Oswald (partially found pitch pilot of Nick Jr. animated series; late 1990s)
Oswald is a Nick Jr. 2D animated series produced by HiT Entertainment that was released in 2001 by creator Dan Yaccarino. The show featured a Blue Octopus (Oswald), his friends, and the wacky adventures they issue. Before the show was released, when Dan was working on other projects with Nickelodeon, a pilot was being worked on for the show back in the late 1990s. Little is known about the pilot, besides pictures that could have been made at the time of production of the pilot.
Production
Not much is known about the production of the pilot, besides a 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.
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 dark 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.[1] Some backgrounds from the pilot were also found on a Background Design portfolio.[2]
Gallery
Images
Videos
See Also
- The Backyardigans (partially found Nick Digital pilot of Nick Jr. CGI animated series; 2002)
- Blue Prints (partially found unaired pilot of "Blue's Clues" Nick Jr. animated/live action series; 1994-1995)
- Bubble Guppies (partially found unaired pilot of Nick Jr. CGI animated series; 2006)
- Dora the Explorer (partially found unaired pilot episodes of Nick Jr. animated series; late 1990s)
- Me and My Friends (partially found live-action pilot of "The Backyardigans" Nick Jr. CGI-animated series; 1998)
- Super Why? (partially found stop-motion Nick Jr. pilot of PBS Kids CGI series; 1999)
- The Umizumiz (partially found unaired pilot of "Team Umizoomi" Nick Jr. CGI-animated/live-action series; 2008)