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词条 The World of Strawberry Shortcake
释义

  1. Plot

  2. Cast

  3. Production

  4. Release

  5. Reception

  6. See also

  7. Notes

  8. References

  9. External links

{{good article}}{{Infobox television
| show_name = The World of Strawberry Shortcake
| image = World of Strawberry Shortcake.jpg
| image_size =
| image_alt = A six-year-old girl, dressed in a pinafore and wearing a pink dust cap on top of her hair, looks out to the right of a giant strawberry. On the strawberry, the words "The World of Strawberry Shortcake" are written in cursive.
| caption = Title card
| genre = Animated special
| creator =
| based_on =
| writer = Romeo Muller
| screenplay =
| story =
| director = Charles Swenson
| starring = Russi Taylor
Romeo Muller
Robert Ridgely
Julie McWhirter
| narrated =
| theme_music_composer = Mark Volman
Howard Kaylan
Performed by:
Flo & Eddie
Lyrics:
Romeo Muller
| country = United States
| language = English
| num_episodes =
| producer = Romeo Muller
Charles Swenson
Fred Wolf
| editor = Rich Harrison[1]
| cinematography = Ted McMiller[1]
Meguro Hirochi[1]
| runtime = 23 minutes
| company = Muller/Rosen[1]
Murakami-Wolf-Swenson[1][2]
Toei Doga[1]
RLR Associates (uncredited)[1][2]
Those Characters from Cleveland (uncredited)[1][2]
| distributor = Lexington Broadcast Services Company (TV, 1981)[3]
Coronet Films (16 mm, 1982)[4]
Family Home Entertainment (VHS, 1985)[5]
Television Program Source (TV, 1986)[2]
Allumination FilmWorks (DVD, 2007)[6]
Paramount Pictures (DVD, 2015)
| budget = US$400,000[7]
| network = Syndication[2][8]
| first_aired = March 28, 1980[9][10]
| last_aired =
| preceded_by =
| followed_by = Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple City (1981)
| website =
}}

The World of Strawberry Shortcake is a 1980 animated television special written by Romeo Muller, directed by Charles Swenson, and produced by Swenson, Muller and Fred Wolf. Starring the voices of Romeo Muller, Russi Taylor, Julie McWhirter and Joan Gerber, it was made by animators from Murakami-Wolf-Swenson in the United States and by Toei Doga in Japan. The music was written and performed by Flo & Eddie of the rock group, The Turtles.

The title character, Strawberry Shortcake, lives in a fictional place called Strawberryland. In the special, narrated by Romeo Muller (as Mr. Sun), she and her friends celebrate her sixth birthday. While preparations for her party are underway, a villain called the Peculiar Purple Pieman plots to steal the berries from Strawberry's home in order to make his pies.

Produced and sponsored by the Kenner toy company, The World of Strawberry Shortcake was the first special to feature the American Greetings character, Strawberry Shortcake. Bypassing network television, it debuted on March 28, 1980, in syndication across more than 90 U.S. cities, and was later released on 16 mm film, VHS, Beta and DVD. The special received generally favorable reviews in the School Library Journal, which reviewed it in 1983 and 2007.

Plot

Strawberry Shortcake lives in a place called Strawberryland, with her calico cat Custard; her house resembles a shortcake. Her friends{{spaced ndash}}Huckleberry Pie, Blueberry Muffin, Raspberry Tart, Plum Puddin' and toddler Apple Dumplin'{{spaced ndash}}also live close by. One morning, during their Market Day, Strawberry's friends discuss plans for her sixth birthday{{spaced ndash}}all except for lazy Huckleberry Pie.

Strawberry's villain, the Peculiar Purple Pieman, lives atop the Pie Tin Palace on a black hill called Porcupine Peak. While she is doing chores, the Pieman sends his crows{{spaced ndash}}"berry birds"{{spaced ndash}}to retrieve some berries for his pies. Strawberry tries shooing the flock away with her broom, but a moving tree helps out as a scarecrow, and she thanks him for helping. In desperation, the Pieman heads down to Strawberryland himself to get his supply, dressed as a kind old peddler.

At noon, Strawberry calls her friends over for lunch, but they leave her behind and go to Lilac Park to prepare for her surprise party. Soon after, the disguised Pieman meets her and offers watering cans for sale. To his chagrin, Strawberry cannot afford to buy a magical one guaranteed to produce strawberries seven feet tall. Assisted by Lucky Bug, Huckleberry's ladybug aide, he goes to the Park, where Huckleberry pays for the equipment.

Strawberry soon arrives at the venue to see her friends, who greet her with "Happy Birthday" and give her a present: the Pieman's watering can. The device fails to grow anything and spills over instead, flooding the Park and much of Strawberryland. The children are dismayed that the Pieman tricked them for his berry-stealing plot, and soon they harvest every bit of that supply over to him.

