The Charlie Horse Music Pizza

The Charlie Horse Music Pizza
Genre	Family Entertainment
Written by	Colman deKay
Directed by	Niles Davenport Stan Jacobson
Presented by	Shari Lewis
Starring	Dom DeLuise Wezley Morris Chancz Perry
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	23
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Golden Books Family Entertainment KCET
Release
Original network	PBS (1998–1999) PBS Kids (1999–2000)
Original release	January 5, 1998 – January 17, 1999
Chronology
Related shows	Lamb Chop's Play-Along
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

The Charlie Horse Music Pizza is an American children's television show that was shown on PBS in the United States from January 1998 and 1999. Re-runs aired until late 2000. Re-runs are currently airing, again, on PBJ. It is a spin-off of the series Lamb Chop's Play-Along and was hosted by Shari Lewis, whose strong belief in the benefits of music education for children led to the creation of the series. Just like Lamb Chop's Play-Along, The Charlie Horse Music Pizza was shot at the CBC Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

The show takes place around a pizzeria on the beach. Alongside the original cast of Lamb Chop, Hush Puppy, Charlie Horse, and Shari, Charlie Horse Music Pizza introduced four new characters – Take-Out, a big anthropomorphized orangutan who makes deliveries on roller skates (played by Chancz Perry); Fingers, a giant purple raccoon that lives in the dumpster behind the pizzeria (played by Gordon Robertson); Cookie the soft-hearted, opera-loving cook (played by Dom DeLuise); and Junior, who works at the pizzeria part-time, and plays musical instruments, such as the tuba for his high school marching band (played by Wezley Morris).

The series was put on hiatus after the May 18 episode aired due to Lewis' treatment in a local hospital. It was then cancelled when she died on August 2.

Episodes

Season		Episodes	Originally aired (U.S. dates)
			Season premiere	Season finale
	1	20	January 5, 1998 (1998-01-05)	January 17, 1999 (1999-01-17)
	2	3	January 3, 1999 (1999-01-03)	January 17, 1999 (1999-01-17)

Season 1

#	List of Episodes	Release Date
1	Back Story	January 5, 1998
2	My Dog Has Fleas	January 6, 1998
3	Musicians of Bremen	January 7, 1998
4	Blow Hard	January 8, 1998
5	Follow the Leader	January 9, 1998
6	Spooky Opera Show	January 12, 1998
7	A Pirate's Life	January 13, 1998
8	The Audition	January 14, 1998
9	Group Soup	January 15, 1998
10	Rapunzel	January 16, 1998
11	Toy Exchange	January 19, 1998
12	Charlie on the Run	January 20, 1998
13	Wise Queen	January 21, 1998
14	Star-Spangled Charlie	January 22, 1998
15	Charlie's Ant	January 23, 1998
16	Whistle While You Work	January 26, 1998
17	Jazzy	January 27, 1998
18	Hush Puppy the Hero	January 28, 1998
19	Can I Sing You My Song?	January 29, 1998
20	Drum Show	January 30, 1998

Season 2 (1999)

#	List of Episodes	Release Date
21	One Man Band	January 3, 1999
22	The George & Bill Show	January 10, 1999
23	Goodbye, Hello	January 17, 1999

VHS releases

There Are VHS Tapes in 1998 to 1999 Releases from Sony Wonder.

#	List of Volumes and more	Release Date	No. of Videos
1	Volume 1	February 10, 1998	5
2	Volume 2	February 10, 1998	5
3	Volume 3	March 31, 1998	5
4	Volume 4	March 31, 1998	5
5	Volume 5	March 9, 1999	3

Funding

• The NAMM International Music Products Association
• Remo
• The Corporation for Public Broadcasting
• Annual financial support from Viewers Like You

External links

• The Charlie Horse Music Pizza at IMDb