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Opening theme | "Happy Monster Band" |
Ending theme | "Happy Monster Band" (Instrumental) |
Country of origin | United States |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
Production company(s) | Kickstart Productions Playhouse Disney Original (2007–08) |
Distributor | Buena Vista Television |
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Original network | Playhouse Disney |
Original release | September 8, 2007 | – October 26, 2008
Happy Monster Band is an American television series is an Playhouse Disney from September 8, 2007 until February 13, 2011. That airs on Playhouse Disney, and is produced by Kickstart Productions. The series was created by Don Carter. The show is about a group of monsters that performs songs about friendship, love, exercising, chores, and other preschool related themes. Season 2 follows the Happy Monsters on their tour around the world. On March 23, 2012, when Disney Junior started its own channel, the show returned to airing with only reruns. But starting in 2013, the starting, backstage, announcing, and judge segments of Season 1 were cut off, allowing the show to skip right ahead to the song. There has said to have been a third season in 2014, but no video footage of any season three episodes have surfaced online.
There are four monsters that make up the Happy Monster Band: Ink, Bluz, L.O., and Frred. All of the monsters' names echo their colors: Ink's trademark color is pink, Bluz's is blue, L.O.'s is yellow, and Frred's is red. The main characters were designed by Don Carter. All four of the band members.
The first season introduced several characters.
The actual music and vocals were written and performed by Tally Hall, an American rock band. The characters and concept for the show were created by children's book author/illustrator, Don Carter. His work can be seen at [1]. Judy Rothman Rofé wrote all the episodes in Season 1 and five of the episodes in Season 2.