Gerald McBoing-Boing (TV series)
Gerald McBoing-Boing is a 2D animated children's television series based on the 1950 animated short film "Gerald McBoing-Boing". It premiered on Cartoon Network in the United States on August 22, 2005, as part of their then-"Tickle-U" programming block, and on Teletoon in English and French in Canada on August 29, 2005. The show would later be reran on Boomerang around 2007. It uses the same basic art style as the original, but with more detail. Each 11-minute episode features a series of vignettes with Gerald, of which the "fantasy tales  are done in Seussian rhyme. There are also sound checks, gags, and real-life" portions of the show, It was also International Broadcast on ABC Kids in Australia. And return on Cartoonito in 2022 in USA. Gerald still only makes sounds (and, unlike the UPA specials, is actually praised for it), but he now has two speaking friends, Janine and Jacob, as well as a dog named Burp, who only burps (accompanied by someone, usually Gerald's mother, saying "excuse me" afterwards). Gerald's parents (names unknown) also fill out the regular cast. The television series was produced in Canada  by Cookie Jar Entertainment, and directed by Robin Budd and story edited/written by John Derevlany. The animation was done by Mercury Filmworks in Ottawa and Vancouver. The music and score for the series was composed by Ray Parker and Tom Szczesniak. Episodes and segments. 52 segments in 26 episodes were produced: