Rolie Polie Olie

*Rolie Polie Olie*
Rolie Polie Olie
Also known as	William Joyce's Rolie Polie Olie
Genre	Comic science fiction; Science fantasy; Retrofuturism
Created by	William Joyce
Written by	Nadine van der Velde; Scott Kraft; Carol Commiss; Melissa Clark; Ben Joseph;
Directed by	Ron Pitts; Bill Giggie; Mike Fallows;
Voices of	Kristen Bone; Cole Caplan; Joshua Tucci; Kristopher Clarke; Catherine Disher; Adrian Truss; Len Carlson; Robert Smith;
Theme music composer	Brent Barkman; Pete Coulman;
Opening theme	"He's Rolie Polie Olie" by Brent Barkman and Pete Coulman
Ending theme	"He's Rolie Polie Olie" (instrumental)
Composers	Brent Barkman; Pete Coulman; Tim Thorney; Tom Thorney; Carl Lenox; Eric Schenkman (season 6);
Country of origin	France; Canada
Original languages	English; French
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	78 (231 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	William Joyce; Michael Hirsh; Patrick Loubert (seasons 1–5); Fabrice Giger (seasons 1–5); Clive A. Smith (seasons 1–5); Corinne Kouper (season 6);
Producers	Corinne Kouper (seasons 1–5); Pamela Slavin (season 1); Pamela Lehn (seasons 2–5); Susie Grondin (season 6);
Running time	24 minutes (8 minutes for each individual episode)
Production companies	Nelvana; Métal Hurlant Productions (seasons 1–5); Sparx* (seasons 1–5); Sparkling* Animation (season 6)
Original release
Network	CBC Television (Canada); La Cinquième/France 5 (France)
Release	October 4, 1998 –; April 28, 2004
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Rolie Polie Olie is an animated television series created by William Joyce, and is produced by Nelvana in co-production with French broadcaster La Cinquième/France 5. It was produced in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Disney Channel/Playhouse Disney in the United States. The show focuses on a robot boy and his family who are composed of several spheres and other three-dimensional geometric shapes.^[2] The show was one of the earliest series that was fully animated in CGI. The series was broadcast from October 4, 1998, to April 28, 2004, and was followed with two straight-to-video films titled The Great Defender of Fun and The Baby Bot Chase, in 2002 and 2003 respectively.

Rolie Polie Olie won a Gemini Award in Canada for "Best Animated Program" in 1999.^[3] The show also won a Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Special Class Animated Program" in 2000 and 2005.^[4] William Joyce won a 1999 Daytime Emmy for Best Production Design for this series.^[4] The show has a vintage atmosphere, with futuristic elements and it is speculated that it may be set in the 1950s, while being influenced by 1930s rubber hose cartoons like Fleischer Studios.^[5]

^ "Animation World Magazine, "Tooning in the 1998 Fall Season"". Archived from the original on 2011-08-11. Retrieved 2015-08-19.
^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 517. ISBN 978-1538103739.
^ Playback Staff (15 November 1999). "1999 Gemini winners". Playback. Archived from the original on 27 April 2024. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Emmy Awards". D23. Archived from the original on 6 December 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 687. ISBN 978-1476665993.

[1] "Animation World Magazine, "Tooning in the 1998 Fall Season"". Archived from the original on 2011-08-11. Retrieved 2015-08-19.

[2] Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 517. ISBN 978-1538103739.

[3] Playback Staff (15 November 1999). "1999 Gemini winners". Playback. Archived from the original on 27 April 2024. Retrieved 27 April 2024.

[D23Emmy-4] "Emmy Awards". D23. Archived from the original on 6 December 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2024.

[5] Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 687. ISBN 978-1476665993.

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