Sesame Street: Amy Tan Reads Sagwa, the Chinese Cat
| Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat | |
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| Created past | Amy Tan |
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| Directed by | Joseph Jacques |
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| Theme music composer | Judith Henderson |
| Composer | James Gelfand |
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| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 40 (79 segments) |
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| Producer | Léon G. Arcand |
| Running time | thirty minutes |
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| Original release | September three, 2001 (2001-09-03) – October 5, 2002 (2002-10-05) |
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Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat , or simply Sagwa , is a children'due south blithe idiot box series based on the children'due south book of the same proper name by Amy Tan which aired on PBS Kids, co-produced past Canada-based blitheness studio CinéGroupe and Sesame Street creator Sesame Workshop.[1]
In the serial, which is set c. 1895–1912, afterward the cinematograph was patented and during the tardily Qing Dynasty, Sagwa has fun in her mean solar day-to-day life while learning and teaching valuable life lessons. The evidence is notable for its setting and letters most family obligations and loyalty. The bear witness is too intentionally cross-cultural, with the theme song in both English and Chinese.[two]
The series was developed and produced for boob tube by executive producers George Daugherty and Michel Lemire, and producers David Ka Lik Wong and Leon G. Arcand.[3]
The serial aired from September 3, 2001 to October v, 2002, running for ane season and 40 episodes.[4] The serial was cancelled in 2002, ending on October five of that yr, and as of 2019 is still aired on several networks worldwide.
The series won the Silverish Plaque at the Chicago International Film Festival for Children'southward Film in 2001, as well as winning an Outstanding Individual in Animation award for background artist Valery Mihalkov at the 29th Daytime Emmy Awards and a "TV Series - Family/Children" accolade at WorldFest Houston in 2002.
Synopsis [edit]
Sagwa resides in a palace of a magistrate in Mainland china in what is assumed to be mod-solar day Fujian province (maybe during the belatedly Qing dynasty, equally shown by the characters' clothes), as part of a royal family of cats who have the power to write with their tails. She and her siblings, along with various other cats and Fu-Fu the bat, have adventures that are usually accompanied by moral lessons, equally is typical with most children's shows. Still, i aspect of the testify which sets it apart is its display of various elements of Chinese culture.
Characters [edit]
Miao family [edit]
- Sagwa Miao – Sagwa (傻瓜 shǎguā, "featherbrained melon") is the eye child of the Miao family at 6 years old, every bit well every bit the titular protagonist of the series. Kind, curious, quick thinking, creative and oftentimes snobby, Sagwa, according to a story told by Nai-Nai in one episode, was born in the Yr of the Dog. She was originally pure white in colour, but gained her current Siamese cat markings after falling into an inkpot. Sagwa is very talented in calligraphy, and is said by her parents to have the best artistic skills in the Miao family. She has an golden-yellow and salmon-red Miao Family collar on her neck. In the episode the name game, she was named Sagwa considering her parents felt silly in melons as they cruel in dearest. Hence "Light-headed Melon Caput" Voiced by Holly Gauthier-Frankel.
- Dongwa Miao – Dongwa (冬瓜 dōngguā, winter melon) is the oldest child of the Miao family at 8 years old, born in the Twelvemonth of the Monkey. Intelligent, competitive and sometimes stubborn, Dongwa is independent and oftentimes prefers the company of the Alley Cats or solitary martial-arts do to playing with his sisters. He is the simply boy of this unabridged family and is likewise protective of his sisters plus is pretty mature. He is cream-colored and has the traditional Siamese markings, and has a royal Miao Family unit collar on his neck. Voiced by Oliver Grainger.
- Sheegwa Miao – Sheegwa (西瓜 xīguā, watermelon) is the youngest child of the Miao family at four years old, born in the Twelvemonth of the Rat. Curious, friendly, cheerful and full of energy, Sheegwa is too very optimistic and ascribes good intentions to most every animal she meets. She is pure white in color, except for a pink tinge on her cheeks, and has a folded right ear. She as well has a pink Miao Family unit collar (with a purple blossom symbol on information technology) on her neck. Voiced by Jesse Vinet.
