Cro 2749396 221506696 2008-06-24T20:22:39Z Beardo 47558 Cro (character) now redirects here {{otheruses4|the television series||CRO}} {{infobox Television | show_name = Cro | image = | caption = | format = [[Animated series]], [[Educational]] | runtime = Approx. 23 mins. | rating = {{TV-Y}} | creator = | starring = [[Max Casella]]<br />[[Jim Cummings]]<br />[[Charles Adler (voice actor)|Charles Adler]]<br />[[Ruth Buzzi]]<br />[[Candi Milo]] | country = {{USA}} | network = [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] and [[Noggin (TV channel)|Noggin]] | first_aired = [[September 18]], [[1993]] | last_aired = [[October 22]], [[1994]] | num_episodes = 20 | list_episodes = List of Cro episodes | imdb_id = 0252130 | tv_com_id = 7022 }} '''''Cro''''' is a [[U.S.]] animated television series produced by the [[Children's Television Workshop]] and [[Film Roman]]. It debuted on [[September 18]], [[1993 in television|1993]] as part of the Saturday morning line-up for [[Autumn|fall]] 1993 on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]. '''''Cro''''' did not do well with the viewers. The show had an [[education]] theme in accordance with [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]-mandated educational/instructional requirements. The last new episode aired on [[October 22]], [[1994]]. The show was released on video (VHS) in a total of nine [[#Videos|volumes]]. ==Premise== Dr. C and Mike travel to the Arctic to study frozen artifacts, and find a frozen woolly mammoth. They thaw it out, and are shocked to find that it can speak. Whenever a situation involves physics principles, the mammoth, Phil, remembers when a similar situation occurred long ago in [[Woollyville]] with his fellow mammoths and his human friends. ==Characters== *'''[[Max Casella]] as Cro:''' Cro was a fully-[[evolution|evolved]] 11-year-old [[Cro-Magnon]] boy. Cro lives with the Neanderthals and is the smarter one which was the reason most of the characters hated him. *'''[[Jim Cummings]] as Ogg:''' The big show-off of the Neanderthals, Ogg was the leader and bossed everyone around. He gets into arguments with Nandy and once forced Bobb out of the tribe, causing everyone to leave Ogg all alone (with the exception of Gogg<ref>'''Gogg''': Hey, I no come like everyone else because I think Ogg lonely. ''[takes a handful of mung from the pile]'' Me just want more mung!" - In ''Things That Eat Mung in the Night''</ref>, the others came back to him because they thought he felt lonely). Ogg's [[phrase]]s include: "In cases like this, only one thing to say: <something>" and "We gonna die," which is often used by other Neanderthals; Gogg said it once and Nandy said it too, but Ogg told her that it was his line. According to "Play It Again, Cro...Not!" Ogg claims to have a brilliant singing voice<ref>'''Ogg''': "Ogg got golden voice!" - In ''Play It Again, Cro...Not!''</ref> *'''[[Frank Welker]] as Gogg:''' Gogg is the sensitive one in the tribe. He sticks up for Bobb and mostly translates for him, even though Nandy and Ogg do occasionally. It was disclosed in "Play It Again, Cro...Not!" that Gogg could play his armpit<ref>'''Gogg''': "Gogg play one mean armpit!" - In ''Play It Again, Cro...Not!''</ref> which Phil decided to use for his band's wind section.<ref>'''Phil''': "Not bad. Sort of a primative bagpipe. It will fill my wind section perfectly!" - In ''Play It Again, Cro...Not!''</ref> *'''Frank Welker as Bobb:''' Bobb is the Neanderthal on the lowest rank in the evolutionary scale, meaning he is still an [[ape]]-like creature. He does not speak like the rest of the Neanderthals, but makes [[monkey]]-like noises and either Gogg or Nandy translate for him. When Bobb was younger, he was in a different tribe made up of apes that looked like him. The tribe took a nap and Bobb woke up to find the whole tribe had vanished without a trace, creating a fear of lonliness. In "Play It Again, Cro...Not!" Bobb is revealed to be a master nose flute player, which impresses everyone. *'''[[Candi Milo]] as Nandy:''' Nandy is noted for her [[urban legend]]s. Some of her legends include the legend of "Big Thing" and a monster called "Big Skinny Thing with Many, Many Legs." She gets into arguments with Ogg and usually wins; in fact, Nandy thinks Ogg is a big [[wikt:coward|weenie]]. She is very overprotective of Cro and motherly around everyone else. As revealed in "Play It Again, Cro...Not!" she is a master precussionist.<ref>'''Nandy''': "Nandy great at precussion!" - In ''Play It Again, Cro...Not!''