The California Raisin Show
TV ShowTitle | The California Raisin Show |
User score | 3.3 |
Release date | Sep 16, 1989 |
Release date of last episode | Sep 8, 1990 |
Genre | Animation, Kids |
Director | Kent Butterworth |
Production country | United States of America |
Production companies | Will Vinton Productions, Murakami Wolf Swenson |
Series status | Ended |
Seasons count | 1 (List of episodes) |
Episodes count | 15 |
Run time | 30 min. |
The California Raisin Show is an animated television series based on the claymation advertising characters The California Raisins. The show is based on an Emmy Award-winning claymation special, Meet the Raisins!, which originally aired on CBS in 1989. After the show's 13-episode run, a sequel to the original special, Raisins: Sold Out!: The California Raisins II, aired in 1990. While the characters are traditionally depicted in claymation, the TV show was cel animated by Murakami-Wolf-Swenson. It did, however, maintain Will Vinton as creative director and executive producer. It takes place in a world populated by anthropomorphic fruits and vegetables and focuses on the main characters, the California Raisins: A.C., Beebop, Stretch, and Red. Each episode has one or more musical numbers.