- Baba Wim Bao Miao – Baba Wim Bao (爸爸寶寶 bàba bǎobǎo, "male parent darling") is the father of the Miao family unit. He is very strict with his children, and in matters of hard work and duty, but besides has a softer, playful side too. Baba also fancies himself a devotee of Chinese Opera, although he has Beat deafness. He and Mama are the official calligraphers of the Foolish Magistrate. Baba, like Dongwa, is cream-colored and has typical Siamese facial markings. When Angwan took care of him, she called him Bu-Gu, "Cuckoo Bird". Voiced by Arthur Holden.
- Mama Shao Faing Miao – Mama Shao Faing (媽媽小風 māma xiǎo fēng, "mother small wind") is the mother of the Miao family. Similar Baba, she is also a loving simply strict parent, but is unremarkably more lenient and gentle than Baba. She and Sagwa take similar coloring and markings. Voiced past Ellen David.
- Nai-Nai Miao – Nai-Nai (奶奶 nǎinai, paternal grandmother) is the grandmother of the Miao family. Grey in color, she is old-fashioned, patient and full of wisdom. She often tells the kittens stories, and the family treats her as a respected ancestor. Voiced by Sonja Ball.
- Yeh-Yeh Miao – Yeh Yeh (爺爺 yéyé, paternal grandad) is the grandfather of the Miao family. Like Nai-Nai, he is wise and patient. He is a good storyteller, and the kittens treat him with great honey and respect. Voiced past Neil Shee.
- Uncle Miao – Uncle is the paternal uncle of Sagwa and Baba'south brother. He'southward very much into aboriginal local history. Voiced by Neil Shee.
- Mae-Mae Miao – Mae-Mae is an aunt of Sagwa and Baba's in-police. She only appeared in the episode "Cha-Siu Bow Wow", where she and her husband adopts a dog named Cha-Siu. That dog and so became a cousin to the Miao kittens.
- Cha-Siu Miao – Cha-Siu (叉烧 chāshāo, cousin) is the adopted child of Uncle Miao and Aunt Chi-Chi, and a cousin of Sagwa, Dongwa and Sheegwa. He is a puppy dog and is different than the rest of the family. Sagwa and Sheegwa are happy to meet him for the first fourth dimension and immediately bail with him. However, Dongwa isn't sure about him at offset because he's a canis familiaris and unlike than everyone else. After the Sleeve Dogs make fun of him for being a dog and not being able to practice anything, Dongwa afterwards comforts him and they bond together. Voiced by Daniel Brochu.
- Chi-Chi Miao – Chi-Chi is some other aunt of Sagwa and Mama's sister. She is an acrobat and teaches Sagwa and Sheegwa the art of acrobatics. Voiced past Susan Glover.
- Uncle Catfish: A mysterious Uncle to the Miao kittens who could also be a first cousin to Yeh-Yeh. He is half cat and half fish who lives in the water. Sagwa visited him once and he told her a tale of his great grandmother. She was a cat who fell in the water to meet a fish and that fabricated him who he is today. Voiced by Richard Newman.
Humans [edit]
- Shoo-Jee-Deh-Shan-Taiyeh Suen, the Foolish Magistrate – The ruler of the province, Shoo-Jee-Deh-Shan-Taiyeh (湑稽的縣太爺 xū jī de xiàn tàiyé, "county high principal of strain spirit ground-bowing") is a large and rather absent-minded man. He occasionally makes rules without reason, or makes ill-conceived decisions under pressure level from his wife, Tai-Tai, just for the most function he is portrayed as a but and reasonable ruler. He is very fond of his cats, both for their calligraphy skills and for their power to keep away mice and rats, of which he is deathly agape. In one of the episodes, when he says "No rules, no race.", his phrase turns into a musical drumbeat song every bit a consequence of being chanted by him. Voiced by Hiro Kanagawa.
