Ellen's Acres
| Ellen's Acres | |
|---|---|
 Title card featuring the main protagonist. | |
| Created by | Larry Schwarz |
| Directed by | Stephen Moverley |
| Voices of | Emily Corrao Marc Thompson Carrie Keranen Shannon Conley John Brimmer |
| Narrated by | Emily Corrao |
| Opening theme | "Acres of Fun" performed by Emily Corrao |
| Composer | John Angier |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 52 (26 unaired) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Larry Schwarz Christopher Fauci Michael Gold Sean Lahey Sergei Aniskov |
| Producer | Andi Defur |
| Editor | Lauren Krueger |
| Running time | 12 minutes approx. |
| Production companies | Animation Collective Kanonen & Bestreichen |
| Original release | |
| Network | Cartoon Network |
| Release | September 4, 2006 – February 5, 2007 |
Ellen's Acres is an American animated television series for preschoolers[1] which exclusively premiered weekly on Cartoon Network and in the United Kingdom, the show aired on Cartoonito. Animation Collective produced the series. It originally premiered on September 4, 2006 on Cartoonito in the UK, and later on January 8, 2007 on Cartoon Network in the US, but was later cancelled on February 5, 2007. The series features a very imaginative five-year-old girl named Ellen who has adventures in a hotel her parents own approximately 40 mi (64 km) from Tonopah, Nevada named the Emerald Acres.[2]
Format
[edit]Each episode begins with Ellen narrating the adventure she had in her imagination, but she says, "Actually...", and the scene changes to a desert area, and Ellen says, "I had just gotten off the bus from school and was saying goodbye to Mateo, my bus driver." She then says goodbye to the unseen driver who closes the bus doors, honks the horn twice, and drives off.
Ellen then says hello to her friend, a tire, and carries a feather duster, two useful props in her adventures, then takes them to the hotel offices, where her parents ask how school was and Ellen explains the first adventure. Ellen then sees what her parents are up to (finding a fossil, fixing a fan because the air conditioning broke, etc.) which leads into further imaginary adventures based on chores she's been asked to do.
Characters
[edit]- Ellen – The protagonist of the series, a five-year-old girl who moved to Nevada with her parents and has a very vivid imagination. She has red hair, pigtails, huge teeth (with a gap in the center), carries a backpack, wears a light green T-shirt with a daisy, a denim skirt, a pair of mismatched socks (one with two green stripes on her left leg and one with a red and blue stripe on the right leg) and black Mary Janes. Born in Los Angeles, CA, Ellen plays with a Hercules 17 steel-reinforced all-season tire she befriended in nursery school and a mauve-colored hypoallergenic feather duster as her toys, theatrical company and posse. Emily Corrao is the voice of Ellen.
- Ellen's parents – Mom, a sports lawyer and former agent, and Dad, an ex-professional skateboarder and amateur geologist, moved to this bucolic desert location near mines forty miles from Tonopah, Nevada after he completed his career in athletics when they decided to settle down. Together, they run the Emerald Acres Hotel. Carrie Keranen is the voice of Mom, while Marc Thompson is the voice of Dad.
- Cooter and Connie – The heart and soul of Emerald Acres, Cooter is the resident handyman and Connie is the maid in charge of the place. Shannon Conley voices Connie while John Brimmer is the voice of Cooter.
- Mateo – Ellen's unseen bus driver, who drops her off at the hotel at the beginning of every episode.
Episodes
[edit]Season 1
[edit]Season 2 (Unaired)
[edit]Reception
[edit]The series was noted for its educational content.[3] A review describes its style as follows: "The series offers a style influenced by anime, retro graphics and illustrated children's books."[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ TV Guide. Triangle Publications. 2007.
- ↑ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 179. ISBN 978-1538103739.
- ↑ Calvert, Sandra L.; Wilson, Barbara J. (December 13, 2010). The Handbook of Children, Media, and Development. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-4443-3694-8.
- ↑ "Ellen's Acres Debuts on Cartoon Network". Animation World Network. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
External links
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- Cartoon Network original programming
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- American children's animated adventure television series
- Animation Collective
- American children's animated fantasy television series
- American flash animated television series
- American preschool education television series
- Animated preschool education television series
- American animated television series about children
- English-language American television shows
- Television shows set in Nevada
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