The Reppies is a live-action American educational musical show for children created by Northstar Entertainment along with Treat Entertainment, which formed Reppies Entertainment Inc, L.L.C. The series centers around a group of anthropomorphic reptile creatures (in oversized costumes) that sing in a music group and interact with a Mary Poppins-like English tutor, who also sings and dances. In some of the episodes she seemingly displays magical powers. The series was produced by

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. Each episode featured three original songs produced by Rick Tell. Twenty six half hour episodes and one hour long holiday special were originally created in 1996, and aired on a few

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stations. All of the episodes were later re-dubbed with

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-oriented messages and moved to

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and the

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. Originally created by Wendy Harrison from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, along with the father son team of Pat and Steve McGonigle of Northstar Entertainment. James "Smokey" Knudson was the series producer and Brian McBride as executive in charge of production for the entire series run. Bruce Foulke was the Music Supervisor for the series. It currently airs on

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network. The cast includes American actress Trudie Petersen as Miss Summerhayes the English tutor, Rick Stanley as Mickey the band's manager, and 13-year-old actress Tailia Osteen who plays Katie in Four Episodes.

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (1996-1998)

References

External links

The Reppies @ TBN
1996 American television series debuts 1998 American television series endings 1990s American children's television series 1990s American music television series American children's education television series American children's musical television series American television shows featuring puppetry English-language television shows PBS Kids shows PBS original programming Television series about reptiles and amphibians {{US-child-tv-prog-stub