Grabbit the Rabbit explained

Genre:Animation, claymation, children's television series
Runtime:8 minutes
Creator:Rony Oren
Director:Rony Oren
Producer:Rony Oren
Starring:Stephen Arnoff
Gary Brint
Lanny Ravich
Johanan Herson
Don Futterman
Pnina Isseroff
Elki Jacobs
Amy Greenbaum Kohn
Linda Lovitch
Larry Butchins
Jack Adalist
Bobby Lax
Itzik Seydoff
Robert Hennig
Shmulik Tene
Niko Bar
Eli Gorenstein
Shimon Cohen
Jacob Buch
Yoav Heyman
Gabi Keren
Ayelet Kurtz
Esti Katz
Theme Music Composer:David Friedland
David Saban
Opentheme:"Grabbit the Rabbit" by David Friedland and David Saban
Company:Rony Oren Production
Israel Broadcasting Authority
Link Entertainment
Country:Israel
Language:English
Israeli
Network:Israel Broadcasting Authority (Israel)
Channel 1 (Israel)
Channel 4 (United Kingdom)
Num Series:1
Num Episodes:13

Grabbit the Rabbit (known in Hebrew as ארנב עכשיו) is a 1999 claymation animated television series produced by Israeli animator Rony Oren with the Israel Broadcasting Authority. The series' plot was based on Jean de La Fontaine's Fables and the African-American Uncle Remus folktales and stories by Joel Chandler Harris. It focuses on the adventures of Grabbit the Rabbit, who uses his brain and always succeeds in surviving and helping the less strong animals of the forest. The series was originally produced in Israel in 1995-1998. 13 episodes were produced. All the characters were made from moulded plasticine modelling clay on metal armatures.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

The series originally premiered on Channel 1. On 5 February 1999, Link Entertainment acquired the distribution rights to the series from Oren and the Israel Broadcasting Authority.[7] On 17 September 1999, Channel 4 struck a deal with Link over broadcast rights for the series in the United Kingdom, with the show premiering on 20 October 1999.[8] [9] [10] The series also aired on more than 20 television networks worldwide, including Fox Kids in France, DR1 in Denmark as Den Kvikke Kanin ("The Nimble Rabbit"),[11] NRK in Norway as Den smarte kaninen ("The Smart Rabbit"),[12] [13] Asia Television in Hong Kong, and Transworld Association in Japan.[14] [3] [15] On 18 March 2002, the series was released on VHS by Entertainment Rights and Universal Home Entertainment as Grabbit The Rabbit: King For The Day and Other Stories.[16] In 2004, it was released on DVD as Grabbit The Rabbit: King For A Day and Other Stories.[17]

Characters

Voice cast

English

Israeli

Episode list

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rory Oren. Kids Animation Center. 19 July 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20071029183927/http://www.animationcenter.gr/modules/news/article.php?storyid=234&sel_lang=english. 29 October 2007.
  2. Web site: Short Films. Rony's Clay Ground. 19 July 2024.
  3. Web site: Rony Oren Curriculum Vitae. Rony's Clay Ground. 30 July 2024.
  4. Web site: All you need is clay. The Jerusalem Post. 26 July 2024.
  5. Book: Animation: A World History, Volume III: Contemporary Times. 9781317519874. 26 July 2024. Bendazzi. Giannalberto. 6 November 2015. CRC Press .
  6. Web site: Files for Rony Orens Claymation. Internet Archive. 28 July 2024.
  7. Web site: LINK ACQUIRES RIGHTS TO GRABBIT THE RABBIT. Broadcast. 31 July 2024.
  8. Web site: C4 STRIKES DEAL WITH LINK FOR GRABBIT THE RABBIT. Broadcast. 31 July 2024.
  9. Web site: Channel Four picks up GRABBIT THE RABBIT. Animation World Network. July 28, 2024.
  10. Web site: New Ross Standard: Channel 4 (20 October 1999). British Newspaper Archive. 5 August 2024.
  11. Web site: Den Kvikke Kanin. DanskeFilmStemmer. 28 July 2024.
  12. Web site: Den smarte kaninen. NRK. 28 July 2024. http://web.archive.org/web/20050114145053/https://www.nrk.no/programmer/sider/den_smarte_kaninen/. 14 January 2005.
  13. Web site: Den smarte kaninen - Konge for en dag. YouTube. 28 July 2024.
  14. Web site: Jewish Rabbits. Animation World Network. July 19, 2024.
  15. Web site: Zec Grebit na Srpskom kompilacija sve epizode. Internet Archive. 4 August 2024.
  16. Web site: Grabbit The Rabbit: King For The Day and Other Stories [VHS]]. Amazon. 31 July 2024.
  17. Web site: Grabbit The Rabbit: King For A Day and Other Stories [DVD]]. Amazon. 31 July 2024.
  18. Web site: ארנב עכשיו (1999). Ishim. 28 July 2024.
  19. Web site: Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette: CHANNEL 4 (29 September 2001). British Newspaper Archive. 5 August 2024.
  20. Web site: Crawley and District Observer: Channel 4 (11 December 2002). British Newspaper Archive. 5 August 2024.
  21. Web site: THE MUSEUM OF TELEVISION & RADIO - THE EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S TELEVISION FESTIVAL - ADVENTURE & TRAVEL, PACKAGE 1 OF 2. The Paley Center for Media. 5 August 2024. http://web.archive.org/web/20240804231703/https://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?item=T:58230. 4 August 2024.
  22. Web site: Sunday Life: CHANNEL 4 (9 July 2000). British Newspaper Archive. 5 August 2024.
  23. Web site: Belfast News-Letter: Television, radio & film: Satui clay (7 September 2002). British Newspaper Archive. 5 August 2024.
  24. Web site: Sunday Life: CHANNEL 4 (15 February 2004). British Newspaper Archive. 5 August 2024.

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