The Amazing Live Sea Monkeys

The Amazing Live Sea Monkeys
Created by	Howie Mandel
Starring	Rob LaBelle Peter Pitofsky Sean Whalen Howie Mandel
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	11
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	September 19 – November 28, 1992

The Amazing Live Sea Monkeys was a live-action television series that aired in 1992. The series aired 11 episodes before it was canceled. The show focuses on three Sea Monkeys—Dave (Rob LaBelle), Bill (Peter Pitofsky) and Aquarius (Sean Whalen)—and their creator, The Professor (Howie Mandel). Others appearing in the series included Stephen Furst, Gilbert Gottfried, Larry Melman and Vernon Wells.

'The concept of the show derived from the United States in 1957 by Harold von Braunhut. The product was heavily marketed, especially in comic books, and remains a presence in popular culture.'

[1 The Sea Monkeys product was also successfully marketed in the 1970s with a series of comic book ads designed and illustrated by Joe Orlando, later Vice President of DC Comics and Associate Publisher of Mad. Howie Mandel got the idea for a show after his daughter wanted to get some brine shrimp pets known as Sea Monkeys, which he also had as a child. He then decided that "This could be bigger than the Ninja Turtles." He then contacted The Chiodo Brothers, it was then picked up, and produced as a series by CBS. The series aired in the United States and Australia. The character designs derive from the fantasy characters in the ads that Orlando drew for Harold von Braunhut, creator of the product.

The plot revolved around the notion that the Professor had accidentally enlarged three sea monkeys to human-size, and plotlines followed their ensuing comical ineptness in the world. Each Sea Monkey displayed a certain odd character trait: Aquarius could not keep a secret, Bill was afraid of an Imperial, Dave would grow excited at the sound of polka music. They occasionally come into contact with their next door neighbors the 'Brentwood's, whose daughter Sheila (Eliza Schneider) becomes the Sea-Monkeys best friend. After the shows cancellation it was replaced by Beakman's World, with Schneider playing the lead female role in that series as well.

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