Hugh Pine

Hugh Pine

October 26, 1985 TV Episode CBS Storybreak

Studio
Southern Star Productions, Hanna-Barbera Australia, CBS Entertainment Production
Distributor
Columbia Broadcasting System

Synopsis

""Hugh Pine"" is a porcupine who, unlike his fellow porcupines, learns how not to get run over while crossing roads.

Credits

Directing

Director
Gordon Kent, Chris Cuddington

Producing

Producer
Steve Lumley
Supervising Producer
Buzz Potamkin
Executive Producer
Paul Bogrow

Writing

Writer
Janwillem van de Weterling (Book)

Editing

Editor
Robert Ciaglia

Crew

Graphic Designer
C. David Pina
Title Designers
Tom Burton, Ken Leonard

Production notes

This Saturday morning anthology series adapted children's literature into cartoons to encourage youngsters to read.

The show was hosted by Bob Keeshan until 1988. Malcolm Jamal-Warner hosted the program when it returned to the air (in reruns) in 1993; it last aired in 1994.

The series received Daytime Emmy nominations in 1986 for Outstanding Animated Program, Outstanding Film Editing, and Outstanding Graphics and Title Design, and in 1988 for Outstanding Animated Program.

CBS' first in-house cartoon series since Terrytoons.

Reviews

Hugh Pine

HazeyJanuary 31, 2012

Our family loved this cartoon. We have been trying for years to find a copy as we lost our VHS when our boys were young. Characters were great but mostly Hugh. Our boys loved the story as did we. Funny, charming and entertaining :)