Hippo Tub Co. (partially found animated series; 2001)
The title card for the show.
Status: Partially Found
Hippo Tub Co. was a CGI animated series which aired on CBC from 2001 until approximately 2003. It was loosely based on the novelty children's song "Hey Daddy" by Anne Murray.
Plot
The show centers around the underground city of Drain World, where everything that has ever been lost down a drain ends up. There, Harley the hippo (Keith Knight), his partner Norton the boot-wearing bird (Neil Crone), and the various other citizens of Drain World operate a "lost-and-found" where they attempt to find the owners of any lost items and return them.
Availability
Although there were allegedly VHS releases of the show, none of them have surfaced. However, DVDs from the French dub have surfaced on eBay.[1]
According to production assistant Cindy Kong, 26 x 11 minute episodes were produced for the Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) and the product was not available in Canada as of 2010.[2] Swedish Television showed reruns of the series from 2003-2015.[3][4] So far, only 8 of the 26 have been found in English. The current distributor of the series is Octapixx Worldwide, who has the series on their website. [5] There are 'screenings' available on request.
Gallery
External Links
- A small amount of information from an English-language website for a German distributor. Retrieved 12 Feb '17
- 30 miscellaneous screenshots from a French site. Retrieved 12 Feb '17
- An archive for the CBC4Kids webpage. Retrieved 12 Feb '17
References
- ↑ A French-dub DVD of Hippo Tub Co. Retrieved 28 Sept '24
- ↑ Cindy Kong's Blog Retrieved 28 Sep '24
- ↑ Showings of Hippo Tub Co archived by the Swedish Royal Library Retrieved 28 Sep '24
- ↑ Swedish Televison's listing for Hippo Tub Co., with the lastest date the series was available Retrieved 28 Sep '24
- ↑ Octapixx's listing of the series Retrieved 5 Feb '21