TV Series

The California Raisin Show

Name: The California Raisin Show
Genre: Animation, Kids
Released: 1989
Rating: 3.3
Cast: Cam Clarke, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Dorian Harewood, Willard E. Pugh, Cree Summer

3.3/10

1989

1 Season

30m per episode

Animation

Kids

Overview

The California Raisin Show is an animated television series based on the claymation advertising characters The California Raisins. The show is based on an Emmy Award-winning claymation special, Meet the Raisins!, which originally aired on CBS in 1989. After the show's 13-episode run, a sequel to the original special, Raisins: Sold Out!: The California Raisins II, aired in 1990. While the characters are traditionally depicted in claymation, the TV show was cel animated by Murakami-Wolf-Swenson. It did, however, maintain Will Vinton as creative director and executive producer. It takes place in a world populated by anthropomorphic fruits and vegetables and focuses on the main characters, the California Raisins: A.C., Beebop, Stretch, and Red. Each episode has one or more musical numbers.