Higglytown Heroes
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Higglytown Heroes is an American CGI-animated children's television series produced by Wild Brain and Happy Nest that aired on the Playhouse Disney block on Disney Channel in the United States. The show's characters are shaped like Russian nesting dolls. In the show, four children Eubie, Wayne, Twinkle, Kip, and their best friend, Fran the Squirrel, learn about all of the important jobs that people do in Higglytown.[2] 65 episodes were produced.[3]
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Higglytown Heroes | |
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Genre | |
Created by | George Evelyn Holly Huckins Denis Morella Kent Redeker Jeff Ulin |
Directed by | George Evelyn Denis Morella |
Voices of | Taylor Masamitsu Frankie Ryan Manriquez Liliana Mumy Rory Thost Edie McClurg Dee Bradley Baker Kevin Michael Richardson Mindy Sterling Jim Wise Rachel York Alanna Ubach Valyn Hall Lara Jill Miller |
Theme music composer | John Flansburgh John Linnell |
Opening theme | "Here in Higglytown" (performed by They Might Be Giants) |
Composer | John Campbell |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 65 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Jeff Fino |
Producer | Nancy C. Evelyn |
Running time | 20 minutes |
Production companies | Wild Brain Happy Nest[1] |
Original release | |
Network | Playhouse Disney |
Release | September 13, 2004 (2004-09-13) – January 7, 2008 (2008-01-07) |
The theme song of the show, Here in Higglytown, is performed by They Might Be Giants, which was also released on their second children's album Here Come the ABCs. After its series finale originally aired on January 7, 2008, reruns aired on Playhouse Disney until March 29, 2009. Disney Junior (the channel) then aired it in reruns from March 23, 2012 until May 16, 2014. The show was added to Disney+ in April 2021. The Higglytown Heroes TV series was made using Alias Maya which was used to design models and textures for the 3D characters, and Photoshop which was used to create the 2D backgrounds and props.[4]