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Cloud Nine (or Cloud 9) was a children's programming block that aired on Saturday and Sunday mornings on PAX TV (now Ion Television) from 1998 to 2000, as part of a two-year agreement.<ref>[https://www.awn.com/mag/issue3.2/3.2pages/3.2television.html AWN Magazine article on Cloud Nine.] Retrieved 01 Feb '20</ref> The block featured cartoons from DiC Entertainment, which was owned by Disney during the block's run. Cloud Nine was hosted by a trio of teenage angels who, '''in a series of live-action segments produced in-house at PAX''', ran a public-access show.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZGMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA26&lpg=PA26&dq=pax+tv+cloud+nine&source=bl&ots=yEs3UaJKZd&sig=ACfU3U1ADrxcJbE116BKWPHTNPMdtS0p3A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjS89KR77DnAhXll3IEHbCDD6gQ6AEwCXoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=pax%20tv%20cloud%20nine&f=false The Advocate from September 1st, 1998 that has an article on Cloud Nine.] Retrieved 01 Feb '20</ref>
Cloud Nine (or Cloud 9) was a children's programming block that aired on Saturday and Sunday mornings on PAX TV (now Ion Television) from 1998 to 2000, as part of a two-year agreement.<ref>[https://www.awn.com/mag/issue3.2/3.2pages/3.2television.html AWN Magazine article on Cloud Nine.] Retrieved 01 Feb '20</ref> The block featured cartoons from DiC Entertainment, which was owned by Disney during the block's run. Cloud Nine centers on a group of four teenage angels: Gabe, Raffaella, Michael, and Angela. In '''a series of live-action segments produced in-house at PAX''', the angels run a public-access show and learn valuable life lessons.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZGMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA26&lpg=PA26&dq=pax+tv+cloud+nine&source=bl&ots=yEs3UaJKZd&sig=ACfU3U1ADrxcJbE116BKWPHTNPMdtS0p3A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjS89KR77DnAhXll3IEHbCDD6gQ6AEwCXoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=pax%20tv%20cloud%20nine&f=false The Advocate from September 1st, 1998 that has an article on Cloud Nine.] Retrieved 01 Feb '20</ref>
 
==Cast==
Finneus Egan – Gabe
Amy Grabow – Raffaella
Zachary Girard – Michael
Andrea Massion – Angela


==Availability==
==Availability==
A commercial for Cloud Nine containing some of the live-action segments was uploaded to YouTube on September 17th, 2018, by Peter Paltridge under the username platypuscomixII. Paltridge stated in an article on his website, platypuscomix.com, that he has no other recordings of the block, and he taped PAX only two times during its seven-year existence.<ref>[http://platypuscomix.com/videos/finaldaysofpax.html platypuscomixII's website that has information and a video of Cloud Nine.] Retrieved 01 Feb '20</ref> No other footage of the block has surfaced online since then. Due to this, the majority of Cloud Nine's live-action segments are considered lost.
A commercial for Cloud Nine containing short clips of the live-action segments was uploaded to YouTube on September 17th, 2018, by Peter Paltridge under the username platypuscomixII. Paltridge stated in an article on his website, platypuscomix.com, that he has no other recordings of the block, and he taped PAX only two times during its seven-year existence.<ref>[http://platypuscomix.com/videos/finaldaysofpax.html platypuscomixII's website that has information and a video of Cloud Nine.] Retrieved 01 Feb '20</ref> No other footage of the block surfaced online until April 2, 2022, when YouTube channel "lugia's VHS archive" uploaded a clip of footage from a September 1998 broadcast of the block from PAX station KPXE-TV, including the theme song. Due to the block's obscurity, the majority of Cloud Nine's live-action segments are considered lost.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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   |description1 =A commercial for the block, featuring short snippets of the live-action segments.
 
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  |description2 =More footage from the block (intro and theme song at 3:08).
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==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 02:56, 16 May 2022

Cloud Nine Angels.jpeg

Two of the angels from the live-action segments.

Status: Partially found

Cloud Nine (or Cloud 9) was a children's programming block that aired on Saturday and Sunday mornings on PAX TV (now Ion Television) from 1998 to 2000, as part of a two-year agreement.[1] The block featured cartoons from DiC Entertainment, which was owned by Disney during the block's run. Cloud Nine centers on a group of four teenage angels: Gabe, Raffaella, Michael, and Angela. In a series of live-action segments produced in-house at PAX, the angels run a public-access show and learn valuable life lessons.[2]

Cast

Finneus Egan – Gabe Amy Grabow – Raffaella Zachary Girard – Michael Andrea Massion – Angela

Availability

A commercial for Cloud Nine containing short clips of the live-action segments was uploaded to YouTube on September 17th, 2018, by Peter Paltridge under the username platypuscomixII. Paltridge stated in an article on his website, platypuscomix.com, that he has no other recordings of the block, and he taped PAX only two times during its seven-year existence.[3] No other footage of the block surfaced online until April 2, 2022, when YouTube channel "lugia's VHS archive" uploaded a clip of footage from a September 1998 broadcast of the block from PAX station KPXE-TV, including the theme song. Due to the block's obscurity, the majority of Cloud Nine's live-action segments are considered lost.

Gallery

A commercial for the block, featuring short snippets of the live-action segments.

More footage from the block (intro and theme song at 3:08).

References