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"Charlie Horse" redirects here. For The Medical Condition, see Charley horse.
Lamb Chop's Play-Along Genre Children's television series Written by Lan O'Kun
Bernard RothmanDirected by Michael Watt Presented by Shari Lewis Opening theme Lamb Chop's Play-Along Ending theme The Song That Doesn't End Composer(s) Bob Golden
John RodbyCountry of origin Canada
United StatesLanguage(s) English No. of episodes 200 (List of episodes) Production Location(s) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Beverly Hills, California, USARunning time 30 minutes Broadcast Original channel PBS Original run September 10, 1992 – January 1, 1997 Lamb Chop's Play-Along is a children's television series that was shown on PBS in the United States from 1992 until 1997, as well as on YTV in Canada. . It was created and hosted by puppeteer Shari Lewis, and featured her puppet character Lamb Chop. Appropriately, Lamb Chop was a sheep; other characters were puppets of other farm animals, including Charlie Horse and Hush Puppy. WTTW jointly distributed it with Paragon Entertainment Corporation to PBS stations across the country. The rights to the show are currently owned by Boomerang Media through its control of Classic Media. Reruns of the first 26 episodes have recently begun to be broadcast on qubo's digital channel, which is partially owned by Classic Media. The show can be seen as a skit in the Fairness segment of Kids for Character.
Contents
Cast
- Pat Brymer - Head Puppeteer
- Shari Lewis- Host/Lamb Chop/Hush Puppy/Charlie Horse
- Lamb Chop's Playmates
- Brian Ito
- Amanda McAdam
- Sabrina Sánchez
- Emma Pollard
- Annick Obonsawin
- John Creery
- Bryan Robinson
- Ramon Choyce
- Phillip Boutte
- Jade Schwartz
- Talia Gilboa
- Darran Doran
- Jason Guadalajara
- Zack McLemore
- Katie Orm
- Toni White
- Kevin Yee
- Rachel Sandor-Gough
- Zack Moses
Episodes
1992-1997
- Baby Lamb Chop
- Lonely Lamb Chop
- The Wallet
- The Talent Show
- Gold Diggers
- Runaway
- Stone Soup
- The Bike Contest
- First Fish President
- The Fellas
- The Ugly Duckling
- Hansel and Gretel
- King Solomon and the Baby Bee
- Teddy Bears and Black Eyes
- One Minute Story
- A Pair Of Underpants
- An Idiot
Theme song
The opening theme song was written by veteran Hollywood composer Bob Golden. Other songs were written by Square One TV songwriter, John Rodby. Two different arrangements of that song have been used; one involves bouncing, the other strength. The ending theme song featured the children and puppets singing "The Song That Doesn't End", while Lewis frantically attempted to stop them.
An instrumental version of the show's theme song was used for a most recent show of Mallory Lewis and Lamb Chop.
Kids for Character
The show can be seen as a skit in the Fairness segment of Kids for Character.
Funding for Lamb Chop's Play Along
The show was funded primarily by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the financial support of Viewers Like You.
External links
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See also PBS network shows · Educational television
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