Lights! Camera! Gnu!

Lights! Camera! Gnu!

February 15, 1998 TV Episode Animal Crackers

Studio
CINAR Animation, Alphanim
Distributor
Teletoon

Synopsis

When a film director, famed for turning nobodies into big name stars, arrives in Freeborn for some R and R, Gnu sees it as an opportunity to find a new career path. Unfortunately, Gnu is lacking in that one quality the director desperately needs: talent.

Characters

Lyle, Dodo, Eugene, Gnu, Lana

Credits

Directing

Director
Nadja Cozic
Co-directed By
Pascal Pinon
Assistant Director
Robert Waldren
Supervising Director
Greg Bailey
Timing Directors
Heidi Blomkvist, Sebastian Grunstra, Alan Jeffery, Jean Pilotte

Producing

Producer
Cassandra Schafhausen
Executive Producers
Micheline Charest, Ronald A. Weinberg
Co-Executive Producer
Christian Davin (Christian Davin)
Associate Producer
Natalie Dumoulin
Line Producers
Justine Hyun Van Phong, Katell Lardeux, Lesley Taylor

Writing

Writer
Joseph Mallozzi
Based On The Comic Strip By
Roger Bollen
Executive Story Editor
Michael Leo Donovan
Co-Story Editors
Adrien Banon, Brian Michael Stoller

Music

Music
Jeff Fisher
Music Editor
Steve Wener

Crew

Created By
Mark Bollen
Voice Director
Debra Toffan
Production Supervisors
Suzanne Belec, Claire Dane
Production Managers
Diane Dallaire, Corine Marcel (Corrine Marcel)
Post-Production Supervisor
François Deschamps
Production Coordinators
Sylvie Blanch, Pierre-Marrie Debazielle, Dany McDonald, Sophie Roy
Production Assistants
Roland Charullo, Audrey Lavallé, Kim Segal
Second Re-Recording Engineer
Philippe Pelletier

Production notes

Take a gang of wacky, wild animals, toss in a crazy assortment of supporting characters and you get Animal Crackers- where the wild kingdom just got a little wilder and a lot more neurotic.

Deep in the heart of Africa lies Freeborn Wildlife Preserve- home to Lyle Lion, who prefers ordering pizza to hunting gazelle; Dodo, who refuses to accept his flightless fate; Lana the Lioness; Eugene the elephant; and their quirky neighbors.

Based on the hit comic strip created by Roger Bollen, Animal Crackers follows the zany adventures of these animals as they go about their unconventional lives on the African savannah. It's Seinfeld meets the Wild Kingdom!

Each 30-minute episode consisted of two cartoons.