A Little Curious facts for kids

Quick facts for kids A Little Curious
Genre	Anthology Comedy Educational
Created by	Steve Oakes
Written by	Carin Greenberg Baker Nicholas Hollander Alana Sanko Frederick J. Stroppel
Directed by	Steve Oakes
Voices of	Cameron Bowen Amanda Kaplan Gary Yudmanl Marilyn Pasekoff Sandy Correia Bob Kaliban Gerrianne Raphael Rafael Ferrer
Theme music composer	Manhattan Transfer
Opening theme	I'm A Little Curious" performed by Manhattan Transfer
Ending theme	I'm A Little Curious" (instrumental)
Composer(s)	Pat Irwin
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	43
Production
Executive producer(s)	Sheila Nevins Susan Holden Steve Oakes Richard Winkler David Starr
Producer(s)	John Hoffman
Running time	24 minutes
Production company(s)	Curious Pictures
Distributor	Warner Bros. Television Distribution
Release
Original network	HBO
Original release	February 1, 1999 (1999-02-01) – May 1, 2000 (2000-05-01)

A Little Curious is a 1999-2000 American children's animated television series that aired on HBO Family. The show, produced by Curious Pictures and HBO, was aimed at preschoolers. It was one of the cornerstone programs for the relaunch of the HBO Family channel in February 1999.

Plot

The 24-minute episodes are essentially anthologies of shorts centered on a common, easily digested topic such as "Up and Down" or "Slippery". While each short draws from the same pool of characters, they are produced in a variety of animation techniques. Animation styles include stop-motion, clay animation, traditional 3-D and 2-D cel animation, and 3-D CGI also paper mario style, along with live-action segments mostly narrated by Bob the Ball. Some of the shorts are designed to fit more than one topic, and are re-used in different episodes.

Characters

The "pool" of characters, generally based on everyday objects, include:

• Bob the Ball – a cute, boisterous, exuberant bouncing red rubber ball.

Gender: Male

Voiced by: Cameron Bowen

• Little Cup – a sweet, woefully innocent glass cup of fruit punch who spends a lot of time learning about the world around him. He is Bob's best friend.

Gender: Male

Voiced by: Bob Kaliban

• Mr. String – a nervous, intelligent, fussy bit of blue string who can twist and tie himself into a multitude of shapes. He also bears a striking resemblance to Earthworm Jim. He frequently says, "definitely".

Gender: Male

Voiced by: Gary Yudman

• Plush – a cute, multi-colored, air-headed stuffed dog who is Bob's best friend.

Gender: Male

Voiced by: Bob Kaliban

• Mop – a rock music-loving yellow teenage mop with turquoise hair who usually changes her "hairstyle".

Gender: Female

Voiced by: Amanda Kaplan

• Doris the Door – a pink and orange Brooklyn-accented door, who, while playful, is easily tired. Doris usually talks about her distant childhood.

Gender: Female

Voiced by: Marilyn Pasekoff

• Pad and Pencil – a presumably married drawing pad and pencil couple who constantly fawn over each other through French accents à la Lumiére and Fifi/Babette in Beauty and the Beast and its 2017 live-action remake.

Gender: Female (Pad), Male (Pencil)

Voiced by: Gerrianne Raphael (Pad), Rafael Ferrer (Pencil)

• The Shoe Family – a family of pairs of shoes with footwear-themed names such as "Mary Jane". The parents are Mr. Shoe (brown dress shoes) and Mrs. Shoe (red high heels) and the children are Lacey (sneakers) and Mary Jane (a pair of Mary Janes). In "A Little Curious About Life", they had a baby brother named Booties. Bob is Lacey's best friend and Little Cup is Mary Jane's best friend.

Gender: Male (Mr. Shoe), Female (Mrs. Shoe, Lacey and Mary Jane)

Voiced by: Gary Yudman (Mr. Shoe), Sandy Correia (Mrs. Shoe and Lacey), Amanda Kaplan (Mary Jane)

The characters appear to be designed to evoke a sense of familiarity in preschoolers. For instance, young children can see aspects of their own personalities in Bob and Little Cup, observe the family dynamic among the Shoe Family, and perhaps most obviously, see a bit of their grandparents in Doris the door.

Episodes

Season 1 (1999)

1. Loud, Soft, Shake (February 1, 1999)
2. Light, Dark, Bubble (February 8, 1999)
3. Near, Far, Swing (February 15, 1999)
4. Slippery, Sticky, Mirror (February 22, 1999)
5. Above, Below, Cover (March 1, 1999)
6. Front, Back, Side (March 8, 1999)
7. Swing, Cover, Shake (March 15, 1999)
8. Rough, Smooth, Picture (March 22, 1999)
9. Open, Close, Ring (March 29, 1999)
10. Bubble, Picture, Mirror (April 5, 1999)
11. Thick, Thin, Twist (April 12, 1999)
12. First, Last, Step (April 19, 1999)
13. Ring, Twist, Step (April 26, 1999)
14. Empty, Full, Pop (May 3, 1999)
15. Same, Different, Beat (May 10, 1999)
16. Fast, Slow, Spin (May 17, 1999)
17. Long, Short, Roll (May 24, 1999)
18. Character Show – Bob the Ball (May 31, 1999)
19. Roll, Spin, Pop (June 7, 1999)
20. Warm, Cool, Heart (June 14, 1999)
21. Character Show – Plush (June 21, 1999)
22. Still, Move, Train (June 28, 1999)
23. Spring, Fall, Turn (July 5, 1999)
24. High, Low, Stretch (July 12, 1999)
25. Side, Turn, Twist (July 19, 1999)

Season 2 (2000)

1. Top, Bottom, Jump (January 3, 2000)
2. Over, Under, Balance (January 10, 2000)
3. Drop, Lift, Flat (January 17, 2000)
4. Tight, Loose, Squeeze (January 24, 2000)
5. Hit, Miss, Bump (January 31, 2000)
6. Work, Play, Skip (February 7, 2000)
7. Hard, Easy, Change (February 14, 2000)
8. New, Old, Dance (February 21, 2000)
9. Lead, Follow, Act (February 28, 2000)
10. Win, Lose, Tie (March 6, 2000)
11. Push, Pull, Rock (March 13, 2000)
12. A Little Curious About Life (March 20, 2000)
13. Jump, Flat, Squeeze (March 27, 2000)
14. Hard, Work, Bump (April 3, 2000)
15. Character Show – Mop (April 10, 2000)
16. Balance, Skip, Rock (April 17, 2000)
17. Push, Over, Top (April 24, 2000)
18. Drop, Loose, Change (May 1, 2000)