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8/10 TV No. of episodes 59 First episode date 18 September 1993 | 7/10 IMDb No. of seasons 3 Running time 22 minutes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country of origin United StatesCanadaFrance Original language(s) EnglishFrench (teaches) Cast Stevie Vallance, Christopher Plummer, AJ Bond | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Madeline intro
Madeline is a television series, part of the Madeline media franchise. It began as a series of television specials, and then was continued as various seasons of the TV show.
Contents
- Madeline intro
- Madeline and the show off full episode s4 e15 kidvid
- Background
- Television specials
- Television series
- Cast
- DVD releases
- References
Madeline and the show off full episode s4 e15 kidvid
Background
In 1960, the Madeline stories were adapted to a one-hour color episode for the NBC series The Shirley Temple Show. Madeline was played by Gina Gillespie, child actor Michel Petit played Pepito, and Imogene Coca portrayed Miss Clavel. It was Madeline's first appearance on television. The episode has been released to DVD.
Television specials
In 1988, DIC Entertainment and CINAR (later Cookie Jar Entertainment; both are now subsidiaries of DHX Media) adapted the first book into an animated television special for HBO. The screenplay was written by Judy Rothman, who was writer, lyricist and story editor for nearly all subsequent Madeline animated projects. The special was narrated by Christopher Plummer, and featured original music and songs by veteran Sesame Street songwriter and composer Joe Raposo with lyrics by Judy Rothman and Howard Ashman. The special was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (One Hour or Less). In 1990, the special was released onto VHS by Hi-Tops Video, which erronously credits it only to DIC Entertainment.
Between 1990 and 1991, CINAR and France Animation produced animated adaptations of the other five original books for The Family Channel, with Christopher Plummer returning as narrator and Marsha Moreau returning to voice Madeline. Each special featured new songs, with lyrics by Rothman and music by Jeffrey Zahn, who replaced Raposo after his death in 1989. "I'm Madeline", Madeline's theme song from the original special, was reprised. The specials were released on video by Golden Book Video.
Television series
In 1993, DIC produced a Madeline television series, which also aired on the Family Channel. Twenty episodes were produced for the first series. Christopher Plummer reprised his role as narrator again and "I'm Madeline" was the series' theme song, but most of the voice actors were replaced. The series was reran on Disney Channel, Playhouse Disney and Toon Disney in the U.S. It features new songs with music by Andy Street (who replaced Jeffrey Zahn) and lyrics by Rothman, but compared to the previous TV specials, the first series would only feature one song within each episode in addition to the aforementioned theme songs.
In 1995, an additional 13 episodes were produced by DIC for ABC, under the title The New Adventures of Madeline. The episodes featured a new theme song, "Hats Off to Madeline", music by Andy Street with lyrics by Judy Rothman. ABC cancelled the series after seven weeks, so six episodes did not air in the U.S. until the series was run on the Disney Channel beginning in 1997. This series also featured a new voice cast which included Andrea Libman as the title character, S. Louise Vallance as both Miss Clavel and Genevieve, and David Morse from Maple Ridge, Canada as Pepito.
DIC produced the animated direct-to-video film Madeline: Lost in Paris, which was released in 1999, featuring Madeline being drawn into a scam by her supposed "Uncle" Horst and finding the true meaning to the word "family". Andrea Libman voiced Madeline.
Between 2000 and 2001, DIC produced 26 episodes for the Disney Channel. The theme song was changed to "Our Madeline" (although overseas screenings and syndicated reruns on Toon Disney had "Hats Off to Madeline" as the opening theme). Christopher Gaze took over from Christopher Plummer as narrator. The show won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated Program.
In 2002, a telefilm was produced by DIC, My Fair Madeline aired on Nickelodeon as part of its Sunday Movie Toons series. It is the last original Madeline production to date. This film had many if not all of the voice cast replaced, most notably featuring Whoopi Goldberg as Miss Clavel.
Madeline was shown on KOL Secret Slumber Party on CBS between Fall 2006 and 2007.
Broadcast and home video rights to all of the DIC/CINAR Madeline episodes/specials/telefilm/direct-to-video film are owned by DHX Media, as of October 22, 2012.
Cast
DVD releases
On September 10, 2013, Mill Creek Entertainment released 3 single disc collections featuring content from the animated series as well as the original TV specials. The New Adventures of Madeline- Adventures in Paris contains 6 episodes from the 2000 series, while Madeline's Merry Musical Melodies features various musical interludes from the animated series. Bonjour Madeline contains all 6 original TV specials.
On May 13, 2014, Mill Creek re-released the 3 single disc collections together in one 3-pack set.
On August 4, 2015, Mill Creek Entertainment released Madeline: The Complete Collection on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time. This 6-disc collection features all 6 original specials produced by DIC Entertainment and CINAR between 1988–1991 as well as all 59 episodes from the Madeline TV series (1993, 1995, 2000–2001).
In the UK, Platform Entertainment Ltd. released these episodes on DVD.