Donkey

Donkey

September 21, 2004 TV Episode Father Of The Pride

Studio
DreamWorks TV

Synopsis

This episode is a cross-over episode with Shrek. The character "Donkey" is in town filming a commercial and all the animals in the enclosure come out to see him. Career day is coming up and Hunter doesn't want his dad to come to school however he comes into school and says that he knows Donkey in order to make himself sound cool. Larry confronts Donkey and asks him to visits Hunter's school however his manager says no. Larry and Sarmoti kidnap Donkey's stunt double, mistaking him for Donkey. Larry takes Donkey's stunt double to the school, which turns out to be a disaster once the kids find out. Donkey makes an appearance saving the day and reputation of Larry and Hunter. Siegfried and Roy file a complaint with the Bed and Breakfast that has replaced the Applebees. They stage a protest against the Bed and Breakfast, which leads to Siegfried having sex with the owner. They take it over the and turn it into a casino, "saving" Las Vegas.

Characters

Larry, Kate, Snack, Sarmoti, Sierra, Roy, Siegfried, Blake, Hunter, Victoria, Bernie, Donkey, Snout Brothers, Jermece, Ellen the Pig, Rabbit, Grandma Wilson, Tiger Twins, Lou Rawls

Credits

Directing

Director
Mark Risley

Producing

Producer
Ron Weiner, Mary Sandell, Ken Tsumura
Executive Producers
Jonathan Groff, Jon Pollack, Peter Mehlman, Jeffrey Katzenberg
Co-Executive Producers
Joe M. Aguilar, Mike Barker, Matt Weitzman, Cheryl Holliday, Bernie Yuman, Siegfried, Roy
Associate Producer
Erin Scotto
Consulting Producer
Rob Cohen
Line Producer
Mary Sandell

Writing

Writer
Jon Ross

Voices

Voice
John Goodman (Larry), Cheryl Hines (Kate), Orlando Jones (Snack), Carl Reiner (Sarmoti), Danielle Harris (as Danielle Andrea Harris) (Sierra), David Herman (Roy), Julian Holloway (Siegfried), John O'Hurley (Blake), Daryl Sabara (Hunter), Wendie Malick (Victoria), Garry Marshall (Bernie), Eddie Murphy (Donkey), John Di Maggio (Snout Brothers), Mark Moseley (Jermece), Laraine Newman (Ellen the Pig), Tanner Richie (Rabbit), Betty White (Grandma Wilson [uncredited]), Avrielle Corti (Tiger Twin), Jacqueline Emerson (Tiger Twin), Lou Rawls (Himself), Reeve Carney, John Ennis, Nan Martin, Philece Sampler, Don Stark

Crew

Creator
Jeffrey Katzenberg
Developed For Television By
Jonathan Groff
Casting Director
Leslee Feldman
Production Coordinator
Jenne Guerra
Executive Story Editor
Vanessa McCarthy
Art Coordinator
Charley Walters
Art Production Supervisor
Bethany Wilksen
Set Designer
Peter Maynez
Storyboards
Jim Shellhorn, John Stevenson, Brandon Strathman
Head Of Layout
Brad Blackbourn
Layouts
Robert Skiena, Jorge Del Valle
Rough Layouts
David Patrick Valera, Yong Duk Jhun, Gary Lee
Original Dialogue Recording
Larry Winer
Supervising Sound Editor
Patrick Giraudi
Music Editor
James Bladon
Sound Effects Editor
Bob Costanza
Original Dialogue Mixer
Carlos Sotolongo
Sound Re-Recording Mixers
Patrick Giraudi, Andre Perreault
Foley Mixer
Tommy Goodwin
ADR Mixer
Larry Winer

Production notes

Father of the Pride is computer-animated. Episodes reportedly run between one and two million each, and take nine months to produce. Initial order was for thirteen episodes, with a possible follow-up of another thirteen.