Crashbox | |
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Genre | Science fiction Variety |
Created by | Eamon Harrington John Watkin |
Directed by | Dave Thomas |
Voices of | Maggie Baird Veena Bidasha S. Scott Bullock Greg Eagles Arif S. Kinchen Peter Lurie Dawn Maxey Edie McClurg Michael McShane Ritchie Montgomery Alan Schlaifer John Watkin Mari Weiss Danny Wells |
Composer(s) | Matthew Morse |
Country of origin | Canada United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 52 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Adam Shaheen Eamon Harrington John Watkin |
Producer(s) | Eamon Harrington John Watkin |
Camera setup | Single Camera |
Running time | 25 minutes |
Production company(s) | Planet Grande Pictures Cuppa Coffee Animation HBO |
Release | |
Original network | HBO Family |
Picture format | 480i (4:3SDTV) |
Original release | February 1, 1999 – April 1, 2000 |
Crashbox is a Canadian-Americaneducationalchildren's television show that airs on the HBO Familydigitalcabletelevision channel in the United States and Asia and ran from 1999 to 2000. It aims to educate grade-school children in history, math, vocabulary, and other various subjects.
Speaking of that, the design style was made by Cuppa Coffee Studios, the studio who made HBO Family: 411 and Crashbox. Crashbox Online Games. Online games that were based on the show, Crashbox. They were first available on HBO4Kids.com (then HBOMagnet.com, and later, HBOFamily.com). There were 2 games, based on the segments/games on the show. Captain Bones: The skeleton pirate Captain Bones uses his bones to make puzzles to save him 'from going stark ravin' mad.' Many puzzles consist of incorrect math problems that need to be solved (e.g. 1 + 1 = 3 changes to 1 + 1 = 2 by moving one bone on the 3) or puzzles that need to be arranged to make another image (e.g. 5 squares need to be changed to 4 squares). An outrageously insane new game show that kids can play with their TVs, Crashbox serves up a mind-scrambling menu of brain teasers and puzzles, presented by a truly nutty band of crazy, comical characters! Crashbox is a game show-esque animated series produced by Cuppa Coffee Studios and Planet Grande Pictures. The series began on February 1, 1999, and ran to April 1, 2000. In 2001, the series was a main part of the Magnet tween block, until it's closure in 2005, then it moved to Jam, where it. Crashbox - The Party Game is an upcoming party game similar to The Jackbox Party Pack game series, which is in fact developed by Jackbox Games, as well as Anteatin' Interactive. It will be released on September 19th, 2022 for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch, and PC. 1 Synopsis 1.1 TV Show 1.2 Game 2 Main Menu 2.1 C 2.2 Rankings 2.2.1 Singleplayer 2.2.2 Multiplayer 2.3 A 2.4.
Crashbox was one of the cornerstone programs for the relaunch of the HBO Family channel in February 1999. [1][2] Although it's never been released for VHS or DVD, it's still in reruns on HBO Family.
Creation team[edit]
Crashbox was created by Planet Grande Pictures (consisting of Eamon Harrington and John Watkin) and is animated by Cuppa Coffee Studios, headed by Adam Shaheen. Planet Grande Pictures engaged award-winning Cuppa Coffee Studios 7 months to complete 13 hours of programming.[3]
Plot[edit]
The show takes place in the insides of a game computer where green game cartridges (which are sculpted out of clay) are created and loaded by rusty robots. The format of each episode is The Electric Company-esque. Each half-hour episode consists of at least seven 2-to-5-minute educational games.
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Games[edit]
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The following games appear in this show in an alphabetical order:
- Captain Bones - A pirate skeleton named Captain Bones (voiced by S. Scott Bullock) has the viewers solve math problems and other types of puzzles by having his bones form the numbers or objects and having the viewers move one of his bones to pull it off.
- Dirty Pictures - In a museum that is closed for cleaning, a maid dusts off a picture with the elderly security guard holding up cards that give the hints of the person in the picture. This is a non-speaking segment.
- Distraction News - A cardboard cutout newswoman named Dora Smarmy (voiced by Mari Weiss) tells the viewers about certain things as the viewers watch to learn about them while not getting distracted of the things that appear during the broadcast.
- Ear We Are - A right ear (voiced by John Watkin) and a left ear (voiced by Alan Schlaifer) help viewers identify different sounds to let people know where they are.
