2009 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Bob and Margaret |
Ricky Sprocket: Showbiz Boy is a Canadian animated TV series that aired on Teletoon. Its first airing was as a sneak peek on August 31, 2007, with regular airings in the country beginning on September 8, 2007.
The series was created by Alison Snowden and David Fine, who also created the primetime animated series, Bob and Margaret as well as the Oscar-winning short Bob's Birthday. They co-directed the series along with Josh Mepham.
The series was produced at Studio B Productions in Vancouver, BC and was a production of Studio B, Snowden Fine and Bejuba Entertainment. There are 52, 11 minute episodes which air as half hours with two eps in each show. It was produced using Flash animation which was done partly at Studio B and partly in the Philippines at Top Draw Animation.
Writers on the series include Russell Marcus (who also served as an executive story editor), Louise Moon, Bill Motz and Bob Roth, Brandon Sawyer, Shane Simmons, Ian Boothby, Roger Fredericks and others.
Voices were recorded in Vancouver and Toronto.
Ricky Sprocket is the world's biggest child film star. He works for Wishworks studio (a parody of DreamWorks Studio) and for Mr. Louie Fischburger, his boss. Despite the fact that Ricky stars in some of his favorite movies, lives in a mansion, and sometimes performs brain surgeries for actor patients, otherwise he is a very normal kid who doesn't let celebrity fame go to his head. He likes to hang out with his friends and shares a rivalry with a spoiled female child star named Kitten Kaboodle. Still, Ricky has chores and homework he must do sometimes when he isn't battling animatronic props.
Ricky Who?: Ricky finds a town where no one knows his name.
Ricky is History: Ricky has a school history project about show business.
Write for the Part: Rick's autobiography is full of lies he must correct.
Ricky Spook-it: Ricky and Kitten are shooting a vampire movie on location. Ricky thinks that the actor who plays Dracula is a real live vampire.
Ricky Rolls Over: Ricky gets hypnotized which causes him to act like a dog on cue.
Face Lift: Kitten sees face lift as a fantastic opportunity. In disguise, she manages to get the job and sabotage Ricky's fanbase.
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