Clifford the Big Red Dog: Difference between revisions

The series' [[Animated Adaptation]] has been around longer than you think. In the 80s, Nelvana picked up the rights to the series and spun off six half-hour direct to video specials with it. Starring [[Alyson Court]] opposite of [[Brent Titcomb]], each specials featured a typical slice-of-life storyline peppered with two songs, and was animated with [[No Fourth Wall]], allowing Emily and Clifford to "converse" directly with the viewers, but strangely Emily and Clifford could never converse among themselves in English, as to leverage on Scholastic's then-recent study that children learned better through participation rather than through repetition. After that, the franchise reverted to books (unless you count in the discontinuity that is the live-action mixed footage direct to video special by Warner Home Video that was released in the early 90s). This went on until the year 2000. Scholastic wanted to do another animated adaptation. Throwing away the old format and rebooting the continuity, it now featured [[Grey DeLisle]] as Emily Elizabeth opposite of [[John Ritter]] as Clifford. The new version was such a phenomenal success that it ran for two seasons, spun off [[The Movie|a movie]], and even resulted in a licensed [[The Kiddie Ride|kiddie ride]]. Things weren't so rosy after the movie, however. John Ritter passed on shortly after of a heart attack on the set of [[8 Simple Rules]]. While Scholstic have been pondering upon the idea of a sequel for a then, the death of Mr. Ritter cements the decision of the spinoff, titled ''Clifford's Puppy Days''. Two seasons were made before Scholastic decided to take a break from making a series out of the franchise again, while maintaining the series franchise. The books are still coming, as are merchandise. Repeats of both TV series, of course, are still running.

 

 

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