Wilson & Ditch Wiki

**Welcome to the Wilson & Ditch Wiki!**
***Wilson & Ditch: Digging America*** is a Jim Henson Company digital studio web project produced for PBSKids.org, released in 2010. The original webisodes featured two hilarious gopher brothers exploring America on a cross country adventure in their green-powered van. Beyond just the webisodes, the Go-Bros included games, podcast episodes, blogs, comics, and more.

This wiki is dedicated to the love, honor, preservation, and discussion of these two Go-Bros and their stories. Please take the time to read and to learn!

Join the conversation over on the Unofficial Wilson and Ditch subreddit!

Wilson and Ditch may be glorious, but not all of their media has been saved, especially their "city ditties" and "radio/podcast" episodes. If these, their game files, or any other Wilson and Ditch media are saved, PLEASE, take a moment to preserve them here in this wiki! It is possible to save these beloved gophers.

## Production

The animated webisodes starred Wilson and Ditch (performed by Brian Henson and Paul Rugg) who were brought to life using the Henson Digital Performance Studio. The proprietary technology, also used in Sid the Science Kid, that allows performers to puppeteer and voice digitally animated characters in real time. *Wilson & Ditch: Digging America* was created by Joe Purdy and Craig Bartlett. The web content was written by Purdy and its animated segments directed by Bartlett. The Web Comics were also written by Bartlett, though some sources cite Andrew Dickman as the comic artist.

## Episodes

#### Season 1

* Episode 1: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
* Episode 2: Nashville, Tennessee
* Episode 3: Rapid City, South Dakota
* Episode 4: Miami, Florida
* Episode 5: Tucson, Arizona
* Episode 6: New York City, New York
* Episode 7: St. Louis, Missouri
* Episode 8: Flathead Valley, Montana
* Episode 9: San Francisco, California
* Episode 10: Grand Canyon, Arizona
* Episode 11: Area 51, Nevada

#### Season 2

* Episode 12: Chicago, Illinois
* Episode 13: Seattle, Washington
* Episode 14: Sleepy Hollow, New York
* Episode 15: Cape Hatteras, Outer Banks, North Carolina
* Episode 16: Utah, Utah
* Episode 17: Atlanta, Georgia
* Episode 18: Denver, Colorado
* Episode 19: Maui, Hawaii
* Episode 20: Washington D.C.
* Episode 21: New Orleans, Louisiana

## Credits

* Executive Producers Lisa Henson and Halle Stanford
* Produced by Chris Plourde
* Written by Joe Purdy
* Music by Paul Graham
* Directed by Bret Nelson & Craig Bartlett
* Starring:
	+ Wilson: Brian Henson/Michelan Sisti
	+ Ditch: Paul Rugg/Misty Rosas
* Creative Supervisor Peter Brooke
* Main Title Design by Steve Kirklys
* Directors of Photography David Gumpel, Jen Grace, Jason Seck and Smith Patrick
* **Po**dcast Production & Announcer on Podcast Grant Baciocco

## External links

1. *Wilson & Ditch: Digging America* *on PBSKids*
2. *Wilson & Ditch: Digging America* on the Henson Digital Puppetry Wiki
3. *Wilson & Ditch: Digging Americ*a Announcement on PBS (2009)
	* also *Wilson & Ditch: Digging America* Announcement on Henson (2009)
4. *Wilson & Ditch: Digging America* Season 2 Announcement on PRNewswire.com (2010)
5. *Wilson & Ditch: Digging America Cast List IMDB*
6. *Wilson & Ditch: Digging America* Episode Credits
7. *Wilson & Ditch: Digging America* on the Wilson & Ditch: Digging America Wiki

1. ↑ https://www.pbs.org/about/about-pbs/blogs/news/wilson-ditch-digging-america-new-pbs-childrens-web-only-social-studies-series-on-pbskidsgoorg-this-fall-august-2-2009/
2. ↑ https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-jim-henson-company-announces-the-second-season-of-wilson--ditch-digging-america-100751109.html
3. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19754338/fullcredits