- Eddie Bull - Eddie Bull (voiced by Ritchie Montgomery) gives viewers three hints at what animal at the Walla Walla Washington Zoo ate him. Once the animal is identified, Eddie is regurgitated.
- Haunted House Party - A haunted house is the setting of a house party hosted by an unseen Horrid One (voiced by John Watkin) that ghosts attend as the viewer must identify the historical 'ghost of honor' by listening to clues about them. When all the clues have been said, the Horrid One recaps them to the viewers before the historical figure is revealed in cardboard cutout form.
- Lens McCracken - An ace photo snoop named Lens McCracken (voiced by S. Scott Bullock) develops pictures from a case he is working on in a puzzled way that the viewers must solve which would also be solved by his dark room's computer called the Solutionator.
- Mug Shots - Detective Verity (voiced by Maggie Baird) has the viewers look at the interrogated testimony from the photographed suspects of a crime where they must find out who is telling the truth and which of the other three are lying as they each state where they were when the crime was happening. Each of the suspects are shown in live action. When the innocent one is identified, Verity arranges for the guilty party to be locked up.
- Paige and Sage - An unseen valley girl (voiced by Dawn Maxey) walks the viewers through the pictures of identical Barbie doll twins Paige and Sage where they must spot the differences in the pictures.
- Poop or Scoop - The game's announcer (voiced by Danny Wells) gives facts about animals where they must guess if they are true or false.
- Psycho Math - Professor Rocket (voiced by Arif S. Kinchen) gives the viewers long math problems for them to solve with countable pictures.
- Radio Scramble - An anthropomorphic microphone named DJ Jumpin' Johnny Jumble (voiced by Peter Lurie impersonating Wolfman Jack) has the viewers unscramble a word that is the title of the song that he plays at the KBOX radio station. He will sometimes also deliver traffic, sports, or weather reports.
- Revolting Slob - A puppet sketch where a polite female narrator (voiced by Edie McClurg) uses the Revolting Slob (performed by Tom Vandenberg and Johan Vandergun, voiced by Michael McShane) where she gives a three-choice answer to a question that describes what the Revolting Slob is doing. The sketch ends with the other word of the final question having the Revolting Slob explode with the female narrator stating that 'No slobs were harmed in the making of this show.'
- Riddle Snake - An unseen raj (voiced by Veena Bidasha) reads the riddles from the Riddle Snake that the viewers must solve.
- Sketch Pad - A beatnik (voiced by Greg Eagles) draws pictures of some things happening in a riddle-like scenario, as the viewers must solve the reason why these specific things are happening.
- Ten Seconds - The game's announcer (voiced by Alan Schlaifer) gives the viewers 10 seconds to solve each of four or five rebus puzzles and guess the answer.
- Think Tank - Inside a fish tank, a Jamaican submarine captain named Captain Bob (voiced by Greg Eagles) has the viewers figure out what each of the three things that appear has in common.
- Wordshake - A live-action American-French cook named Chef Wordshake (voiced by John Watkin) in a black-and-white movie setting cooks up two words that can be used by the viewers to form one word like the words 'drag' and 'in' to form 'dragon' and the words 'disturb' and 'honey' to make 'the Easter Bunny.' The sketch usually ends with the kitchen exploding with flour.
Near the end of each episode, the robots recap and review most of the games to the viewers in a 'Crashbox Rewind'. The credits then roll.
