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''Oswald'' is a Nick Jr. 2D animated series produced by HiT Entertainment that was released in 2001 by creator Dan Yaccarino. The show was notable for its uniquely surrealist style, featuring the day-to-day adventures of a good-natured, bowler-hatted blue octopus named Oswald, his sentient hot dog Weenie and their equally whimsical friends in a colourful, childlike universe. According to official sources, '''the show's pilot was being worked on as far back as the late 1990s'''. The pilot itself has never surfaced and little is known about its development process, besides concept artwork that dates from about the same time.  
''Oswald'' is a Nick Jr. 2D animated series produced by HiT Entertainment that was released in 2001 by creator Dan Yaccarino. The show was notable for its uniquely surrealist style, featuring the day-to-day adventures of a good-natured, bowler-hatted blue octopus named Oswald, his sentient hot dog Weenie and their equally whimsical friends in a colourful, childlike universe. According to official sources, '''the show's pilot was being worked on as far back as the late 1990s'''. The pilot itself has never surfaced and little is known about its development process, besides concept artwork that dates from about the same time.  


==Production==
==Background==
Almost all the confirmed information regarding blog post from 2000 about Nickelodeon and HIT Entertainment working together to make the show. As well as the production of the pilot possibly lasting from 1998 to 2001.
The project's existence at least as far back as 1999 has been confirmed indirectly by the creators of fellow Nick Jr series ''Super Why?'', who indicated that show's pilot, created around the same time, was initially passed over in favor of an ''Oswald'' pitch pilot. A while later, an ''Oswald'' book of the same vintage was discovered which shows how Oswald met all his friends, featuring slightly different character designs (Oswald is a shade darker blue, for instance, and Weenie's belly is white instead of tan). It is possible that the book was based on the original pilot.<ref> https://web.archive.org/web/20020709111744/http://danyaccarino.com/books/oswald.html</ref> Some backgrounds from the pilot were also found on a Background Design portfolio.<ref>http://stevelowtwait.com/oswald-the-octopus</ref>
 
==Differences in Character Designs==
* In a photo, the dog Weenie's belly color is white, yet in the final show, it's tan.
* Oswald is darker blue.
 
==Findings==
The pilot's existence was first discovered when Dave Thomas mentioned that ''Super Why?'' was originally turned down in favor of the ''Oswald'' pitch pilot. A while later, an early book for the series was discovered which shows how Oswald met all his friends and features different character designs. It is likely that the book was based on the original pilot.<ref> https://web.archive.org/web/20020709111744/http://danyaccarino.com/books/oswald.html</ref> Some backgrounds from the pilot were also found on a Background Design portfolio.<ref>http://stevelowtwait.com/oswald-the-octopus</ref>


==Gallery==
==Gallery==

Revision as of 18:07, 10 August 2022

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A cover of an early book for the series, likely taken from the pilot.

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Oswald is a Nick Jr. 2D animated series produced by HiT Entertainment that was released in 2001 by creator Dan Yaccarino. The show was notable for its uniquely surrealist style, featuring the day-to-day adventures of a good-natured, bowler-hatted blue octopus named Oswald, his sentient hot dog Weenie and their equally whimsical friends in a colourful, childlike universe. According to official sources, the show's pilot was being worked on as far back as the late 1990s. The pilot itself has never surfaced and little is known about its development process, besides concept artwork that dates from about the same time.

Background

The project's existence at least as far back as 1999 has been confirmed indirectly by the creators of fellow Nick Jr series Super Why?, who indicated that show's pilot, created around the same time, was initially passed over in favor of an Oswald pitch pilot. A while later, an Oswald book of the same vintage was discovered which shows how Oswald met all his friends, featuring slightly different character designs (Oswald is a shade darker blue, for instance, and Weenie's belly is white instead of tan). It is possible that the book was based on the original pilot.[1] Some backgrounds from the pilot were also found on a Background Design portfolio.[2]

Gallery

Images

  • Background from the pilot (City street corner).

    Background from the pilot (City street corner).

  • Background from the pilot (Daisy's apartment building).

    Background from the pilot (Daisy's apartment building).

  • Background from the pilot (Music hall).

    Background from the pilot (Music hall).

  • Background from the pilot (Pet shop).

    Background from the pilot (Pet shop).

  • Early designs for the characters

    Early designs for the characters

Videos

Read-aloud of the book possibly based on the pilot.

Odens Movie Magic's video on the subject.

See Also

Oswald

Nick Jr. Original Pilots

References

  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20020709111744/http://danyaccarino.com/books/oswald.html
  2. ↑ http://stevelowtwait.com/oswald-the-octopus
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