Little Einsteins | |
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Genre | Interactive Children's television series |
Created by | Eric Weiner Olexa Hewryk |
Directed by | Andy Thom (supervising, season 2)[a] |
Creative director(s) | Olexa Hewryk (season 1) |
Voices of | Jesse Schwartz Natalia Wojcik Aiden Pompey Erica Huang Harrison Chad |
Theme music composer | Billy Straus |
Opening theme | Little Einsteins Theme Song |
Ending theme | Little Einsteins Theme Song (instrumental) |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 67 (including two specials) (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Eric Weiner For Curious Pictures:
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Producer(s) | Kris Greengrove [a] |
Running time | 24 minutes |
Production company(s) | The Baby Einstein Company Curious Pictures |
Distributor | Buena Vista Television (2005–07) Disney-ABC Domestic Television (2007–09) |
Release | |
Original network | Playhouse Disney |
Picture format | NTSC (480i4:3) |
Original release | October 9, 2005 – December 22, 2009 |
External links | |
Official website |
Little Einsteins is an American interactive animatedchildren's television series that aired on Playhouse Disney. The educational preschool series was developed for television by Douglas Wood who created the concept and characters, and a subsequent team headed by Emmy Award-winning director Olexa Hewryk and JoJo's Circus co-creator Eric Weiner, and produced by Curious Pictures and The Baby Einstein Company. The first episode premiered on Playhouse Disney in the United States on October 9, 2005. Reruns were then moved to Playhouse Disney's successor, Disney Junior. The final regular episode was broadcast in December 2009, and a final standalone special was broadcast in mid-2010, marking the end of the series. The series continued to air in reruns afterward, although this has slowed over time.
The series was based on the direct-to-video film of the same name, subtitled Our Huge Adventure.
As a requirement for the use of the Einstein trademark, The Baby Einstein Company paid a royalty to Corbis, which acts on behalf of the estate of physicist Albert Einstein (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem owns the trademark), though there is no discussion of anything physics-related in the series.
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Overview[edit]
The Legend of the Golden Pyramid June With ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. Leo Music by Johannes Brahms. Quincy Hi, I'm Quincy. My friends and I are doing art projects. I'm making something out of blocks. Do you want to see what I made? I made giant pyramids and ancient. Clip: Let's Keep Looking. Oscars Best Picture Winners Best Picture Winners Golden Globes Emmys San Diego Comic-Con New York Comic Con Sundance Film Festival Toronto Int'l Film Festival Awards Central Festival Central All Events.
Little Einsteins was designed to teach the target demographic art and music appreciation by integrating famous or culturally significant art works (usually, but not exclusively, paintings) and classical music (most typically from the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic era) into the scenery, plot and soundtrack of each episode. The show is also designed to encourage viewer interaction (such as patting their knees, gesturing or singing along to help the characters succeed on their 'mission')
Episodes[edit]
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||||
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First aired | Last aired | Network | ||||
1 | 29 | 1 | August 23, 2005 | Direct-to-video | ||
28 | October 9, 2005 | November 20, 2006 | Playhouse Disney | |||
2 | 40 | 39 | January 17, 2007 | December 22, 2009 | Playhouse Disney | |
1 | June 19, 2010 | Direct-to-video |
Characters[edit]
Main[edit]
(From top to bottom) Leo, June, Quincy, Annie, Rocket
- Leo is the leader of the Little Einsteins, and the one who pilots Rocket. He is Annie's older brother. His main talent is conducting and his most prized possession is his conductor's baton. Leo has red hair and green eyes. He wears green glasses, a black tee-shirt with an orange stripe, orange shorts, and black and orange sneakers. He is voiced by Jesse Schwartz and singing voice by Harrison Chad.
- June is a young ballerina who loves to dance. She has dark brown hair and brown eyes. She wears a purple dress and pink headband. She is voiced by Erica Huang.
