Pigs Aplenty
- Studio
- Sirius Thinking Ltd., WGBH Boston
- Distributor
- Public Broadcasting Service
Synopsis
Marmy throws a "big pig party" in the library. India.Arie and Sigourney Weaver are the guests, and the target sound is the short "i" in words such as "pig."
Characters
Gawain, Theo, Arty Smarty-Pants, Barnaby B. Busterfield III, Cleopatra "Cleo" Lion, Lionel, Leona, Click the Mouse, Clay Pigeon, Silver Knight, Golf Announcer, Fred Newman, Gold Knight, Cliff Hanger, Child, Sigourney Weaver, India.Arie, Jon Stewart, Stephen Scarpulla, Puppeteers
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Emily Squires
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
- Writer
- Joe Fallon
Voices
- Voice
- Peter Linz (Gawain), Tim Lagasse (Theo, Arty Smarty-Pants, Barnaby B. Busterfield III), Jennifer Barnhart (Cleopatra "Cleo" Lion), Anthony Asbury (Lionel, Arty Smarty-Pants), Pam Arciero (Leona), 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), Sigourney Weaver (Herself), India.Arie (Herself), Jon Stewart (Himself), Stephen Scarpulla (Himself), 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
Art Department
- Production Designer
- Laura Brock
- Art Directors
- Evelyn Sakash, Laura Brock, Karen Wing
- Animation Designer
- R.O. Blechman
Editing
Casting
Production Management
- Post-Production Supervisor
- Scott Colwell
- Production Coordinators
- Nicole Brown, Jared Jenkins, Jennifer McCague
- Production Management
- April Chadderdon, Jared Jenkins
- Unit Production Manager
- Karen Carr
- Executive in Charge of Production
- Brigid Sullivan
- Production Assistant
- Brian Sales
Crew
- Creators
- Lou Berger, Chris Cerf, Michael K. Frith, Kathryn Miller, Norman Stiles
- Head Writer
- Norman Stiles
- Staff Writers
- Joe Fallon, Louise Gikow
- Script Supervisors
- Diana DeCubellis, Andy Williamson
- Cinematography
- Bill Berner
- Puppeteer
- Kathryn Mullen
- Animation Producers
- Valerie Cardon, Richard O'Connor
- Animation Designer ("Tiger Words")
- Maciek Albrecht
- Animation Designer ("Chicken Jane, " Other Segments)
- Ron Barrett
- Segment Director (Gawain's Word, Sloppy Pop)
- Jesse Gordon
- 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.