''Corduroy'' is a Canadian animated children's television series based on

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's 1968 children's book ''

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'' and its 1978 follow-up ''

A Pocket for Corduroy ''A Pocket for Corduroy'' is a 1978 children's book written and illustrated by Don Freeman. It was a sequel to his 1968 book ''Corduroy''. Plot Lisa accidentally loses Corduroy, her teddy bear, at a laundromat. After a series of adventures, while ...

''. It originally aired for one season on

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in Canada and

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' ''

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'' in the U.S. in 2000. After the final episode, reruns were aired until October 28, 2001 (where it got cancelled along with '' Elliot Moose''). The show consists of 26 10-minute stories, which were broadcast in pairs as 13 21-minute episodes.

Overview

The story is set in

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and follows the

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Corduroy (whose personality is similar to a preschool child) and his best friend Lisa, an American schoolgirl of

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n heritage. Lisa lived with her mother in an unnamed big city. Corduroy's toy companions are Buckaroo the rocking horse and Rosetta the wind-up mouse (whose personalities --like Corduroy-- are also similar to a preschool child). All ''Corduroy'' episodes were officially released onto

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in April 2013 on

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's channel.

Voice cast and characters

Adapted from end credits: *Asa Perlman as Corduroy, Lisa's teddy bear *

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(credited as Alesha Morrison) as Lisa, Corduroy's owner and friend *Camille James as Lisa's Mom *Diane Fabian as Rosetta, a French wind-up mouse *

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as Buckaroo, the rocking horse *

Jake Goldsbie Jacob Benjamin "Jake" Goldsbie (born August 8, 1988) is a Canadian actor, who is best known for playing as Toby Isaacs in the CTV television series '' Degrassi: The Next Generation'' from 2001 until 2009. Biography Goldsbie graduated from Concor ...

as Marty "Moppy", Lisa's friend and the main character from Don Freeman's book, ''Mop Top'' Uncredited: *

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as Lisa's Dad *Camille James as Mrs. Chau, a kind-hearted Chinese lady who takes care of flowers and has a pet cat named Kit. *

Marnie McPhail Marnie McPhail Diamond is an American actress and musician who is well known for playing Maria Wong in ''Braceface'', Annie Edison in ''The Edison Twins'', and Peaches in ''JoJo's Circus''. Personal life McPhail was born and raised in Columbus ...

as Moppy's mother *Philip Williams as Greengrocer Man (Yours, Mine and Ours/Finders Keepers) *

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as Greengrocer Boy (Yours, Mine and Ours/Finders Keepers) * Keith Knight as Dinosaurs (1 + 1 = 2) *

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as Brown-haired boy (wearing a red school uniform) (Super Duper Market)

Crew

Adapted from end credits: *

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s: Michael Hirsh,

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, Clive A. Smith, Tony Hwang,

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, Alise Benjamin *Supervising producers: Stephen Hodgins, Jocelyn Hamilton, Patricia R. Burns *

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: Marika Kocaba *Associate producer: Blair Peters *Director: Eduardo Soriano *

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: Lyn Hart *

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director: Laura Shepherd *

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and developer: Betty Quan *

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director: Deb Toffan *

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administrator: Karyn Tester *Casting co-ordinator: Christine Geddes *Casting assistant: Carrie Justason *Recording assistants: Kerry Bones, Edmond Chan *Production supervisor: Ruta Cube *Production managers: Judy Leung, Sauching Ng *Production co-ordinators: Nancy Graham, Wendy Courtney *Production assistant: Stephen Lategan *Script co-ordinator: Karen Moonah *

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s: Paul Dedi, Dave Mah, Ken Davis, Trent Larson, Samuel To, Don Boone, John Delaney, Marvin Tabo Estropia *

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clean-up artists: Sherwin Macario, Tobias Anker, Kiyoshi Kohatsu, Jenny Haskins, David Ian Philip *Storyboard co-ordinator: Allan Parker *Designers: Bernard Lizon, Dave Walters, Lil Reichmann, Dan Hughes, Meagan Brown, Ryan Heshka, Stuart Wenschlag, Dallas Parker *Design clean-up: Mary Leier, Victoria Goldner, John Beveridge *F/X designer: James M. Clow *Design co-ordinator: Athena Cho *Background artists: Peter Mong, Jamie Tainton, Susan Erlich *Colour stylist: Tara Miller *Director's notes: Mars Cabrera, Sherann Johnson *

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: Cathy Parkes, Cathy Luker *Layout supervisor: Chris Minz *Animation supervisor: Greg Woods *

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supervisors: Liza Wespi, Robert Watts *Pre-production editing: Jodi Reichmuth, Chad Van De Keere, Joli Rogers *Pre-production assistant: Mike Thorpe *Pre-production sound: Dick & Roger's Sound Studio *Dialogue assembly: Ken Lomas, Alex Verdecchia *Pre-production checker: Steve MacVittie *Director post-production: Rob Kirkpatrick *G.M. post-production: Joe Scrivo *Post-production manager: Nancy E. Black *Post audio supervisor: Steven Cole *Post-production administrator: Ann McGuire *Post-production co-ordinator: Brian Marsh *Post-production assistants: Chris Stearman, Michael Goldsmith, Joey Aguiar * Picture editor: Simon Marcroft *Assistant picture editor: Mike Goodings * Online editor: Andy Hunter *Mixer: John Carey *Theme: Ray Parker, Tom Szczesniak *Music:

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*Music supervisor: Stephen Hudecki *Music assistant: Helena Werren *

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: Steve Shelski *Dialogue editor: Simon Giles *Sound effect editors: Steve Gardner, Taissa Prychodko *Business & legal affairs: Suzanne L. Cross *Educational consultant: Miki Baumgarten

Episodes

Broadcasting

*Canada:

*U.S.:

*Brazil: Futura *Italy:

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*Poland:

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*Portugal:

*Australia:

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*United Kingdom:

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*Latin America:

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*South Africa:

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References

External links

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