Monkey Sea, Monkey Do
- Studio
- Australian Children's Television Foundation, Viskatoons, France Animation.
In Association With: Australian Broadcasting Corporation, France 2, Canal J, Ravensburger Film + Television GmbH
Synopsis
Li'l Elvis wants a pet - badly. But Grace rejects his pleas for a dog, cat or highly disciplined earwig. He's just too irresponsible. Then Li'l Elvis discovers Sea Monkeys, the perfect low maintenance pet, and only twenty bucks. Meanwhile, everyone gathers to watch Herb "Brittle Bones" Petrankovic's latest attempt at the land speed record. When tragedy strikes, and Herb is blown sky high, Li'l Elvis is sent to buy a wreath and instead buys his Sea Monkeys. But he abandons them when he realises they're just wriggly bits of algae. He falls asleep, only to find himself somehow transported into the sea monkey world. And the Sea Monkeys are determined to make him pay for his neglect....
Characters
Li'l Elvis Jones, Lionel Dexter, Lillian Dexter, Len Jones, Dick Collingwood, Grace Jones, WC Moore, Janet Rig, Eileen Inyaface, Dex Dexter, Duncan, Goondianna Jones, Old Man Viska, Hector, Scotty, Sea Monkey King, Victor, Mama Rig
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Peter Viska, Robbert Smit
- Co-Director
- Jan Van Rijsselberge
Producing
- Producer
- Susie Campbell, Patricia Edgar
- Executive Producers
- Patricia Edgar, Christian Davin, Giovanni Milano
Writing
- Writer
- Ray Boseley, Robert Greenberg
- Script Supervisors
- Chris Anastassiades, Christophe Izard
Voices
- Voice
- Stig Wemyss (Li'l Elvis Jones), Stig Wemyss (Li'l Elvis Jones [Singing Voice]), Kylie Belling (Lionel Dexter, Lillian Dexter), David Cotter (Len Jones, Dick Collingwood), Lynda Gibson (Grace Jones), William Ten Eyck (as Bill Ten Eyck) (WC Moore), Marg Downey (Janet Rig, Eileen Inyaface), Tommy Lewis (Dex Dexter), Michael Veitch (Duncan), Matthew Yang King (as Matthew King) (Goondianna Jones, Old Man Viska), Nick Giannopoulos (Hector), Hamish Hughes (Scotty), Paul Flaherty (Sea Monkey King), Chris Anastassiades (Victor), Wendy Stapleton (Mama Rig)
Animation
- Animation Director
- Robbert Smit
- Animators
- Russell Ladewig, Bill Mezzetti
- Assistant Animator
- Clint Cure
- Inbetween Artist
- Mark Sheard
Editing
- Editor
- Ralph Strasser
Sound
- Sound Supervisor
- Doron Kipen
- Sound
- Craig Carter, Keith Thomas
Production Management
- Production Managers
- Vicki Joyce, Jean Gaillard
- Post-Production Director
- Ralph Strasser
Companies and other credits
- Completion Guarantor: Film Finances
Production notes
This series is geared toward children in Grades 2 to 5.
Li'l Elvis and the Truckstoppers is an animated television series set in a small Australian outback town, about a young Australian Elvis impersonator.
Li'l Elvis has a gift for music, a talent for trouble and a desire for only two things -- to find out who he really is and be a normal kid again. He spends his days entertaining truck drivers at his parents' roadhouse by playing Elvis Presley songs, but he is sick of the music and of his mom's insistence that he is "the King" reborn.
He's determined to establish his own identity and so, with his friends Lionel and Janet, creates a sound uniquely his own- Didgibilli Rock. But when greedy millionaire WC Moore hears the band play, he sees an opportunity to make a fortune by transforming Li'l Elvis' town into a 1950s-style theme park. Now it's up to Li'l Elvis to foil the evil WC, or his town will be lost forever.
Li'l Elvis and the Truckstoppers is an animated television series set in a small Australian outback town, about a young Australian Elvis impersonator.
Li'l Elvis has a gift for music, a talent for trouble and a desire for only two things -- to find out who he really is and be a normal kid again. He spends his days entertaining truck drivers at his parents' roadhouse by playing Elvis Presley songs, but he is sick of the music and of his mom's insistence that he is "the King" reborn.
He's determined to establish his own identity and so, with his friends Lionel and Janet, creates a sound uniquely his own- Didgibilli Rock. But when greedy millionaire WC Moore hears the band play, he sees an opportunity to make a fortune by transforming Li'l Elvis' town into a 1950s-style theme park. Now it's up to Li'l Elvis to foil the evil WC, or his town will be lost forever.
Awards
Winner, Annecy International Animation Festival; Winner, Itheme 99, France; Winner, Chiarra D'Assisi Children's Television Prize, Italy