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===Other Nick Jr. Pilots===
===Other Nick Jr. Pilots===
*[[Blue Prints (partially found unaired pilot episode of "Blue's Clues" animated/live action TV series; 1995)]]
*[[Blue Prints (partially found unaired pilot episode of "Blue's Clues" animated/live action TV series; 1995)]]
*[[Dora the Explorer (partially found pilot episodes of Nick Jr. animated series; late 1990s)]]
*[[Dora the Explorer (partially found unaired pilot episodes of Nick Jr. animated series; late 1990s)]]
*[[Super Why! (lost stop-motion Nick Jr. pilot of PBS Kids CGI series; 1999)]]
*[[Super Why! (lost stop-motion Nick Jr. pilot of PBS Kids CGI series; 1999)]]



Revision as of 06:15, 13 December 2020

Me and My Friends photo 1.jpg

Still of the cast, courtesy of The Backyardigans Wiki.

Status: Partially Found

Me and My Friends is a lost Nickelodeon pilot taped at Nickelodeon Studios in Orlando, Florida in September 1998. It was declined by Nickelodeon,[1] 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.

Characters

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.

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 opposed 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.

Availability

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 are 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. The images seen below were from the website of Lyon Puppets.

Gallery

LSuperSonicQ’s video on the subject.

See Also

The Backyardigans

Other Nick Jr. Pilots

External Links

Reference