''Maple Shorts'' is a children's television show produced by

March Entertainment March Entertainment is a defunct Canadian producer of digital animated entertainment for television and the World Wide Web. The company's properties include the television series '' Chilly Beach'', '' Maple Shorts'', ''Yam Roll'', and '' Dex Hamilto ...

, producers of the TV show, ''

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''. ''Maple Shorts'' debuted in April 2005 and aired on the

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. ''Maple Shorts'' is hosted by a

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and a

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. Canuckles is a cranky, conceited Canada goose who wanted to direct but settled for being a critic instead. Sela the salmon is Canuckles' bubble-headed, sweet-natured co-host. Together, they critique each short film which airs on the program. ''Maple Shorts'' is the second broadcast television show produced by March Entertainment. ''Chilly Beach'', the company's most popular show, started out as an Internet show using

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animation. March Entertainment, founded in 1996, also produces the Maple Shorts Canadian Animators' Flash Film Festival. The festival feeds higher-quality submissions onto the television show, and is used as a developmental vehicle for up-and-coming animators.

Episodes

*Waiting for Schtumpenflugenburgermeyr 13 April 2005 *The Legend of the Headless Usher 20 April 2005 *Goose Encounters of the Third Kind 30 April 2005 *What's Good for the Goose 4 May 2005

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0476435, Maple Shorts! 2000s Canadian animated television series 2005 Canadian television series debuts 2006 Canadian television series endings Canadian children's animated television series CBC Television original programming Canadian flash animated television series Animated television series about ducks Animated television series about fish Television shows filmed in Greater Sudbury