| Charlie Horse Music Pizza | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Family Entertainment |
| Written by | Colman deKay |
| Directed by | Niles Davenport Stan Jacobson |
| Presented by | Shari Lewis |
| Starring | Dom DeLuise Wezley Morris |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Golden Books Family Entertainment KCET |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | PBS |
| Original run | January 5 – May 30, 1998 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Lamb Chop's Play Along |
Charlie Horse Music Pizza is a children's television show that was shown on PBS in the United States from January to May 1998. Re-runs aired until late 1999. It is a spin-off of the series Lamb Chop's Play Along, and features the original cast from that show, including host Shari Lewis.
The show takes place around a pizzeria on the beach. Alongside the original cast of Lamb Chop, Hush Puppy, Charlie Horse, and Shari, Charlie Horse Music Pizza introduced four new characters – Take-Out (a big anthropomorphized orangutan who makes deliveries on roller skates), Fingers (a giant raccoon that lives in the dumpster behind the pizzeria), Cookie the Cook (played by Dom DeLuise), and Junior (played by Wezley Morris), a frequent customer to the pizzeria who played a lot of musical instruments.
The series was put on hiatus after the May 30 episode aired due to Lewis' treatment in a local hospital. It was then cancelled when she died on August 2.
Contents |
The Charlie Horse Music Pizza is brought you by The Following:
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired (U.S. dates) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season premiere | Season finale | |||
| 1 | 20 | January 5, 1998 | May 30, 1998 | |
| 2 | 5 | September 1, 1998 | May 30, 1999 | |
| # | List of Episodes | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Back Story | January 5, 1998 |
| 2 | My Dog Has Fleas | January 12, 1998 |
| 3 | Musicians of Bremen | January 19, 1998 |
| 4 | Blow Hard | January 26, 1998 |
| 5 | Follow the Leader | February 3, 1998 |
| 6 | Spooky Opera Show | February 10, 1998 |
| 7 | A Pirate's Life | February 17, 1998 |
| 8 | The Audition | February 24, 1998 |
| 9 | Group Soup | March 2, 1998 |
| 10 | Rapunzel | March 13, 1998 |
| 11 | Toy Exchange | March 31, 1998 |
| 12 | Charlie on the Run | April 6, 1998 |
| 13 | Wise Queen | April 21, 1998 |
| 14 | Star-Spangled Charlie | May 1, 1998 |
| 15 | Charlie's Ant | May 9, 1998 |
| 16 | Whistle While You Work | May 16, 1998 |
| 17 | Jazzy | May 19, 1998 |
| 18 | Hush Puppy the Hero | May 20, 1998 |
| 19 | Can I Sing You My Song? | May 23, 1998 |
| 20 | Drum Show | May 30, 1998 |
| 21 | Episode 21 | January 5, 1999 |
| 22 | Episode 22 | January 12, 1999 |
| 23 | Episode 23 | May 18, 1999 |
| 24 | Episode 24 | May 25, 1999 |
| 25 | Episode 25 | May 30, 1999 |
There Are VHS Tapes in 1998 to 1999 Releases from PBS Home Video and Warner Home Video.
| # | List of Volumes and more | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volume 1 | August 2, 1998 |
| 2 | Volume 2 | August 2, 1998 |
| 3 | Volume 3 | August 2, 1998 |
| 4 | Volume 4 | August 2, 1998 |
| 5 | Volume 5 | August 2, 1998 |
| 6 | Volume 6 | August 2, 1998 |
| 7 | Volume 7 | August 2, 1998 |
| 8 | Volume 8 | August 2, 1998 |
| 9 | Sing Along | January 5, 1999 |
| 10 | Alphabet | January 12, 1999 |
| 11 | Volume 9 | January 12, 1999 |
| 12 | Sing Along Hour | May 30, 1999 |
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