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The final logo for the series.
Status: Lost
Super Why! is a children's animated television show that ran from 2007 to 2016 on PBS Kids. The series is about 6-year-old Whyatt Beanstalk who calls his book club when trouble arises in the fictional Storybrook Village, where they transform into the Super Readers and jump into books to solve problems.[1]
Pitch Pilot
Initially, Super Why was pitched to Nick Jr. in 1999 as a stop-motion series, and was ultimately rejected. Later in 2006, another pilot was made, and it was pitched again by Curious Pictures instead to PBS Kids, where it was then accepted.
A name considered for the series during this timestamp was Super Readers to the Rescue.[2] The name was short-lived and was ultimately scrapped, but was later reused several times for the final show before being abandoned in 2010.[3]
Not much is known about the pilot, and it is very undocumented outside of certain articles and brief mentions from before the series aired. According to John Allemand's resume, the pilot was produced sometime in 2006 by Curious Pictures.[4]
Another identified production member of the pilot was Aram Song, who also worked for Curious Pictures and additionally had screenshots of the pilot available on her website. However, the website has since been taken down years ago, and no content from the website or any of the photos have been archived or saved.[5]
It is speculated that the pitch pilot was animated in 2D rather than 3D, evidenced by an early model for Whyatt, however, this has not been confirmed as of now.
Other information about the pilot, including its name, length, cast, and plot is also unknown.
Availability
As of November 2023, no content from the pilot itself has resurfaced, and its production is still heavily undocumented.
Recently, an image of an early model for Whyatt as mentioned previously was found on a PBS Kids SlidePlayer slideshow dated October 22nd, 2007, and some evidence was found suggesting the existence of the pitch pilot.[6]
Prior to that, during the search of the earlier 1999 pilot, 2 images were found on another SlidePlayer slideshow. No other information outside of what has resurfaced is available as of now.
Gallery
An early model of Whyatt with a placeholder logo for the series.
A model of Whyatt from the earlier pilot with a placeholder logo for the considered name of the series.
See Also
- Super Why! (partially found British dub of PBS Kids CGI animated series; late 2000s-2010s)
- Super Why! (found stop-motion Nick Jr. pilot of PBS Kids CGI animated series; 1999)
References
- ↑ Summary of the series from a Current.org article. Retrieved 20 Nov '23
- ↑ Current.org article where the early name was used to describe the series. Retrieved 20 Nov '23
- ↑ Justia trademark for the name. Retrieved 20 Nov '23
- ↑ Allemand's resume listing the Super Why pitch pilot in the Curious Pictures section. Retrieved 20 Nov '23
- ↑ Lost Media Forums thread detailing the information on the pilot. Retrieved 21 Nov '23
- ↑ SlidePlayer slideshow containing the model and image. Retrieved 20 Nov '23