We Are Family - Writers Contest

Writers Contest is a We Are Family direct-to-video special made in November 2002, released in October 19, 2003, by HIT Entertainment in Canada, and May 18, 2004, by Paramount in the USA, produced by the We Are Family Foundation in association with Scholastic, WGBH, HIT Entertainment, Nick Jr, Nickelodeon, and the U.S Department of Education, and is sponsored by Danimals
==Shows Appearing==
*Sesame Street
*Between the Lions
*The Wiggles
*Barney
*Rugrats
*Blue's Clues/Blue's Room
*SpongeBob SquarePants
== DVD Extras ==
* We Are Family: A Musical Message For All
* The Barney Boogie (later seen on various Barney videos and DVDs of January-July 2004)
* The Wiggles: A Wiggly Postcard from Asia (later seen on Cold Spaghetti Western)
* Between the Lions: Local Library Message (taken from Treats)
* Bonus Episodes
== VHS Extras (after the main feature) ==
=== USA Paramount release ===
* We Are Family: A Musical Message For All
=== Canadian HIT release ===
* LIVE from The Wiggles Big Show (taken from Wiggle Time and Barney's Musical Castle)
== Bonus Episodes ==
=== Sesame Street ===
* Episode 4032
* Episode 3990
=== Between the Lions ===
* Huff and Puff
* Rats
=== The Wiggles ===
* Lilly
* Storytelling
=== Barney ===
* Let's Help Mother Goose
* Easy as ABC
=== Rugrats ===
* Faire Play
* Family Tree
=== Blue's Clues ===
* Words
* Let's Write
=== SpongeBob SquarePants ===
* Procrastination
* I'm Your Biggest Fanatic
==Credits==
===CAST===
*NILE RODGERS
*Himself
*STEVE RODGERS
*Steven Burns
*KELLY RODGERS
*Megan Cavanagh
*JUSTIN RODGERS
*Kenny Kim
*JESSIE RODGERS
*Kelly Nigh
* TEACHER MACNEAL
* Noel MacNeal
* PRINCIPAL ALEX
* Al Roker
* BIG BIRD
* Caroll Spinney
* ELMO
* Kevin Clash
* GROVER
* Frank Oz
* ERNIE
* Steve Whitmire
* COUNT VON COUNT
* Jerry Nelson
*LEONA LION
*Pam Anciero
*LIONEL LION
*Anthony Asbury
*GUS THE BUNNY
*Tim Lagasse
*CLEO LION
*Jennifer Barnhart
*THEO LION/ANNOUNCER BUNNY
*Peter Linz
*THE WIGGLES
*Murray Cook
*Jeff Fatt
*Anthony Field
*Greg Page
*CAPTAIN FEATHERSWORD
*Paul Paddick
*DOROTHY THE DINOSAUR
*Corrine O'Rafferty
*VOICE OF DOROTHY
*Emma Pask
*WAGS THE DOG
*Andrew McCourt
*VOICE OF WAGS
*Mic Conway
*HENRY THE OCTOPUS
*Kristy Talbot
*VOICE OF HENRY
*Jeff Fatt
*BARNEY
*David Joyner
*VOICE OF BARNEY
*Dean Wendt
*BJ
*Jeff Brooks
*VOICE OF BJ
*Patty Wirtz
*BABY BOP
*Lauren Mayeux
*VOICE OF BABY BOP
*Julie Johnson
*TOMMY PICKLES
*E.G. Daily
*CHUCKIE FINSTER
*Nancy Cartwright
*PHIL, LIL, & BETTY DEVILLE/JETTA
*Kath Soucie
*ANGELICA PICKLES
*Cheryl Chase
*KIMI FINSTER
*Dionne Quan
*GRANDPA LOU PICKLES
*Joe Alaskey
*CHAS FINSTER
*Michael Bell
*DIDI PICKLES
*Julia Kato
*STU PICKLES
*Jack Riley
*SUSIE CARMICHAEL/CLEO
*Cree Summer
*BLUE
*Traci Paige Johnson
*JOE
*Donovan Patton
*SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS
*Tom Kenny
*PATRICK STAR
*Bill Fagerbakke
*SQUIDWARD TENTACLES
*Rodger Bumpass
*MR. KRABS
*Clancy Brown
*SANDY CHEEKS
*Carolyn Lawrence
*PLANKTON & FRED THE "MY LEG!" FISH
*Doug Lawrence
*KAREN
*Jill Talley
===CREW===
*Animators
*Tom King
*Starburst Animation Studios
*Yeson Entertainment
*Plastic Wax Australia
*HIT Entertainment
*WGBH Boston
*Klasky Csupo Inc.
*Angela Santomero
*Stephen Hillenburg
*Live Action Taped at
*Lifetime Studios, New York
*Associate Producer for The Wiggles
*Paul Field
*Choreographer
*Walter Bobbie
*Costume Maker for The Wiggles
*Maria Petrozzi
* Overseas Cast and Props Flown With
* Delta Airlines
* Qantas Australia
*Background Music Band
*Schuyler Deale: Bass
*Joe Franco: Drums
*Paul Jacobs: Keyboards
*Doug Legacy: Accordion
*Nile Rodgers: Guitar
*Danny Wilensky: Saxophone
*Bob McCoy: Trumpet
*Incidental Music by
*Backstreet Boys
*The Beatles
*John Fogerty
*Baha Men
*The Wiggles
*Joe Phillips
*Bob Segar
*Special Thanks to the
*We Are Family Foundation
*Nickelodeon
*Nick Jr
*PBS Kids
*Disney Channel
*Playhouse Disney
*HIT Entertainment
*Paramount Pictures
*donate online at www.wearefamilyfoundation.org
*© 2003 We Are Family Foundation
*a non-profit organization that’s dedicated to
*the vision of a global family by creating and
*supporting programs that promote cultural
*diversity while nurturing and mentoring the vision,
*talents, and ideas of young people who are
*positively changing the world.
*© Sesame Workshop. "Sesame Street" and its logo are trademarks 
*of Sesame Workshop. All rights reserved. "Sesame Street" is funded in 
*part by a Ready to Learn grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting 
*through funds from the U.S. Department of Education.
*National corporate sponsorship is provided by Life Cereal, McDonald's, and PNC
*© WGBH Educational Foundation
*Between the Lions is produced by WGBH Boston
*and Sirius Thinking, Ltd., in association with Mississippi
*Public Broadcasting, and is funded in part by a Ready To Learn
*Grant from the US Department of Education
*through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, National corporate sponsorship is provided by Chick-Fil-A
*© The Wiggles Touring Pty Ltd
*United States Representative: HIT Entertainment. The Wiggles, Dorothy the Dinosaur,
*Henry the Octopus, Captain Feathersword, Wags the Dog, and Big Red Car are
*trademarks of The Wiggles Pty Ltd.
*© Lyons Partnership L.P
*The Barney, Baby Bop and BJ name and characters, "Barney & Friends" and the
*marching Barney and Star and marching Dino and Children and overlapping Dino spots
*logos are Reg. U.S. Pat & Tim Off. "Barney & the Backyard Gang" is a trademark of
*Lyons Partnership, L.P. "Barney and the Backyard Gang" and "Barney and Friends"
*were originally developed by: Sheryl Leach, Kathy Parker, and Dennis DeShazer
*© Viacom International Inc
*Nickelodeon, Nick Jr, Blue's Clues, Rugrats,
*SpongeBob SquarePants, and all related titles,
*logos and characters are trademarks of Viacom International Inc.
*Rugrats created by Arlene Klasky, Gabor Csupo, and Paul Germain