- Tai-Tai Suen – Tai-Tai (太太 tàitài, "wife") is the Foolish Magistrate'due south wife. She is a very irritable, status-conscious adult female who needs to prove her superiority to the "common" people of the village; however, she has flashes of kindness and reasonableness, in which she sees the consequences of her actions and apologizes to those she has wronged. She is very attached to the Sleeve Dogs who live in her robe, and values the cats just when they can bring praise to the family. She has a niece chosen Angwan. Voiced past Khaira Ledeyo.
- The Three Daughters – Ba-Do (白豆 bái dòu, "white bean") is the Magistrate's oldest girl, who wears pink. Of the three daughters, Ba-Do is the protagonist. Luk-Do (绿豆 lǜ dòu, "green edible bean") is the Magistrate's heart daughter, and normally wears yellow. She is the more athletic of her sisters. Huang-Do (黄豆 huáng dòu, "yellow bean") is the Magistrate's youngest daughter, who is shorter than her sisters and usually wears blue. She is the more than sensitive of her sisters. The three girls argue a great deal, but they are generally loving sisters who support each other. Voiced past Kathy Tsoi, Leanne Adachi and Rosa Yee, respectively.
- Chef Cook – Chef Cook not just prepares meals, just he besides attends to medical care and other emergencies around the palace. He is a good friend of the Reader. Of the humans,seems to have the closest relationship with the Miao cats.Voiced by Raugi Yu.
- Seeyeh Suen, the Advising Reader of the Rules – Seeyeh (師爺 shīyé, "segmentation main") is the Magistrate's brother who is in charge of reading his rules to the villagers; informally, he and the Cook oftentimes serve as advisors to the Magistrate as well. He as well served as a tutor to the three daughters, and in 1 episode is discovered to be a talented poet too. The reader is ofttimes the victim of mishaps caused by others in the palace. Voiced by Russell Yuen.
- Jun – Jun is the new tutor to the iii daughters who appears in the terminal episodes. She wears majestic clothing and is shown to exist from another hamlet.
- Sir Richard- An clumsy English archaeologists who goes to the palace for tasks. He has brought Sagwa as his good luck kitten into caves and a hot air airship to help find artifacts. They found the old poetry scrolls from the magistrates ancestor, and an aboriginal fossil in a balloon as they were always upwards for gamble. Voiced by Simon Peacock.
All-time friends / allies [edit]
- Fu-Fu – Fu-Fu (福蝠 fú fú, literally "lucky bat") is Sagwa's best friend and a sidekick. A cave-dwelling bat who wears round glasses, he is an extremely clumsy eight-year-old flyer (he is 8, the same age as Dongwa) and oft crashes into trees and other objects. He acts as Sagwa's censor, warning her against taking unneeded risks, and then rescues Sagwa from the consequences of her adventures. Voiced past Rick Jones.
- The Mice – Shei-Hu, his cousin Shei-He, and a large group of other mice live unseen behind the Palace walls. They are shut friends of the iii kittens and practise no harm to the Palace nor its inhabitants. However, the Foolish Magistrate and his family are very afraid of mice in general, then their presence must remain subconscious. The mice are all voiced by Jaclyn Linetsky.
- Tung: A cricket that belonged to the magistrate that lived in a muzzle in his study. He sang a song that annoyed everyone but the magistrate who loved him. Tai Tai snuck backside his back to get rid of him and everyone else thought he died. With the help of Sagwa, he establish his fashion back into the palace. He sang but everyone thought he was a different cricket. Voiced past Thor Bishopric.
- Hai-yo: A bluish bird that appeared in tough guy Dongwa who hurt his wing in the aisle. Dongwa tried to help him out and hide him in the clubhouse from the alleycats. He tried to become rid of him to impress his friends but was looking for him in the end to come across if he's alright. They fabricated upward in the finish. This bird loves flying and looking for worms in the aisle. He also fabricated a cameo appearance in Sagwas lucky bat equally he accidentally ran into FuFu while flying. He fabricated another cameo in Sagwas skilful deed flying over the kittens while they were fishing. Voiced by Thor Bishopric.
