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1997 must have been a good year for New York-based animation studio Jumbo Pictures, Inc. The company was enjoying the success of its recently renewed "Doug", and was also working on producing "101 Dalmations: The Series" - which premiered... more »

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1997 must have been a good year for New York-based animation studio Jumbo Pictures, Inc. The company was enjoying the success of its recently renewed "Doug", and was also working on producing "101 Dalmations: The Series" - which premiered later that year. 1997 was also the year that the company's founder, Jim Jinkins, created the upbeat, musical animated series "PB&J Otter" for the Disney Channel. Developed with the cooperation of Harvard Cognitive Skills Group, Project Zero, the show premiered in March of 1998.

"PB&J Otter" tells the continuing story of the day-to-day adventures of three young Otter siblings - older brother Peanut, younger sister Jelly, and baby sister Butter - and their friends and family, living life in a small community known as Lake Hoohaw.

Other characters include PB&J's friends: sarcastic Flick Duck; slightly paranoid Munchy Beaver; and Pinch Raccoon, a lover of anything dainty. Pinch's rambunctious younger brother, Scootch, makes a few appearances as well. Ernest and Opal are PB&J's understanding and supportive parents. Banjo-picking Mayor Jeff is the unofficial town patriarch. The Snooty Poodles are the wealthy upper-class neighbors (always quick to point out that they live on the other side of the lake), who seem to be on a never-ending quest for the most expensive things money can buy. Also, PB&J's adventurous aunt, Anna (Aunt Nanner), visits every now and then, often bearing unique gifts for her nieces and nephew.

"PB&J Otter" originally ran on the Disney Channel for 3 seasons, on Saturday and Sunday mornings. In July 1999, the show began to air on weekday mornings, as well.less «

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  The stories that two songs on my song lyrics page go to -- "Shipshape" and "Teamwork." Both are on the page for viewing, but...more »

  The stories that two songs on my song lyrics page go to -- "Shipshape" and "Teamwork." Both are on the page for viewing, but just for quick reference, "Shipshape" refers to getting everything cleaned up and shipshape and in "Teamwork," the kids are working on a building a "wonder raft." It's one of the songs posted on video on the page linked by CDCB.less «

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• PB&J Otter Worst Episode Ever Contest

  It's the same as the Best Episode Ever Contest, but we're voting for ones we do like this time. Season 1 Bye B...more »

  It's the same as the Best Episode Ever Contest, but we're voting for ones we do like this time. Season 1 Bye Bye, PB&J / Babbleberry Day Treasure of Hoohaw Rock / A Sledding We Will Go Bagpipe Blues / You Can't Come In Go Away Gorilla / Mama for a Day Born to Chirp / Mega Melon The Silent Treatment / Picture Perfect Invitation to the Snooties / Too Hot for Fishcicles Otter in the Water / All Popped Out Nothin' But the Tooth / Special Delivery Soap Box Derby Day / Howdy Hoohaw Day Butter the Balloonatic / Gizmatronictron Raffle Dare Duck / Otters of the Wild The Big Time Bass-Off Contest / The Sleeping Beagle Season 2 Gotta Dance / Otter Pox The Dollhouse / The Tell-Tale Candy Wrapper Eye Spy / Happy Harmony Strike Up the Band / World's Strongest Otter Come Back, Little Monster / The Big Sweep Butter Tags Along / Flick's Big Find Tub 'O Butter / 'El Dorado, Seat of Gold Mayor Flick / The Greatest Sleepover Ever Save Oaky Oak Tree / The Duck Who Cried Wolf Poor Bubbles / Poodle Power Forgive Me Not / These Shoes are Made for Walking Mama Peanut / Bye Bye Bubbles Practice Makes Perfect / Three's a Crowd Lost and Found / Sherlock Otter I'll be Your Best Friend / Otterly Alone Lemonitis / Duckbird Alert Follow Your Nose The Ice Moose Baby Butter's Blankie / Three Super Otters Butter's First Check Up / The Legend of Ponce de L'otter Gotcha! / The Mysterious Mirror A Tree Grows in Hoohaw / Flick's Big Fakeout This Little Light of Mine / Look Ma, No Hands Chez Otter / Hooray for Peanut The Great Water Race / Be Nice to Beavers Kid Court / A Frog Named Measles Season 3 No Hands, No Feet, No Wings / Let's Help Dad The Funky Band / The Singin' Kid The Johnny Pompalope Story / The Soapbox Boat Race Aunt Nanner's Special Place / Munchy's Sinking Feeling The Mystery Crate / It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's an Elephant? Whistling Up the Wrong Munchy / Billy the Duck Opal's Magic Mud Party / Leave it to Munchy Peanut Overboard / Come Back, Mama Hoohaw is Where the Heart is / Everything in Its Place On the Right Track / Itchy Situation The Big Surprise / Bazania Mania Sergeant Gravel to the Rescue / Sleepyhead Watchbird Alert / Flick's Hat Trick A Very Surprising Party / Easy Pickings Collector's Edition / Trading Places Munchy's No Big Deal / Bubbles' Beginnings Soccer Surprise / Baking Blues Thanks for the Giggle Melon Hope Castle Where Oh Where is Flick? / Win, Win, Winner Easy as Pie / Pinky Pledge Peanut Cries, 'Uncle' / Nanner Says, 'I Do' Big Beaver Day / The Thing that Almost Ate Hoohaw Ducking Out on Valentine's Day / Opal and the New Otter Goodbye Lake Hoohaw A Hoohaw Halloween less «

