This show is about the life of a young bald boy named Caillou, his family and his friends. It is based on the books by Christine L'Heureux and Helene Despeteaux, which is highly popular in the Quebec area in Canada. There are actually two versions of the show. The first version premiered in late 1997, is only 5 minutes in length, consists of 65 episodes, and is fully animated. The plot line of this version is that a grandmother reads her grandchildren a Caillou book. While this version enjoys success in some countries outside the US, it was never formally aired in the US. The second version, which premiered in late 2000, has the show extended to 30 minutes, and has puppets, music and live action segments thrown in. The animation parts, however, are a mixture of the first version of the show with the "grandma reading to kids" part of the story lopped off and some new stories (however... |
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Ratings: | TVMaze: 5.6/10 | |
Released: | January 1, 1998 | |
Runtime: | 30 min | |
Genres: | Family | |
Countries: | Canada | |
Companies: | Cartoon Network CINAR Cookie Jar Entertainment DHX Media WildBrain Studios Clockwork Zoo Teletoon | |
Cast: | Vanessa Lengies Ellen David Bryn McAuley Nathalie Coupal George Morris Pat Fry Hugolin Chevrette-Landesque Sophie Faucher Pier Paquette Violette Chauveau Louis Philippe Dandenault 25 more Graeme Jokic Annie Bovaird Sofie Uretsky Tim Gosley Jennifer Seguin Holly G. Frankel Jaclyn Linetsky Bob Stutt Mario Desmarais Diane Arcand Matt Ficner Charlotte Bernard Pauline Little Claudia-Laurie Corbeil Sophie Léger Brigid Tierney François Sasseville Dallas Jokic Gilbert Lachance Jesse Vinet Johanne Garneau Marlee Shapiro Tyler Brody Stein Claudie Verdant Ryan Tilson | |
artrok2000 : This is beyond awful