</ref> *'''Jim Cummings as Phil:''' This is the character that tells the stories in every episode. During the end of the [[Ice Age]], Phil fell into a [[glacier]] and got thawed out by Mike and Dr. C 45,000 years later. Even though Phil is smart, he is a little goofy. Phil has red fur and orange flesh. He is friends with Cro and loyal to the mammoths, too. *'''[[April Winchell]] as Ivanna:''' Ivanna, a [[southern belle]] mammoth with yellow fur and brown skin with a [[mole (skin marking)|mole]], is Phil's love life. She is the second oldest female mammoth in the herd next to Esmeralda. She usually uses Phil for her experiments. *'''[[Tress MacNeille]] as Pakka''' Pakka has light orange fur with yellow skin. She is also Cro's friend. She and Cro met when Cro came down from the waterfall after defeating Selene with his [[lever]]. When Ogg kicked Cro out of the tribe due to the lever, Cro disguised himself as a mammoth in order to blend in, but he came back to the Neanderthals. She is the third oldest female mammoth next to Ivanna and Esmeralda. She sometimes tells Cro interesting facts about mammoths. *'''[[Charles Adler (voice actor)|Charles Adler]] as Steamer:''' Steamer is the youngest mammoth in the herd. He has maroon fur and light purple skin. He is always getting into mischief. He is the most hyperactive mammoth in the herd, which gets him into and trouble and sometimes out. *'''Tress MacNeille as Esmeralda''' Esmeralda has light yellow fur, skin colored an odd gray, and is the [[wikt:matriarch|matriarch]] of the herd. She is the oldest female in the herd. She makes sure that everything goes to order and that those who have wronged the mammoth society be punished. She doesn't mind the Neanderthals...much. *'''Frank Welker as Earle:''' Earle has gray fur with dark gray-blue skin with a bold spot. Both Earle and Mojo hate humans and are quite [[conservatism|conservative]]. *'''Charles Adler as Mojo:''' Mojo is Earle's younger brother; he has gray fur with light gray skin. Both Earle and Mojo hate humans and are quite [[conservatism|conservative]]. *'''Frank Welker as Big Red:''' Big Red is the leader of the menacing pack of the bumbling dire wolves. He uses threats to scare his minions into doing a good job, like in ''Things That Eat Mung in the Night'', where he said he would gnaw on one of them should they fail.<ref>'''Big Red''': "I have decided to accompany you flea biters this time in order to prevent further failure. If we do not succeed on our mission tonight, I will be forced to ''gnaw'' on one of youse." - In ''Things That Eat Mung in the Night''</ref> The wolves are one of two [[antagonist]]s on the show. *'''Jim Cummings as Murray:''' The minions of Big Red. Because he threatens them, the wolves fear him. Murray thinks stupid things, which Big Red doesn't like, as shown in ''Things That Eat Mung in the Night.''<ref>'''Murray''': "But it is very, very chilly out there in the cold, cold snow, boss. Perhaps we'd better wait 'til the mornin'?" '''Big Red''': ''[growls]'' "Are you thinking again, Murray?" '''Murray''': "Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, boss. See, I just thought that- Whoop!" ''[yelps as he is kicked out of the cave]'' "We was just leavin', Big Red." - In ''Things That Eat Mung in the Night''</ref> *'''Tress MacNeille as Selene:''' Selene is a purple, yellow-eyed sabor-toothed tiger and has sort of a seductive personality. She is the other antagonist on the show. *'''[[Ruth Buzzi]] as Dr. Cecilia:''' She and Mike thawed out Phil, so he tells them his stories. She speaks with a distinct [[Hispanic]] accent and speaks a few Spanish words in some episodes. *'''[[Jussie Smollett]] as Mike:''' Mike has big glasses. He likes to play basketball and lives with Dr. C for reasons not specified. He and Dr. C were the two people that thawed out Phil and therefore, he tells them his stories. *'''[[Cree Summer]] as Sooli:''' Sooli got separated from her tribe and Cro and Pakka help her find her favorite horse. Sooli only appeared in one episode. She was of [[Black (people)|black]] descent. ==Episodes== ===Season 1 (September 1993 to December 1993)=== :1. Just A Stone's Throw Away (Airdate: [[September 18]] [[1993]]) :2. No Time for Steamer (Airdate: [[September 25]] [[1993]]) :3. Destroy All Buckies (Airdate: [[October 2]] [[1993]]) :4. It's Snow Problem (Airdate: [[October 9]] [[1993]]) :5. Let Me Help (Airdate: [[October 16]] [[1993]]) :6. The Legend of Big Thing (Airdate: [[October 23]] [[1993]]) :7. Laugh Mammoth, Laugh (Airdate: [[October 30]] [[1993]]) :8. Pakka's Cool Invention (Airdate: [[November 6]] [[1993]]) :9. Here's Looking At You, Cro (Airdate: [[November 13]] [[1993]]) :10. No Way Up (Airdate: [[November 20]] [[1993]]) :11. Adventures in Miscommunications (Airdate: [[November 27]] [[1993]]) :12. Escape from Mung Island (Airdate: [[December 4]] [[1993]]) :13. Pulley for You (Airdate: [[December 11]] [[1993]]) :14. Things That Eat Mung in the Night (Airdate: [[December 17]] [[1993]]) ===Season 2 (September 1994 to October 1994)=== :15. Meal Like A Pig (Airdate: [[September 17]] [[1994]]) :16. What's That Smell (Airdate: [[September 24]] [[1994]]) :17. Play It Again, Cro...Not! (Airdate: [[October 1]] [[1994]]) :18. Lever in a Million Years (Airdate: [[October 8]] [[1994]]) :19. Turn Up the Heat (Airdate: [[October 15]] [[1994]]) :20. They Move Mammoths, Don't They? (Airdate: [[October 22]] [[1994]]) ==Videos== The videos that were released by [[Republic Entertainment, Incorporated|Republic Home Video]] in the [[United States]] are: :*'''Have Mammoths, Will Travel''' ::Episodes: "No Way Up" and "Escape From Mung Island" :*'''Adventures in Woollyville''' ::Episodes: "Pulley To You" and "A Bridge Too Short" :*'''It's A Woolly, Woolly World''' ::Episodes: "Lever in a Million Years" and "Play It Again, Cro...NOT!" ==Crew== *'''Executive Producers: [[Franklin Getchell]], [[Majorie Kalins]], [[Phil Roman]]''' *'''Producer: [[Bob Richardson]]''' *'''Story Editor and Voice Director: [[Mark Zaslove]]''' *'''Coordinating Producer: [[Catherine Mullally]]''' *'''Executive in Charge of Production: [[Bill Schultz]]''' *'''Studio Production Manager: [[Anne Luiting]]''' *'''Executive Editor: [[Edward G. Atkins]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]]''' *'''Research Director: [[Susan L. Mendelsohn]], Ph. D''' *'''Supervising Director: [[Dave Brain]]''' *'''Overseas Supervising Director: [[James Miko]]''' *'''Directors: [[James West (director)|James West]], [[Milt Gray]], [[Kyle James]], [[Swinton Scott]], [[Bob Nelsler]]''' *'''Music and Main Title Theme by [[Stacy Widelitz]]''' *'''Starring: [[Max Casella]] as [[Cro (character)|Cro]], [[Charles Adler (voice actor)|Charlie Adler]], [[Ruth Buzzi]], [[Jim Cummings]], [[Tress MacNeille]], [[Candi Milo]], [[Laurie O'Brien]], [[April Winchell]], [[Jane Singer]], [[Jussie Smollett]], [[Frank Welker]]''' *'''Art Director: [[Brad Landreth]]''' *'''Key Backgrounds: [[Mike Humphries]]''' *'''Key Layouts: [[Peter DeLuca]]''' *'''Additional Backgrounds: [[Bari Greenberg]]''' *'''Models: [[Peter DeLuca]], [[Bill Riling]] *'''Color Design: [[Libby Reed]]''' *'''Storyboards: [[Jim Schumann]], [[Brian Hogan]], [[Gary Graham (artist)|Gary Graham]], [[Steve Lyons]], [[Brad Landreth]], [[Gary Hoffman]], [[Bob Boyle]], [[Alberto Demello]], [[Dave Rodriguez]], [[Kevin O'Brien (artist)|Kevin O'Brien]], [[Martin Archer]], [[Scott Shaw (artist)|Scott Shaw!]]''' *'''Picture Editors: [[Don Barrozo]], [[Lee Harting]]''' *'''Post Production Sound Services: [[Advantage Audio, Inc.]]''' *'''Dialogue Editor: [[Melissa Gentry-Ellis]]''' *'''Music Editing: [[Marc Perlman]]''' *'''Sound Effects Editing and Re-Recording Mixers: [[Bill Koepnick]], [[M.P.S.E.]] and [[Jim Hodson]], [[Casting Society of America|C.S.A.]]''' *'''Additional Effects: [[Robert Duran]]''' *'''Voice Recording: [[Screen Music Studios]]''' *'''Video Production by: [[Unitel Video]]''' *'''Animation Production by [[Sunwoo Animation Co., Inc.]] and [[Anivision America]]''' *'''Main Title Vocals by [[Bill Trudel]] and [[Josef Powell]]''' *'''Production Manager: [[John Cawley]]''' *'''Post Production Manager: [[Barbara Beck]]''' *'''Post Production Supervisor: [[Dennis Graham]]''' *'''Based on the Original Idea in the Book ''[[The Way Things Work]]'' by [[David Macaulay]]''' *'''Developed for Television by [[Mark Zaslove]]''' *'''Advisory Board: [[Daniel Davis (scientist)|Daniel Davis]], PhD; [[Ted Lucas]], PhD; [[Gerald Lesser]], PhD; [[Cary Lu]], PhD; [[Shirley Malcom]], PhD; [[Leona Schauble]], PhD; [[Angel Rivera]]; [[Ralph Smallberg]]; [[Benjamin Shen]], PhD; [[Gerry Wheelter]], PhD; [[Melissa Franklin]], PhD''' *'''Partial Funding by the [[National Science Foundation]]''' *'''A [[Film Roman]] Production''' *'''© 1993-4 [[Children's Television Workshop]]. [[Cro (character)|Cro]] and the logo are registered trademarks of The Children's Television Workshop. 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