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|title=<center>Jungle Junction | |title=<center>Jungle Junction (pilots)</center> | ||
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|imagecaption=An early model of the character Lance. | |imagecaption=An early model of the character Lance. | ||
|status=<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> | |status=<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> | ||
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''Jungle Junction'' was an animated kids TV show, created by Trevor Ricketts, that aired on Disney Junior from October 5th, 2009 to October 26th, 2012. The show was produced by Spider Eye Productions.<ref>[https://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/disney-swings-with-jungle-junction/ ''Animation Magazine'''s announcement of the show.] Retrieved 02 Jul '21</ref> | |||
==Information== | |||
'''There is no information about the pilots other than an early character model of the character Lance'''. The third pilot was aired during the Playhouse Disney block on March 31st, 2008. As of June 2021, LMW users have contacted the show creator, Trevor Ricketts, about the pilots. | |||
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The idea for the | ==First Pilot== | ||
The idea for the first ''Jungle Junction'' pilot came when the show creator, Trevor Ricketts, saw a commercial in his childhood for Dunlop Tires, which featured a groundhog on wheels. The idea came back to him when he started a job at Spider Eye Productions in 2003, when he thought of an idea of a show with animals on wheels, called "Wheelers", in a lush and unexplored jungle. Ricketts showed the pilots to his colleagues at Spider Eye, and they loved the idea. They converted the pen and paper idea into a 6 minute 3D pilot with a single voice actor.<ref name="info">[https://www.mediaupdate.co.za/media/27221/ricketts-on-the-making-of-jungle-junction Article on the making of ''Jungle Junction''.] Retrieved 28 Jun '21</ref> | |||
== | ==Second Pilot== | ||
Ricketts spent the next two years pitching the pilot to networks around Europe with little to no success, until the 2005 Cartoon Forum in Denmark. With the support from the forum, the team made a brand new pilot with better lighting, new writers, and a new treatment.<ref name="info"/> | Ricketts spent the next two years pitching the pilot to networks around Europe with little to no success, until the 2005 Cartoon Forum in Denmark. With the support from the forum, the team made a brand new pilot with better lighting, new writers, and a new treatment.<ref name="info"/> | ||
==Third Pilot== | |||
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The new pilot garnered a lot of interest from Playhouse Disney Senior Vice President, Nancy Kanter; she requested the team made a 3rd, full-scale pilot. This pilot was shown to a test audience of preschool students, and revived the green light in January 2008.<ref name="info"/> | The new pilot garnered a lot of interest from Playhouse Disney Senior Vice President, Nancy Kanter; she requested the team made a 3rd, full-scale pilot. This pilot was shown to a test audience of preschool students, and revived the green light in January 2008.<ref name="info"/> | ||
==External Link== | |||
== '' | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungle_Junction Wikipedia page on ''Jungle Junction''.] | ||
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Revision as of 16:00, 2 July 2021
An early model of the character Lance.
Status: Lost
Jungle Junction was an animated kids TV show, created by Trevor Ricketts, that aired on Disney Junior from October 5th, 2009 to October 26th, 2012. The show was produced by Spider Eye Productions.[1]
Information
There is no information about the pilots other than an early character model of the character Lance. The third pilot was aired during the Playhouse Disney block on March 31st, 2008. As of June 2021, LMW users have contacted the show creator, Trevor Ricketts, about the pilots.
First Pilot
The idea for the first Jungle Junction pilot came when the show creator, Trevor Ricketts, saw a commercial in his childhood for Dunlop Tires, which featured a groundhog on wheels. The idea came back to him when he started a job at Spider Eye Productions in 2003, when he thought of an idea of a show with animals on wheels, called "Wheelers", in a lush and unexplored jungle. Ricketts showed the pilots to his colleagues at Spider Eye, and they loved the idea. They converted the pen and paper idea into a 6 minute 3D pilot with a single voice actor.[2]
Second Pilot
Ricketts spent the next two years pitching the pilot to networks around Europe with little to no success, until the 2005 Cartoon Forum in Denmark. With the support from the forum, the team made a brand new pilot with better lighting, new writers, and a new treatment.[2]
Third Pilot
The new pilot garnered a lot of interest from Playhouse Disney Senior Vice President, Nancy Kanter; she requested the team made a 3rd, full-scale pilot. This pilot was shown to a test audience of preschool students, and revived the green light in January 2008.[2]
External Link
References
- ↑ Animation Magazine's announcement of the show. Retrieved 02 Jul '21
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Article on the making of Jungle Junction. Retrieved 28 Jun '21