Strawberry Shortcake and the Baby Without a Name explained

Genre:Animation
Comedy
Family
Musical
Director:Arna Selznick
Starring:Russi Taylor
Chris Wiggins
Theme Music Composer:Patricia Cullen
Songs composed by:
Bob Chimbel
Merry Loomis
Country:Canada
Language:English
Producer:Michael Hirsh
Patrick Loubert
Clive A. Smith
Editor:Rob Kirkpatrick[1]
Alison Clark
Don Lauder
Keith Traver
Runtime:23 minutes
Company:MAD Productions[2]
Nelvana Limited
Those Characters from Cleveland (uncredited)
Network:Syndication
First Aired:[3]

Strawberry Shortcake and the Baby Without a Name is a 1984 American animated television special that first premiered on March 24, 1984, in New York City and on March 30 in Los Angeles, California. This is the second Strawberry Shortcake television special produced by Nelvana and the fifth to feature the American Greetings character.

Synopsis

Strawberry Shortcake and the Baby Without a Name chronicles Strawberry Shortcake's annual summer camping trip, where she and her friends encounter a monster in the woods. The Peculiar Purple Pie Man and Sour Grapes attempt to capture it to become rich and famous.

Cast

NameCharacterSource
Purple Pieman
Jeri Craden Sour Grapes / Fig-Boot
Lemon Meringue / Lime Chiffron
Orange Blossom
Monica Parker The Baby
Peach Blush / Blueberry Muffin
Laurie Waller Plum Puddin'
Mr. Sun / Narrator

Production

As with Housewarming Surprise, Bernard Loomis and Carole MacGillvray served as executive producers on Baby Without a Name.[1] [2]

Release

The special aired on March 24, 1984, on WCBS-TV in New York City,[3] and on March 30 on KTLA in Los Angeles.[2]

Home media

A VHS cassette of this special was released in 1984 by Family Home Entertainment.

See also

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Notes and References

  1. Strawberry Shortcake and the Baby Without a Name . Selznick, Arna (director); Sauder, Peter (writer) . Syndication . March 24, 1984.
  2. Book: Woolery, George W.. Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962–1987. Strawberry Shortcake and the Baby Without a Name. 398–399. 0-8108-2198-2. 1989. Scarecrow Press. https://archive.org/details/animatedtvspecia0000wool/page/398.
  3. News: TV Programs Today. March 24, 1984. The New York Times. 47.