Episodes[edit]
Season 1[edit]
Title | Airdate | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 | Game 8 |
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'Episode 1' | February 1, 1999 | Distraction News | Sketch Pad | Psycho Math | Ear We Are | Haunted House Party | Eddie Bull | Ten Seconds | Riddle Snake |
'Episode 2' | February 2, 1999 | Radio Scramble | Captain Bones | Poop or Scoop | Ten Seconds | Haunted House Party | Revolting Slob | Wordshake | |
'Episode 3' | February 3, 1999 | Mug Shots | Distraction News | Psycho Math | Ear We Are | Paige and Sage | Eddie Bull | Ten Seconds | Riddle Snake |
'Episode 4' | February 4, 1999 | Poop or Scoop | Captain Bones | Distraction News | Paige and Sage | Think Tank | Dirty Pictures | Lens McCracken | |
'Episode 5' | February 5, 1999 | Haunted House Party | Revolting Slob | Think Tank | Poop or Scoop | Ear We Are | Psycho Math | Ten Seconds | |
'Episode 6' | February 6, 1999 | Radio Scramble | Eddie Bull | Captain Bones | Sketch Pad | Mug Shots | Think Tank | Ear We Are | |
'Episode 7' | February 7, 1999 | Lens McCracken | Captain Bones | Revolting Slob | Dirty Pictures | Sketch Pad | Poop or Scoop | Ten Seconds | |
'Episode 8' | February 13, 1999 | Lens McCracken | Distraction News | Sketch Pad | Dirty Pictures | Eddie Bull | Psycho Math | Riddle Snake | Ten Seconds |
'Episode 9' | February 14, 1999 | Radio Scramble | Distraction News | Psycho Math | Dirty Pictures | Lens McCracken | Eddie Bull | Ear We Are | |
'Episode 10' | February 20, 1999 | Radio Scramble | Eddie Bull | Sketch Pad | Paige and Sage | Haunted House Party | Psycho Math | Lens McCracken | Riddle Snake |
'Episode 11' | February 21, 1999 | Mug Shots | Sketch Pad | Psycho Math | Dirty Pictures | Distraction News | Riddle Snake | Wordshake | |
'Episode 12' | February 27, 1999 | Revolting Slob | Think Tank | Poop or Scoop | Riddle Snake | Psycho Math | Paige and Sage | Lens McCracken | |
'Episode 13' | February 28, 1999 | Revolting Slob | Think Tank | Poop or Scoop | Ear We Are | Psycho Math | Dirty Pictures | Lens McCracken | |
'Episode 14' | March 6, 1999 | Revolting Slob | Think Tank | Poop or Scoop | Riddle Snake | Psycho Math | Dirty Pictures | Paige and Sage | |
'Episode 15' | March 7, 1999 | Captain Bones | Distraction News | Haunted House Party | Radio Scramble | Riddle Snake | Eddie Bull | Lens McCracken | Paige and Sage |
'Episode 16' | March 13, 1999 | Captain Bones | Distraction News | Mug Shots | Ear We Are | Poop or Scoop | Paige and Sage | Riddle Snake | |
'Episode 17' | March 14, 1999 | Radio Scramble | Revolting Slob | Poop or Scoop | Ten Seconds | Captain Bones | Haunted House Party | Paige and Sage | |
'Episode 18' | March 20, 1999 | Think Tank | Distraction News | Radio Scramble | Haunted House Party | Poop or Scoop | Captain Bones | Lens McCracken | |
'Episode 19' | March 21, 1999 | Think Tank | Mug Shots | Captain Bones | Paige and Sage | Eddie Bull | Wordshake | Riddle Snake | |
'Episode 20' | March 27, 1999 | Radio Scramble | Mug Shots | Sketch Pad | Psycho Math | Haunted House Party | Ten Seconds | Wordshake | |
'Episode 21' | March 28, 1999 | Eddie Bull | Radio Scramble | Dirty Pictures | Mug Shots | Ear We Are | Psycho Math | Wordshake | |
'Episode 22' | April 3, 1999 | Haunted House Party | Sketch Pad | Radio Scramble | Revolting Slob | Riddle Snake | Eddie Bull | Wordshake | |
'Episode 23' | April 4, 1999 | Mug Shots | Wordshake | Haunted House Party | Lens McCracken | Poop or Scoop | Captain Bones | Riddle Snake | |
'Episode 24' | April 10, 1999 | Radio Scramble | Sketch Pad | Eddie Bull | Wordshake | Captain Bones | Dirty Pictures | Lens McCracken | |
