Strawberry Shortcake and the Baby Without a Name

Strawberry Shortcake and the Baby Without a Name is a 1984 American animated television special that first premiered on March 24, 1984, in New York City and on March 30 in Los Angeles. This is the second Strawberry Shortcake television special produced by Nelvana Limited and the fifth to feature the American Greetings character.

Strawberry Shortcake and the Baby Without a Name
Genre	Animation Comedy Family Musical
Written by	Peter Sauder
Directed by	Arna Selznick
Starring	Russi Taylor Chris Wiggins
Theme music composer	Patricia Cullen Songs composed by: Bob Chimbel Merry Loomis
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Michael Hirsh Patrick Loubert Clive A. Smith
Editors	Rob Kirkpatrick[1] Alison Clark[1] Don Lauder[1] Keith Traver[1]
Running time	23 minutes
Production companies	MAD Productions[1][2] Nelvana Limited[1][2] Those Characters from Cleveland (uncredited)[1][2]
Original release
Network	Syndication
Release	March 24, 1984 (1984-03-24)[3]

Synopsis

Strawberry Shortcake and the Baby Without a Name chronicles Strawberry Shortcake's annual summer camping trip, where she and her friends encounter a monster in the woods. The Peculiar Purple Pie Man and Sour Grapes attempt to capture it to become rich and famous.

Cast

Name	Character	Source
Russi Taylor	Strawberry Shortcake	[2]
Robert Ridgely	Purple Pieman
Jeri Craden	Sour Grapes / Fig-Boot
Melleny Brown	Lemon Meringue / Lime Chiffron
Cree Summer[nb 1]	Orange Blossom
Monica Parker	The Baby
Susan Roman	Peach Blush / Blueberry Muffin
Laurie Waller	Plum Puddin'
Chris Wiggins	Mr. Sun / Narrator

Production

As with Housewarming Surprise, Bernard Loomis and Carole MacGillvray served as executive producers on Baby Without a Name.^[1][2]

Release

The special aired on March 24, 1984, on WCBS-TV in New York City,^[3] and on March 30 on KTLA in Los Angeles.^[2]

Home media

A VHS cassette of this special was released in 1984 by Family Home Entertainment.

See also

• List of 1980s Strawberry Shortcake specials

Notes

1. Credited as Cree Summer Francks.