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• "Lights, Camera, Otter" - My idea for a PB&J Otter episode

  I was thinking about what kind of episode they didn't do in PB&J Otter that was original, and I came up with this: ...more »

  I was thinking about what kind of episode they didn't do in PB&J Otter that was original, and I came up with this: Lights, Camera, Otter ( I'm going to write a transcript, but it will take too long, so I'm going to make a summary for now. Short Summary: The kids on Lake Hoohaw, after watching a movie that Mayor Jeff showed them, decide to make their own movie. The problem is, they can't all agree on what the movie should be about. Detailed Summary: ( This does have quotes in it, but not all of the quotes that will be in there. If you don't want any of it to be spoiled, don't read ahead.) The episode opens up on a shot of Mayor Jeff's boat. Flick says the name for this episode. The title disappears and we can hear some noise coming from inside the boat. We now see that Mayor Jeff is showing the kids a movie on a film strip projector. The movie is called "Mallard Man Saves the Day." The kids are ooohing and ahhhing at the action in the movie. Mayor Jeff abruptly stops the projector, just as Mallard Man makes it inside a cave. "Sorry, y'all," he says. "But I promised your parents you'd be back in time for lunch." The kids are disappointed. All of them go "Awww..." and say various stuff. "Well, perhaps I can arrange for you to come again tomorrow. Then you can see what happens to Mallard Man, okay?" Mayor Jeff adds. The kids cheer and walk out of Mayor Jeff's boat. The camera wipes to PB&J at the table in their house eating lunch. "Mayor Jeff showed us a cool movie today, Mama," says Jelly. Butter giggles. "Well, isn't that nice of him," says Opal. "How did you kids like the movie?" "It was great..." starts Peanut, "...but we didn't get to finish it," he finishes with a frown."But," he adds after a beat, "he's going to show us the rest of it tomorrow." The camera does another wipe, this time back to Mayor Jeff's boat where PB&J are. "I'm sorry, PB&J," says Mayor Jeff. "I put the film in my closet, but now it is missing. I can't find it anywhere." PB&J look disappointed. "Does this mean you can't show us the movie tomorrow, Mayor Jeff?" asks Peanut. "I'm afraid so, Peanut," he replies. "I'll have to clean up my whole boat to find that film. Maybe some other time." The camera cuts to PB&J sitting in their sandbox being bored the next day. Flick, Pinch, Scootch, and Munchy run past them and stop. Munchy runs to them. "Guys, you're going to miss the movie. Aren't you coming?" "We can't, Munchy," says Jelly. "Why not?" asks Flick. "Mayor Jeff lost the film." Everyone minus PB&J let out a disappointed "Awww..." "Hey!" says Jelly, all of a sudden. "We should do a Noodle Dance. Then we might figure out what to do." She stands up. "I'll noodle," says Peanut, "but I'm too disappointed to dance." The Noodle Dance Music starts and Peanut soon joins in. "I've got it!" says Pinch as her idea is shown on the screen. "We could use a time machine to go back in time and get the film. Then we'd bring it back to the present, and Mayor Jeff would have it again." "That's a great idea, Pinch," says Jelly. "But where are we going to find a time machine?" "Good point," she replies. "How about this?" asks Munchy. "We could go ask Mayor Jeff if we could help him clean up his boat. Then, with the extra help, he could find the film faster." Everyone pauses for two beats. "But Mayor Jeff looked kind of busy," says Peanut. "I don't think we could help him." "Aw, Cheese and Quackers! This stinks! I'd rather make our own movie then worries about this!" Peanut stops. "Hey...that's it!" he says. "I'm glad you see it my way," says Flick. "No," says Peanut. "I mean, 'That's it!'. as in we should make our own movie." Everyone likes the idea. "Great idea, Flick," says Jelly. "Yeah," adds Munchy. PB&J run out of their house-boat with a a box full of movie-making gear (eg. a camera, a megaphone, a clapboard...etc.). "It sure was nice of your parents to let us use their movie equpment," says Munchy. "Now, you kids be careful," says Ernest. "And don't forget to have fun." Scootch looks inside the box and spots the megaphone. He pulls it out and says into it, "Testing, testing." (it's on) Scootch is surprised by the noise. "Sorry, sorry. My fault. My fault," he says. The Cranes heard the noise, however. "Watchbird Alert! Watchbird Alert!" says Cap'n Crane. "Scootch has lost control of his voice!" Connie looks down and sees what's really going on. "Um, Dear," says Connie, "Scootch is holding a megaphone." "Oh. That may be a part of it," says Cap'n. ( I'm going to stop here for now. I need to think more about what I want to put in the story and write it out. But I hope you like what I have so far.) less «

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  10 Perfect

  This is, by far, the greatest show from Playhouse Disney. A true classic that should be recognized by all. So many memories... hide « show »

  First of all, let me say that I instantly loved it the first time I watched it. "Mama for a Day" was the episode that I saw. Yep. That's all it took for me to start watching PB&J Otter nearly every day, and later recording the entire series.
  