- Quincy is a boy musician who plays a variety of musical instruments, including the violin, flute, and trumpet. At some point in each episode, Quincy exclaims, 'I cannot believe it!'. He has dark brown hair and brown eyes. He wears a red and blue baseball cap, and a green sleeved yellow t-shirt. He is voiced by Aiden Pompey.
- Annie is a girl who loves to sing. She is Leo's younger sister and the only character who has piloted Rocket alone. She loves animals, including dolphins and horses, but is afraid of spiders. She owns a silver microphone with orange music notes that she won in a singing contest. When she wishes to urgently point something out to the team, her usual phrase is 'Look-look-look!' She has blonde pigtails tied in pink hairbows and blue eyes. She wears a green shirt with a blue jean dress and magenta or red shoes in season 1, and a light-blue shirt with a pink jean dress and light-blue shoes in season 2. She is voiced by Natalia Wójcik.
- Rocket is the Little Einsteins' main mode of transportation, as well as their friend. Rocket has an array of tools and accessories that help the team complete their missions. Rocket also has the ability to transform into any other form of transportation, like a submarine or a train. Rocket communicates by making xylophonic noises.
Recurring[edit]
- Big Jet is a blue fighter plane. Big Jet has been known to ruin parties, and steal things to keep for himself. Big Jet hates springtime, owing to his being allergic to flowers, as seen in the episode 'Oh Yes, Oh Yes, it's Springtime'. He also hates losing, as seen in 'The Great Sky Race Rematch'. In episode 64, 'Show and Tell', Big Jet gets revenge on Rocket and the Little Einsteins for defeating him in all of his appearances by stealing their favorite things. But he becomes friends with them. Big Jet is depicted with yellow horizontal stripes on his vertical stabilizers.
- Little Mouse, The Good Knight, and Joey the Kangaroo appeared individually in their own episodes, 'The Mouse and the Moon', 'The Good Knight and The Bad Knight', and 'Jump For Joey', respectively, and collectively in the three episodes' crossover-sequel, 'Rocket Soup'.
- The Three Little Pigs appeared in three episodes: 'Farmer Annie', 'Super Fast', and 'Build It Rocket'.
- Melody the Music Pet is a musical pet that Leo helped find her ticket for the pet train in 'Melody the Music Pet'. After boarding the train, Melody is brought to live with Leo. She reappeared in 'Melody and Me', where it is up to Leo to save her after her hot-air balloon flies away.
- The Bad Knight is the knight that imprisoned the good knight. In the episode 'The Good Knight and The Bad Knight' he rides a cello that acts like a horse but at the end of the episode, it is revealed that he was under a magic spell that made him a bad knight after rescuing the Good Knight he transforms back into a good knight. In the episode 'Rocket Soup' he helps the Little Einsteins get peas to make Rocket Soup for Rocket to eat.
- The Little Red Train is a good friend of Annie, and although he is very small, is very determined and very strong. He appeared in the episodes 'Go West, Young Train' and 'Annie, Get Your Microphone'.
- Ring appeared in the episode 'Ring Around the Planet'. Ring fell off Saturn and landed near June's Garden. Ring is also a great dancer just like June which makes them and the rest of the Little Einsteins friends. The Little Einsteins bring the ring back home to Saturn.
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Production[edit]
UK version[edit]
In the UK version, the Little Einsteins are voiced by Poppy Lee Friar (June), Piers Stubbs (Leo), Kirsty Hickey (Annie), and Mitchell Zhangazha (Quincy), and certain American terms are converted to the British vernacular (e.g. changing 'Candy Canes' to 'Sweetie Sticks').