The group travels to the Pie Tin Palace on rafts made of flotsam. Landing upon a mud field, they find out from Lucky Bug that Apple Dumplin' ended up at the Palace; they now have no way to rescue her. Mr. Sun, the narrator of the story, grants Strawberry a wish. She wishes to defeat the Pieman, and a grove of marching trees help her accomplish this; their stomping causes the Palace to collapse. Afterward, Apple Dumplin' gives him a note demanding that he surrender and do good deeds; he reluctantly does so, giving the toddler and berries back to Strawberry and company. At the end of the special, Strawberry Shortcake offers him a chance to sell his pies at Strawberry Market, and become friends with her.

Cast

NameCharacterSource
Russi Taylor Strawberry Shortcake [2]
Robert Ridgely Peculiar Purple Pieman
Romeo Muller Mr. Sun / Narrator
Julie McWhirter Huckleberry Pie
Joan Gerber Blueberry Muffin / Apple Dumplin'
Pamela Anderson Raspberry Tart
Bob Holt Escargot

Production

Produced[8] and sponsored[2] by the Kenner toy company,[8] The World of Strawberry Shortcake was the first of six television specials to star the title character.[2] The franchise began in 1977, when American Greetings staff member Muriel Fahrion drew the first designs of Strawberry and her pet cat Custard.[11] In 1979, she appeared in greeting cards;[12] dolls, books and games soon followed.[13][14]

The special was made by Murakami-Wolf-Swenson,[1] which previously worked on The Point![15] and Frank Zappa's 200 Motels,[33][16] both from 1971;[15][16] RLR Associates of New York City was another production partner.[2][17] Animation work was also handled by Japan's Toei Doga.[1] At the time of production, the producers called it a "morality play for tots".[18] One of the crewmembers was Romeo Muller, writer for several Rankin/Bass television specials.[19] Muller served as writer, co-producer and lyricist of the Strawberry Shortcake special;[1] he also voiced Mr. Sun, the narrator.[2] After he proposed the idea to Kenner, the company and American Greetings agreed to do it.[7] According to Jack Chojnacki, co-president of Those Characters from Cleveland, a subsidiary of American Greetings,[20] the card manufacturer considered new additions to the script, and reminded the writer that every character should be marketable.[7] With those suggestions in mind, Muller came up with a villain called the Peculiar Purple Pieman.[7] The Toy Group division of General Mills, which owned Kenner at the time,[21] spent US$400,000 on the special.[7]

Release

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The first Strawberry Shortcake television special, which aired in 1980, revived a potent controversy that many people believed had been laid to rest. [The World of Strawberry Shortcake] was clearly as much a program-length commercial as the old Hot Wheels cartoon show had been. But the regulatory mood in Washington had changed, and the Strawberry Shortcake special opened the way for what sometimes appears to be the transformation of children's television into a promotional arm of the toy industry.


|source=David Owen, "The Man Who Invented Saturday Morning" (essay), 1986[22]
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Upon completion, Muller was satisfied with how The World of Strawberry Shortcake turned out.[7] Although he pointed out the lack of such influences in the special, he told The New York Times in April 1981: "I suppose the show is a commercial, in the largest sense of the word."[7] Some time after the title character's debut at the 1980 American International Toy Fair, major television networks in the U.S. were offered a chance to air the special.[8] They also deemed it an advertisement for the toy line, and rejected it.[8] On March 28, 1980,[10] the special debuted on independent stations[8] in over 90 U.S. cities;[2][10]{{#tag:ref|{{harvs|last=Woolery|year=1989|txt=yes}} gives a figure of "more than 95 markets".|group=nb}} it aired on WNEW (now WNYW) in the New York City market,[9] and on KTLA in Los Angeles.[2] Kenner launched a collection of dolls and toys based on the special, concurrently with the original broadcast.[9][18] This led John J. O'Connor of The New York Times to proclaim, "Onward and upward with the art of marketing!"[9]

In 1981, the Lexington Broadcast Services Company acquired syndication rights to The World of Strawberry Shortcake, along with its follow-up, Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple City.[3] By 1986, the Television Program Source took over the rights for the first special.[2] It was released on 16 mm film by the Coronet company[23] in 1982,[4] and on VHS and Beta in October 1985 by Family Home Entertainment.[5] A Region 1 DVD from Allumination FilmWorks, featuring this special and Big Apple City,[24] was released on March 6, 2007.[6] In Germany, the original special premiered on ZDF on April 4, 1983, as Emily im Erdbeerland.[25] A soundtrack album, with contributions by Flo & Eddie of The Turtles, was released by Kid Stuff Records the same year as the original airing.[19] The track list featured the "Strawberry Shortcake Theme", along with "Smile a Sunny Morning", "Sunflower Market", "Monster Trees" and "Berry Talk".[2]

