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Genre | Children's |
Created by | David Rudman, Todd Hannert and Adam Rudman |
Country of origin | United States |
Language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 26 |
Production | |
Location(s) | Music Clubhouse, Chicago, Illinois |
Running time | 22 minutes |
Production company(s) | Spiffy Pictures |
Broadcast | |
Original channel | Nick Jr. |
Picture format | NTSC (480i) |
Audio format | Stereo |
First shown in | November 7, 2004 |
Original run | September 12, 2005 | – April 1, 2007
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Jack's Big Music Show is a children's television program that aired on the Nick Jr. television network, but was removed from the channel on February 25, 2012. The show premiered on the same network (then called Noggin) on September 12, 2005. Jack's Big Music Show was nominated for a 2008 Emmy award for Outstanding Pre-school Television Series.
The main characters are Jack, his best friend Mary, and his drum-playing dog Mel, all of whom are puppets. The show takes place in Jack's backyard clubhouse, and centers on the characters' love for music. Each episode runs without commercials for a duration of approximately 22 minutes. The characters play music in every episode, and are often accompanied by other puppets or human musicians. Each episode also features two music videos by children's musical artists, except "Super Swell Sing-a-Long" where there was only one video.
According to Nick Jr.'s website:
The show is produced by Spiffy Pictures—David Rudman, Todd Hannert, and Adam Rudman. David Rudman, who also stars as Jack, is a veteran of the long-running public TV children's show Sesame Street, playing such popular Muppets as Baby Bear, Cookie Monster, and half of the Two-Headed Monster. Adam Rudman won six Emmys for his writing on Sesame Street;[2] Mary's Alice Dinnean and Mel's John Kennedy are also Sesame Street alums.
The popularity of the show makes the idea of appearing on it attractive to musicians. An executive from Noggin in 2006 said that they're "clamoring to get onto Jack's Big Music Show."[3] In May 2007, production was cancelled and it was announced that no new episodes would be produced with the last episode being aired on April 1, 2007
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In an interview on the Nick Jr. website, Rudman says that The Jack Benny Show was an influence on Jack's Big Music Show (along with The Little Rascals).[4]
The names Jack, Mary, Mel, and the "Schwartzman Quartet" are references to characters on The Jack Benny Program (Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Mel Blanc, and the Sportsmen Quartet). Other possible name references to Jack Benny Program regulars include the squirrels Sheldon and Leonard (Sheldon Leonard), Phil the Coo-Coo Bird (Phil Harris), and Gertrude the Groundhog (Bea Benaderet's recurring character Gertrude Gearshift).
The ring around Mel's eye is an obvious homage to Pete the Pup from The Little Rascals.
Hannert says that the music is influenced by Chuck Berry and the whole history of rock and roll.[citation needed]
First aired September 2005 – February 2006
Episode title | Airdate | Guests | Songs performed | ||||||||||||||
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Little Bad Wolf | September 12, 2005 | Laurie Berkner |
"Mary Had an Accordion", "The Little Bad Wolf Had a Tuba", "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star", "My Energy", "Music Everywhere" | ||||||||||||||
How Mel Got His Groove Back | September 13, 2005 | Cathy Richardson |
"Listen to the Animals", "Every Animal Has Its Groove", "Mel the Meowing Dog", "Mister", "I Like It That Way" | ||||||||||||||
The Music Genie | September 14, 2005 | Anne Harris |
"Mel's Musical Trunk", "Prudence", "Yodel", "Under a Shady Tree", "Number 1" | ||||||||||||||
The Bongo Bird | September 19, 2005 | Laurie Berkner |
"Yeah Yeah Yeah" "The Song of the Bongo Bird", "Bongo Bird Beat", "Bongo Bird Lullaby", "I Know a Chicken", "Bongo Bird" | ||||||||||||||
Marching Band | September 26, 2005 | Cathy Richardson |
"Marching Song", "Rain Rain Go Away", "Rhythms Around You", "Boots", "Bottle of Sunshine" | ||||||||||||||
Bug Love | October 3, 2005 | Laurie Berkner |
"Loud Sound/Soft Sound", "A Pretty Good Bug", "Bugs Are Really Swell", "I'm Me and You're You", "B3" | ||||||||||||||
Mel's Super Swell Dance Party | October 10, 2005 | Tracey Ellert Cathy Richardson |