'Episode 25' | April 11, 1999 | Haunted House Party | Think Tank | Ear We Are | Mug Shots | Poop or Scoop | Wordshake | Riddle Snake | |
'Episode 26' | April 17, 1999 | Revolting Slob | Haunted House Party | Eddie Bull | Captain Bones | Radio Scramble | Ten Seconds | Lens McCracken | |
'Episode 27' | August 1, 1999 | Distraction News | Captain Bones | Sketch Pad | Poop or Scoop | Haunted House Party | Ten Seconds | Mug Shots | Riddle Snake |
'Episode 28' | August 7, 1999 | Revolting Slob | Captain Bones | Mug Shots | Distraction News | Ten Seconds | Poop or Scoop | Haunted House Party | Riddle Snake |
'Episode 29' | August 8, 1999 | Revolting Slob | Haunted House Party | Mug Shots | Think Tank | Poop or Scoop | Psycho Math | Ten Seconds | Riddle Snake |
'Episode 30' | August 14, 1999 | Revolting Slob | Distraction News | Psycho Math | Haunted House Party | Radio Scramble | Ten Seconds | Poop or Scoop | Riddle Snake |
'Episode 31' | August 15, 1999 | Radio Scramble | Revolting Slob | Poop or Scoop | Dirty Pictures | Mug Shots | Psycho Math | Sketch Pad | Ten Seconds |
'Episode 32' | August 21, 1999 | Revolting Slob | Captain Bones | Poop or Scoop | Psycho Math | Distraction News | Ten Seconds | Think Tank | Riddle Snake |
'Episode 33' | August 22, 1999 | Revolting Slob | Distraction News | Sketch Pad | Dirty Pictures | Poop or Scoop | Psycho Math | Think Tank | Riddle Snake |
'Episode 34' | August 28, 1999 | Radio Scramble | Distraction News | Captain Bones | Revolting Slob | Eddie Bull | Riddle Snake | Lens McCracken | |
'Episode 35' | August 29, 1999 | Mug Shots | Distraction News | Dirty Pictures | Sketch Pad | Eddie Bull | Lens McCracken | Riddle Snake | |
'Episode 36' | September 4, 1999 | Revolting Slob | Mug Shots | Sketch Pad | Psycho Math | Haunted House Party | Radio Scramble | Poop or Scoop | Ten Seconds |
'Episode 37' | September 5, 1999 | Think Tank | Mug Shots | Captain Bones | Haunted House Party | Eddie Bull | Lens McCracken | Ten Seconds | |
'Episode 38' | September 11, 1999 | Mug Shots | Think Tank | Distraction News | Dirty Pictures | Eddie Bull | Captain Bones | Lens McCracken | |
'Episode 39' | September 12, 1999 | Revolting Slob | Distraction News | Poop or Scoop | Psycho Math | Radio Scramble | Ten Seconds | Riddle Snake |
Season 2[edit]
Title | Airdate | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 | Game 8 |
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'Episode 40' | February 19, 2000 | Revolting Slob | Distraction News | Psycho Math | Ten Seconds | Sketch Pad | Poop or Scoop | Haunted House Party | Riddle Snake |
'Episode 41' | February 20, 2000 | Distraction News | Psycho Math | Mug Shots | Think Tank | Captain Bones | Dirty Pictures | Radio Scramble | |
'Episode 42' | February 26, 2000 | Mug Shots | Revolting Slob | Sketch Pad | Psycho Math | Haunted House Party | Poop or Scoop | Riddle Snake | |
'Episode 43' | February 27, 2000 | Revolting Slob | Captain Bones | Sketch Pad | Poop or Scoop | Haunted House Party | Radio Scramble | Ten Seconds | |
'Episode 44' | March 4, 2000 | Distraction News | Revolting Slob | Psycho Math | Eddie Bull | Think Tank | Dirty Pictures | Mug Shots | Ten Seconds |
'Episode 45' | March 5, 2000 | Distraction News | Captain Bones | Revolting Slob | Poop or Scoop | Sketch Pad | Haunted House Party | Ten Seconds | |
'Episode 46' | March 11, 2000 | Haunted House Party | Mug Shots | Eddie Bull | Think Tank | Psycho Math | Radio Scramble | Riddle Snake | |
'Episode 47' | March 12, 2000 | Haunted House Party | Captain Bones | Mug Shots | Distraction News | Eddie Bull | Psycho Math | Ten Seconds | |
