Sappy Monkey
- Studio
- Big Big Productions, Three Kids and a Dog LLC Animation Studio: Wainscott Studios
Synopsis
Winslow is excited because it is the first day of sap season, but he's overdoing it, eating the sweet stuff by the bowlful. Smooch enlists Snook's help to find her brother and warn him about overeating, and along the way they find out how their friends keep a healthy, balanced diet. When Winslow finally comes home, he is feeling the effects of eating too much sap, and he now understands why it is important to listen to your stomach and eat in moderation.
Characters
Snook, Smooch, Winslow, Wartz, Madge, Burdette, Bob the Anteater, Ick, Oko
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Mitchell Kriegman, Dean Gordon, Tyler Bunch
Producing
- Producer
- Mary James
- Executive Producers
- Mitchell Kriegman, Marianne Culbert
- Line Producers
- Becca Reed, Iwona Awlasewicz
Crew
- Creator
- Mitchell Kriegman
- Puppeteers
- Peter Linz, James Goodwin, Tim Legasse
Production notes
Healthy Eating- - Different animals have different diets, but eating healthy, balanced meals is important for everyone.
The series uses Shadowmation, a technique combining puppetry, animatronics and computer-generated animation. The patented process utilizes real-time virtual sets and run raku-style team puppetry, integrating live-action animatronic characters and computer-generated animation in real-time, high-definition virtual environments.
Forty half-hour episodes are planned. Each episode contains two 15-minute segments.
On July 14, 2005, the Writers Guild of America, East went on strike against Big Big Productions, the producer of this series, for refusing to honor WGA minimum pay and standards. Writers picketed the company's Wainscott Studios on Long Island.
Despite having a budget of over $10 million dollars, the Guild alleged, producer Mitchell Kriegman wanted to cut writers' script rates by two-thirds of the WGA minimum payment for this type of show and insisted on virtually eliminating residual payments for six years.
The series uses Shadowmation, a technique combining puppetry, animatronics and computer-generated animation. The patented process utilizes real-time virtual sets and run raku-style team puppetry, integrating live-action animatronic characters and computer-generated animation in real-time, high-definition virtual environments.
Forty half-hour episodes are planned. Each episode contains two 15-minute segments.
On July 14, 2005, the Writers Guild of America, East went on strike against Big Big Productions, the producer of this series, for refusing to honor WGA minimum pay and standards. Writers picketed the company's Wainscott Studios on Long Island.
Despite having a budget of over $10 million dollars, the Guild alleged, producer Mitchell Kriegman wanted to cut writers' script rates by two-thirds of the WGA minimum payment for this type of show and insisted on virtually eliminating residual payments for six years.