Stanley (2001 TV series)

infobox television |
show_name = Stanley
caption = Stanley
format = Animated series
runtime = 30 minutes
creators = Jim Jinkins and David Campbell
starring = Jessica D. Stone (Stanley),
Charles Shaughnessy (Dennis)
country = USA
network = Playhouse Disney
first_aired = September 15, 2001
last_aired = November 26, 2004
num_episodes = 65
imdb_id = 0315068

"Stanley" is an animated television series that was aired on Playhouse Disney, based on the series of children's books written by Andrew Griff. It was produced by Cartoon Pizza, Inc., and was developed for television by Jim Jinkins and David Campbell.

"Stanley" teaches a wide variety of issues preschool children face, including change, growth, rules, and dealing with others. Each episode centers around an animal that deals with or helps explain the issue Stanley is grappling with.

ynopsis

Each episode shows Stanley (voiced by Jessica D. Stone) in a situation he does not fully understand. He discusses it with his pet goldfish Dennis before consulting the "Great Big Book Of Everything", a remarkably complete zoology book aimed at young children. By observing how an animal copes with the same situation Stanley faces, or how it can overcome a similar difficulty, Stanley learns to deal with the situation himself.

Throughout the show Stanley and all his preschool aged friends are able to talk to his pet cat and dog as well as Dennis. Other animals also seem to occasionally respond, but never talk or give a definite indication they truly understood what was said. Stanley and his friends actively try to keep the adults, and by extension Stanley's older brother, from realizing this.

The "Great Big Book Of Everything" appears to be magical in nature, able to either let the animals out of the pages or allow the children to enter, sometimes changing them into animals in the process. This does not appear to be imaginary since occasionally adults do notice the noise, and Stanley works hard to hide the animals. There is also an episode where Stanley's brother sees a T-Rex in the yard, but dismisses the memory when it disappears back into the book.

The Halloween special introduces Stanley's Grandmother who, it is implied, is a witch. She reveals that she too can work the book, and in fact was the one who gave it to Stanley.

When someone says the "Great Big Book Of Everything" the cat and dog (named Elsie and Harry, respectively) will wake up or find their way into the scene and start singing. This usually annoys Dennis, who after the introductory verse, says something like "Oh not again!"As of may 2008 Stanley no longer airs in the US but DVD's and books are still available.

