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Strawberry Shortcake (80s Annual Specials)

Strawberry Shortcake
Genre Animation, musical
Based on characters created by
by Those Characters From Cleveland, a division of American Greetings
Written by Romeo Muller
Voices of
Narrated by
Theme music composer
Opening theme Various
Country of origin
  • United States
  • Canada (4-6)
Original language(s) English
Production
Executive producer(s)
  • Romeo Muller
  • Robert L. Rosen
Running time 22 minutes each
Production company(s)
Release
Original network First-run syndication
Picture format NTSC
Audio format Mono
Original release 1980 – 1985
Chronology
Related shows Strawberry Shortcake (2003 TV series)

In the early 1980s, there were six animated television specials produced featuring Strawberry Shortcake and related characters.

The first three specials were produced by Robert L. Rosen and Romeo Muller, who also wrote the specials. The first and third specials were animated by Murakami-Wolf-Swenson and Toei Doga, while the second was animated by Perpetual Motion Pictures in New York. Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, of The Turtles and Flo & Eddie fame, wrote the music and songs for these specials. Russi Taylor voiced Strawberry Shortcake, Bob Ridgely voiced the Peculiar Purple Pieman, and writer/producer Romeo Muller voiced the narrator, Mr. Sun.

The next three specials were produced by Canadian animation studio Nelvana. Only Russi Taylor and Bob Ridgely reprised their roles from the first three specials; Chris Wiggins assumed the role of Mr. Sun, and other Canadian talent comprised the rest of the voice cast. Frequent Nelvana collaborator John Sebastian, most known for his music for Nelvana's Care Bears series, wrote the songs for two of these three specials.

In the United States, the first two specials (The World of Strawberry Shortcake and Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple City) were syndicated by LBS Communications. On March 6, 2007, they were released on a single DVD by Allumination FilmWorks.


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