Salty's Lighthouse
| Salty's Lighthouse | |
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Salty's Lighthouse opening screen.
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| Genre | Children's television |
| Created by |
Nina I. Hahn (show concept) Robert D. Cardona (original Tugs footage and Tugs characters) David Mitton (original Tugs characters) |
| Developed by | Nina I. Hahn Ellen Schecter |
| Written by |
Barry Harman (Salty/Tugs segments/lyrics) Ricky Harman (Salty segments) Donna Harman (Salty segments) Steve Edelman (Salty segments) Scott Guy (Salty segments) Mark Stratton (Salty segments) David Bucs (Salty segments) George Arthur Bloom (Tugs segments) Brian Meehl (Tugs segments) Noel MacNeal (Tugs segments) Ronnie Krauss (Tugs segments) |
| Directed by |
David Mitton (original Tugs footage) Chris Tulloch (original Tugs footage) David Bucs (animation art) Bill Hutten (animation/timing) Jeff Hall (animation/timing) Dora Case (animation) Sue Peters (animation) Carole Beers (animation/timing) Terry Klassen (voice) Gail Fabrey (assistant) Charles J.K. Choi (supervising) Chris Cho (technology) Oon Heung Yo (B.G.) |
| Voices of |
Kathleen Barr Ian James Corlett Paul Dobson Rhys Huber Janyse Jaud Andrea Libman Scott McNeil French Tickner Lenore Zann |
| Theme music composer | Chase Rucker Productions |
| Country of origin | United States Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 40 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Joe Bacal Tom Griffin C.J. Kettler Carole Weitzman |
| Producer(s) | Mark Stratton Geraldine Clarke (supervising) Larry Houston (animation) Bonni Freeman (coordinating) Jodey Kaminski (associate) |
| Distributor | Sunbow Entertainment |
| Release | |
| Original network | TLC |
| Original release | October 3, 1997 – June 26, 1998 |
Salty's Lighthouse was a series for young children, produced by Sunbow Entertainment and TLC in 1997 to 1998 in association with the Bank Street College of Education in New York. The show centered on a young boy named Salty, as he played and learned with his friends in a magical lighthouse. As well as the animated adventures of Salty and his friends, the series used live-action footage from the British children's television series TUGS for various segments. 40 episodes were produced in the series. It ran from October 3, 1997 to June 26, 1998 on TLC and later on Channel 4 in the UK and Fox Kids in Australia.
Salty is a young boy who loves using his imagination. Every day, he goes to the lighthouse near his home to play with his seaside friends: Ocho, the octopus; Claude, the hermit crab; Sophie and Sadie, the bird twins; a group of tiny clams; Aurora, the light that shines over the ocean; and lighthouse owner Aunt Chovie. Through their adventures in each episode, they learn moral lessons that help them overcome their problems. Tied into each story are other segments, told through live-action footage:
The theme song was played to the Mister Softee ice cream truck.
In the US, each of 2 episodes were released on "Video Buddy" VHS. In 2005, Metrodome Distribution (a distributor owned by Sunbow owners TV-Loonland) included the episodes 'Taking Off' and 'Let's Party' on a UK release called 'Toddler Time'. As of 2012, episodes are available online on Kidobi, a video streaming site for preschool content.
The segments featuring the tugboats in the harbour used footage from the British television series Tugs, a series produced in 1988 by Robert D. Cardona and David Mitton, who (along with Britt Allcroft) produced the popular series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends. Whilst Allcroft drove the Thomas series to popularity among American audiences (through the PBS series Shining Time Station), Tugs did not spread far beyond its country of origin, lasting one season of 13 episodes (although it was aired and merchandised in the Japanese and Australian markets).
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