Donkey Hodie (News And Discussion Thread)

[SweetShop209]

Fred Rogers Productions Announces DONKEY HODIE, Premiering Winter 2021 - Fred Rogers Productions

New Preschool Series Inspired by Characters from MISTER ROGERS’ NEIGHBORHOOD, Featuring Original Puppets.

www.fredrogers.org

Donkey Hodie is an upcoming PBS Kids show coming out next winter. Inspired by characters from Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, this puppet series follows Donkey Hodie, granddaughter of the original Donkey Hodie (now called Grampy Hodie).

"In every episode, Donkey Hodie, a sweet, yellow donkey with a magenta mohawk, along with her pals, Purple Panda, Duck Duck and Bob Dog, empower preschoolers to dream big and overcome obstacles in their own lives, to work hard and persevere in the face of failure, to be resourceful and discover they are capable of solving problems on their own—and to laugh themselves silly along the way."

The show is created by brothers Adam Rudman and David Rudman, both from Sesame Street and Nature Cat . The show is produced by their production company Spiffy Pictures.

The only confirmed cast member so far is Stephanie D'Abruzzo as Duck Duck.

 

[superkeegan9100]

Nice to see PBS Kids is getting a new puppet show. I'm getting tired of all the constant 9 Story flash animated shows, so this is a nice change of pace.

 

[SpongeBobFan2004]

Nice to see PBS Kids is getting a new puppet show. I'm getting tired of all the constant 9 Story flash animated shows, so this is a nice change of pace.

Will this be distributed internationally?


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[superkeegan9100]

Will this be distributed internationally?

Probably, I'm not too sure.

 

[SpongeBobFan2004]

Probably, I'm not too sure.

Probably cause PBS owns distribution rights to all of their content produced by their stations. So I don’t know if Donkey Hodie from Fred Rogers Productions and WTTW Chicago maybe distributed internationally by PBS?


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[SweetShop209]

Haley Jenkins is Donkey Hodie and Frankie Cordero is Purple Panda. Haley is known for playing Karli (who's in foster care) in the Sesame Street Communities videos and is also the US version of Zari. Frankie Cordero is known for playing Abby's step brother Rudy on Sesame Street.

 

[SpongeBobFan2004]

Probably cause PBS owns distribution rights to all of their content produced by their stations. So I don’t know if Donkey Hodie from Fred Rogers Productions maybe distributed internationally by PBS?


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And actually PBS owns rights to many of their shows in the US. That’s why I still see PBS taking down videos on YouTube in the US.


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[Fone Bone]

The Purple Pandas on Mister Rogers freaked me the hell out as a kid. On a rational level, I know Fred Rogers has never smoked crack cocaine. But I can't think of another logical reason for those characters to exist either.

 

[SweetShop209]

So, I took a look at Stephanie D'Abruzzo's website. She's not only Duck Duck, but also Harriet and Mama Panda. She's also a writer for the series. Since Paul McGinnis' tweet above was deleted when confirming the casting for Donkey Hodie and Purple Panda, I screenshot this just in case.

Stephanie D'Abruzzo's resume

www.stephaniedabruzzo.com

Spoiler: Stephanie D'Abruzzo

 

[SweetShop209]

Meet Our Neighbors: Kristin DiQuollo - Fred Rogers Productions

Get to know Kristin DiQuollo, Supervising Producer for our newest PBS KIDS series, Donkey Hodie.

www.fredrogers.org

Kristin DiQuollo (Cyberchase) is supervising producer for the series.

 

[Moleoman]

According to World Screen's TV Kids Guide 2020/2021 (pages 18-19), 9 Story will be responsible for international distribution of "Donkey Hodie": TV Kids Guide 2020-2021

 

[SweetShop209]

If you go to 0:13 and 0:29, you can see two brief clips from the show.

 

[AdrenalineRush1996]

According to World Screen's TV Kids Guide 2020/2021 (pages 18-19), 9 Story will be responsible for international distribution of "Donkey Hodie": TV Kids Guide 2020-2021

Well, that's good news.

 

[SweetShop209]

The 9 Story website posted some pictures from the show.

Donkey Hodie - 9 Story Media Group

9story.com

Spoiler: Picture

 

[SweetShop209]

The PBS Kids website says the show comes out May 3.

Donkey Hodie | PBS KIDS

 

[SweetShop209]

There were some character promos that came out. Someone put them together into 1 video.

 

[SweetShop209]

Here's a song from the show.

 

[SweetShop209]

Here's another song from the show.

 

[Bigawesome2000]

On the PBS Kids 24/7 channel, Donkey Hodie will air weekdays at 4pm and 12am, and weekends at 9am. Make sure to check your local listings, just to figure out when it is airing where you live (I know WNET loves to run Cyberchase into the ground lol).

 

[SweetShop209]

Here's a full episode of Donkey Hodie.