Home and streaming media[edit]
DVD Releases | Included episodes | Release date |
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Little Einsteins: Our Huge Adventure | Our Huge Adventure (later separated into the episodes 'A Brand New Outfit' and 'The Missing Invitation') | August 23, 2005 |
Team Up for Adventure | 'How We Became the Little Einsteins: The True Story', 'I Love to Conduct', 'Rocket Safari' | April 25, 2006 |
Mission Celebration! | 'The Birthday Machine', 'Go West, Young Train', 'The Birthday Balloons' | August 22, 2006 |
Legend of The Golden Pyramid | 'The Legend of the Golden Pyramid', 'Dragon Kite', 'Annie and the Little Toy Plane' | February 27, 2007 |
Rocket's Firebird Rescue | 'Rocket's Firebird Rescue' (Double-Length Episode), 'Rocket Soup' | August 21, 2007 |
Race for Space | 'The Treasure Behind the Little Red Door', 'Super Fast', 'The Great Sky Race Rematch' | February 19, 2008 |
Flight of the Instrument Fairies | 'Flight of the Instrument Fairies', 'The Puppet Princess', 'The Glass Slipper Ball', 'Little Red Rockethood' | August 5, 2008 |
The Christmas Wish | 'Show and Tell', 'The Christmas Wish', 'The Wind-Up Toy Prince', 'The Northern Night-Light' | October 14, 2008 |
Go to Europe (US release) | 'Hello, Cello', 'Silly Sock Saves the Circus', 'Go Team!' | August 31, 2009 |
O Yes, it's Springtime (UK and Japanese 2009 release, with US voices) | 'Farmer Annie', 'O Yes, O Yes, it's Springtime', 'Annie and the Beanstalk | September 1, 2009 |
Fire Truck Rocket's Blastoff | 'Fire Truck Rocket', 'Melody the Music Pet', 'Carmine's Big Race', 'Mr. Penguin's Ice Cream Adventure' | September 8, 2009 |
Go to Africa (US release) | 'He Speaks Music', 'Animal Snack Time', 'The Puzzle of the Sphinx | November 11, 2009 |
Go to America (US release) | 'Melody and Me', 'A Tall Totem Tale', 'Knock on Wood' | November 11, 2009 |
Animal Expedition | 'Whale Tale', 'Duck, Duck, June', 'Jump for Joey', 'Little Elephant's Big Parade' | February 9, 2010 |
The Incredible Shrinking Adventure | 'The Incredible Shrinking Adventure', 'Quincy and the Instrument Dinosaurs', 'Rocket the Bug', 'Sleeping Bassoon' | June 18, 2013 |
The series also had two VHS Releases one being a VHS version of Our Huge Adventure and the second being 'Climb Aboard and Get Ready to Explore' which included the episodes 'The Birthday Balloons', 'Dragon Kite' and 'Ring Around the Planet'.
In addition to DVD releases, the series has been available on Disney+ since November 12, 2019.[1][better source needed]
Reception[edit]
The series was given a 5-star rating by Common Sense Media.[2]
In other media[edit]
A video game based on the show was released for the Game Boy Advance in 2006.
Notes[edit]
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- ^ abInformation about the cast and crew is taken from the closing credits of each episode.
References[edit]
- ^Disney+ [@disneyplus] (October 13, 2019). 'Little Einsteins (2005)' (Tweet). Retrieved November 14, 2019 – via Twitter.
- ^'Little Einsteins TV Review'. Common Sense Media. Archived from the original on February 18, 2015. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
External links[edit]
- Little Einsteins on IMDb
- Little Einsteins at TV.com
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Little_Einsteins&oldid=936315613'
ExploreIn StockArtistsActorsFormatThemeGenreRatedStudioSpecialtyDecadesColorDeals | Your kids will enjoy all the fun, music and interactive missions to be found in the entertaining and educational Disney Playhouse series 'Little Einsteins: The Legend of the Golden Pyramid' (2005). It stars Leo, June, Quincy, Annie and Rocket on a daringtrip across the desert. Their first stop is Egypt where they hunt for a golden harp trapped inside a pyramid. Next they visit The Great Wall of China where they help locate missing find kites. Each episode includes a classical theme as well as artifacts and architectural landmarks.
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