Clifford's Puppy Days

Clifford's Puppy Days
A smiling red puppy, Clifford, sits above a rectangle containing the name of the series in stylized text.
GenreChildren's
Created byNorman Bridwell (characters)
Based on
Clifford the Big Red Dog
by
  • Norman Bridwell
Directed byBob Doucette (Season 1)
Joey Ahlbum (Season 2)
Voices ofLara Jill Miller
Grey DeLisle
Cam Clarke
Kath Soucie
Masiela Lusha
Orlando Brown
LaTonya Holmes
Ogie Banks
Jess Harnell
Lauren Tom
Henry Winkler
Candi Milo
Theme music composerJared Faber
Emily Kapnek[1]
Opening theme"Love Makes Little Things Grow" performed by Freedom Bremner
Ending theme"Love Makes Little Things Grow" (Instrumental)
ComposerJared Faber[1]
Country of originUnited States
United Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes39 (78 segments)
Production
Running time25 minutes
Production companiesScholastic Entertainment
Mike Young Productions (Season 1 only)
Animation services:
Sunwoo Entertainment (Season 1 only)
Yeson Animation Studios
Original release
NetworkPBS Kids
ReleaseSeptember 1, 2003 (2003-09-01) –
February 25, 2006 (2006-02-25)
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Clifford's Puppy Days is an animated children's television series that originally aired on PBS Kids from September 1, 2003[2] to February 25, 2006.[3] The prequel to the 2000–2003 series Clifford the Big Red Dog, it features the adventures of Clifford during his puppy days before he became a big red dog and before moving to Birdwell Island.[4]

The series ended in February 2006 after two seasons and 39 episodes. Since then, occasional reruns continued to air, typically on holidays until April 2022.

In the United Kingdom, the series aired on CBeebies until early 2011 and like the original series, the prequel was dubbed with British voice actors, replacing the original American soundtrack.

The show featured Henry Winkler as the voice of Norville. For his role as Norville, Winkler was nominated for 2 Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program for his work on the series, one of which he won in 2005.[5]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference PBSKThemeSong was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Award-Winning PBS KIDS® Launches New Programming This Fall 2003". Public Broadcasting Service. July 12, 2003. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "Clifford's Puppy Days Volume 3". Amazon.com. Archived from the original on February 18, 2017. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
  4. ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 203–204. ISBN 978-1476665993.
  5. ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 128–129. ISBN 978-1538103739.