''The Little Lulu Show'' is an animated series based on Marjorie Henderson Buell's comic book character ''

Little Lulu ''Little Lulu'' is a comic strip created in 1935 by American author Marjorie Henderson Buell. The character, Lulu Moppet, debuted in ''The Saturday Evening Post'' on February 23, 1935, in a single panel, appearing as a flower girl at a wedding ...

''. The series first aired in 1995 after the cartoonist's death in 1993. The series was produced by the

CINAR Corporation Cookie Jar Entertainment Inc. (also known as Cookie Jar Group and originally known as CINAR; renamed as DHX Cookie Jar Inc. from 2012 until 2014, or simply just Cookie Jar) was a Canadian media production and distribution company owned by DHX M ...

, in association with Western Publishing Company, Inc./Golden Books Family Entertainment, alongside HBO, Beta Film and the CTV Television Network Ltd. for the first two seasons, with the participation of The Cable Production Fund (Season 2) and the Family Channel (Season 3). For the third season, TMO-Loonland Film co-produced the series with CINAR.

Plot

Quick-witted Lulu can outsmart boys, bullies and even grownups! Whether she’s catching frogs for a local restaurant, searching for hidden treasure or tracking down a thief, Little Lulu’s always got an ace up her sleeve. Together with her best friend Tubby, pint-sized Alvin, buck-toothed Annie, smooth Willie and the rest of the neighborhood gang, Lulu always finds herself in the middle of an adventure. The series focuses on the life and the adventures of Lulu Moppet (voiced by

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and later Jane Woods) and Tubby Tompkins. Between stories called ''LuluToon'', they featured stand-up comedy that Lulu hosted and a series of the musical shorts called ''Lulu-Bite'' is also shown. Each episode contains 3 sketches with the different stories, interspersed with a "stand up-comedy" presented by Lulu and 2 short 30-second introductions without speech, based on the last comic stories (with only 3 scenes). Each storyline featured in the LuluToons are used from comic book releases (including John Stanley ones), with minor alterations. The series is different from ''

Little Lulu and Her Little Friends is a Japanese anime television series produced by Nippon Animation, based on Little Lulu comic by US cartoonist Marjorie Henderson Buell (Marge). The series was animated and directed by Fumio Kurokawa. Plot The series follows the everyday ...

'', a Japanese anime featuring the same characters made in 1976 and aired internationally in 1978.

Broadcast

The series was aired on HBO Family in the United States and CTV in Canada. The series continued to air on Family Channel,

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(English and French),

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, and TeleNiños (Spanish dub only). In foreign countries, the series is also aired on the Australian ABC (part of ABC for Kids),

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and

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Characters

Episodes

Voice cast

References

External links

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