Sam Samurai
- Studio
- WGBH, Soup2Nuts
Synopsis
An accidental haiku sends Sam, Joe and Fred back to the beginnings of the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1600 Japan. Swords, samurai, and poetry contests challenge their talents.
Characters
Joe, Fred, Sam, Jodie, Freddi, Samantha, Anna, Mad Jack, Jon Scieszka, Blackbeard, Queen Jinga, Thutmose III, Thomas Edison, Emily Roebling
Credits
Directing
- Director
- David SanAngelo
- Assistant Director
- Phil Andrews
Producing
- Producer
- Jacqui Deegan, Patrick Downie, David Trexler
- Associate Producer
- Marcy Goldberg Sacks, Pamela Ross
- Executive Producers
- Carol Greenwald, Dorothea Gillim
- Executive Producers, Discovery Kids
- Martha Ripp, Jim Rapsas
Writing
- Writer
- Glen Berger
- Head Writers
- Kathy Waugh, Peter K. Hirsch
Voices
- Voice
- Mark Rendall (Joe), Scott McCord (Fred), Darren Frost (Sam), Sarah Gaddon (Jodie), Sunday Muse (Freddi), Laurie Elliot (Samantha)
Crew
- Animation Director
- Andre Lyman
- Consultants
- Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith
- Production Manager
- Carolyn Dodd
- Production Coordinator
- Regan G. Toews
- Production Assistant
- Danielle Gillis
- Art Director
- Mark Usher
- Coordinating Producer/Business Director
- Paul Higgins
- Executive in Charge of Production for Soup2Nuts
- John Worth Lynn, Jr.
- Theme Song Performed By
- Riddlin' Kids
- Series Development
- Pierre Valette
- Content Advisor
- Paul Ringel
- Educational Consultant
- Karen Hill Scott, Ed.D
- WGBH Special Thanks
- Evie Kintzer, Karen Baseman
- Discovery Kids Special Thanks
- Marjorie Kaplan, Jennifer Williams, Janell Coles, Karen Baratz
Companies and other credits
- Voice Production: Studio 306
- Scoring By: Eggplant Productions
- Scoring By: Inc
Production notes
Based on "The Time Warp Trio" book series, written by Jon Scieszka and illustrated by Lane Smith.
Major funding was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Major funding was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.