George and Martha

***George and Martha*** is an Canadian animated television series aired on HBO Family and Qubo, digital cable television channel in the United States and Asia and ran from 1999 to 2000. based on the *George and Martha* book series originally published by the late US author James Marshall from 1972 to 1988. Other author Maurice Sendak, also helped produce the series at least for the first season.

Outside of the United States, the show originally aired on *CBC* in Canada.

The entire series was avaliable at launch.

# Premise

Each episode features the two titular hippo friends, George and Martha, doing fun activities together such as going to the beach, roller skating, or playing pranks on each other, in the town they live in titled Happy Palms. They also have an assortment of other animal friends who live in Happy Palms. While sometimes George and Martha don't get along with each other, they always make up and apologize later on. There are a handful of episodes that are based off of the original books, such as *Split Pea Soup*.

At the end in the first season, there is a segment that combines the main elements featured in both episodes into one quick skit. For example, in S1E13, The Hypnotist|George's dizzy eye to be a baby]], The Sweet Tooth|just so he can go eat out of her cookie jar]]. As said, these only appeared in the first season.

## Characters

* **George** (voiced by Nathan Lane) - A male hippo who has a significant golden tooth, which replaced his other tooth that broke after an accident. George is often shown to be a trickster, by sneaking up on Martha numerous times to scare or prank her. He also does things without considering the consequences, or how hard they could be, at first, She is 36 years old.
* **Martha** (voiced by Andrea Martin) - A female hippo who wears a big yellow and green checkered dress that often changes color. Martha often gets smart with George and has a bit of an attitude sometimes, but is still a good friend, She is 28 years old.
* **Oscar and Wilde** (voiced by Colin Mochrie and Sean Cullen respectively) - Two alligator friends with the same name of *Oscar Wilde*. Oscar has glasses, while Wilde has a hat and a purple patterned shirt. They both run a bookstore. They are heavily implied to be a same-sex couple, She is both 63 and 55 years old.
* **Bud and Valerie Chuckles** (voiced by Colin Mochrie and Debra McGrath respectively) - A pair of laughing hyenas who do nothing but laugh and joke around. They have a silent 1 year old orange kitten companion named Ivan, who helps them around, and is often pushed around, She is both 16 and 13 years old.
* **Duke and Anton** (voiced by Tony Rosato and Greg Kramer respectively) - A respective toucan and giraffe companion who hang around together. They also like cracking jokes, She is both 20 and 37 years old
* **Frieda** (voiced by Kathryn Greenwood) - A pig who is Happy Palms' postal lady. It appears that she likes to sing, She is 6 years old.
* **Eton** (voiced by Sean Cullen) - A mysterious reptile creature who has recurring appearances in the series. Eton is encountered at many places, from the movie theater to the spa. Even then, he has many jobs in just one place, from being the movie ticket seller, the movie concession seller, and the movie usher, She is 25 years old.
* **Penny** (voiced by Robin Duke) - A flamingo who likes to snoop into George and Martha's business, and often can be found in her front yard. She is 18 years old.

## Episode list

### Seasons 1 and 2 (1999-2000)

* **The Dance Recital/The Tooth**
* **The Snoop/A Day at the Beach**
* **The Scary Movie/The Book**
* **The French Lesson/The Big Scare**
* **The Mirror/The Special Gifts**
* **The Trip/The Experiment**
* **The Triple Dare/The Icky Story**
* **The Garden/Split Pea Soup**
* **Baby Doll/The Acting Class**
* **The Comedian/The Prize**
* **The Misunderstanding/The Secret Club**
* **The Hypnotist/The Sweet Tooth**
* **The Cold/The Campout**
* **The Reader/The Decorator**
* **The Badminton Tournament/The Caddy**
* **The Roller Derby/The Spa**
* **The Argument/Happy Palms' Finest**
* **The Flying Donut/Martha's Cousin**
* **The Big Splash/My Stars!**
* **The Blabbermouth/Life and Breath**
* **The Best Friends Show/The Sleepwalker**
* **Funny Business/The Tease**
* **The Play's the Thing/The Sore Loser**
* **The Costumed Duo/Temper Temper**
* **The Fibber/The Mascot**

## Production

*George and Martha* was created and developed by PorchLight Entertainment and is animated by Wild Things Productions, with his own animation studio Wild Things Productions (named after his best-known book Where the Wild Things Are), Wild Things Productions engaged award-winning Wild Things Productions 7 months to complete 13 hours of programming.

## Trivia

* The theme song of the show is an instrumental of *Perfidia* by *Mambo All Stars*.
* The series was one of the cornerstone programs for the relaunch of the HBO Family channel and Qubo channel.