Episodes

"Up The Apple Tree/Kangaroo Clean Up"
*Giraffe
*Kangaroo"Daddy Pride/Show And Tell Shark"
*Lion
*Shark"Bearly Awake/The Eagle Has Landed"
*Grizzly Bear
*Eagle"Watch Out For Lionels/Growing Pains"
*Armadillo
*Hermit Crab"Froggy Legs/Who's Afraid Of The Dark"
*Bullfrog
*Owl"Tiger Hunt/Monkey Bar Business"
*Tiger
*Chimpanzee"Camel Commotion/Theres Snow Place Like Home"
*Camel
*Polar Bear"A Whale Of A Song/Sloth For A Day"
*Blue whale
*Sloth"Busy Busy Octopus/Honest Ostrich"
*Octopus
*Ostrich"Dolphin Talk/Whole Lotta Snakin' Gong On"
*Dolphin
*Snake"Platypus Problems/Rabbit Habit"
*Platypus
*Rabbit"Savanna-Speeders!/Tyrannosaurus Wrecks"
*Cheetah
*"Tyrannosaurus rex""Hippo Helpers/Where's Stanley"
*Hippopotamus
*Gecko, Wood Mouse, and Flounder"Penguin Party/Leave It To Beavers"
*Penguin
*Beaver"The Joker/Baby Pictures"
*Spotted Hyena
*Tadpole"You've Got Pigeon Mail/It's a Prairie Dog's Life"
*Pigeon
*Prairie Dog"Remembering With Elephants/The Garbage Can Bandit"
*Elephant
*Raccoon"Little Dog Lost"
*Dog"Snow Monkey See. Snow Monkey Do/Sick Day Stanley"
*Japanese Macaque
*Antelope"The Big Spill/Peekaboo Parrot"
*Elephant
*Macaw"Gorilla Sleepover/Sea Lion Slip-Up"
*Gorilla
*Sea Lion"Worm at Work/Caterpillar Countdown"
*Worm
*Caterpillar"In a While. Crocodile/The Color of Stanley"
*Crocodile
*Chameleon"Searching for Spring/Save the Blue Bird!"
*Brown bear
*Blue jay"Who's Afraid of Walter Wolf?/The Pond Couple"
*Wolf
*Salamander"Valentine's Day: A Little Squirrel Music/A Boy's Best is His Fish"
*Squirrel"Ant Picnic/The Tooth About Teeth"
*Ant
*Walrus"Eel-ectricity/Roller Rhino"
*Electric Eel
*Rhinoceros"Keep 'Em Flying/Guess What's Coming for Dinner"
*Flying Fish
*Panda"The Really Real Dragon/ A Billy Goat for Dad"
*Komodo Dragon
*Goat"Bloohound Blues/Clock-A-Doodle-Do!"
*Bloodhound
*Rooster"Mistaken Mermaid/It Pays to Be a Pelican"
*Manatee
*Brown pelican"Grandma Griff's/ Mystery Guest"
*Vampire bat"Woodpecker Woes/P.U . pup"
*Woodpecker
*Skunk"Mockingbird Scat/Horsepower"
*Mockingbird
*Horse"Proud as a Peacock/ Dances With Flamingos"
*Peacock
*Flamingo"Sunburn Stanley/Time for Toolfish"
*Lobster
*Sawfish and Hammerhead Shark"Web Weavers/Muddy Buddies"
*Spider
*Pig"The Robbing Raven/Flashlight Fireflies"
*Raven
*Firefly"Mysterious Moes/Spelling Bee Situation"
*Orangutan
*Bee"Follow The Lemur/Zebra Jigsaw"
*Lemur
*Zebra"Hummingbird Humdinger/Koala Cuddles"
*Hummingbird
*Koala"Double-Duty Dad/Look Who's Helping"
*Seahorse
*Capuchin monkey"Tasmanian Tanrum/Sea Otter Safety"
*Tasmanian Devil
*Sea Otter"Going-Away Goose/Time To Climb!"
*Canadian Goose
*Yak"Stanley's Super Spectacles/The Ugly Griffing"
*Dragonfly
*Swan"Doing Like Ducks/Speedy Does It"
*Duck
*Roadrunner"X-Ray X-tra!/The Birds-Eye Boys"
*X-ray fish"I Scream For Ice Cream!/Snack Savers"
*Cow
*Rat"A Little Nightingale Music/Super Squirrel"
*Nightingale
*Flying Squirrel"utfoxing Lionel/Jackrabbit Hide-And-Seek"
*Fox
*Jack Rabbit"Me And My Pal Fish/At The Zoo!"
*Clownfish
*Mandrill"Stanley's Dinosaur Round-Up"
*Triceratops"To Catch A Hamster/Pearls Of Wisdom"
*Hamster"Living With Leopards!/A Happy Chinese New Year"
*Leopard"The Way Of The Buffalo/Follow The Falcon"
* Buffalo
* Falcon"Shell Game/Sheep and a Hair Cut"
* Sheep"Now News Like Shoes News/Lady Bug, Lady Bug"
* Snowshoe hare
* Ladybug"Curse of the Angry Coral/A Little Bird Told Me"
* Coral polyp
* Waxwing"Mountain of the Cats/Swimming swiming, swim"
*Puma
*Tapir"Antlerapalooza/How to Round Spiny"
*Deer, Reindeer, and Moose
*Hedgehog"There's Me of Day/Dangerous whales"
*Llama
*Killer Whale

"Shuffle of Nose Weapons/A Seal Oddities
*Swordfish, Narwhal, and Spearfish
*Elephant Seal

"A Turkey of a Thanksgiving"
*Turkey

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