- Ping Fly- a pidegon kept by the magistrate in an episode. Sagwa and FuFu fought on who would get more attention for her. She hated the fighting between them and she but wanted to talk to them, if everyone fabricated upwardly. She's also skilled at flying while making music. Voiced by Sonja Ball.
Other characters [edit]
- The Alley Cats – A grouping of cats who live in the streets and alleys outside the palace grounds. They include "bullies" such as Fly Wing, Jet Jet and Lik Lik, who tease the Miao kittens considering of their "goody-goody" ways and privileged lives. Others, however, are friends to their siblings Sagwa, Dongwa and (to a lesser extent), Sheegwa, such as two female alley cats named "Hun-Hun" and "Ling" and 3 male ones named "Wong Ton", Siao Po(from the birds, bees and silk worms episode), and "Fam". Wing Wing is voiced by Michael Yarmush, Jet Jet is voiced by Erik von Detten, Hun Hun is voiced by Kathy Tsoi, Lik Lik is voiced by Terrence Scammell, Wong Ton was voiced past Ian James Corlett, and Ling was voiced by Kamiko Taka (in her simply mainstream advent).
- The Sleeve Dogs – Ping, Pong and Pang are iii small Pekingese dog triplets who live in the sleeves of Tai-Tai's robe. They antagonize the cats and boast of their superior condition, but invariably their taunting and plots crusade them to appear ridiculous and go into trouble in the end. Ping is voiced past Len Carlson, Pang is voiced by Sonja Ball and Pong is voiced by Michel Perron.
- Gunji- is a large red true cat that is owned by Tai Tais aunt. She has a rooster pillow for her only when she was chasing Sagwa, Sagwas mitt got stuck in the thread wrecking it. Gungi was blamed at first just Sagwa told the truth of the accident then anybody knew what happened. In the stop, Gungi apologized for being mean and Sagwa was rewarded by her parents. Voiced past Ricky Mabe.
- Fi-Fu and Fo-Fu- Two bullies in a pack of bats that antagonized FuFu and fabricated fun of his confidence before had to go out a full moon flight, and whom Sagwa one time blamed as her kidnappers when making upwardly a story most how she got a bad haircut. Fi-Fu is voiced past Len Carlson and Fo-Fu is voiced by Michel Perron.
- The Rat- A hungry brown rodent who always breaks into the palace to steal nutrient. He led onto the kittens making deals with them before they realized they were tricked. He was always chased by other cats to leave the palace. Voiced by Michael O' Reilly.
- Oogway- is a elderly tortoise that appeared in "Tortise and the True cat" he guided Sagwa in the garden and showed her the dazzler of it. He did sleep a lot, and got a rose thorn out of Sagwas pes. Besides made cameo appearances in "The Favorite, and Lord of the Flies". Voiced by Howard Ryshpan.
- Bei-Hu a tribal cat with larger ears who are owned by traveling entertainers. Him and his family practise things much different than other cats, equally they take hold of and consume locusts every bit a hobby. He likewise pretty smart as he taught Sagwa how to travel home quick and what's East and West. Voiced past Eleanor Noble.
Many of the names of the characters derive from the Chinese linguistic communication. Their spellings are romanizations (though not always Wade–Giles, merely perchance dialects likewise), and differ from the standardized Pinyin organisation.
The proper name of the titular graphic symbol Sagwa literally means "silly melon head". Although innocuously without context, this phrase is typically regarded by Chinese to be an insult by carrying connotations of incompetence, foolishness and even mental retardation. However, the graphic symbol herself was not meant to be that as she was named out of love past her parents. It was to the bespeak where they actually felt like "Silly Melon Heads" literally when they were in wintertime melons and watermelons. She could also been interim "silly" when she fell into the inkpot, merely her mistake made the better for Mainland china'due south Siamese cat and people. Too a change of heart for the magistrate
Additional voices [edit]
Additional voices were washed by Leanne Adachi, Terrence Scammell, Simon Peacock, Howard Ryshpan, Carrie Finlay, Jonathan Koensgen, Chris Phillips, Dean Hagopian, Len Carlson, Mitchell Rothpan, Kyle Fairlie, Ricky Mabe, Michael Yarmush, Justin Bradley, Daniel Brochu, Walter Massey, Marc Donato, Richard M. Dumont, Peter Linz, Tyler Bunch, Steven Crowder, Liz MacRae, Tyrone Savage, Catherine Disher, Kathy Tsoi, Brigid Tierney, Melissa Pirrera, Jesse Camacho, Bruce Dinsmore, Thor Bishopric, Pauline Footling, Michel Perron, Peter Shinkoda, Linda Wang, Karen Lee, Kameron Louangxay, Kamiko Taka, Rosa Yee, Amy Chow, Michael O'Reilly, A.J. Henderson, Susan Glover, Jane Forest, Eleanor Noble, Derek Lowe and John Stocker.
