Pinky Dinky Doo

Infobox Television
show_name = Pinky Dinky Doo


rating = TV-Y (E/I for Spanish dub on Univision)
caption =
format = Animated television series
runtime =30 Minutes
creator = Jim Jinkins
starring = India Ennenga,
Allison Wachtfogel,
Justin Riordan, Heather Dilly
country = USA
network = Noggin Univision (Spanish dub)
first_aired = 2005
last_aired = Present
website = http://www.sesameworkshop.org/pinkydinkydoo/

Pinky Dinky Doo is a children's animated series that currently airs on Noggin and dubbed in Spanish on Univision in the USA, ABC in Australia, CBeebies in Great Britain and CBC in Canada.

Pinky is a seven-year-old girl who lives in Great Big City with her parents, her four-year-old brother, Tyler, and their pet, Mr. Guinea Pig. When a problem arises, Pinky dances her way to a cardboard Story Box and uses a piece of chalk and her imagination to tell a story. During the made-up story, Pinky must Think Big, at which point her head swells and she comes up with an often wacky solution to the problem.

This show helps viewers increase their vocabularies with its Great Big Fancy Word, which is featured several times during the episode. It also addresses problem-solving skills as well as the basics of narrative stories -- character, dialogue, plot, details, main idea and sequence of events. After Pinky tells her story and solves the problem of the day, kids are invited to play an interactive game on the Cheese Sandwich toy, where they review details about the story. At the end of each episode, kids are encouraged to make up their own stories.

This series was created by Jim Jinkins, who originally made up Pinky's adventures as bed-time tales for his children. The Executive Producers are Jinkins and David Campbell. It is a production of Sesame Workshop and Cartoon Pizza. According to Noggin, Pinky Dinky Doo is the network’s first original series dedicated to enhancing early literacy.

The original American version was initially shown on CBeebies in the UK, but more recently the show has been redubbed and broadcast with British English accents. There is also a Spanish version on Univision.

Characters

It has three main characters: Pinky (India Ennenga), Tyler (Allison Wachtfogel), and Mr. Guinea Pig. It also has the characters of Pinky's mother and father, and a quartet of school characters: Nicholas Biscuit (Katherine Rose Riley), Bobby Boom, Daffinee Toilette, and Miss McGanza.

Episodes

Season One

Season Two

Games

At the end of each 15 minute story, Pinky plays an educational type of game. Some of the games include the following:

What Came First? Pinky replays certain portions of the story and then asks viewing children to remember which part came first in the story.

Eat It Or Wear It: Pinky shows objects and asks kids if they would eat it or wear it.

Great Big Fancy Word Game: Pinky helps kids recall the meaning of the fancy word that has been repeated in the story.

Who Is This: A slice of Swiss cheese appears on the screen and holes pop out of it revealing a character from the story. Kids must try to guess what character is hiding behind the slice of cheese.

Where Is Pinky?: A slice of Swiss cheese appears on the screen and holes pop out of it revealing a location.

What Is That Sound? Pinky asks kids to identify the source of a sound.

What's the Name of My Story? Pinky gives us titles for stories, and the viewers think of the best title of the story.

Which is the Right Pinky (in "Great Big Cheese Chase," Which is the Right Monster There are four Pinky's (monsters) shown and the viewers guess which one was the Pinky (monster) we saw in the story.

References

External links

* [http://www.sesameworkshop.org/pinkydinkydoo/ Official Sesame Workshop Site]
* [http://www.noggin.com/shows/pinky.php Official Noggin Site]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/pinkydinkydoo/ Official BBC Site]
* [http://imdb.com/title/tt0804425/ IMDB Site]
* [http://kidstvmovies.about.com/od/pinkydinkydoo/fr/pinkyrev.htm Pinky Dinky Doo Review]