Smooth Operator

Smooth Operator

September 17, 2004 TV Episode Higglytown Heroes

Studio
Wild Brain, Inc.
Distributor
The Disney Channel

Synopsis

The kids are at Kip's kitchen table making macaroni hats. The phone rings. Who could it be? Bitty says she has to go to Aunt Susie's, but that Grandpa-pa will be babysitting. Grandpa-pa makes a mess while making hats and goes to the bathroom to clean up. He promises to teach the kids how to play "Macaroni Pirates" when he returns. Oops, he locks himself in. The kids need to call Aunt Susie to find out where the key is, but they don't have the number. Enter the Operator. She saves the day.

Characters

Plunkie, Uncle Lemmo, Bitty, Kip, Eubie, Wayne, Twinkle, Fran, Aunt Mellie, Fripp, Pizza Guy, Uncle Zooter, Operator Hero, Sanitation Worker Hero

Credits

Directing

Director
George Evelyn, Denis Morella

Producing

Producer
Jeff Fino, Holly Huckins, Kent Redeker (Executive Producers)
Coordinating Producer
B.Z. Petroff

Writing

Writer
Peter Gaffney, Holly Huckins

Voices

Voice
Alanna Ubach (Plunkie), Kevin Michael Richardson (Uncle Lemmo), Rachel York (Bitty), Rory Thost (Kip), Taylor Masamitsu (Eubie), Frankie Ryan Manriquez (Wayne), Liliana Mumy (Twinkle), Edie McClurg (Fran), Mindy Sterling (Aunt Mellie), Jim Wise (Fripp), Dee Bradley Baker (Pizza Guy, Uncle Zooter), Cyndi Lauper (Operator Hero), Jim Wise (Sanitation Worker Hero)

Music

Music
Megan Cavallari (Music Supervisor)
Special Songs
Mark Harrison

Crew

Casting
Maria Estrada
Technical Director
Jung Min Chang
Visual Effects Producer
Jin Choi II
Lead Pipeline Technical Director (jadooWorks Pvt. Ltd.)
Vinnakota Gupta
Script Coordinator
Steve Bannatyne
Voice Director
Maria Estrada
Production Coordinator
Marlene Sharp

Production notes

This song-filled, imaginative series introduces pre-schoolers to the ordinary "heroes" in the world around them, whether it's the mail carrier, the grocer, the librarian or the veterinarian. Through the comical adventures of the Higglytown kids- Kip, Wayne, Eubie and Twinkle, and their wise and worldly friend Fran the Squirrel- pre-schoolers discover what various role models do every day to make the world go round and round.