But Why?
- Studio
- Nelvana Limited, Sparkling, Métal Hurlant Productions
Synopsis
Zowie wants to know why. Why sky makes noise? Why wind puff? Why door close? Why cookies yummy? Why Spot woof? Why? Why? Why?!?! The Polie family does manage to come up with some interesting answers to Zowie's interrogation, including how Spot got his name- and why the Sandyman comes!
Characters
Rolie Polie Olie, Zowie, Billy Bevel, Mom, Dad, Pappy, Spot, Little Gizmo
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Mike Fallows
Producing
- Producer
- Corinne Kouper, Pamela Slavin
- Executive Producers
- Fabrice Giger, Michael Hirsh, William Joyce, Patrick Loubert, Clive A. Smith
- Line Producer
- Pamela Lehn
Writing
- Writer
- Ian James Corlett, Scott Kraft, Jennifer Pertsch, Alice Prodanou, Bruce Robb, John Van Bruggen, Nadine Van der Velde
- Based On The Book By
- William Joyce
Voices
- Voice
- Cole Caplan (Rolie Polie Olie, Kristen Bone (Zowie), Joshua Tucci (Billy Bevel), Robert Smith (Spot), Adrian Truss (Dad), Catherine Disher (Mom), Len Carlson (Pappy), Michael Cera (Little Gizmo)
Crew
- Creator
- William Joyce
- Story Editor
- Peter Sauder
- Production Design
- William Joyce
- Creative Consultant
- Lane Raichert
- Voice Director
- Jessie Thomson
- Storyboards
- Lance Taylor, Christophe Villez, François Bruel
- Visual Effects
- Darin Bristow
- Character Technical Director
- T.J. Galda
- Technical Director
- James Jacobs, Peter Giliberti
- Character Animator
- Christopher D. Williams
- Modeler
- Gavin Boyle
- Technical Producers
- D. Scott Dyer, Guillaume Hellouin
- Production Coordinator
- Susie Grondin
- Sound Effects Editor
- Sue Robertson
- Audio and Post-Production Supervision
- Rhythm Division
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Alan deGraaf
Production notes
3-D computer animation.
This was the first completely computer-generated, animated TV series aimed at little kids (ages 2 to 5).
This was the first completely computer-generated, animated TV series aimed at little kids (ages 2 to 5).