Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater
Title card
Genre	Comedy Family Adventure Fantasy
Created by	Sanrio
Developed by	Phil Harnage
Directed by	Michael Maliani
Voices of	Carl Banas Tara Charendoff Cree Summer Francks Sean Roberge Mairon Bennet Noam Zylberman Len Carlson Elizabeth Hanna Greg Morton Denise Pidgeon Fred Savage
Theme music composer	David Pomeranz
Opening theme	Title Song Written & Performed By David Pomeranz
Composer(s)	Haim Saban Shuki Levy
Country of origin	Canada United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Executive producer(s)	Andy Heyward
Producer(s)	Michael Maliani
Running time	approx. 22–23 min.
Production company(s)	DIC Enterprises Toei Animation
Distributor	MGM/UA Television
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	September 19 – December 12, 1987 (1987-12-12)

Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater is an animated series based on the Japanese character, Hello Kitty. produced by DIC Enterprises and animated by Toei Animation. The series involved Hello Kitty and her friends doing their own version of popular fairy tales and stories. Each of the 13 episodes consisted of two 11-minute cartoons, for a total of 26 "shows"; each show was a spoof of a well-known fairy tale or movie.

Characters

• Hello Kitty (voiced by Tara Charendoff) - The cheerful and kind kitten director of the theater. In many tales she is the protagonist or a supportive fairy.
• Mama Kitty (voiced by Elizabeth Hanna) – Kitty's mother, who plays motherly roles in the tales.
• Papa Kitty (voiced by Len Carlson) - Kitty's father, who plays fatherly roles in the tales.
• Grandma Kitty (voiced by Elizabeth Hanna) - Kitty's grandmother. She casts as supporting roles in the tales.
• Grandpa Kitty (voiced by Carl Banas) - Kitty's grandfather. He casts as supporting roles in the tales.
• Tuxedo Sam (voiced by Sean Roberge) - The happy penguin stage helper of the theater. In many tales he is the protagonist or Kitty's sidekick or love interest.
• My Melody (voiced by Mairon Bennett) - A very timid supporting bunny actress who is Kitty’s best friend. Her roles are often smaller and she needs assistance to perform perfectly.
• Chip (voiced by Noam Zylberman) - A cheery supporting white seal pup actor. He has supporting roles with the protagonists.
• Catnip (voiced by Cree Summer) - A green Siamese Cat, who sometimes plays tricks on her friends but remains sociable. She often takes the role of the antagonist in the tales (such as a mobster, Captain Hook, Count Dracula, Ebenezer Scrooge, etc.).
• Fangora (voiced by Denise Pidgeon) - A purple Siamese Cat and Catnip's mother. She sometimes fills in for the role of a secondary antagonist in the tales.
• Grinder (voiced by Greg Morton) - A dim-witted, naive and competent bulldog who often takes the role of a secondary antagonist or a bumbling accomplice to Catnip.
• Mouser (voiced by Fred Savage) - A trickster mouse who plays scary tricks on Hello Kitty and her friends in the last episode.

Format

Each cartoon opens with a big huge modern theater located in the big city of London, England filling up with patrons, and usually a look at some comical goings-on backstage. The play then begins (with Hello Kitty or Tuxedo Sam saying "Once upon a meow") and the stage transforms into whatever setting the story calls for, like outer space, the American Old West, the Great Depression or the Middle Ages. Each show is a light-hearted takeoff of a children’s story or a popular movie. Catnip and Grinder were usually typecast as the villains.

At the end, the stage returns to normal, and the actors take their bow.

One exception to this format is the cartoon "The Phantom of the Theater," which begins after the actors have finished a show (specifically "Robin Penguin"); all the action in this story takes place backstage.

Episodes

See also

In Spanish: Hello Kitty's furry tale theater para niños