Reception

The World of Strawberry Shortcake was reviewed twice by the School Library Journal. In the December 1983 issue, Margaret Bush said that the "Story, characters, dialogue and bits of stage business are busy, bright, contrived, and will appeal of young children."[23] She added, however, that "Some of the lyrics and dialogue are not easily understood{{spaced ndash}}it sounds as if adult voices may be attempting to simulate the voices of small children."[23] In 1987, Kathleen Pulcini of The Video Directory called it "Delightful fun for children."[26]

See also

  • List of 1980s Strawberry Shortcake specials

Notes

1. ^10 {{Cite episode |title=The World of Strawberry Shortcake |episodelink= |url= |series= |serieslink= |credits=Swenson, Charles (director); Muller, Romeo (writer) |network=Syndication |station= |city= |airdate=March 28, 1980 |began= |ended= |season= |seriesno= |number= |minutes= |transcript= |transcripturl= |quote=}}
2. ^10 11 12 13 {{cite book|last=Woolery|first=George W.|title=Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962–1987|chapter=The World of Strawberry Shortcake|pages=458–459|isbn=0-8108-2198-2|year=1989|publisher=Scarecrow Press|ref=harv}}
3. ^{{cite journal|work=Television/Radio Age|volume=29|page=N/A|year=1981|publisher=Television Editorial Corp.|quote=Lexington Broadcast Services is offering two half-hour animated children's specials: Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple City, for which stations will receive compensation; and The Wonderful World of Strawberry Shortcake, on a barter basis}}
4. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aVzpAAAAMAAJ&q=%22World+of+Strawberry+Shortcake%22&dq=%22World+of+Strawberry+Shortcake%22&hl=en|editor-last=Orlin|editor-first=Lesley E.|title=Media Review Digest|volume=14|page=283|isbn=0-87650-198-6|year=1984|accessdate=September 6, 2010|publisher=Pierian Press}}
5. ^{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KSQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT26&dq=Strawberry+Shortcake&hl=en|title=Retailing: New Releases|date=October 12, 1985|accessdate=September 4, 2010|work=Billboard|publisher=VNU/Nielsen Business Media|volume=97|number=41|page=24}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/27042/strawberry-shortcake-the-world-of-strawberry-shortcake-strawberry-shortcake-in-big-apple-city/|last=Mavis|first=Paul|title=DVD Video Reviews - Strawberry Shortcake: The World of Strawberry Shortcake & Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple City|date=March 16, 2007|accessdate=September 6, 2010|publisher=DVD Talk}}
7. ^{{cite news|url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20F14FE3A5D0C768CDDAD0894D9484D81|last=Salmans|first=Sandra|title=When Merchandisers Guide the Animator's Hand|date=April 5, 2010|accessdate=September 17, 2010|subscription=yes |work=The New York Times|publisher=The New York Times Company|page=27 (Section 2)}}
8. ^{{cite book|last=Engelhardt|first=Tom|editor1-last=Gitlin|editor1-first=Todd|title=Watching Television: A Pantheon Guide to Popular Culture|chapter=Children's Television: The Shortcake Strategy|pages=72–73|isbn=0-394-74651-1|year=1986|publisher=Pantheon Books (Random House)}}
9. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1980/03/28/archives/tv-weekend-nuclear-power-debate-friday-sunday.html|last=O'Connor|first=John J.|title=TV Weekend Nuclear Power Debate; Friday/Sunday|date=March 28, 1980|accessdate=September 3, 2010|subscription=yes |work=The New York Times|publisher=The New York Times Company|page=C34|quote=Also of interest: (Friday) 'The World of Strawberry Shortcake' (WNEW, Channel 5, 8 P.M.). This animated special, it is emphasized, was designed for tots.}}
10. ^{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HMIqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=x2cEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4398,4382874&dq=world-of-strawberry-shortcake&hl=en|author=United Press International (UPI)|title=Shortcake Program|date=March 23, 1980|accessdate=September 4, 2010|work=Sarasota Herald-Tribune|page=19-H}}
11. ^{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/1386286081.html?dids=1386286081:1386286081&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Nov+16%2C+2007&author=JUDY+SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH&pub=Jerusalem+Post&desc=Vacuous+like+cotton+candy&pqatl=google|last=Siegel-Itzkovich|first=Judy|title=Vacuous like cotton candy|date=November 16, 2007|accessdate=September 6, 2010|registration=yes|work=Jerusalem Post|page=38}}
12. ^{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=e28aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5CkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4575,127287&dq=strawberry-shortcake+tv&hl=en|last=Pauly|first=Helen|title=Strawberry sells like hotcakes|date=February 1, 1983|accessdate=September 6, 2010|work=The Milwaukee Journal|publisher=Journal Communications|page=17}}
