''Ellen's Acres'' is an American

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for

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-age children, which exclusively premiered weekly on

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and in the United Kingdom, the show aired on

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produced the series. It originally premiered on September 4, 2006 on

in the UK, and later on January 8, 2007 on

in the US, but was later cancelled on February 5, 2007. The series features a very imaginative five-year-old girl named Ellen who has adventures in a hotel her parents own approximately from

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named the Emerald Acres.

Format

Each episode begins with Ellen narrating the adventure she had in her imagination, but she says, "Actually...", and the scene changes to a desert area, and Ellen says, "I had just gotten off the bus from school and was saying goodbye to Mateo, my bus driver." She then says goodbye to the unseen driver who closes the bus doors, honks the horn twice, and drives off. Ellen then says hello to her friend, a tire, and carries a

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, two useful props in her adventures, then takes them to the hotel offices, where her parents ask how school was and Ellen explains the first adventure. Ellen then sees what her parents are up to (finding a fossil, fixing a fan because the air conditioning broke, etc.) which leads into further imaginary adventures based on chores she's been asked to do.

Characters

* Ellen – The

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of the series, a five-year-old girl who moved to Nevada with her parents and has a very vivid imagination. She has orange hair, pigtails, huge teeth (with a gap in the center), carries a backpack, wears a light green T-shirt with a daisy, a denim skirt, a pair of mismatched socks (one with two green stripes on her left leg and one with a red and blue stripe on the right leg) and black

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. Born in

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, Ellen plays with a Hercules 17 steel-reinforced all-season tire she befriended in nursery school and a mauve-colored hypoallergenic feather duster as her playthings, theatrical company and posse. Emily Corrao is the voice of Ellen. * Ellen's parents – Mom, a sports lawyer and former agent, and Dad, an ex-professional skateboarder and amateur

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, moved to this bucolic desert location near mines forty miles from Tonopah, Nevada after he completed his career in athletics when they decided to settle down. Together, they run the Emerald Acres Hotel.

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is the voice of Mom, while Marc Thompson is the voice of Dad. * Cooter and Connie – The heart and soul of Emerald Acres, Cooter is the resident handyman and Connie is the maid in charge of the place.

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voices Connie while John Brimmer is the voice of Cooter. * Mateo – Ellen's unseen bus driver, who drops her off at the hotel at the beginning of every episode.

Episodes

Season 1

Season 2 (Unaired)

Reception

The series was noted for its educational content. A review describes its style as follows: "The series offers a style influenced by amine, retro graphics and illustrated children's books."

References

External links

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