Kyle & the Gang Classics

**Kyle & the Gang Classics** is an English redub for the *Rangeltoons/Kyle & the Gang* series released by Kenzie Backlin Productions, made in association with Aaron Productions (U.S.A.) Inc. and Black Sheep Studios, covering the first 56 episodes (though the remainder of the episodes left their voicetracks unchanged).

In 2020, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic resulted in Kenzie Backlin Productions teaming up with Funlight Entertainment to produce an alternate English redub of the series with Black Sheep Studios providing the voice track. This production was also shown in India, where Dualock Entertainment also held home video rights, while the original series continued to be shown in the US and the UK.

## History

In spite of the COVID-19 pandemic, international right holders Kenzie Backlin Productions contacted Funlight Entertainment to make an alternate English redub, produced using Aaron Productions. Beginning to distribute the original *Kyle & the Gang* series would have been the more expensive option. The original series continued to be distributed in other parts of the world.

Dubbing of this version commenced in May of 2020, starting at episode 1, and ended in July that same year, finishing at episode 56 (equivalent to 59); thus, completing the redubbed version. Episodes 1-56 (originally 1-59) of the Indian English dub were voice-recorded at Black Sheep Studios with Industrial Art & Magic providing the post production. The episodes used an alternate music soundtrack in an effort to make the dub sound "lively and beautiful". Unlike the British dub preceding it, this dub did not feature the original music (except in most episodes). The soundtrack featured a new theme song and some music pieces from Capitol Records' "Hi-Q" music library and APM Music, though most of the background music was recycled material from other productions Funlight had connections with, most notably the English dubs of Dingo Pictures movies. In addition, the episodes were "remastered" in order to make them more "vividly colorful". Because Funlight Entertainment was still helping with scripting and digital editing of other language dubs, the scripts used in the original English version was also used for this redub with some light revisions, and also used various custom title cards.

The United States (Funlight Xtreme/Mama Mia Network) and Europe (Funlight Channel) received the original series. Though the redub began at episode 1 specifically due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada (Palace Network) began receiving the redub from episode 43 onwards.

## Music

None of the recycled Dingo Pictures music from the redub has ever been commercially released.

## Voice cast

Mitchy Beausejour (later credited under the name Edward Thomas, Jr.) redubbed episodes 1-59; the rest of the episodes had their original voicetracks left completely unchanged.

* Julie Kvidera - Erika Dawson, Liz Quintana, Adriana (episode 38)
* Princess Little - Zara Dawson, Gianna (episode 38)
* Kimberly Woods - Kimberly Dawson, Kumi
* Paul Smith - Dad (episode 38), Eric Medina (episode 50)
* Susan Priscilla - Mom (episode 38)
* Steven Schwartz - Mitchy Beanson
* Ivy Seltzer - Jade, Zara Dawson (some episodes)
* Kendra Jones - Carla Ann
* Kayla Stone - Maya Lambert, Girl (episode 50)
* Kyle Rangel - Kyle, Leopold Slikk (episode 50), Camille Primrose (episode 73), Jake (episode 76)
* James Coulden - Eric Medina (later episodes), Eric Staang (episode 54)
* Salli Fields - Taylor Jolicoeur
* Mr. Kidaroo - Macusoper
* Leopold Slikk - Himself (archival audio recordings; episodes 50 & 51)
* David Watson - Chuckin' Burger Boss (episode 60)
* Eric Nagler - Eric Medina
* Katherine Soates - Derek's Sister (episode 63)
* Edward Thomas, Jr. - Mitchy Beanson, Miscellaneous (dubbed episodes 1-56)
* Dave Sobesky - Bob Dawson (episode 70), Trent Morrison (episode 71), Blue Punch (episode 74)
* Justin Whitzel - Vincent
* Kate "Rosie" Baxter - Jake's Mom
* Terry Sampson - Bob Dawson

## Trivia

* *The Fur Thief* is not featured in a half-hour episode despite it getting its own redub. Though, clips of it can still be seen in the intro.
* The episodes "Kyle the Gangsta" and "Vincent" are switched around in the half-hour episode "Erika's Past Selves".
* Several script changes were made for continuity reasons and/or in an attempt to make the show "more welcome to the 2020s". Britney Johnson, the redub's script writer, played a big part of these changes until episode 44, leaving other writers like Thom Langstrom and Richard Kowalski took over before the redubbing finished.
* One reference to the Coronavirus can be found in the episode "The Phone", where a Chinese food cashier threatens to kill Kyle, Eric and Liz with said disease. This wasn't present in the original version of the episode, however.
* The only episodes that weren't redubbed before dubbing concluded are:
	+ *Gianna's Bathtime*
	+ *The Pizza Stand*
	+ *Eric and Erika* (renamed in the redub as "Eric's First Foxy Date")
* Mitchy Beausejour is credited in the final two half-hour episodes as Edward Thomas, Jr. for personal reasons.
* The redub notably saw improvements in the last batch of episodes, such as the original voicetrack being completely unchanged, the episode title cards now barring the *Rangeltoons* title and the absence of Dingo Pictures music pieces.
* Several cartoon sound effects were initially added into the redub, but were removed later on due to the post-production gap between Start Sound and TOM Inc.
* The original voicetracks still exist for episodes 30-56. However, those versions with the redub music have yet to be seen.
* The episode "The Baby Seal" had its script entirely changed in the redub due to the original version's dialogue not being accessed by Aaron Productions.
* Starting with episode 60, Zero Entertainment in Jurong East, Singapore took over dubbing the rest of the series for Asian territories. This dub would be known as the "Zero Entertainment dub".
* It is officially announced in November 2020 that this redub had officially ended production with half-hour episode 14, and no new redubs were ever produced beyond it.