Based On: | Robert Munsch's books |
Theme Music Composer: | Jeff Zahn |
Composer: | Jeff Fisher Jeffrey Zahn |
Executive Producer: | Micheline Charest |
Producer: | Ronald A. Weinberg |
Company: | CINAR Films Telefilm Canada Maclean-Hunter Television Fund |
Num Episodes: | 7 (13 segments) |
Runtime: | 23 minutes |
A Bunch of Munsch is an animated anthology television series produced by Cinar. Each episode is based on a book by American-Canadian children's author Robert Munsch.[1] The show aired from December 7, 1991 to December 2, 1992 on CTV in Canada and Showtime in the United States.[2]
The series was announced on January 12, 1991.[3]
Every story featured a unique original song, usually sung by the lead character.
In Canada, the series aired on CTV on December 7, 1991 with the first special, "Thomas' Snowsuit" and "50 Below Zero".
It debuted in the United States on Showtime on December 17, 1991. It was later added to the Showtime's Fall 1992 lineup opposite of the series debut of American Heroes & Legends, as part of the network's hour long block of kiddie-oriented programming. The series aired regularly with the next episode of the first regular 22-minute episode, "The Paper Bag Princess" premieres on October 14, 1992.
Seven episodes, each being two 11-minute segments in a 30-minute slot (the lone exception being The Paper Bag Princess, which was one 22-minute episode divided into two segments), were created:[4]
All episodes were released to VHS by Golden Book Video in the early 1990s. The releases were eventually packaged and updated in the late 1990s by Sony Wonder.
All episodes were released to DVD by Cookie Jar Entertainment. Mill Creek Entertainment released the complete series on DVD in Region 1 on August 4, 2015 which includes a bonus episode of The Busy World of Richard Scarry.[5]