'Episode 48' | March 18, 2000 | Revolting Slob | Poop or Scoop | Distraction News | Captain Bones | Dirty Pictures | Radio Scramble | Riddle Snake | |
'Episode 49' | March 19, 2000 | Mug Shots | Sketch Pad | Radio Scramble | Dirty Pictures | Psycho Math | Poop or Scoop | Riddle Snake | |
'Episode 50' | March 25, 2000 | Mug Shots | Revolting Slob | Captain Bones | Distraction News | Eddie Bull | Think Tank | Dirty Pictures | Riddle Snake |
'Episode 51' | March 26, 2000 | Mug Shots | Psycho Math | Sketch Pad | Radio Scramble | Haunted House Party | Eddie Bull | Ten Seconds | |
'Episode 52' | April 1, 2000 | Revolting Slob | Haunted House Party | Poop or Scoop | Distraction News | Captain Bones | Sketch Pad | Think Tank |
Cast[edit]
- Carlos Alazraqui - Harry Houdini, Benjamin Franklin, Richard Nixon, Christopher Columbus, Thomas Edison, Sam Spit
- Maggie Baird - Detective Verity, Woman in Haunted House Party, Eleanor Roosevelt, Chatty Cathy, Honey Lemon, 'Bean Ball' Ballou, Dusty Rhodes, Constance Appleby
- Dee Bradley Baker - Noseless Calhoun, Thomas Jefferson, Henry Ford, 'Big Noggin' Simms, Montgomery Cleft
- Veena Bidasha - Riddlesnake Raj, Ivana Filpova, Cleopatra, Willow Reed, Candy Lemon, Hossenpfeffer Floog, Lollipop Greene
- S. Scott Bullock - Captain Bones, Lens McCracken, Irv Goldberg, 'Lug Nut' Muldoon, Morgan Pike 'Applesauce', Dean De Luca, Julius Caesar, Leonard da Vinci, Sir Isaac Newton, George Washington
- Greg Eagles - Captain Bob, Sketch Pad, Jackie Robinson, Sammy Bixby 'Six Toes', Bass Henderson, Danger Jones, 'Lumber Jack' Lang, Jimmy Hudsucker 'The Geek', 'Pecs' Armstrong
- Arif S. Kinchen - Professor Rocket, Sergio Corleone
- Peter Lurie - Jumpin' Johnny Jumble, Roger Hammerstein, Knuckles Stankowski, Green Robot, Noah
- Dawn Maxey - Valley Girl Voice in Like Totally Paige and Sage, Lois Carnegie
- Edie McClurg - Female Polite Voice in Revolting Slob, Sugar Lemon
- Mike McShane - The Revolting Slob, Jean Pierre Le Saux 'Frenchie', Edgardo Polonia
- Ritchie Montgomery - Eddie Bull, Checkers Larue, Baby Face MacGuire, Scooter Hayes, Buttons Ha-Ha, Fingers Weinstock, 'Spitter' Sykes, Axel Schmit, 'Three Eyes' Oppenheimer
- Christy Noonan - Amelia Earhart, Elaine Kieserman
- Alan Schlaifer - Ten Seconds Announcer, Butler in Haunted House Party, Ghost in Haunted House Party, Right Ear, Gilbert Sullivan, Muscles Stankowski, Indy Pitts, Slippery Fingers Ferguson, “Stinky” John, Gilberto Whiplash, Stanley Deuces, Billy Crimp, Louis Clark, B.B. McGraw, Tranh Long
- John Watkin - Horrid One, Left Ear, Radio Scramble singer, Wordshake Chef, Paul Revere, William Shakespeare, Abraham Lincoln, Albert Einstein, Dr. Cleanpick, Sir Percival St. John, Leo 'the Lion' Lawrence, Larry Coolridge 'the Lump', Mellon Ball Jones, Mickey O'Grady 'the Goat', Stu Rumplitz 'The Peeper', Elbows Stankowski, Mitch Vanderbilt, Harry 'The Hairy' Huang
- Mari Weiss - Dora Smarmy, Viola Hardcase, Puddin' Lemon, Mildred Postley, Gertrude Simsbury, Mathilda Hudson-Billingsley
- Danny Wells - Poop or Scoop Announcer, Sleepy Eyes McGee, Rupert Brindle
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References[edit]
- ^Richard Katz, 'HBO in Family way with heavy push of new fare', Variety, September 9, 1998.
- ^Lynne Heffley, 'HBO Launches Spinoff With Pair of Excellent Kids' Shows', Los Angeles Times, February 1, 1999.
- ^Eichhorn, P: 'Cuppa Coffee brews up a special blend of animation Take One Magazine, Summer, 1999, No. 24
External links[edit]
- Crashbox at TV.com
- Crashbox on IMDb
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