A Little Curious
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A Little Curious is a children's television show which has aired on HBO Family since 1998, lasting for just one season (1998-1999). The 30-minute episodes are essentially anthologies of shorts centered on a common, easily digested theme such as "Up and Down" or "Slippery." While each short draws from the same pool of characters, one unique element of the show is that each short may be produced using one of a number of animation techniques, including stop-motion, traditional 2-D cel animation, and 3-D CGI. Some of the shorts are designed to fit more than one theme, and are re-used in a number of different episodes.
The show is produced by Curious Pictures and is aimed at preschoolers. The "pool" of characters, generally based on everyday objects, include:
- Bob, a boisterous, exuberant bouncing rubber ball.
- Doris, a door, who, while playful, is easily tired. Doris often talks about her distant childhood.
- Little Cup, a woefully innocent cup who spends a lot of time learning about the world around him.
- Mr. String, a nervous, fussy bit of string who can twist and tie himself into a multitude of shapes.
- Mop, a rock music-loving mop who often changes her "hairstyle."
- Pad and Pencil, a presumably married couple who constantly fawn over each other through French accents à la Lumiére and Fifi/Babette in Beauty and the Beast.
- Plush, a stuffed dog who is Bob's best friend.
- The Shoe Family, a family of pairs of shoes with footwear-themed names such as "Mary Jane."
The characters appear to be designed to evoke a sense of familiarity in preschoolers. For instance, young children can see aspects of their own personalities in Bob and Little Cup, observe the family dynamic among the Shoe Family, and perhaps most obviously, see a bit of their grandparents in Doris the door.
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In the 2D character and the 3D background, Rupert Everett who voiced the villainous dust who stole the Beast's rose and throw to Wal-Mart (a similar plot to The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie), Chris Rock who voiced Beast, and Jada Pinkett Smith who portrayed Princess Leona. Bob (Alexander Gould), Little Cup (Greg Cipes), Mr. String (Tom McGrath), Mary Jane (Dakota Fanning), Lacey (Emily Osment), Mrs. Shoes (Gina Torres), Mr. Shoes (Laurence Fishburne), and Mop (Amy Miller), Pad, Pencil, Plush will find Beast's stolen rose back to beast in The Little Curious Movie. In theatrers Summer 2009.
