Muddy Monkey
- Studio
- Toon City Inc., Universal Cartoon Studios
- Distributor
- PBS DVD
Synopsis
The Man with the Yellow Hat just can't figure out why George refuses to take a bath. What he doesn't realize is that George has lost his favorite bath toy, Sproingy the Frog. And until George finds Sproingy, all the shower games, car washes, and dog washes aren't going to do a bit of good. Unless, of course, the dog being washed happens to be playing with a very special bubble-making frog.
Educational Objective: Science: To demonstrate that bubbles are made of air surrounded by a very thin film; to demonstrate that no matter what the shape of the bubble maker, the shape of a free-floating bubble is a sphere.
Live Action Segment : Kids mix water and detergent and figure out ways to make bubbles using a variety of objects. They talk about the different characteristics (properties) of bubbles, and how- no matter what the shape of the opening- the bubbles always come out round.
Educational Objective: Science: To demonstrate that bubbles are made of air surrounded by a very thin film; to demonstrate that no matter what the shape of the bubble maker, the shape of a free-floating bubble is a sphere.
Live Action Segment : Kids mix water and detergent and figure out ways to make bubbles using a variety of objects. They talk about the different characteristics (properties) of bubbles, and how- no matter what the shape of the opening- the bubbles always come out round.
Characters
Curious George, The Man with the Yellow Hat, Hundley, Doorman, Bill, Charkie, Betsy, Steve, Chef Pisghetti, Gnocchi, Professor Wiseman, Compass, Jumpy Squirrel
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Frank Marino, Steve Socki, Scott Heming, Dean Criswell
- Supervising Director
- Jeff McGrath
Producing
- Producer
- Patty Jausoro
- Executive Producers
- Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, David Kirschner, Jon Shapiro
- Executive Producer For WGBH
- Carol Greenwald
- Executive Producer For Universal
- Ellen Cockrill
- Executive In Charge Of Production For Universal
- Tom Ruzicka
Writing
- Writer
- Raye Lankford, Bruce Akiyama, Joe Fallon, Craig Miller
- Head Writer
- Joe Fallon
- Story Editor
- Joe Fallon
- Based On The Books By
- Margret Rey, H.A. Rey
- Developed For Television By
- Joe Fallon
- Based On The Main Characters Created By
- H.A. Rey
Animation
- Animator
- Jeff McGrath (Supervising Animation Director)
- Animation Director (Overseas)
- Stacey Eberschlag
Voices
- Voice
- William H. Macy (Narrator)
Music
- Music
- Nick Nolan
- Main Title Theme Music and Lyrics
- Rocco Gagliese, Steve D'Angelo, Terry Tompkins
- Main Title Theme Music Performed By
- Dr. John
- Main Title Theme Produced By
- Eggplant, Dr. John
Editing
- Editor
- Kirk Demorest
Crew
- Color Stylist
- Carol Berke
- Assistant Dialogue Recording Engineer
- Lindsey Myers
- Dialogue Editor
- Terry Reiff
- Stunt Double
- Keith Wong
- Layout Artist
- Kinman Chan
- Production Assistant
- Richard David, Betsy Gartrell
- Animatic Editors
- Andy Haug, Gina Kowerko
- Animation Supervisor
- Russ Mooney
- Animation Timer
- Soon Jin Mooney
- Production Coordinators
- Christine Thomas, Paul Trandahl, Scott Fuselier
- Voice Direction and Casting
- Susan Blu
- Educational Advisor
- Sally Crissman
- Design Coordinator
- Paul Trandahl
- Producer
- Jacqui Deegan, Angélica Allende Brisk
- Coordinating Producer/Business Director
- Paul Higgins
- Associate Producers
- Sarah Crosley, Naomi Greenfield, Peter Bowden, Emily Jansen
- Business Manager
- Heidi Hamparian
- Office Coordinator
- Ruth Flynn
- Business/Legal Affairs
- Karen Baseman, Elaine Coolbrith
- National Promotion
- Susan Barrett, Elizabeth Coté, Susan Hershberg
- Budge
- Lori Gordon-Sack
- Station Relations
- Andrew Russell
- National Underwriting
- Marcia Hertz, Marjorie Stone, Kathy Gibson Hanly, Katie Cunningham
- Educational Outreach
- Karen Barss, Mary Haggerty, Sonja Latimore, Elly Schottman, Gay Mohrbacher
- Senior Print Designer
- Cathleen Schaad
- Research Analyst
- Marisa Castrini
- Director
- Geoff Adams
- Sound Recordist
- Mario Cardenas
- Supervising Animation Director
- Russ Mooney
- Technical Supervisor
- Alex Misalucha
- Production Manager
- Jonathan Tinsay
- Supervising Animation Director For DQ Entertainment Ltd.
- Stacey Eberschlag
- Crew
- H.A. Rey
Companies and other credits
- Budge: t: Mimi Curran
- Curious George is a production of Imagine Entertainment
- WGBH Boston and Universal Studios Family Productions
- Curious George and related characters
- created by Margret
- are copyrighted and trademarked by Houghton Mifflin Company and used under license. Licensed by Universal Studios Licensing LLLP
- Funding for CURIOUS GEORGE is provided by public television viewers. Corporate funding is provided by Shea Homes
Production notes
This TV series adds new characters and stories to the originals. It also includes live-action segments of kids investigating the ideas that George stumbles on in his misadventures.