  Enough of my introduction to the show. I'll move onto the more important matters.
  
  The characters: A+
  
  The show's variety of characters makes it extremely hard to not be drawn to the genius that this show is. Funny characters like Scootch, Cap'n Crane and Connie Crane, Ernest, Mayor Jeff...(etc.) just keep you entertained the whole way through.
  
  The humor: A
  
  The first season and first half of the second are full of humor that you'll love and are bound to laugh at. While the episodes durring the second half of the show tend to have less humor (occasionally lame-type jokes) and focus more on the lesson or something like that, it's no big deal, as there are other contributing factors that keep me drawn to it.
  
  The music: A+
  
  The music in PB&J Otter is just plain awesome. You've got to love it. Catchy songs in every episode make it tempting to sing along (if you're a little kid, that is). The songs are very well-written in some cases.
  
  The lessons: A
  
  There are good lessons in many of the stories. In Bagpipe Blues, Peanut learns a lesson about lying when he takes his dad's bagpipes even though he's not supposed to. In The Tell-Tale Candy Wrapper, Flick (one of PB&J's friends) steals PB&J's candy and eats it all, but guilt gets the better of him.
  
  There are, however, some episodes that have very little educational content such as Trading Places (my favorite episode) and The Thing that Almost Ate Hoohaw, but it's a very uncommon thing, and sometimes, it's not even a problem.
  
  The stories: A+
  
  The stories are entertaining enough to draw just about anyone to it. I'm not kidding. They're way better than those that you'd find in the shows currently on Playhouse Disney like Doodlebops or The Wiggles.
  
  The animation: A+
  
  What better animation style could a show have? None! The style and animation quality in this show is just superb. It really brings out the overall feel in this show.
  
  Dialogue: A-
  
  Occasionally, the dialogue isn't the best, but it surely isn't the worst. In almost all cases, this show has excellent dialogue in it. It's often very funny.
  
  Overall feel: A+
  
  This is definitely a show that will entertain you unlike any other show in it's category. Just watching the show (if you've watched it when it was still on and you're the nostalgic type, like I am) will bring back tons and tons of memories.
  
  The creativity involved in this show sure paid off. It's definitely something the whole family should watch together.
  
  Final words:
  
  Well, there's not much more to say here. I've basically said it all. PB&J Otter is an awesome show for people of all ages. Anyone who watches it is bound to find something to like about it.
  
  Final show grade: A+

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  10 Perfect

  it was great why does this show not air for younger kids in more the crap thats on they need show like pb and j otter it has been such i long time sence i wachted but playhousedisney need to show it it was great it will be on my top ten greast show ever hide « show »

  this was one of the best show on when i was little it disney should do more shows like this i have not seen it in a long time and i want to see it it remind of when i was lillte and how fast life goes by bring it back it is a classic disney show it is better than hm and tsl and tsr why dont they show this show more for the younger kids the stuff on now is crap i miss alot one of best kid show o tv they should still show it it rocks pb and j otter.

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  jj91w Added Oct 8, 2007 All my reviews
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  10 Perfect

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  Peanut, jelly,and butter live in lake hohah with their mom and dad. they spend time with their friends pinch raccoon, munchy beaver, flick duck,mayor jeff, and those snooty poodles. they have fun no matter what and can always solve their problems using the noodle dance. sometimes they get in trouble. they have many adventures and always find a way to create fun. they always enjoy the holidays like halloween. they even help eachother through their fears such as jelly's fear of water and swimming. a great show on disney channel that is great for all ages. whenever i need a laugh this show provided it. watchbid alert! cool.

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  timcouchiv2 Added Jun 20, 2007 All my reviews
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  10 Perfect

  otters hide « show »

  Peanut, jelly,and butter live in lake hohah with their mom and dad. they spend time with their friends pinch raccoon, munchy beaver, flick duck,mayor jeff, and those snooty poodles. they have fun no matter what and can always solve their problems using the noodle dance. sometimes they get in trouble. they have many adventures and always find a way to create fun. they always enjoy the holidays like halloween. they even help eachother through their fears such as jelly's fear of water and swimming. a great show on disney channel that is great for all ages. whenever i need a laugh this show provided it. watchbid alert!

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  mrpuff47 Added May 5, 2007 All my reviews
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  8.3 Great

  a great show that is no longer around. hide « show »

  Peanut, jelly,and butter live in lake hohah with their mom and dad. they spend time with their friends pinch raccoon, munchy beaver, flick duck,mayor jeff, and those snooty poodles. they have fun no matter what and can always solve their problems using the noodle dance. sometimes they get in trouble. they have many adventures and always find a way to create fun. they always enjoy the holidays like halloween. they even help eachother through their fears such as jelly's fear of water and swimming. a great show on disney channel that is great for all ages. whenever i need a laugh this show provided it. watchbid alert! lol!

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