The Cramp Twins
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Created by | Brian Wood |
| Developed by | Brian Wood Richard Liebmann-Smith |
| Written by | Brian Wood Andrew Brenner Sean Veder Peter Cocks Ian Carney |
| Directed by | Frank Gresham Becky Bristow Tamara Varga |
| Starring |
Tom Kenny Kath Soucie Terry Klassen Jayne Paterson Tabitha St. Germain Nicole Oliver Ian James Corlett Colin Murdock Cathy Weseluck Ellen Kennedy Iris Quinn Jay Brazeau |
| Theme music composer | Hélèn Muddiman |
| Composer(s) | Hélèn Muddiman |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom United States Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 52 (104 segments) (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Peter Völkle Ken Olshansky Carole Weitzman David Ferguson Marion Edwards Finn Arnesen and Daniel Lennard (for Cartoon Network Europe) |
| Producer(s) | Jodey Caminski-Cashman (Season 1–2) Denise Green (Season 3–4) |
| Editor(s) | Michael Geisler Jim Andrews Darren Jones |
| Running time | 20 minutes (2–10 minute segments) |
| Production company(s) |
Sunbow Entertainment (Season 1-2) Telemagination (Seasons 3-4) RG Prince Films Cartoon Network Europe |
| Distributor | TV-Loonland AG m4e AG Cartoon Network Worldwide Distribution |
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| Original network |
Cartoon Network 4Kids TV Rai 2 (Italy) |
| Original release | February 8, 2001 – August 12, 2006 |
The Cramp Twins is a British/Canadian/American animated series created by cartoonist Brian Wood. The show was produced by Sunbow Entertainment and TV-Loonland AG in association with Cartoon Network Europe. This is the final television series to be produced by Sunbow Entertainment before the company was shut down in 2004. It is about Wayne Cramp (Tom Kenny) and Lucien Cramp (Kath Soucie), not-so identical twin brothers who live with their hygiene-obsessed mother (Nicole Oliver) and their Western-obsessed father (Ian James Corlett) in the fictional town of Soap City. Wayne and Lucien's personalities clash, and they rarely get along. Wayne has a friend called Dirty Joe (), who owns a dump, and neighbour Wendy Winkle (Jayne Peterson) has a crush on him, but he hates her. Wayne's and Lucien's teacher is Miss. Hillary Hissy (Demi Buchanan, who also plays Tony's mom Lily and Mrs. Winkle). Lucien's friends include environment-friendly Tony Parsons (Terry Klassen, who also plays Tony's dad, Seth) and Mari and Luke Harrison (Adam Little).
The Season 1 premiered in the United Kingdom in September 2001 on Cartoon Network UK and on February 2, 2002 on CBBC and BBC One respectively and has reached high popularity with children; the season ended on 21 June 2002. The Season 2 premiered in Summer 2003 and finished in Autumn of the same year. The Season 3 started in 2004 and ended in 2005. The Season 4 (also finale) began in 2006 and ended that same year but still airing in the UK. The show is currently licensed to Cartoon Network. It also showed in some parts of Africa.
The show was originally cancelled in the US, when Mew Mew Power (aka Tokyo Mew Mew) was airing in its slot on February 19, 2005. This was originally intended to be a sneak peek for the series to air September 2005 with The Cramp Twins continuing to air in its original slot. However 4Kids TV decided to cancel The Cramp Twins to put Mew Mew Power in its slot. A press release went out about a possible 3-part finale answering any unanswered questions, but the show returned in the summer of 2006, and later with more new episodes.
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