Country of origin Philippines No. of episodes 44 episodes | Original language(s) Filipino, English | |
Created by GMA News and Public Affairs Directed by Joyce Bernal
Dante Nico Garcia Starring Love Añover
Patricia Gayod
Jermaine Ulgasan | ||
Happy Land is a weekly kid-friendly and educational TV program made for Filipino children. It was produced by GMA News and Public Affairs. The show premiered June 6, 2009 and concluded April 3, 2010 (it shown every Saturday morning and consist of 44 episodes over all).
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Happy Land was actually the prequel of another kid-oriented show Sunnyville
Overview
The shortage of public early childhood care and development institutions in the Philippines challenged GMA News and Public Affairs to produce a definitive pre-school education program with the objective of shaping a whole new generation’s viewpoint.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization or (UNESCO) Education for All by 2015 report states that pre-primary education in the Philippines is available only to 41% of the total population, as most pre-schools are privately owned and concentrated in highly urbanized areas.
Happy Land's goal is to inspire young viewers to discover happiness despite the bad things in life.
Combining animation, digital technology, and live-action photography, Happy Land aims to bring Filipino children to a new level of TV viewing. Aside from the narrative, the show will also teach basic pre-school subjects like Language and the Alphabet, Math, Science, and General Knowledge through independent segments.
Plot
Anna (Patricia Gayod), a loving sister who acts as a mother to her younger brother Buboy (Jermaine Ulgasan) while their mother works as a domestic helper in Hongkong.
Meanwhile, Ate Belle (Love Añover), the tenement's friendly repairwoman who can mend everything from broken irons and refrigerators to broken hearts and dreams.
The two kids will discover a portal to Happy Land, a fantasy world where knowledge thrives and problems are systematically solved. There, they will also meet Mingming, the tenement's resident black cat who will lead the children on their journey through Happy Land; Bulatelino, an intelligent, talking earthworm who will teach kids anything and everything about Science; and Popoy and Cocoy, Happy Land's mice duo, bring them to all sorts of places through their segment Mga Dagang Gala (The Stray Rats).