13. ^{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zBgeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BGAEAAAAIBAJ&dq=jack-chojnacki&pg=6747%2C130245|last=Lowry|first=Patricia|title=For Fun and Profit: Companies discover there's big money in leasing the rights to a name and image|date=March 1, 1983|accessdate=September 6, 2010|work=The Pittsburgh Press|page=A-14}}
14. ^{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RVcNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2W4DAAAAIBAJ&dq=strawberry-shortcake%20tv&pg=3154%2C7102375|last=Zellner|first=Wendy|title=Toycoon: Care Bear, Strawberry Shortcake creator hoping for new trivia hit|date=November 26, 1985|accessdate=September 6, 2010|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|pages=13–14}}
15. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z4EYAAAAIAAJ&q=%22World+of+Strawberry+Shortcake%22&dq=%22World+of+Strawberry+Shortcake%22&hl=en|last=Slide|first=Anthony|title=The Television Industry: A Historical Dictionary|chapter=Murakami-Wolf-Swenson|page=181|isbn=0-313-25634-9|year=1991|accessdate=September 10, 2010|publisher=Greenwood Press}}
16. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a9UHAQAAMAAJ&q=%22200+motels%22+-+Swenson&dq=%22200+motels%22+-+Swenson&hl=en|last=Gray|first=Michael|title=The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia|page=640|isbn=0-8264-6933-7|year=2006|accessdate=September 10, 2010|publisher=Continuum|quote=200 Motels, dir. Tony Palmer & Charles Swenson, Bizarre/Murakami-Wolf, [U.S.], 1971.}}
17. ^{{cite book|last=Lenburg|first=Jeff|title=Who's Who in Animated Cartoons|page=359|isbn=1-55783-671-X|year=2006|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation}}
18. ^{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=J84nAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KVoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5882,3823700&dq=world-of-strawberry-shortcake&hl=en|last=Bowden|first=Robert|title=J.R. Ewing shooting was shrewd corporate move|date=March 28, 1980|accessdate=September 4, 2010|work=St. Petersburg Times|page=18D}}
19. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o4wRvuoA0QYC&pg=PA80&dq=World+of+Strawberry+Shortcake&hl=en|last=Kuvo|first=Kelly|editor1-last=Cooper|editor1-first=Kim|editor2-last=Smay|editor2-first=David|title=Lost in the Grooves: Scram's Capricious Guide to the Music You Missed|chapter=Flo & Eddie: The World of Strawberry Shortcake|pages=79–80|isbn=0-415-96998-0|year=2005|accessdate=September 4, 2010|publisher=Psychology Press}}
20. ^{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DN&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI%7CDN&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB294D2283BB84A&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|last=DeWolf|first=Rose|title=Out to launch: Is there shelf life after Holly Hobbie? You bet|date=October 12, 1982|accessdate=September 17, 2010|registration=yes|work=Philadelphia Daily News|page=33 (FEATURES)|quote=Jack Chojnacki, copresident of Those Characters from Cleveland, a subsidiary of American Greetings set up just to handle licensing, told a recent meeting...}}
21. ^{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=p7csAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WhMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7041,3512277&dq=jack-chojnacki&hl=en|last=Salmans|first=Sandra|agency=N.Y. Times News Service|title=Strawberry Shortcake sweetens greeting card sales|date=February 15, 1981|accessdate=September 6, 2010|work=Star-News|page=11C}}
22. ^{{cite book|last=Owen|first=David|authorlink=David Owen (author)|title=The Man Who Invented Saturday Morning—and Other Adventures in American Enterprise|chapter=The Man Who Invented Saturday Morning|page=179|isbn=0-394-56810-9|year=1988|format=Essay|publisher=Villard Books (Random House)}}
23. ^{{cite journal|last=Bush|first=Margaret|title=The World of Strawberry Shortcake|date=December 1983|work=School Library Journal|publisher=Reed Business Information|volume=30|number=4|pages=41–42}}
24. ^{{cite journal|last=Martindale|first=Kirsten|title=Strawberry Shortcake: The World of Strawberry Shortcake & Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple City|date=August 2007|work=School Library Journal|publisher=Reed Business Information|volume=53|number=8|pages=54–55}}
25. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.fernsehserien.de/index.php?serie=1916&seite=12|title=Emily Erdbeer: Episodenführer der TV-Serie|language=German|accessdate=October 31, 2010|publisher=imfernsehen GmbH & Co. KG}}
26. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ynEe9_R7N60C&q=%22World+of+Strawberry+Shortcake%22&dq=%22World+of+Strawberry+Shortcake%22&hl=en|last=Pulcini|first=Kathleen|title=The Video Directory|chapter=World of Strawberry Shortcake|page=44|isbn=0-681-57269-8|year=1987|accessdate=September 6, 2010|publisher=Pendragon}}

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