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|status=<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>}}''Stickin' Around'' is an animated series created by Robin Steele and Brianne Leary and produced by legendary Canadian animation house Nelvana. It began as a series of one-minute interstitial shorts in 1994, and expanded to a full half-hour series on American television network CBS that ran for three seasons from 1996-1998. Animated in a deliberately very simplistic, shaky 2D style meant to suggest that the young protagonists are drawing their own stories, the series follows imaginative eight-year-old Stacy Stickler and her equally creative best friend Bradley, who use their friends and families as the cast of the wild fantasies they create to cope with their day-to-day dilemmas.  
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''Stickin' Around'' is an animated series created by Robin Steele and Brianne Leary and produced by legendary Canadian animation house Nelvana.<ref>Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 598–599. ISBN 978-1538103739. </ref> It began as a series of one-minute interstitial shorts in 1994 on CBS<ref>Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 793–794. ISBN 978-1476665993. </ref> and expanded to a full half-hour series on Canadian television network YTV that ran for three seasons from 1996-1998. Animated in a deliberately simplistic, shaky 2D style meant to suggest - per the show's creators - kids animating their own stories "using the advanced computer graphics of 'Boiler Paint'",<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20040202024911/http://nelvana.com/shows/shows_template.asp?sid=41</ref> the series follows imaginative eight-year-old Stacy Stickler and her equally creative best friend Bradley, who use their friends and families as the cast of the wild fantasies they create to cope with their day-to-day dilemmas.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120204234948/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1994-12-28/features/9412280006_1_kids-bradley-real-life</ref>


While many people know about the shorts that came before the series, the '''20-second series pitch pilot''' under the original title of ''The Sticklers'' is much more obscure.
While many people know about the shorts that came before the series, the '''20-second series pitch pilot''' under the original title of ''The Sticklers'' is much more obscure.


==Production==
==Production==
As described by Brianne Leary on an episode of the "Mr. TV" podcast, the pitch pilot has a completely different background style, composed simply of pictures of real furniture from old 50's catalogs. The animation was done using cels instead of computers as in the final series. The pitch features the first appearance of Stacey's family - her parents Stan & Stella, Stacy herself and Frank, her fat dachshund - as they come together ''a la'' the Simpsons, plopping onto the couch with a bowl of popcorn. ''The Sticklers'' appears above them.
As described by Brianne Leary on an episode of the "Mr. TV" podcast, the pitch pilot has a completely different background style, composed simply of pictures of real furniture from old 50's catalogs. The animation was done with traditional animation instead of computer animation as in the final series. The pitch features the first appearance of Stacey's family - her parents Stan & Stella, Stacy herself and Frank, her fat dachshund - as they come together ''a la'' the Simpsons, plopping onto the couch with a bowl of popcorn. ''The Sticklers'' appears above them.


==Status==
==Status==
The pitch was designed solely to be shown to CBS executives, and thus remains completely unseen to the public, as Leary doesn't have access to the pitch demo. It is described in the Mr. TV podcast episode on the show, which details its production history.
The pitch was designed solely to be shown to network executives, and thus remains completely unseen to the public, as the creators don't have access to the files. It is described in the Mr. TV podcast episode on the show, which details its production history.


==See Also==
==See Also==
===Stickin' Around===
===Stickin' Around===
* [[Stickin' Around (partially found pre-series shorts of Nelvana animated series; 1994)]]
* [[Stickin' Around (partially found pre-series shorts of Nelvana animated series; 1994)]]


===Other Nelvana Lost Media===
===Other Nelvana Lost Media===
* [[Ned's Newt (partially found pilot episode of Nelvana animated series; 1997)]]
* [[Ned's Newt (partially found pilot episode of Nelvana animated series; 1997)]]
* [[Small Star Cinema (lost series of Nelvana live action/animated shorts; 1974-1975)]]
* [[Small Star Cinema (lost series of Nelvana live action/animated shorts; 1974-1975)]]
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* [[BeyWarriors: Cyborg (partially lost English dub of anime series; 2015-2017)]]
* [[BeyWarriors: Cyborg (partially lost English dub of anime series; 2015-2017)]]


==References==
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==External Link==
==External Links==
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stickin%27_Around
*[https://mrtelevision.podbean.com/e/ep-6-stickin-around-with-brianne-banigan-eleanor-leary/ The full Mr. TV podcast focusing on the show, including details and mentions of the ''Sticklers'' pitch demo.]


*[https://mrtelevision.podbean.com/e/ep-6-stickin-around-with-brianne-banigan-eleanor-leary/ The full Mr. TV podcast focusing on the show, including details and mentions of the ''Sticklers'' pitch demo.]
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Latest revision as of 21:31, 22 November 2022

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The final show's logo.

Status: Lost

Stickin' Around is an animated series created by Robin Steele and Brianne Leary and produced by legendary Canadian animation house Nelvana.[1] It began as a series of one-minute interstitial shorts in 1994 on CBS[2] and expanded to a full half-hour series on Canadian television network YTV that ran for three seasons from 1996-1998. Animated in a deliberately simplistic, shaky 2D style meant to suggest - per the show's creators - kids animating their own stories "using the advanced computer graphics of 'Boiler Paint'",[3] the series follows imaginative eight-year-old Stacy Stickler and her equally creative best friend Bradley, who use their friends and families as the cast of the wild fantasies they create to cope with their day-to-day dilemmas.[4]

While many people know about the shorts that came before the series, the 20-second series pitch pilot under the original title of The Sticklers is much more obscure.

Production

As described by Brianne Leary on an episode of the "Mr. TV" podcast, the pitch pilot has a completely different background style, composed simply of pictures of real furniture from old 50's catalogs. The animation was done with traditional animation instead of computer animation as in the final series. The pitch features the first appearance of Stacey's family - her parents Stan & Stella, Stacy herself and Frank, her fat dachshund - as they come together a la the Simpsons, plopping onto the couch with a bowl of popcorn. The Sticklers appears above them.

Status

The pitch was designed solely to be shown to network executives, and thus remains completely unseen to the public, as the creators don't have access to the files. It is described in the Mr. TV podcast episode on the show, which details its production history.

See Also

Stickin' Around

Other Nelvana Lost Media

References

  1. Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 598–599. ISBN 978-1538103739.
  2. Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 793–794. ISBN 978-1476665993.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20040202024911/http://nelvana.com/shows/shows_template.asp?sid=41
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20120204234948/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1994-12-28/features/9412280006_1_kids-bradley-real-life

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