Be Bop
- Studio
- Sirius Thinking Ltd., WGBH Boston
- Distributor
- Public Broadcasting Service
Synopsis
The jazzy, rhythmic sounds of Be Bop make their way into the library one day, and soon everyone is singing nonsensical Be Bop tunes- everyone except Barnaby B. Busterfield III, who claims he just doesn't get this Be Bop thing!
Characters
Theo, Gawain, Arty Smarty-Pants, Barnaby B. Busterfield III, Cleopatra "Cleo" Lion, Lionel, Leona, Walter Pigeon, Click the Mouse, Clay Pigeon, Silver Knight, Golf Announcer, Fred Newman, Gold Knight, Cliff Hanger, Child, Puppeteers
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Randall Balsmeyer, Bill Berner, Richard A. Fernandes, Hugh Martin, Ted May, Lisa Simon
Producing
- Producer
- Carol Klein, Sonia Rosario
- Executive Producers
- Christopher Cerf, Norman Stiles, Judith Stoia, Brigid Sullivan
- Supervising Producers
- Carol Stein, Sonia Rosario, Carol Klein, Elizabeth Benjes
- Associate Producers
- Kevin Farrell, Stephanie Mills, James Sabatini, Rasheema Graham, Jared Jenkins, Adam Daniel
- Line Producer
- Carol Klein
- Consulting Producers
- Fred Newman, Joe Fallon, Louise Gikow, Carlos Dortz
- Executive Producer (Sirius Thinking)
- Michael K. Frith
- Coordinating Producers
- Michele McDonough, Elizabeth Benjes, Beth Kirsch
Writing
Voices
- Voice
- Peter Linz (Theo, Gawain), Tim Lagasse (Arty Smarty-Pants, Barnaby B. Busterfield III), Jennifer Barnhart (Cleopatra "Cleo" Lion), Anthony Asbury (Lionel, Arty Smarty-Pants), Kathryn Mullen (Leona), Tyler Bunch (Walter Pigeon), Heather Asch (Click the Mouse, Clay Pigeon), Scott Dodson (Silver Knight), David Matthew Feldman (Puppeteer), BJ Guyer (Puppeteer), Paul McGinnis (Puppeteer), Fred Newman (Golf Announcer, Himself), Richard O'Connor (Gold Knight), Chris Phillips (Cliff Hanger), Victor Yerrid (Puppeteer), Richard Zhuravenko (Child), Michael K. Frith, Matt Vogel
Music
Animation
- Animation Director
- Brian O'Connell
- Animator
- J.J. Carroll, Matthew Clinton, Tissa David, Steven Dovas, Krystoff Giersz, Ken Kimmelman, Alexandra Reshanov, Larry Ruppel, Ed Smith, Patrick Smith
- Computer Animator
- Paul Belliveau
- Director (Animation Segment)
- Michael Sporn
Editing
Crew
- Creators
- Lou Berger, Chris Cerf, Michael K. Frith, Kathryn Miller, Norman Stiles
- Production Management
- April Chadderdon, Jared Jenkins
- Production Designer
- Laura Brock
- Unit Production Manager
- Karen Carr
- Head Writer
- Norman Stiles
- Staff Writers
- Joe Fallon, Louise Gikow
- Script Supervisors
- Diana DeCubellis, Andy Williamson
- Cinematography
- Bill Berner
- Casting
- Matthew Messinger, Donna DeSeta, Ellyn Marshall, Maria E. Nelson
- Art Directors
- Evelyn Sakash, Laura Brock, Karen Wing
- Puppeteer
- Kathryn Mullen
- Animation Producers
- Valerie Cardon, Richard O'Connor
- Animation Designer
- R.O. Blechman
- Animation Designer ("Tiger Words")
- Maciek Albrecht
- Animation Designer ("Chicken Jane, " Other Segments)
- Ron Barrett
- Segment Director (Gawain's Word, Sloppy Pop)
- Jesse Gordon
- Production Coordinators
- Nicole Brown, Jared Jenkins, Jennifer McCague
- Executive in Charge of Production
- Brigid Sullivan
- Production Assistant
- Brian Sales
- Post-Production Supervisor
- Scott Colwell
- Funding
- Charles H. Revson Foundation, General Mills, Institute for Civil Society, Park Foundation, U.S. Department of Education
Companies and other credits
- Editor: Associate Editor: Joshua Charson
- Editor: Assistant Editor: Amy Ulrich
- Funding: Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Funding: Corporation for Public Broadcasting
- Funding: eToys.com
Production notes
Combined live action and animation.
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The vowels get top billing in episodes that shine with tales from around the world. "Between the Lions" makes reading fun with its menagerie of colorful characters and zany mix of songs, stories, skits, puppets, animation and live action.