''Rotten Ralph'' is a

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written by

Jack Gantos Jack Gantos (born July 2, 1951) is an American author of children's books. He is best known for the fictional characters Rotten Ralph and Joey Pigza. Rotten Ralph is a cat who stars in twenty picture books written by Gantos and illustrated by ...

and illustrated by Nicole Rubel. About twenty ''Rotten Ralph'' books have been published from 1976 to 2011. ''Rotten Ralph'' is also the first book in the series, a 32-page picture book published by

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of Boston in 1976. It was the first published book for both Gantos and Rubel. Alternatively, Rotten Ralph is the title character of the series, initially "a very very nasty cat" —a bright red

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who enjoys playing mean,

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s on his human family. There was a

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, Tooncan Productions and Italtoons Corporation based on the books, first broadcast on

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from 1998 to 2001. It also went to air on

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in the UK too, around 2000. The show hasn't been aired in the UK since reruns ended in 2005. The show aired in the United States on the

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from 1999 to 2001.

Books

All of the ''Rotten Ralph'' books have been written by Jack Gantos and illustrated by Nicole Rubel. * ''Rotten Ralph'' (Houghton Mifflin, 1976) @ * ''Worse than rotten, Ralph'' (H.M., 1978) @ * ''Rotten Ralph's rotten Christmas'' (H.M., 1984) @ * ''Rotten Ralph's trick or treat'' (H.M., 1986) @ * * ''Rotten Ralph's show and tell'' (H.M., 1989) @ * ''Happy birthday Rotten Ralph'' (H.M., 1990) @ * ''Not so Rotten Ralph'' (H.M., 1994) @ * ''Rotten Ralph's rotten romance'' (H.M., 1997) @ * ''Back to school for Rotten Ralph'' (HarperCollins, 1998) @ * ''The Christmas spirit strikes Rotten Ralph'' (HC, 1998) * ''Rotten Ralph's Halloween Howl'' (HC, 1998) * ''Rotten Ralph's Thanksgiving wish'' (HC, 1999) * ''Wedding bells for Rotten Ralph'' (HC, 1999) * ''Rotten Ralph helps out'' (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001) ‡ * ''Practice makes perfect for Rotten Ralph'' (Farrar, 2002) ‡ * ''Rotten Ralph feels rotten'' (Farrar, 2004) ‡ * ''Best in show for Rotten Ralph'' (Farrar, 2005) ‡ * ''The nine lives of Rotten Ralph'' (Houghton Mifflin, 2009) @ * ''Three strikes for Rotten Ralph'' (Farrar, 2011) ‡ : @ Rotten Ralph Picture Books listed by Gantos (10, nine published by Houghton) : ‡ Rotten Ralph Rotten Readers listed by Gantos (5, all published by Farrar) This list of nineteen titles with publishers and publication dates is compiled from U.S. national library and

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library catalog records. According to a ''Horn Book Magazine'' review of ''The Nine Lives of Rotten Ralph'' in May 2009, the series had previously comprised "eight picture books (plus four early readers). This ninth volume flashes back to those marvelous stories and the unbridled antics therein, which, unfortunately for Ralph, shaved off eight of his lives." Eight Rotten Ralph books had then been published by Houghton Mifflin, all picture books; ''Nine Lives'' was the ninth. Four "rotten readers" had been published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

TV series

Cast

* Jennifer Seguin - Mom *

Mark Camacho Mark Camacho (born April 12, 1964) is a Canadian film, television and voice actor. Career He has starred in live-action films, but is best known for his voice acting roles, such as Oliver Frensky in ''Arthur'', Lyle in '' Animal Crackers'', Dad ...

- Dad * Brigid Tierney - Sarah * Rick Jones - Rotten Ralph *

Daniel Brochu Daniel Brochu (born February 28, 1970) is a Canadian actor. Early life Brochu came from a single parent family, like his character Buster Baxter on ''Arthur''. Career Brochu is best known for voicing Buster Baxter in the PBS TV series ''Arthur' ...

- Cousin Percy * Sonja Ball - Lulu / Grandma / Spirit / Kitten / Old Lady / Additional Voices * Terrence Scammell - Fleabag / Bones / Ivan / Mr. Fred / TV Announcer / Josh / Clerk / Additional Voices *

Richard Dumont Richard M. Dumont (born 1959 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian voice actor, writer and director who has worked in both Canada and the United States. Dumont is known for playing Sardo, who owned a magic shop called Sardo's Magic Mansion, in ma ...

- TV Announcer / Bongo Bob / Manfred Moon / Buddy / Mailman / Additional Voices * John Stocker - Station Manager / Additional Voices *

Jaclyn Linetsky Jaclyn Michelle Linetsky (January 8, 1986 – September 8, 2003) was a Canadian actress who played Megan O'Connor on ''15/Love'' and the title character on '' Caillou'' during the show's second and third seasons, replacing the character's origina ...

- Brenda / Additional Voices * A.J. Henderson - Buddy / Additional Voices *

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- Kid / Additional Voices * Helena Evangeliou - Linda / Additional Voices *

Arthur Holden Arthur Holden (born August 28, 1959) is a Canadian actor and writer. Known for his roles such as Mr. Ratburn in ''Arthur'', Baba-Miao in ''Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat'', Mayor Mallard in ''The Little Twins'', and Mr. Larkin in later episode ...

- TV Announcer / Additional Voices *

Eleanor Noble Eleanor Noble (born June 15, 1980) is a Canadian actress. She is President of the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA). Career She voiced Lori Mackney in later episodes of ''What's with Andy?'' following Jaclyn Lin ...

- Additional Voices * Liz MacRae - Lala / Reporter / Additional Voices *

Harry Standjofski Harry Standjofski (born May 22, 1959) is a Canadian actor as well as a theater director and playwright. He has appeared in films such as ''Guy X'', ''The Aviator (2004 film), The Aviator'', ''Protection (2001 film), Protection'', ''X-Men: Days of ...

- Naughty Nathan *

Susan Glover Susan Irene Glover (born January 14, 1957) is a Canadian actress, best known for playing Sarah in ''Naked Josh''. She is also known for voicing Mrs. Wood in ''Arthur (TV series), Arthur'', Izabella Dehavalot in ''Amazon Jack'', Mrs. Schuman in '' ...

- Madame Olga / Additional Voices * NOTE: Terrence Scammell and Richard Dumont also direct the voices for the show whilst some of the episodes were voice directed by Chuck Rubin

Videocassettes

United States

* ''Rotten Ralph volume 1'' (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 1999) * ''Rotten Ralph volume 2'' (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 1999)"Rotten Ralph, volume 2"

. Retrieved 27 October 2012.

Episode list

References

External links

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Nicole Rubel
in WorldCat
''Rotten Ralph''
in WorldCat * {{IMDb title, 0421443

at the

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