Mapletown
Cute, live-action/animated series about the animal inhabitants of Maple Town. Aired on Nick beginning in 1987
MAIN CHARACTERS:
Patty Rabbit
Bobby Bear
Fanny Fox
Wild Wolf
Mayor Dandy-Lion
THEME SONG:
Can’t wait to get to Maple Town, my favorite place to
be. Maple Town and me.
Living each day, we laugh and we play, my favorite place to
be. Maple Town and me.
EPISODE GUIDE
(incomplete):
A Baby Comes to Maple Town, When Children Must Be Grownups
Medicine from Maple Mountain, The Children's Forest Patrol
The Case of the Missing Candy, Teacher Please Don't Go, The House
Made of Love
A Most Unlikely Heroine, The Prettiest Dress in Maple Town
The Children's Forest Patrol, The Stolen Necklace, The Pot that
Wouldn't Hold Water
The Greatest Treasure of All
CREDITS:
VP of production – J. Edward Bergh
Supervising director – Robert V. Barron
Live action producer and director – Mary Jo Blue
Music – Haim Saban and Shuki Levy
Music coordination – Andrew Dimitroff
Video editing – Larry Porsche
Maya the Bee
Cutesy adventures of Maya,
a friendly little bee, and her insect friends. Based on the
stories by Waldemar Bonsels.
(“The Adventures of Maya the Bee”) Made in 1975, aired
1988-1992. Ran for 65 episodes.
MAIN CHARACTERS:
Maya – An extremely happy bee.
Flip – Grasshopper buddy.
Willi – Maya’s bee friend
THEME SONG:
Who’s a friendly, little bee playing oh-so happily.
Buzzing here and buzzing there
Busy buzzing everywhere. Maya loves and Maya cares, Maya
gives and Maya shares.
Maya likes to play around, but she’ll never let you down.
Maya…Maya the Bee. Maya… Maya the Bee…
See her flying through the air, buzzing here and buzzing there.
Saying catch me if you dare, busy buzzing everywhere.
Maya…Maya the Bee. Maya… Maya the Bee…
EPISODE GUIDE
(incomplete):
Parasite Fly, Show-Off Cockroach, Lonely Mole Cricket, Trouble
Ant, Home Sweet Home
CREDITS:
Voices: Maya (Pauline Little)
Willi (Richard
Dumont)
Flip (A.J.
Henderson)
Supervising voice director – Tim Reid
Studio supervisor – Barbara Parker
Music supervisor – Andrew Dimitroff
Video editor – Michael Forbes
An Apollo Film production
Zuiyo Eizo Coproduction
Mysterious Cities of Gold, The
Truly stellar,
French/Japanese, animated serial. Rich, funny, interesting,
well-written, well-dubbed, and terrific music.
Esteban, an orphan, joins a navigator named Mendoza (and his two
mates Sancho and Pedro) on a journey to find
The cities of gold, and maybe his father. Along the way, an
Incan girl named Zia and a Hivan boy named Tao joins them.
The French episodes were followed by brief documentaries
explaining the historical content of the episode. These English
episodes did not have documentaries. The series was slightly
edited (for commercials) and dubbed for Nickelodeon. 1983
Ran for 39 episodes.
MAIN CHARACTERS:
(click on the character names to hear some audio samples)
Esteban – Orphan, able to command the sun.
Zia – Incan girl, also looking for father.
Tao – Smart, Hivan boy.
Kokopetl - Tao's smart little parrot
Mendoza – Navigator, hungry for gold.
Sancho – Fat, goofy stutterer.
Pedro – Skinny, monkey-like comic relief
Captain Gaspard
Commander Gomez
THEME SONG:
“It is the 16th Century. From all over Europe, great
ships sail West to
conquer the New World, the Americas. The men eager to seek
their fortune,
to find new adventure in new lands. They long to cross
uncharted seas and
discover unknown countries; to find secret gold on a mountain
trail high in
the Andes. They dream of following the path of the setting
sun that leads to
Eldorado, and the Mysterious Cities of Gold.”
Children of the sun, see your time has just begun,
Searching for your ways through adventures every day.
Every day and night with the condor in flight,
With all your friends in toe as you search for the Cities of
Gold.
Ahhahhahhahhahhhhh. Wishing for the Cities of Gold.
Ahhahhahhahhahhhhh. Some day we will find the Cities of
Gold
Doodoodoodoodoodoo. Ahhahhahhh. Doodoodoodoodoodoo.
Cities of Gold
Doodoodoodoodoodoo. Cities of Gold
Ahhahhahhahhahhhhh. Some day we will find the Cities of
Gold
(only in closing theme)
Children of the Sun, someday soon you’re gonna find
That your destiny holds the secret, holds the key.
Ahhahhahhahhahhhhh. Wishing for the Cities of Gold.
Ahhahhahhahhahhhhh. Some day we will find the Cities of
Gold
EPISODE GUIDE
(translated from French):
Esteban the Child of the Sun, The Crossing of the Atlantic, Of
New Heroes
Adrift on the Endless Sea, The Abduction of Zia, The Ship
Solaris, The Secret of Solaris
The New Continent, The End of the Solaris, The Temple’s
Secret, Messengers of the Region
Secret of the Medallions, The Mystery of the Parents, Esteban's
Medalion
The Subterranean Secret, The Urubus, The Great Condor, The First
Flight of the Great Condor
The Nazca Plateau, The Spaniards' Cannon, The Amazons, The Mirror
of the Moon
The Jade Mask, The Manuscript, The Lake of Gold, The Marshes, The
Door of the Night
The Forest of Statues, The Burning Shield, The Escape, The
Village of the New Sun
The Attack of the Olmecs, Reunions, The Revolt of the Mayas, The
Olmec’s Machine
Ariel Duel, The City of Gold, The Great Legacy, The End of the
City of Gold
Credits:
French script by Jean Chalopin and Bernard Deyries
Adapted from the original story by Scott O’Dell
Music (Haim Saban and Shuki Levy)
Songs and Music (Disques Saban Polydor)
Animation – Hisayuki Toriumi, Toshiyasu Okada, Mitsuki
Nakamura
Yoshiteru Kobayashi, Hisatoshi Motoki, Takemi Tanemoto
Editing – Tetsuo Matsumoto
Sound Effects – Ryuchi Wakui, Masao Tanaka
Music Editing – Claudio Ventura
French Version – S.T.A.R.T.
Directors of Production – Max Saldinger, Kanae Mayuzumi,
Atsumi Yajima
Direction – Bernard Deyries, Edouard David, Kenichi
Murakami, Kenichi Maruyama
Executive Producers – DIC France, MK Japon
A co-production of RTL Luxembourg, NHK Japon
With the articipation of Antenne 2 France