Nanalan'
Canadian children's television show / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Nanalan'?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
Nanalan' is a Canadian children's television series created by Jamie Shannon and Jason Hopley. It began in 1999 as a series of three-minute shorts and later ran for a season of full-length episodes spanning 21 minutes each. It chronicles the small-scale adventures and discoveries of a three-year-old puppet girl named Mona in her grandmother Nana's backyard. The title is a contraction of the phrase "Nana Land," referring to the setting.
Nanalan' | |
---|---|
Created by | |
Directed by | Michael Larsh |
Starring |
|
Composer | Jack Lenz |
Country of origin | Canada |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 71 (shorts) 41 (full-length) |
Production | |
Executive producers | Jack Lenz Jamie Shannon |
Producer | Tim Williams |
Cinematography | John M. Tran |
Running time | 3 minutes (shorts) 21 minutes (full-length) |
Production company | The Grogs |
Original release | |
Network |
|
Release | February 9, 2000 (2000-02-09) ā January 6, 2006 (2006-01-06) |
Hopley and Shannon, who continued to work with Nickelodeon afterwards on their creation Mr. Meaty, produced the series through their puppetry troupe The Grogs in association with Lenz Entertainment. The show uses a blend of hand puppetry and the manipulation of cardboard cutouts, particularly in the opening theme. While the shorts do not follow a structure, the half-hour episodes follow a loose format that includes at least one song or reading an original story to the viewers.
The show received three nominations at the 2004 Gemini Awards and was fairly well received by Canadian and U.S. press, with some critics calling attention to the show's surreal presentation and genuine approach to its concept. It was short-lived, as Nickelodeon did not pick up a second season. In 2004, select episodes were released across several DVDs and VHS in the U.S. In the mid-2010s, the series went viral with a resurgence in popularity on websites such as Tumblr and YouTube for its bizarre nature.[1][2][3][4]
Interest in the series was renewed in late 2023 after video clips of it went viral on TikTok.[5][6] The new success led to Hopley and Shannon reuniting for the first time since disbanding The Grogs in 2009, reprising Nana and Mona for interviews and online videos.[7]