''Come on Over'' is a children's television series produced by the Grand Rapids Children's Museum in association with Enthusiastic Productions. The series was created by Joel Schoon Tanis, and is executive produced by Tanis, Patrick W. Ziegler, and Teresa L. Thome of the Museum. The mission of the show is to "inspire creativity and imagination in children". The program is filmed in the state-of-the-art TV studio of the Martha Miller Center at

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. It premiered in

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on ABC affiliate,

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, in fall 2006. Twelve episodes have been produced to date. The show also features the tunes of Pint Size Music, former members of the Holland band, ''The Voice'', such as Chad Dykema and Paul Chamness. To date, the show has won twelve regional Emmy awards. It was also broadcast on the Australian Christian Channel in Australia.

Featured actors

* Joel Schoon Tanis as Joel * Brandy McClendon as Brandy * Jean Reed Bahle as Grandma Zippy * Chip Duford as Mr. Flabbinjaw * Lisa Buckley as Hedge * Greg Rogers as Random Guy * Fred Stella as Brandy's Dad * Edye Evans Hyde as Ms. Lucy * Michael Ziegler as Laticia * Hector the dog

Guest appearances

Luis Avalos Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archai ...

as Beekeeper Luis *

Ruth Buzzi Ruth Ann Buzzi ( ; born July 24, 1936) is an American actress, comedian, and singer. She has appeared on stage, in films, and on television. She is best known for her performances on the comedy-variety show ''Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In'' from 1968 ...

as Beekeeper Ruthie *

Vicki Lewis Vicki Lewis (born March 17, 1960) is an American singer and actress of film, stage, and television. She is best known for her role as Beth in the NBC sitcom ''NewsRadio''. Personal life Lewis was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, the daughter ...

as Actress Vicki *

Gregory Jbara Gregory Jbara (; born September 28, 1961) is an American film, television, and stage actor, and a singer. Early life and education Jbara was born in Nankin Township (now Westland, Michigan, Westland), Michigan, the son of an advertising office m ...

as Director Greg *

Dana Snyder Dana Snyder is an American actor. He is known for his voice roles of Master Shake in '' Aqua Teen Hunger Force'', Granny Cuyler in '' Squidbillies'', Baby Ball on '' Ballmastrz: 9009'', and other roles in various Adult Swim television shows. Hi ...

as Dr. Fulovit *

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as Dr. Fred Silliness * Erik Per Sullivan as Young Luis * Stephen Mason as Super Cool Guitar Player Steve *

Mindy Sterling Mindy Lee Sterling (born July 11, 1953) is an American television, film and voice actress. She portrayed Frau Farbissina in the ''Austin Powers'' film series and starred in the web series ''Con Man'', the latter of which earned her a Primetime ...

as Grandy * Kara McCoy as Lydia

References

External links

Come on Over!'s official website
(as of July 2, 2011, domain name had expired) *

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