Strawberry Shortcake (80s Annual Specials)

Infobox Television
show_name = Strawberry Shortcake


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genre = Yearly Animated TV specials
creator = Those Characters From Cleveland, a subsidiary of American Greetings
writer = Romeo Muller
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developer = Murakami Wolf Swenson (1,3)
Perpetual Motion Pictures (2)
Nelvana (4-6)
presenter = Muller-Rosen Productions
Schwartz and Company
starring =
voices = Russi Taylor
Robert Ridgely
Julie McWhirter
Joan Gerber
narrated = Romeo Muller (1-3)
Chris Wiggins (4-6)
theme_music_composer = Flo and Eddie (1-3)
John Sebastian (4-6)
opentheme = Various
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country = USA
language = English
num_seasons = 1
num_episodes = 6
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executive_producer = Romeo Muller
Robert L. Rosen
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location = Strawberryland
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runtime = 22 Minutes
network = First-run syndication (U.S.)(1980-1985)
picture_format = NTSC 480i
audio_format = Mono sound
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first_aired = March 1, 1980
last_aired = 1985
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tv_com_id = 28809

In the early 1980s, there were six television specials starring "Strawberry Shortcake".

The first three specials were produced by Robert L. Rosen and Romeo Muller, who also wrote the specials. The first and third specials were animated by Murakami-Wolf-Swenson and Toei Doga, while the second was animated by Perpetual Motion Pictures in New York. Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, of The Turtles and Flo & Eddie fame, wrote the music and songs for these specials. Russi Taylor voiced Strawberry Shortcake, Bob Ridgely voiced the Peculiar Purple Pieman, and writer/producer Romeo Muller voiced the narrator, Mr. Sun.

The next three specials were produced by Canadian animation studio Nelvana. Only Russi Taylor and Bob Ridgely reprised their roles from the first three specials; Chris Wiggins assumed the role of Mr. Sun, and other Canadian talent comprised the rest of the voice cast. Frequent Nelvana collaborator John Sebastian, most known for his music for Nelvana's "Care Bears" series, wrote the songs for two of these three specials.

In the United States, the specials were syndicated by LBS Communications.

As of April 2007, The World of Strawberry Shortcake and Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple City have been released on a single DVD by Allumination Filmworks, however it is unknown at this time when or if the remaining four specials will be released.