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Charlie Horse Music Pizza Genre Family Entertainment Written by Colman deKay Directed by Niles Davenport
Stan JacobsonPresented by Shari Lewis Starring Dom DeLuise
Wezley MorrisCountry of origin United States No. of episodes 20 Production Running time 30 minutes Production company(s) Golden Books Family Entertainment
KCETBroadcast Original channel PBS Original run January 5 – May 30, 1998 Chronology Related shows Lamb Chop's Play Along Charlie Horse Music Pizza is a children's television show that was shown on PBS in the United States from January to May 1998. Re-runs aired until late 1999. It is a spin-off of the series Lamb Chop's Play Along, and features the original cast from that show, including host Shari Lewis.
The show takes place around a pizzeria on the beach. Alongside the original cast of Lamb Chop, Hush Puppy, Charlie Horse, and Shari, Charlie Horse Music Pizza introduced four new characters – Take-Out (a big anthropomorphized orangutan who makes deliveries on roller skates), Fingers (a giant raccoon that lives in the dumpster behind the pizzeria), Cookie the Cook (played by Dom DeLuise), and Junior (played by Wezley Morris), a frequent customer to the pizzeria who played a lot of musical instruments.
The series was put on hiatus after the May 30 episode aired due to Lewis' treatment in a local hospital. It was then cancelled when she died on August 2.
Funding
- IBM (January 5, 1998-May 30, 1998)
- Carnegie Corporation of New York (January 5, 1998-May 30, 1998)
- Remo (January 5, 1998-May 30, 1998)
- Corporation for Public Broadcasting (January 5, 1998-May 30, 1998)
- Viewers Like You (January 5, 1998-May 30, 1998)
Episodes
Season Episodes Originally aired (U.S. dates) Season premiere Season finale 1 20 January 5, 1998 August 31, 1998 2 40 September 1, 1998 May 30, 1999 External links
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