The California Raisin Show
The California Raisin Show is an animated television series based on the claymation advertising characters The California Raisins. The show is based on an Emmy Award-winning claymation special, Meet the Raisins!, which originally aired on CBS in 1989. After the show's 13-episode run, a sequel to the original special, Raisins: Sold Out!: The California Raisins II, aired in 1990. While the characters are traditionally depicted in claymation, the TV show was cel animated by Murakami-Wolf-Swenson. It did, however, maintain Will Vinton as creative director and executive producer. It takes place in a world populated by anthropomorphic fruits and vegetables and focuses on the main characters, the California Raisins: A.C., Beebop, Stretch, and Red. Each episode has one or more musical numbers.
Cast
Cam Clarke
Brian Stokes Mitchell
Dorian Harewood
Willard E. Pugh
Cree Summer
Crystal
Brian Cummings
Jim Cummings
Seasons
E1The Apple, Raisin-Style
Sep 16, 1989
The band heads to New York City to find Mom just in time for a gig.
E2There's No Business Like Shoe Business
Sep 23, 1989
The raisins have to go to school again.
E3School Is Cool
Sep 30, 1989
The raisins fly to a castle where they perform for a king.
E4A Royal Mess
Oct 7, 1989
The band is asked to act for the first time in a big Hollywood feature.
E5Lights, Camera, Disaster
Oct 14, 1989
The band has their first encounter with Lick Broccoli and his band of vegetables.
E6The Good, The Bad and The Broccoli
Oct 21, 1989
Beebop desires to leave the band and become a full-time magician.
E7Abracadabra Beebop
Oct 28, 1989
The raisins go on a camping trip.
E8The Grape Outdoors
Nov 4, 1989
The band plays at a futuristic club, only to discover they're being launched into outer space!
E9Rocket n' Rollin' Raisins
Nov 11, 1989
The band heads to the jungles of Africa for a wild expedition.
E10Hold That Jungle
Nov 18, 1989
The raisins are given a star on the sidewalk of the world-famous ""Olivera Street.""
E11Olivera Street
Nov 25, 1989
Shirelle becomes a model and wants to split with her band-mates, the Raisinettes.
E12Picture Perfect Shirelle
Dec 2, 1989
A.C, Beebop, and Mom meet up with who they think are long lost relatives.
E13You Can't Grow Home Again
Sep 8, 1990
E14Family Reunion
Dec 9, 1989
The raisins are sick of Rudy's shoddy management and decide to join up with Lick Broccoli's manager, Leonard Limabean, instead.
E15Raisins: Sold Out
Sep 1, 1990
Storyline
The California Raisin Show is an animated television series based on the claymation advertising characters The California Raisins. The show is based on an Emmy Award-winning claymation special, Meet the Raisins!, which originally aired on CBS in 1989. After the show's 13-episode run, a sequel to the original special, Raisins: Sold Out!: The California Raisins II, aired in 1990. While the characters are traditionally depicted in claymation, the TV show was cel animated by Murakami-Wolf-Swenson. It did, however, maintain Will Vinton as creative director and executive producer. It takes place in a world populated by anthropomorphic fruits and vegetables and focuses on the main characters, the California Raisins: A.C., Beebop, Stretch, and Red. Each episode has one or more musical numbers.
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