Gullah Gullah Island

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Gullah Gullah Island
Country of origin Flag of the United States United States
Production
Running time 30 minutes (incl. commercials)
Broadcast
Original channel Nick Jr.
Original run December 1, 1994 – January 1, 1998

Gullah Gullah Island (December 1, 1994-January 1, 1998) was a children's television series created by Ron Daise and his wife Natalie. It was shown on Nick Jr., and it was the first show designed for preschoolers to feature a Gullah family. The show stars Ron Daise and Natalie Eldridge with their children Simeon and Sara. Ron and Natalie are accompanied by three children (Simeon, Shaina, and James), their niece (Vanessa), and a frog named Binyah Binyah Pollywog. The family lived on a fictional island off the coast of South Carolina. The island was actually Beaufort SC and Saint Helena Island.) The Downtown area was featured in one episode when the family took a trip to Charleston, South Carolina.

TV Guide selected Gullah Gullah Island as one of their top ten children's television shows in 1996. The show had relatively high ratings during its daytime run in the 1990s.

The show was taped at Nickelodeon Studios in Universal Studios Florida, in fact the show Clarissa Explains It All was also shot on the same set (interior and exterior). Modifications were made, like adding various shades of red to the home in Gullah Gullah. The backyard was used on earlier episodes of All That as well.

Their adventures feature singing, dancing, learning, and encouraging children in the audience to think about things like healthy eating, telling the truth, and problem solving. The show ran for four seasons starting in 1994. It continued to air in reruns and on Noggin until 2004. On Sunday, October 28, 2007, Noggin announced their 24/7 schedule to debut on December 31, 2007, and "Gullah Gullah Island" was placed on the new schedule at 4AM and 4:30PM Eastern time.

Contents

[edit] Cast

  • Vanessa Baden - Vanessa
  • James Edward Coleman II - James
  • Ron Daise - Ron
  • Natalie Daise - Natalie
  • Manolo Villaverde - Abuelo
  • Simeon Othello Daise - Simeon
  • Shaina M. Freeman - Shaina (1994-1997)
  • Tristan Mays - Shaina (1997-1999)
  • Sara Makeba Daise - Sara
  • Alex Delanian - Binyah Binyah
  • Armando Guerra - Armando

[edit] Episodes

  1. A Gullah Gullah Christmas
  2. Ron's Birthday
  3. Shaina's Birthday Party
  4. The Binyah Binyah Polliwog Show
  5. Natalie's Sick
  6. Move Your Body
  7. Beat It
  8. The Pet Show
  9. The Troll That Ate Gullah Gullah Island
  10. How You Sound?
  11. Animal See, Animal Do
  12. Food, Glorius Food
  13. Fixing a Hurt
  14. A Barrel of Laughs
  15. The Big Sleepover
  16. You Wanna Salsa
  17. Shake, Rattle and Roll
  18. Spring Can Really Hang You Up
  19. A Day At The Beach
  20. Home Alone With Grandma
  21. The School Show
  22. The Green Show
  23. Baby Animals
  24. Simeon's Day
  25. Binyah The Barbarian
  26. Whose Friend Are You Anyway?
  27. James's Treasure Box
  28. Double Dutch
  29. Carnival
  30. Armando's New Home
  31. Please Don't Eat The Altons
  32. Charleston Market
  33. Gullah Gullah Island Day
  34. Rain, Rain, Go Away
  35. Say What?
  36. Look Who's Balking
  37. Talent Show
  38. The Unreckoning
  39. Rhythm And Rhyme All The Time
  40. Let The Games Begin
  41. Finders Keepers
  42. Games Day
  43. Balls
  44. Taking Care Of Business
  45. Circles
  46. Going Places
  47. Exercise
  48. Animals
  49. Weather
  50. Hoopla
  51. Give Your Head A Shake
  52. It's About Time
  53. You Wanna Salsa
  54. Drums
  55. The Three Little Pigs
  • Radio Days
  • Double Trouble

[edit] Trivia

After being under secrecy for more than a decade, Armenian-American Alex Delanian has finally been revealed as the costumed-character Binyah Binyah.

[edit] External links

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