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[[File:Me and My Friends photo 1.jpg|thumb|300px|Still of the cast, courtesy of The Backyardigans Wiki.]] Â | [[File:Me and My Friends photo 1.jpg|thumb|300px|Still of the cast, courtesy of The Backyardigans Wiki.]] Â | ||
'''''Me and My Friends '''''is a lost | '''''Me and My Friends '''''is a lost Nickelodeon pilot taped at Nickelodeon Studios in Orlando, Florida in September 1998. It was declined by Nickelodeon, though an animated pilot featuring the characters of "Me and My Friends" created in 2002 was picked up as the CGI animated series, ''The Backyardigans''. | ||
The only characters from ''The Backyardigans ''who appear in ''Me and My Friends ''are Uniqua, Pablo, Tyrone, and Tasha. Austin, the purple kangaroo, is absent. Some say that this may be the reason why he was referred to as "the new kangaroo on the block" by Nickelodeon. | The only characters from ''The Backyardigans ''who appear in ''Me and My Friends ''are Uniqua, Pablo, Tyrone, and Tasha (in addition to scrapped characters called "the Meerkats"). Austin, the purple kangaroo, is absent. Some say that this may be the reason why he was referred to as "the new kangaroo on the block" by Nelvana and Nickelodeon. | ||
The characters' appearances aren't vastly different from that of the CGI series, besides a few minor differences: | The characters' appearances aren't vastly different from that of the CGI series, besides a few minor differences: | ||
*Uniqua has visible nostrils. | |||
*Pablo's propeller is yellow, as apposed to red. Â | *Pablo's propeller is yellow, as apposed to red. Â | ||
* | *Tyrone and Tasha's nostrils are black instead of dark yellow and dark orange. These were utilized as vision areas. | ||
*Tyrone's shirt has yellow/blue stripes rather than red/blue stripes. | *Tyrone's shirt has yellow/blue stripes rather than red/blue stripes. | ||
The only known footage of ''Me and My Friends'' online is in a 5 minute compilation video created by former crew members of Nickelodeon Studios for | The only known footage of ''Me and My Friends'' online is in a 5-minute compilation video created by former crew members of Nickelodeon Studios for its 10-year anniversary in 2000. There is around 3 seconds of video without the original audio. There is very little information about this pilot available, and whether or not Nickelodeon still has this remains unconfirmed. | ||
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[http://backyardigans.wikia.com/wiki/Me_%2B_My_Friends The Backyardigans Wiki article about "Me and My Friends".] Last retrieved 13 Apr 2015. | [http://backyardigans.wikia.com/wiki/Me_%2B_My_Friends The Backyardigans Wiki article about "Me and My Friends".] Last retrieved 13 Apr 2015. | ||
[http://www.lyonpuppets.com/meercats.html An article about the pilot from puppeteer Rick Lyon.] Last retrieved 8 June 2015. | |||
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Revision as of 00:49, 9 June 2015
Me and My Friends is a lost Nickelodeon pilot taped at Nickelodeon Studios in Orlando, Florida in September 1998. It was declined by Nickelodeon, though an animated pilot featuring the characters of "Me and My Friends" created in 2002 was picked up as the CGI animated series, The Backyardigans.
The only characters from The Backyardigans who appear in Me and My Friends are Uniqua, Pablo, Tyrone, and Tasha (in addition to scrapped characters called "the Meerkats"). Austin, the purple kangaroo, is absent. Some say that this may be the reason why he was referred to as "the new kangaroo on the block" by Nelvana and Nickelodeon.
The characters' appearances aren't vastly different from that of the CGI series, besides a few minor differences:
- Uniqua has visible nostrils.
- Pablo's propeller is yellow, as apposed to red.
- Tyrone and Tasha's nostrils are black instead of dark yellow and dark orange. These were utilized as vision areas.
- Tyrone's shirt has yellow/blue stripes rather than red/blue stripes.
The only known footage of Me and My Friends online is in a 5-minute compilation video created by former crew members of Nickelodeon Studios for its 10-year anniversary in 2000. There is around 3 seconds of video without the original audio. There is very little information about this pilot available, and whether or not Nickelodeon still has this remains unconfirmed.
Screenshot 1/2 taken from the Best of Nickelodeon Studios video.
Screenshot 2/2 taken from the Best of Nickelodeon Studios video.
Tyrone with costume designer Yvette Helin.
External links
MEGA mirror of "Best of NSF, Florida". Last retrieved 13 Apr 2015.
The Backyardigans Wiki article about "Me and My Friends". Last retrieved 13 Apr 2015.
An article about the pilot from puppeteer Rick Lyon. Last retrieved 8 June 2015.