Episodes [edit]
Habitation media [edit]
Canada [edit]
From 2002-2003, CinéGroupe Star released vi volumes of the series in Canada. The VHS versions were released in both separate English and French versions, while the DVD counterparts featured both languages.
United states of america [edit]
In 2003, PBS Home Video and Warner Home Video brought each compilation of individual episodes to VHS and DVD.
On VHS, there were eight volumes with each containing three episodes. On DVD, there were 4 volumes which each contain six episodes each. Each DVD combined episodes from each pair of the VHS tapes. A pair of VHS titles (Best Friends and Family unit Fun) were renamed for the Feline and Friends and Family DVD. There was too a vi book DVD box set, with each disc consisting of 5-6 episodes. Every disc comprises episodes based on themes and were divided in one-half for those select sections of segments.
In 2006, Paramount Home Entertainment brought sixteen episodes from the show were released on one disc equally part of the PBS Kids pack anthology set, with the ii other discs containing episodes from Zoboomafoo and George Shrinks.
VHS [edit]
July thirty, 2002
- True cat Nights, Flights and Delights – "Firefly Nights", "Fu-Fu'south Full Moon Flight", "Shei-Hu'south Secret"
- Feline Frenzy – "Explorer's Club", "Treasure Hunters", "Sick Mean solar day"
January 28, 2003
- True cat Tales – "How Sagwa Got Her Colors", "Fur Cut", "Stinky Tofu"
- Feline Festivities – "The New year'southward Clean-Upward", "Ba-Do and the Lantern Festival", "By the Light of the Moon"
Apr 1, 2003
- Best Friends – "Sagwa'south Lucky Bat", "Cat and Mouse", "Dongwa's Best Friend"
- Family Fun – "Royal Cats", " The Cat and the Current of air", "Ciao, Meow!"
July 29, 2003
- Kitty Concerto – "Aisle Night Opera", "Comic Opera", "Tung, the Singing Cricket"
- Sagwa's Petting Zoo – "The Birds, the Bees and the Silkworms", "Panda-monium", "Sagwa, Fu-Fu, and the Whistling Pigeon"
DVD [edit]
January 28, 2003
- Sagwa's Storybook World (combines Cat Nights, Flights and Delights and Feline Frenzy)
- Cat Tales and Celebrations (combines True cat Tales and Feline Festivities)
July 29, 2003
- Slap-up Purr-formances (combines Kitty Concerto and Sagwa'south Petting Zoo)
- Feline Friends and Family (combines Sagwa's Feline Friends (a.m.a. Best Friends) and Sagwa's Family Tree (a.k.a. Family Fun)
Online streaming [edit]
In 2018, TFO'due south MiniMation YouTube channel began uploading episodes from the French version. The series was also briefly on Google Play.
References [edit]
- ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 525–526. ISBN978-1538103739.
- ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Tv Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 704–705. ISBN978-1476665993.
- ^ "PBS Sagwa". Public Broadcasting Service. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
- ^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 212. ISBN9781476672939.
External links [edit]
- Website of Amy Tan, Sagwa's writer
- Cast and Coiffure
- Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese True cat at IMDb
- Sagwa, The Chinese Siamese True cat at the Big Cartoon DataBase
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagwa,_the_Chinese_Siamese_Cat
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