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The Adventures of Gracie Lou

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The Adventures of Gracie Lou
GenrePreschool
Animated series
Nursery rhymes
Created byDarren and Helen Simpson
Music byErwin Keiles
Opening theme"Gracie Lou Theme"
Ending theme"Gracie Lou Theme" (9-second instrumental as "Gracie Lou Credits")
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Australia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes51 (possibly 52)
Production
Executive producers
  • Darren Simpson
  • Erwin Keiles
  • Glenn Keiles
  • John Thirkell
Production locationsPerth, Western Australia, Australia[2] (Video animation)
London, England, United Kingdom (Audio)
AnimatorDarren Simpson
Original release
NetworkABC For Kids (Australia)
Release5 March 2007 (2007-03-05)[1] –
2007 (2007)

The Adventures of Gracie Lou is a British-Australian animated series created by Darren and Helen Simpson, owners of Merry Dance Productions. The show premiered in 2007 on ABC For Kids.

In 2011, the show aired on the Hungarian version of channel JimJam.[3] It premiered in October 1, 2009 on Playhouse Disney (now Disney Junior) in the United States. The Adventures of Gracie Lou is set in the colourful, happy and musical world of three-year-old Gracie Lou and all her friends. They have many fun-filled adventures learning new words, playing exciting games and learning new songs. In 2008 or 2009, the show was dubbed, premiered, and aired on the Israeli/Hebrew version of the channels Hop! Channel and Luli TV.

Characters

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  • Gracie Lou - She has orange hair in a flip, wearing a purple long-sleeved dress with a pink heart on it, bright green pants and black shoes. She is a 3-year-old girl.
  • Matilda - She is a young infant with only one piece of hair on the top of her head, wearing an orange long-sleeved dress with a light pink heart on it, and has bright pink underwear, because she has started potty training. She is Gracie Lou's 2-year-old sister.
  • Emily - She is a dark-skinned girl with black hair and five reddish-orange hair bows on each side, wears a green dress with a bright yellow star on it, and has black shoes. She is a 2 1/2-year-old girl.
  • Henry - He is a little boy with spiky yellow hair on top, a red T-shirt, blue shorts, and black shoes. He is a 3 1/2-year-old boy.
  • Granddad - He is an old man who has white hair and a white beard, a brown sweater, grey pants, and big brown boots. He's Gracie Lou's white-haired grandfather.
  • Doddie the Friendly Dragon - His appearance is that of a green dragon. He is Gracie Lou’s special friend and only 3 Dragon years old.
  • Charlie - He is a bright yellow dog with dark yellow spots, an orange nose, and a purple collar. He is Gracie Lou’s pet puppy dog, who is 3 years old as well.

Alongside the characters there are also animals such as Gracie Lou who has a Teddy Bear and Emily has a bear-like Panda. The others are White Bunny Rabbit, Light Orange Cat, Yellow Duck, White Mice, etc.

and there's the only song where the main characters did not appear, in their place a tribe appeared Indians, which the episode name is "10 Little Indians".

Songs

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  1. Head Shoulders Knees and Toes
  2. Never Smile at a Crocodile
  3. Row, Row, Row Your Boat
  4. The Wheels on the Bus
  5. This is the Way
  6. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  7. Miss Polly
  8. Ding Dong Bell
  9. I Ride My Little Bicycle
  10. I Am the Music Man
  11. Horsey Horsey
  12. Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear
  13. Jack and Jill
  14. 10 Green Bottles
  15. One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
  16. One Man Went To Mow
  17. Six Little Ducks
  18. 10 Fat Sausages
  19. 10 Little Indians
  20. Three Blind Mice
  21. Mary Had A Little Lamb
  22. If You're Happy and You Know It
  23. I'm a Little Teapot
  24. Ring a Ring Of Roses
  25. Round and Round the Garden
  26. Hokey Cokey
  27. 2 Little Dickey Birds
  28. See Saw Marjorie Daw
  29. With My Foot I Tap Tap Tap
  30. The Grand Old Duke of York
  31. Jelly on a Plate
  32. Baa Baa Black Sheep
  33. Old MacDonald Had a Farm
  34. Wind the Bobbin Up
  35. We Went to the Animal Fair
  36. Daddy's Taking Us to the Zoo Tomorrow
  37. 1 Finger 1 Thumb
  38. How Much Is That Doggie?
  39. The Farmer's in the Dell
  40. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
  41. 10 in the Bed
  42. I'm a Kangaroo
  43. 5 Little Ducks
  44. 5 Little Monkeys
  45. Incy Wincy Spider
  46. Knick-Knack Paddy-Whack
  47. The ABC Song
  48. Chugga Chugga, Choo Choo
  49. Dancing Girls
  50. The Animal Rock
  51. Hickory Dickory Dock
  52. Dingle Dangle Scarecrow
  53. Jingle Bells (website only[4])

Theme song lyrics

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Full version

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Come and play with Gracie,
We'll have a lot of fun!
Charlie's chasing Henry
In the morning sun.

Sing and dance with Granddad,
Matilda's dancing too!
There's lots to see and do,
So can we come play with you?

Gracie and her pals all
Want to play with you!

TV intro version

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Gracie and her pals all
Want to play with you!

Pilots

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Happy Birthday Gracie Lou and Where's Doddie? are the pilot episodes of The Adventures of Gracie Lou.

Gracie Lou Funtime

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The series introduces the educational game for children called "Gracie Lou Funtime".

Main character: A girl named Gracie Lou drives a red car.

Educational topics: The game focuses on learning different topics through signs that appear along the way:

  • Animals
  • Food
  • Numbers
  • Shapes

References

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  1. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20080719120604/http://www.gracielou.com.au/News.htm
  2. ^ https://retrounit.com.au/products/the-adventures-of-gracie-lou-1-2-3-come-count-with-me-cd-album
  3. ^ "JimJam - JimJam". www.hu.jimjam.tv (in Hungarian).
  4. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20110501132909/http://www.gracielou.com.au/home.htm

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