The California Raisin Show

The California Raisin Show

1989
The California Raisin Show
The California Raisin Show

The California Raisin Show

6.1 | en | Animation

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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Seasons & Episodes

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EP15  Raisins: Sold Out
Sep. 01,1990
Raisins: Sold Out

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EP14  Family Reunion
Dec. 09,1989
Family Reunion

The raisins are sick of Rudy's shoddy management and decide to join up with Lick Broccoli's manager, Leonard Limabean, instead.

EP13  You Can't Grow Home Again
Sep. 08,1990
You Can't Grow Home Again

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EP12  Picture Perfect Shirelle
Dec. 02,1989
Picture Perfect Shirelle

A.C, Beebop, and Mom meet up with who they think are long lost relatives.

EP11  Olvera Street
Nov. 25,1989
Olvera Street

Shirelle becomes a model and wants to split with her band-mates, the Raisinettes.

EP10  Hold That Jungle
Nov. 18,1989
Hold That Jungle

The raisins are given a star on the sidewalk of the world-famous ""Olivera Street.""

EP9  Rocket n' Rollin' Raisins
Nov. 11,1989
Rocket n' Rollin' Raisins

The band heads to the jungles of Africa for a wild expedition.

EP8  The Grape Outdoors
Nov. 04,1989
The Grape Outdoors

The band plays at a futuristic club, only to discover they're being launched into outer space!

EP7  Abracadabra Beebop
Oct. 28,1989
Abracadabra Beebop

The raisins go on a camping trip.

EP6  The Good, The Bad and The Broccoli
Oct. 21,1989
The Good, The Bad and The Broccoli

Beebop desires to leave the band and become a full-time magician.

EP5  Lights, Camera, Disaster
Oct. 14,1989
Lights, Camera, Disaster

The band has their first encounter with Lick Broccoli and his band of vegetables.

EP4  A Royal Mess
Oct. 07,1989
A Royal Mess

The band is asked to act for the first time in a big Hollywood feature.

EP3  School Is Cool
Sep. 30,1989
School Is Cool

The raisins fly to a castle where they perform for a king.

EP2  There's No Business Like Shoe Business
Sep. 23,1989
There's No Business Like Shoe Business

The raisins have to go to school again.

EP1  The Apple, Raisin-Style
Sep. 16,1989
The Apple, Raisin-Style

The band heads to New York City to find Mom just in time for a gig.

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6.1 | en | Animation , Kids | More Info
Released: 1989-09-16 | Released Producted By: Murakami Wolf Swenson , Will Vinton Productions Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
Synopsis

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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Cast

Cam Clarke , Brian Stokes Mitchell , Dorian Harewood

Director

Will Vinton

Producted By

Murakami Wolf Swenson , Will Vinton Productions

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Reviews

BlazeFox This was a semi-cute, creative cartoon spinoff using the Bill Vinton claymation characters from the shorts that were supposed to boost the sales of the little red boxes of raisins that we all ate as a kid in some point of our lives.Basically the whole show was about a fabricated singing sensation called "The California Raisins." They sorta seemed like one of those Mo-Town groups in the 60's and 70's. They were dark, purple looking and had "soulful" voices, so I assume they were African American raisins?I would've been less suprised if someone had attempted to make a cartoon that was aimed at boosting sales of milk. I mean milk was pretty big. But also milk pretty much sold itself, especially if you have babies. Not a whole lotta people bought raisins.The shorts and the show somehow made a miniscule thing such as dried out grapes into a "trendy" treat.Sidenote: Bill Vinton also created the Domino's Pizza stealing super-villain, "The Noid" who also got his own game for MSDOS computers entitled "Avoid the Noid" where you play a brave pizza man trying to avoid the red rabbit-esque fiend and a Nintendo game called "Yo Noid" in which the Noid is the hero bouncing on pogo sticks and riding on skateboards.Imagine the royalty checks for this guy..-BlazeFoxKitsune'