The Charlie Horse Music Pizza is an American children's television show that was shown on PBS in the United States from January 5, 1998 to January 17, 1999. Re-runs aired until late 2000. Re-runs again aired on PBJ until 2016. It is the short lived spin-off of Lamb Chop's Play-Along and was hosted by Shari Lewis, whose strong belief in the benefits of music education for children led to the creation of the series. Just like Lamb Chop's Play-Along, The Charlie Horse Music Pizza was shot at the CBC Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
The show takes place around a pizzeria on the beach. Alongside the original cast of Lamb Chop, Hush Puppy, Charlie Horse, and Lewis, Charlie Horse Music Pizza introduced five new characters - Take-Out, a big anthropomorphized orangutan who makes deliveries on roller skates (played by Chancz Perry); Fingers, a giant sarcastic purple raccoon that lives in the dumpster behind the pizzeria (played by Gordon Robertson); Cookie the soft-hearted, opera-loving cook (played by Dom DeLuise), Junior, who works at the pizzeria part-time, and plays musical instruments, such as the tuba for his high school marching band (played by Wezley Morris), and Holly, a young girl in a wheel chair (played by Chantal Strand).
When Lamb Chop's Play-Along ended Shari and her husband Jeremy created The Charlie Horse Music Pizza to teach children about music after talking about what kids loved the most. Because a third of elementary schools were cutting music class from their curriculum at the time Shari and Jeremy felt that they should introduce kids to music through the show. After Lewis was diagnosed with inoperable Uterine cancer the show was put on hold on June 18, 1998 while she underwent chemotherapy at Cedars-Sinai Hospital. She died from uterine cancer and viral pneumonia on August 2, 1998. After her death The Charlie Horse Music Pizza was canceled. The last episode of "The Charlie Horse Music Pizza" aired on January 17, 1999.
Maps, Directions, and Place Reviews
Episodes
Season 1 (1998)
Season 2 (1999)
Kids Horse Shows Video
Reception
Critical reception
Awards
VHS releases
There Are VHS Tapes in 1998 to 1999 Releases from Sony Wonder.
Funding
- The NAMM International Music Products Association
- Remo
- The Corporation for Public Broadcasting
- Annual financial support from Viewers Like You
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