The California Raisin Show

Overview

The California Raisin Show is an animated television series based on the claymation advertising characters The California Raisins. The show is based on an Emmy Award-winning claymation special, Meet the Raisins!, which originally aired on CBS in 1989. After the show's 13-episode run, a sequel to the original special, Raisins: Sold Out!: The California Raisins II, aired in 1990. While the characters are traditionally depicted in claymation, the TV show was cel animated by Murakami-Wolf-Swenson. It did, however, maintain Will Vinton as creative director and executive producer. It takes place in a world populated by anthropomorphic fruits and vegetables and focuses on the main characters, the California Raisins: A.C., Beebop, Stretch, and Red. Each episode has one or more musical numbers.

Details

Status

Ended

First aired

September 16, 1989

Last aired

September 8, 1990

Episodes

15

Network

CBS

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

Will Vinton Productions,Murakami Wolf Swenson

Creator

Kent Butterworth