"Dance How You Like", "The Mel Polka", "Rock and Roll Freeze Dance", "The Me Dance", "I Really Love to Dance", "Dino-Sauring" | ||||||||||||||
Space Opera | October 17, 2005 | Laurie Berkner Jerry Lawson and the Talk of the Town |
"Mary's Opera", "Space Explorer", "Space Opera", "What Are They Gonna Do About That?", "I'm Not Perfect", "I'm Glad" | ||||||||||||||
Grow Daddio | October 24, 2005 | Cathy Richardson |
"Where Is Mary?", "What Will Arthur Grow Up to Be?", "Playin' Jazz", "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary", "Running Down the Hill", "H2O + O2 + Sun" | ||||||||||||||
The Grumpy Squirrel | October 31, 2005 | Laurie Berkner |
"It's Fun to Invent Your Own Instrument", "Clap Your Hands", "Lullaby", "Music Is the Best", "I'm Gonna Catch You", "Grumpy" | ||||||||||||||
King of Swing | February 6, 2006 | Buddy Guy |
"The Welcome Song", "List", "Shama-Lama", "Clean It Up", "New Shoes" | ||||||||||||||
The Music Monster | February 7, 2006 | Laurie Berkner Milkshake |
"This Song", "If You're Scary and You Know It", "Monster Boogie", "Scared" | ||||||||||||||
Silly Show | February 8, 2006 | Laurie Berkner Hot Peas 'n Butter |
"Twinkle Twankle", "Baloney Sandwich", "We Feel Silly", "Googleheads", "Deep Down" | Jerry Lawson and the Talk of the Town | February 9, 2006 | Laurie Berkner |
Adam Irigoyen | Davis Cleveland | Kenton Duty
Music for Aardvarks and other Mammals ( see Note below ) |
Air Bud | Caroline Sunshine | Tommie De Paola | AudraRox | Ella. Jenkins | Jerry Lawson and the Talk of the Town | Go to Sleep'"', Monster Mash by Adam Irigoyen, Davis Cleveland and Kenton Duty, Taxi, Phew, Roam, No, A Helping Friends, Miss Mary Mack,
I so Glad, |
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First aired January 2007 – April 2007
Episode title | Airdate | Guests | Songs performed |
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Snow Day | January 1, 2007 | Anne Harris Laurie Berkner |
"Beach Party", "Wiki Wiki Hele", "Sing a Winter Song", "Mahalo", "Polar Bear" |
Leonard the Country Squirrel | January 2, 2007 | Laurie Berkner The Dirty Sock Funtime Band |
"Found Sounds", "We're a Jugband", "Jugband Jamboree", "I Am a Sad Squirrel", "I Am a Happy Squirrel", "Farm Song", "No Good Reason Party" |
Spunky the Alien | January 3, 2007 | Laurie Berkner The Mighty Weaklings LazyTown |
"Yo Yo Yo", "Gotta Power Up", "Spunky's Lament", "Fleeber", "Rocketship Run", "Rocketship" Welcome to LazyTown |
Jack Bunny | Anne Harris Laurie Berkner |
"Mel the Musical Magical Magician", "The Hop", "Bugle Bunnies", "Magic Box", "Wombo Lombo" | |
Phil the Coo-Coo Bird | January 4, 2007 | Laurie Berkner |
"The Twisty Twist", "The Dance", "Phil the Coo-Coo Bird", "Who's That?", "Move Your Feet" |
Jack's Big Oops! | January 5, 2007 | Andrew Bird |
"Strings", "Dr. Strings", "Just Tell the Truth", "What Have I Got to Lose?", "Thunder" |
Jack's Big Orchestra | Laurie Berkner Dirty Sock Funtime Band |
"Being a Conductor Would Rock", "Sneaks", "Super Spies" | |
Scat Cat | January 8, 2007 | Laurie Berkner |
"I Have A Friend (Super Swell Friends)", "Scat-Scat-a-Tat-Tat", "The Wiggle Dance", "The Cat Came Back", "You're the One Who's Made for Me and I Was Made for You" |
Groundhog Day | February 2, 2007 | Laurie Berkner |
"Hip Hip Hooray For Groundhog Day", "First Day of Preschool", "When Will Spring Be Sprung?", "I Had a Friend", "I Hog the Ground" |
Super Swell Sing-Along | March 5, 2007 | Laurie Berkner & Susie Lampert |
"Sing-Along Song", "Samba", "Just Stopped By", "Down at the Barbershop", "Green", "I Like to Rap", "This Is Zydeco", "Jenny Jenkins" |
Laurie's Big Song | March 6, 2007 | Laurie Berkner |
"Get on the Train", "A Little Bitty Rhythm", "It's Hard to Call an Elephant Without an Elephant Call", "Purple People Eater", "Duck 4" |
Mel's Bath Day | March 7, 2007 | Cheryl Hines Laurie Berkner |
"You Must Take a Bath", "Super Sudsy Bubblestein Bubbles", "I'm a Mess", "I Hope My Mama Says Yes" |
Jack and the Beanstalk | April 1, 2007 | Tyler Bunch Laurie Berkner |
"Up", "Sha-La-La", "Anyone Can Make a Song", "In the Clouds", "Deegah Joyah"
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Kill that romantic, a perfect end to a perfect criminal
Go on pretending, you think you know everything anyway
A drink for your troubles, a drug to numb the pain away
We love like devils, your view is all so alien
Oh let's go to the music show
Where the lovers all dance to the song we wrote
I swear it moves me, moves me, I swear it moves me, moves
Your ship is sinking faster than the sun will rise
Considering your secret, considering your secret life