Where's Wally?: The Animated Series
| Where's Wally? | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Martin Handford |
| Developed by | Rowby Goren |
| Written by |
David Schwartz George Atkins Evelyn A-R Gabai Bill Matheny Rowby Goren |
| Creative director(s) | Mike Gornall |
| Starring |
Townsend Coleman Jim Cummings Brad Garrett Julian Holloway Dave Workman |
| Composer(s) | Michael Tavera |
| Country of origin |
United States Canada United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 13 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Martin Handford Andy Heyward Peter Orton |
| Producer(s) | Peter Aries |
| Editor(s) | Richard S. Gannon Trudy Alexander Kris Glispin |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Sei Young Animation Co., Ltd. The Waldo Film Company DIC Entertainment HIT Entertainment |
| Distributor | HIT Entertainment |
| Release | |
| Original network |
CBS (United States) ITV (CITV) The Children's Channel (United Kingdom) |
| Original release | September 14 – December 14, 1991 |
Where's Wally?: The Animated Series is a joint venture between American/Canadian/British animated television series production, distributed by DIC Entertainment and The Waldo Film Company. The television series aired on CBS Kids for one season (1991–92) and later reaired on Nickelodeon.
The show follows the adventures of Waldo and his dog Woof, who were already established stars of the Where's Waldo? picture book series. The Where's Waldo? TV Show brought the gangly man in the striped shirt and ski cap to Saturday morning TV. The cartoon Where's Waldo? went beyond the books' original concept, giving the characters depth and giving reasons for their adventures. The program's opening song "Where's Waldo?" was composed by Michael Tavera.
Waldo and his dog Woof travel to distant lands, solving mysteries and lending a helping hand wherever they could. With the help of his magic walking stick, Waldo could travel through space and time or travel to far off magical lands. Often sent by Wizard Whitebeard to help solve a puzzle, or mysteries, Where's Waldo? was a 1/2 hour puzzle of clues and riddles.
The evil Waldo lookalike Odlaw was the show's villain, constantly plotting to steal Waldo's magic stick. In each episode Odlaw would team up with the other villains from the far-off lands to help get the magic stick, while Waldo and Woof teamed up with other land's "good-guys" to help with their problems.
Waldo stayed true to the books' premise by means of the "Waldo's Minutes," during which the screen froze for a full minute so the viewer at home could try to find Waldo. This kind of segment aired twice per episode.
It was later followed by a couple straight-to-video films which had a different voice cast except for Julian Holloway.
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