Johnson & Friends (partially found North American dub of Australian children's program; 1994-1996)
The show's title card.
Status: Partially Found
'Johnson & Friends' was an Australian children's show produced by Film Australia and then by Avalon Studios in 1990 and created by Ron Saunders, John Patterson and Ian Munro for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and aired between the third of September 1990 to the tenth of July 1997 on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation television network. it also aired on TCC and the BBC as well as Tiny Living in the UK. The show was about the adventures of 6 toys. Johnson, McDuff, Diesel, Alfred, Squeaky and Victoria.[1]
The North American dub
In 1994 the Fox Children's Network brought the show to North America with a North American dub produced between 1994 and 1996. This dub was implemented into Fox's "The Fox Cubhouse" as a segment for Tuesday and Thursday airings. It featured several changes with most of the voice actors being replaced by American ones excluding the voice actor for Alfred who had to rerecord his lines due to mastering issues. Apart from the change of voice actor minor cuts were made to remove Australian slang and music was added in parts that were deemed too quiet by Fox. The Fox Network later commissioned 26 more episodes and another dub was done with the voice actor for Diesel being replaced by the Australian one. This resulted in several redubbings of previous episodes and the episodes would later be dubbed by Australian voice actors in 1997. In 1996 the Fox Cubhouse was taken off the air and the North American dub has not aired since. The North American dub had also made its way to Guam on KTGM as part of the Fox Cubhouse.
Availability
Only 48 episodes of the original North American dub and 9 episodes of the re-dub have resurfaced as of January 2023.[2] The dubs first surfaced on YouTube with the first episodes being uploaded by Joseph Marshall in 2020 before being re-uploaded by Johnson and Noddy in 2021 after their channel was terminated earlier that same year. The dubs much like many North American dubs during this time never had a home media release and it was believed the master tapes were wiped however, several mastering tapes are known to still exist.
Episodes
| # | Episode Title | Status (original dub) | Status (re-dub) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beginnings | Found | Found |
| 2 | Under the Bed | Found | Found |
| 3 | Best of Friends | Found | Lost |
| 4 | The Thing Outside | Found | Lost |
| 5 | Helpless | Found | Lost |
| 6 | Moving House | Found | Lost |
| 7 | Playing Games | Found | Lost |
| 8 | The Birthday Present | Found | Lost |
| 9 | Wind Chimes | Found | Lost |
| 10 | Sharing | Found | Lost |
| 11 | The Picnic | Found | Lost |
| 12 | Cleaning Day | Found | Lost |
| 13 | Camping Trip | Found | Lost |
| 14 | Secrets | Found | Lost |
| 15 | Homeless | Found | Lost |
| 16 | Battle of the Bed | Found | Lost |
| 17 | Crying Wolf | Found | Lost |
| 18 | A Case of Trust | Found | Lost |
| 19 | Being Good | Found | Lost |
| 20 | Baby of the Family | Lost | Lost |
| 21 | The Concert | Found | Lost |
| 22 | Blast Off | Found | Lost |
| 23 | Birthday Party | Found | Lost |
| 24 | The Big Freeze | Found | Lost |
| 25 | Operation Squeaky | Found | Lost |
| 26 | Buried Treasure | Found | Lost |
| 27 | Diesel Tries to Fly | Found | Lost |
| 28 | Dinosaur Tracks | Found | Found |
| 29 | The Pink Thread | Found | Lost |
| 30 | Melissa's Dinosaur | Found | Found |
| 31 | Diesel Who? | Found | Lost |
| 32 | The Homecoming | Found | Lost |
| 33 | The Three Little Pigs | Found | Lost |
| 34 | Disappearing Act | Found | Lost |
| 35 | Growing Up | Found | Lost |
| 36 | The Flood | Found | Lost |
| 37 | The Toy Orchestra | Found | Found |
| 38 | The Money Box | Lost | Lost |
| 39 | The Television Set | Found | Found |
| 40 | The Toy Hospital | Lost | Lost |
| 41 | A Trip to the Moon | Found | Lost |
| 42 | The Loose Tooth | Lost | Lost |
| 43 | The Fancy Dress | Lost | Found |
| 44 | The Art Exhibition | Lost | Lost |
| 45 | Finder's Keepers | Found | Lost |
| 46 | Leaving Home | Lost | Lost |
| 47 | Sock Soup | Lost | Found |
| 48 | The Train Conductor | Found | Found |
| 49 | The Fun Run | Lost | Lost |
| 50 | The Crying Baby | Lost | Lost |
| 51 | Bringing up Baby | Lost | Lost |
| 52 | Going Away | Lost | Lost |
| 53 | Left Behind | Unproduced | Found |
| 54 | All At Sea | Unproduced | Found |
| 55 | The Big Surprise | Unproduced | Lost |
| 56 | Victoria Gets Swapped | Unproduced | Lost |
| 57 | The Tinker | Unproduced | Found |
| 58 | Little Red Riding Hood | Unproduced | Lost |
| 59 | The Telephone Exchange | Unproduced | Found |
| 60 | Putting out the Rubbish | Unproduced | Found |
| 61 | The Birthday Balloon | Unproduced | Lost |
| 62 | Traffic Lights | Unproduced | Lost |
| 63 | Clowning Around | Unproduced | Lost |
| 64 | The Hypnotist | Unproduced | Lost |
| 65 | The Tin Star | Unproduced | Lost |
| 66 | Three Billy Goats Gruff | Unproduced | Found |
| 67 | Shoelaces | Unproduced | Lost |
| 68 | Diesel's Taxi | Unproduced | Found |
| 69 | The Evening News | Unproduced | Lost |
| 70 | The Toy Bus | Unproduced | Lost |
| 71 | Alfred and Alphonse | Unproduced | Found |
| 72 | The Ghost Train | Unproduced | Lost |
| 73 | Chicken Pox | Unproduced | Lost |
| 74 | The Elf | Unproduced | Lost |
| 75 | Superbot | Unproduced | Lost |
| 76 | Christmas Tree | Unproduced | Lost |
| 77 | Christmas Presents | Unproduced | Lost |
| 78 | Happy New Year | Unproduced | Lost |