Disney Channel's Original Series Bear in the Big Blue House and Rolie Polie Olie Earn Emmy Awards.Entertainment Editors BURBANK, Calif.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--May 14, 2000 DISNEY CHANNEL's original pre-school series Bear In The Big Blue House Bear in the Big Blue House is a television program for young children produced for the Disney Channel by The Jim Henson Company. The program taught simple life lessons by following the title character and his puppet friends as they went through their day. and Rolie Polie Olie earned Emmy Awards at The 27th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards. Mitchell Kriegman Mitchell Kriegman is a writer, producer, and actor associated with numerous popular television shows. He is credited with the patented design of the revolutionary Shadowmation technique, that combines puppets, animatronics, and computer animation to create a realistic virual , director of DISNEY CHANNEL's original pre-school series from The Jim Henson Noun 1. Jim Henson - United States puppeteer who created a troupe of puppet characters (1936-1990) Henson Company, Bear in the Big Blue House, was honored with the Emmy for "Outstanding Directing in a Children's Series." Bear in the Big Blue House was also honored with the Emmy for "Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing" (Peter Hefter, Production Mixer; John Alberts, Re-Recording Mixer A re-recording mixer, formerly known as a dubbing mixer, is a person who is part of a post-production sound team and works specifically with dialog, music and sound effects to create the final soundtrack for a production. ). DISNEY CHANNEL's original animated pre-school series Rolie Polie Olie was honored again this year with the Emmy for "Outstanding Special Class Animated Program." Brimming with creativity, storytelling, learning and music, Bear in the Big Blue House is hosted by a seven-foot bear who, though large, exudes warmth, comfort and understanding. Along with a house full of puppet friends -- Tutter (the industrious mouse), Treelo (the curious lemur lemur (lē`mər), name for prosimians, or lower primates, of two related families, found only on Madagascar and adjacent islands. Lemurs have monkeylike bodies and limbs, and most have bushy tails about as long as the body. ), Pip and Pop (playful twin otters), Ojo (the young bear) and Luna, Bear's oldest friend -- Bear teaches little kids a real world curriculum. Through creative play, he also provides a role model for caregivers to stimulate learning in their own houses. All the action takes place in the kid-friendly Big Blue House where songs are sung, stories are told, and imagination and adventure reign. Bear in the Big Blue House is the creation of Mitchell Kriegman who also created and executive produced the popular Nickelodeon show "Clarissa Explains It All Clarissa Explains It All is an American situation comedy television series from Nickelodeon starring a then unknown Melissa Joan Hart. Sixty-five episodes were shown during the five seasons. The teen sitcom ran from March 1, 1991 to December 3, 1994. ." The series is currently in its third season on DISNEY CHANNEL  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. . Its executive producers are Brian Henson Brian Henson (born 1963 in New York City, New York) is an Academy Award-winning puppeteer, director, producer, and technician. The son of puppeteers Jane and Jim Henson, he, along with his sister Lisa, is co-chair and co-CEO of the Jim Henson Company. , Mitchell Kriegman and Alex Rockwell. Bear in the Big Blue House airs daily 7:30AM, 8AM and 10:30AM ET/PT on DISNEY CHANNEL's Playhouse Disney programming block for pre-schoolers. Created by Award-winning author/illustrator William Joyce and produced by Nelvana Limited in association with Disney Channel, Rolie Polie Olie follows the touching, tumultuous and sometimes hilarious world of Olie, a simple robotic everyboy who lives in a magical all-robot mechanical world. Rolie Polie Olie also marks the first time in U.S. television history that 3-D technology has been used to create an animated series specifically for little kids. Currently being produced by a global team in France, Vietnam, Canada and the United States The United States and Canada share a unique legal relationship. U.S. law looks northward with a mixture of optimism and cooperation, viewing Canada as an integral part of U.S. economic and environmental policy. , each half-hour episode consists of three seven minute "Olie" adventures. Rolie Polie Olie, which has recently gone into production on its third season, airs daily 10AM ET/PT and Monday-Friday, 12:30PM ET/PT on DISNEY CHANNEL's Playhouse Disney programming block for pre-schoolers. DISNEY CHANNEL, combining original series, movies and specials with timeless classics, is the only full-time general entertainment television network designed for kids and families. DISNEY CHANNEL is a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. |
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