| The Raccoons and the Lost Star | |
|---|---|
 Title card | |
| Genre | Animation Family |
| Written by | Kevin Gillis Juliet Law Packer |
| Directed by | Kevin Gillis |
| Starring | John Schneider Dottie West Len Carlson Michael Magee Bob Dermer Fred Little Nick Nichols Sharon Lewis Hadley Kay Tammy Bourne Kevin Gillis |
| Narrated by | Rich Little |
| Country of origin | Canada United States United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Sheldon S. Wiseman |
| Producer | Kevin Gillis |
| Cinematography | Kevin Gillis Jon Stroll |
| Editors | John Harris Norman LeBlanc Gerald Tripp |
| Running time | 49 minutes |
| Production companies | Gillis-Wiseman Productions Atkinson Film-Arts |
| Original release | |
| Release | 13 December 1983 |
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The Raccoons and the Lost Star is the third of four animated television specials leading up to the animated television series The Raccoons and debuted on 13 December 1983.[1] It came after the first two Raccoons seasonal specials, which were The Christmas Raccoons (1980) and The Raccoons on Ice (1981).[2] There are some thematic elements that did not exist in the first two specials, such as the Raccoons' world being separate from that of the humans, but it is the first one to develop the look and feel of the series. In the United States, where The Raccoons specials were in the top 10 in Nielsen ratings, The Raccoons and the Lost Star was the number one children's two-part special in syndication at the time.[3] The special was remastered in 2023 for streaming, though with anything to do with John Schneider altered or edited out. It is available on the Roku Channel.[citation needed]
- ^ Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. pp. 323–325. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 312–313. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "Raccoons Land A Disney Series". Google News. Montreal Gazette. 8 December 1984. Retrieved 29 December 2010.