Imagination Movers (TV series)

Imagination Movers
Created by The Walt Disney Company
Starring Rich Collins
Dave Poche
Scott Durbin
Scott Smith
Wendy Calio
Douglas Fisher (season 1)
Voices of Kath Soucie
Kevin Carlson
Country of origin United States
No. of seasons 3
No. of episodes 75 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time 25 minutes
Production company(s) Penn/Bright Entertainment
Zydeco Productions
Distributor Disney–ABC Domestic Television
Broadcast
Original channel Disney Channel
Playhouse Disney
Disney Junior
First shown in United States
Original run September 6, 2008 – April 14, 2013

Imagination Movers is an American live-action preschool television series that premiered on September 6, 2008 on Disney Channel. The program was originally part of the Playhouse Disney daily block intended for preschoolers. On February 14, 2011, it was moved to the Disney Junior block, serving as Playhouse Disney's replacement.

The Imagination Movers TV series is based on the format and music of the New Orleans based music group Imagination Movers who both act and are co-executive-producers of the show.

On May 30, 2011, it was announced that the series may end after the remaining episodes of the third season have aired, though the band itself can continue and is open to doing other projects.[1]

On November 28, 2011, the Movers ran an announcement on official Facebook page implying that they have been given the green light to air more new episodes of the show in 2012.

Overview

The series focuses on the Imagination Movers: Dave, Rich, Smitty, and Scott, who dwell in the "Idea Warehouse," which has a wide variety of rooms with differing climates and sizes, such as a "Jungle Room", a "wind room", a "beach room", a "farm room", a "water room", a "super secret spy room", a "very far away room", a "sun room" and a "Tropical Island Room". In every episode, they aid many clients in problems (dubbed "Idea Emergencies"), and think up creative ways to solve said problems. They are often aided by Warehouse Mouse, the freeloading, wall-dwelling, anthropomorphic mouse, and Nina, their spirited and ever-cheerful neighbor and friend who is always dressed in pink and red. In the first season, Nina worked for her uncle, Knit Knots, a stuffy businessman who prided himself in finding ways to make anything and everything boring. Knit Knots was written out of the show after the first season because he was afraid of Warehouse Mouse but he made one final appearance in "Imagination Movers In Concert" and appeared in a flashback in "Mouse Scouts", and Nina now works as a photographer, often visiting the Movers to take pictures for the local newspaper. Nina also works as a waitress in the third season. It is also revealed in the second season episode "Trouble in Paradise" that Nina is Hawaiian (much like Wendy Calio is in real life).

The Movers have special equipment to help them in their tasks. Rich has special "Scribble Sticks" that he can use to draw pictures and write words on the TV screen, Scott has "Wobble Goggles" that allow him to see things from a variety of perspectives, and Dave has a special baseball cap that can store a variety of objects, and Smitty has a special journal.

Cast

Name Actor/Voiced by
Dave Dave Poche
Rich Rich Collins
Smitty Scott Smith
Scott Scott Durbin
Warehouse Mouse Kevin Carlson
Nina Wendy Calio
Knit Knots Douglas Fisher
Voicemail Kath Soucie

Guest stars include French Stewart, David DeLuise, and Brian Beacock.

Where Is Warehouse Mouse? Shorts

Shorts are being produced with viewers watching Warehouse Mouse during his daily life.

Further information: Where Is Warehouse Mouse?

References

  1. "Disney Cancels "Imagination Movers"". Disney Dreaming. May 30, 2011. Retrieved September 16, 2012.

External links

Preceded by
My Friends Tigger & Pooh
Playhouse Disney Shows
2008
Succeeded by
Special Agent Oso