Mumble Bumble

Mumble Bumble is a children's animated television series^[3] created by Christian Skjøtt and produced by Egmont Imagination and the CINAR Corporation (now WildBrain).

Mumble Bumble
Created by	Christian Skjøtt
Developed by	Peter Gren Larsen Karsten Kiilerich
Written by	Karsten Kiilerich Christian Skjøtt
Directed by	Karsten Kiilerich Martin Skov
Voices of	Mark Trafford Bruce Dinsmore Laura Teasdale Dean Hagopian Daniel Brochu
Narrated by	Harry Standjofski
Composer	Pierre-Daniel Rheault
Country of origin	Canada Denmark
Original language	English
No. of episodes	65[1]
Production
Executive producers	Micheline Charest Ronald A. Weinberg Poul Kofod
Producers	Cassandra Schafhausen Anders Mastrup
Running time	5 minutes
Production companies	Egmont Imagination CINAR Corporation
Original release
Network	CBC Television
Release	1998 (1998) – 2000 (2000)[2]

Overview and production

The show follows the adventures of an imaginative blue hippopotamus named Mumble Bumble, the title character, and his best friends, Chic'o, an inquisitive chicken, and Greens, a busy frog. Recurring characters include Roc and Oink. The idea, which is designed to be both educational and entertaining for a preschool audience, was devised by a mastermind named Christian Skjøtt, creator of the show.^[4] Episodes have a run time of five minutes.^[5]

Television airing

In Canada, the show was broadcast on CBC Television and on Knowledge Kids. In foreign countries, it was also broadcast on Rai 3 in Italy, CITV and Tiny Living in the United Kingdom, Network 2 in Ireland, La Cinquième in France, Kindernet in the Netherlands, ZAZ in Mexico, SABC2 and on e.tv in South Africa, ABS-CBN in the Philippines, ATV in Hong Kong and TV Cultura in Brazil.^{[citation needed]}

Reception

Andrew Clark of Maclean's said that the show has "fanciful settings" through having Mumble Bumble reside in a windmill at the base of a lake and features "everyday childhood trappings".^[6] The South China Morning Post said Mumble Bumble provided "rainy Sunday fun for the kids" through its edutainment and animation.^[7]