The California Raisin Show (series)
- User score: 3.3
- Production country: United States of America
- Creator: Kent Butterworth
- Production companies: Will Vinton Productions, Murakami Wolf Swenson
- Genre: Animation, Kids
- Release date: 9/16/1989
- Release date of last episode: 9/8/1990
- Series status: Ended
- Seasons count: 1 ( List of episodes )
- Episodes count: 15
- Run time: 30 min.
Series description
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.
