The Swamp Critters of Lost Lagoon

The Swamp Critters of Lost Lagoon (originally named Swamp Critters) is an American children's television series created by Bobby Goldsboro. Targeted for children aged 2 to 6, the show featured characters brought to life by actors. [1] The show aired on PBS and The Learning Channel from 1995 to 2000, and according to the show's website, it currently airs on the America One Television Network and on TCT Kids.[2]

Swamp Critters

Left to right: Big Al Gator, Billy Bob Possum, Gumbo Fiddler Crab, Ribbit E. Lee, Ima Dilla, and Joe Raccoon
Genre Education, Children's
Created by Bobby Goldsboro
Written by Bobby Goldsboro
Voices of Bobby Goldsboro
Theme music composer (Bobby Goldsboro)
Opening theme "Rollin' Down to Lost Lagoon"
Composer(s) (Bobby Goldsboro)
No. of seasons 3
Release
Original network PBS, The Learning Channel, Smile of a Child, America One Television Network, TCT Kids
Picture format 4:3
Original release November 4th, 1995 – December 27th, 1997

Characters

Band


Other characters

Development

Goldsboro funded the show using his own money instead of getting investors to back it. According to him, "the minute somebody puts in money, they think they have the right to say, 'You know, Barney is so successful, why don't you make that alligator purple instead of green?' I've got enough to worry about without having to appease somebody else." Goldsboro also decided to start the show on a PBS affiliate rather than on a network affiliate. According to him, if he had gone to a network he "would have had to have a lot more action on the show. On the network shows, everything is fast cuts and fast movements. They think that's what kids want to see in this day and age of video games."[3]

Music

Each half-hour episode contains four to six songs, with the music ranging from blues and Dixieland jazz to pop and classical and country music. For the first two seasons, over 100 songs were written. According to Goldsboro, "it's music that's on a children's show but it's not children's music. I've never understood talking down to kids and treating them like they're imbeciles. Several shows do that."[3]

Animatronics

Each of the main characters' costume heads contains over $20,000 worth of animatronics, which are used to control their facial expressions and mouth movements.[3]

Cast and Crew

References

  1. ↑ . classicbands.com http://www.classicbands.com/goldsboro.html. Retrieved 25 Nov 2010. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ "Swamp Critters Television!". bobbygoldsboro.com. Retrieved 25 Nov 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 Pamela Davis. "Goldsboro plays new tune on PBS". South Coast Today. Retrieved 25 Nov 2010.

External links

The Swamp Critters of Lost Lagoon at the Internet Movie Database

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