Happy Monster Band facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Happy Monster Band
Logo card from the first series
Opening theme	"Happy Monster Band"
Ending theme	"Happy Monster Band" (Instrumental)
Country of origin	United States United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	20
Production
Running time	5 minutes
Production company(s)	Kickstart Productions
Distributor	Disney–ABC Domestic Television
Release
Original network	Playhouse Disney Disney Channel
Original release	October 1, 2007 (2007-10-01) – October 26, 2008 (2008-10-26)

Happy Monster Band (also known as Happy Monster Band: Direct from Monsterland and Happy Monster Band: World Tour) is an American-British animated children's television series that originally aired on Playhouse Disney from October 1, 2007, to October 26, 2008. The series was created by Don Carter and produced by Kickstart Productions. It is about a group of monsters who perform songs about friendship, love, exercise, chores, and other preschool themes.

Characters

Main

There are four monsters that make up the Happy Monster Band: Ink, Bluz, L.O. and Frred. Each monster's name reflects its color: Ink's signature color is pink, Bluz's is blue, L.O.'s is yellow and Frred's is red. They were designed by Don Carter. All four band members are children, but their singing voices are those of the members of the band Tally Hall. In the UK version, children's voices are used for the singing portions.

• Frred is one of the band's lead singers and plays electric guitar. While Ink may appear to be the leader, many fans tend to regard Frred as the actual leader. Frred is voiced by Rob Cantor (singing voice) and Kurt Doss (speaking voice).
• L.O., voiced by Zubin Sedghi (US) and Nathan Simpson (UK), is the other lead singer. The oldest in the band, L.O. is yellow and plays bass guitar. He is the only male monster in the band that goes against traditional thinking, preferring to paint and draw instead of scaring. He is considered to be a shy introvert.
• Bluz, the band's keyboardist, is blue and has four legs. Bluz often contradicts L.O.'s opinions, stating that monsters should scare and not care about art. During the World Tour, Bluz knows little about foreign languages, which makes him appear unintelligent. However, he shows empathy for others. He is the youngest member of the band. Bluz is voiced by Joe Hawley (singing voice), Jonah Lees (Direct from Monsterland) and Jake T. Austin (World Tour) (speaking voices).
• Ink is the band's drummer. She has three eyes and is pink. Unlike the other band members, Ink only sings during choruses. However she has a solo verse in "Do the Monster Stomp". During the World Tour, she carries a globe and is fluent in several languages. Ink is voiced by Hannah Leigh.

Supporting

The first season introduces several characters.

• Roc and Raoul (voiced by Sam Riegel and Yuri Lowenthal, respectively) form a two-headed purple monster and are the show's hosts. They speak in rhyme, except while backstage, and are also present in season two (World Tour).
• La, Dee, and Da are the show's judges and are only in the first season. They are all bright green and are based on Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul, and Simon Cowell.

World Tour

• Akito is the band's pen pal in Tokyo, Japan.
• Joey is a kangaroo in Sydney, Australia.
• Dwight is a giant monster in Italy who is often hungry and is used as a comedic explanation for the Tower of Pisa's leaning and for the Colosseum missing a large part of its wall.
• Ravi is an energetic four-year-old boy.
• The Rancher is an introducer.
• Johnny and Franklin were introduced in the World Tour episode "The Monster Tangle".

Episodes

Series One (Direct from Monsterland, 2007–2008)

• "I Will Be Your Friend" – the monsters celebrate friendship together.
• "Do the Monster Stomp" – Frred thinks that Bluz found what was missing.
• "Monster Hoe Down" – the monsters dress up as cowboys and cowgirl.
• "Dirty, Smelly Monster Chores" – L.O. does chores, spreading clothes on the floor, bringing in garbage and tracking mud around.
• "Scare Up Some Fun" – the twins see an empty room and think that the band is not there. The band tries to scare them.
• "I'm the Best at Being Me" – L.O. is not as scary as Bluz because he likes to write poetry and paint.
• "Do Re Mi–Mi–Mi" – Ink struggles to write a song for work.
• "Even Monsters Cry Sometimes" – Frred's dad gets a flat tire and he worries he will miss the concert.
• "Get Up and Go Go Go" – the band tell the twins to get ready.
• "Practice Makes Progress" – Ink's jump rope contest is coming up, so she practices her skills.

Series Two (World Tour, 2008–2009)

• "Here in Australia"
• "A Wonderful Time in France"
• "Yin & Yang"
• "London Town"
• "In India"
• "Siesta! Siesta!"
• "The Monster Tangle"
• "Konichiwa!"
• "At the Rodeo"
• "The Italian Way"

Production

The music was written and performed by Tally Hall. The characters and concept for the show were created by children's book author and illustrator, Don Carter. Judy Rothman Rofé wrote all the episodes in Season One and five of the episodes in Season Two.

Broadcast

In the United Kingdom, the show was shown on Playhouse Disney from October 5, 2007, to January 20, 2010.