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Opening theme
  
"Shanna's Show"

Original network
  
Playhouse Disney

Country of origin
  
United States

Original release
  
June 20, 2004 (2004-06-20) – January 2, 2010 (2010-01-02)

Shanna's Show is an American animated series which appeared on the Disney Channel's Playhouse Disney from June 20, 2004 until January 2, 2010. It had 18 episodes in each season except Season 3 (26 episodes) and Season 5 (20 episodes). Currently in reruns on Disney Junior in Australia and Asia.

Contents

Books

"The Shanna Show" was based on the Shanna Show books by Jean Marzollo, author of the I SPY series, and illustrated by Maryn Roos, based on art by Shane W. Evans. The series includes:

Shanna's Animal Riddles
Shanna's Ballerina Show
Shanna's Bear Hunt (Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award Winner: 2005)
Shanna's Doctor Show
Shanna's Hip, Hop, Hooray
Shanna's Lost Shoe
Shanna's Party Surprise
Shanna's Pizza Parlor
Shanna's Princess Show
Shanna's Teacher Show

Plot

Shanna is a Mexican-American girl who—along with her helpers, her little brother Shane, Dinah the dinosaur, Ducky and Tiger—puts on a musical show in her room. Shane gives a drumroll, announces the show, and Dinah, Ducky and Tiger shine flashlights all over the curtains and make crowd noises just before Shane pulls the curtain and Shanna starts giving viewers three clues to help them guess what she is dressed up and pretending to be.

Characters

  • Shanna is a girl and main protagonist of the series. In each episode, she dresses up as a different type of person such as a doctor, an astronaut, or a mail woman, and always has the viewers guess what she is by giving them three clues.
  • Shane is the little brother of Shanna who usually introduces the recap of the clues after the third clue is given. He has brown hair, brown eyes with wears a white shirt, and blue overalls.
  • Dinah is a dinosaur who introduces the first clue in each episode.
  • Tiger is a tiger who introduces the second clue in each episode.
  • Ducky is a red duck who introduces the third and final clue in each episode.

    • Episodes

    In each episode Shanna pretends to be a different person, such as:

  • Lifeguard
  • Dentist
  • Bus Driver
  • Veterinarian
  • Actress
  • Baker
  • Farmer
  • Teacher
  • Astronaut
  • Artist
  • Ballerina
  • Fire Fighter
  • Doctor
  • Magician

    • Unbound Studios designed and produced the series for Playhouse Disney. William Janczewski served as the Artistic Director, and directed most of the early episodes. Judy Rothman Rofé developed the series and served as lyricist and writer on all of the episodes.

    References

    Shanna's Show Wikipedia
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