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==Background== | ==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. Around the same time an ''Oswald'' tie-in book was produced showing how the dapper octopod met all his friends, featuring slightly different character designs (Oswald is a shade darker blue, for instance, and Weenie's belly is | 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. Around the same time an ''Oswald'' tie-in book was produced showing how the dapper octopod met all his friends, featuring slightly different character designs (Oswald is a shade darker blue, for instance, and Weenie's belly is a much lighter tan). The book was confirmed to be based on the pilot in an email exchange with Yaccarino.<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 23:47, 20 August 2022
A cover of an early book for the series, likely taken from the pilot.
Status: Lost
Oswald is a 2001-2003 Nick Jr. 2D animated series created by Dan Yaccarino and produced by HiT Entertainment. 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. Around the same time an Oswald tie-in book was produced showing how the dapper octopod met all his friends, featuring slightly different character designs (Oswald is a shade darker blue, for instance, and Weenie's belly is a much lighter tan). The book was confirmed to be based on the pilot in an email exchange with Yaccarino.[1] Some backgrounds from the pilot were also found on a Background Design portfolio.[2]
Gallery
Images
A city street corner.
Daisy's apartment building.
Music hall.
Pet shop.
Videos
See Also
Oswald
Nick Jr. Original Pilots
- 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)