Line #19 Trivia/CuriousGeorge


1	!! For the books:
2	* LifeImitatesArt: ''Curious George Takes a Job'' ends with the premiere of a ''Curious George'' movie, almost 60 years before the release of the actual film.
3	* KidsMealToy:
4	** Dairy Queen had a set of six toys in 2000.
5	** Wendy's had two Kids' Meal promotions. The first one was in 2000, and the second was in 2006 to promote [[WesternAnimation/CuriousGeorge2006 the animated movie]].
6	** Carl's Jr. and Hardee's had a set of four toys in 2016; there was the flying disc, the glider, the magnifier, and the theater scene.
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8	!! For the 1980 series:
9	* ChannelHop: The shorts aired on Creator/DisneyChannel's ''Lunch Box'' block and on the {{Creator/Nickelodeon}} series ''{{Series/Pinwheel}}''.
10	* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: 104 shorts were made. Only a fraction were ever released on VHS, and the tapes have been out of print for years. Some of them can be found on Website/YouTube.
11	* RecursiveAdaptation: The episodes in this series were eventually rewritten as picture books.
12	* TroubledProduction: The first animated series entered production by Milktrain Production in 1977, with financial investment from firm Lafferty, Harwood, and Partners. However by 1979 only 32 of the agreed-upon 104 shorts were completed, due to Milktrain running out of money. In order to secure additional funding from Lafferty they had to agree to let them take over the production completely. All 104 shorts were finally completed in 1982.
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14	!! For the 2006 series:
15	* ActingForTwo:
16	** Frank Welker voices George, one of the city firemen, and many incidental male characters.
17	** Jeff Bennett voices the Man with the Yellow Hat, Mr. Renkins, and many incidental male characters.
18	** Jim Cummings voices Chef Psighetti, Jumpy the squirrel, Mr. Quint, Flint, Professor Einstein, and many incidental male characters.
19	** Annie Mumolo voices Bill and his mother, Dr. Levitt, both Spring and Spring Quint, and many incidental female characters.
20	** Rob Paulsen voices Charkie, Compass, Mr. Glass, and Mr. Dulson.
21	** Bill Chott voiced both Hundley and the Doorman before both roles went to Lex Lang.
22	** Elizabeth Daily voices Steve and Fireperson Andy, and many incidental female characters.
23	** Grey [=DeLisle=] voices Betsy and Marco, and many incidental female characters.
24	** Creator/KathSoucie voices Mrs. Renkins, Mrs. Quint, and Mint Quint.
25	** Debi Derryberry voices Gnocchi (in seasons 1-3 and "Gnocchi The Critic") and Mrs. Dulson.
26	* BabyNameTrendStarter: In Japan, this show caused the name "George", or as it's spelled in Japanese "Joji", to increase in popularity. It's gotten to the point where '''fictional characters in anime''' have also been given the name George!
27	* ChannelHop: Five years after the last new episode aired on PBS, the show returned with new episodes (well, new to the US; see TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment and ShortRunInPeru below) on the Creator/{{Peacock}} streaming service in July 2020, before airing on PBS three months later.[[note]]Unlike fellow Creator/PBSKids show ''Series/SesameStreet'', which uses a similar method with premiering episodes on Creator/{{HBO}} first, new episodes of the show are exclusive to the 24/7 PBS Kids channel and said channel's livestream, but PBS affiliates only air older episodes.[[/note]]
28	* CrossdressingVoices:
29	** Creator/ElizabethDaily as Steve.
30	** Creator/GreyDeLisle as Marco.
31	** Creator/RobPaulsen as Charkie.
32	** Annie Mumolo as Bill.
33	* FakeNationality:
34	** Creator/{{Jim Cummings\|1952}}, an American, voices Chef Psighetti, who's Italian.
35	** Marco is Spanish, yet is voiced by Creator/GreyDeLisle, an American.
36	** "King Doggy" has Frank Welker, George's voice actor, also voicing a Royal guard. Another episode has him voicing an obedience school teacher. He used a British accent for both of them even though he's American.
37	** In "King Doggy", Creator/KariWahlgren, an American, also uses a British accent for the princess.
38	* TheOtherDarrin:
39	** Creator/WilliamHMacy narrated the first season, while Creator/RinoRomano narrated the rest of the series.
40	** Creator/WillFerrell voiced Ted (The Man with the Yellow Hat) in the 2006 theatrical film while Creator/JeffBennett voiced him in the series and DVD movies.
41	** Bill Chott voiced both Hundley and the Doorman in season 1 before Creator/LexLang took over in season 2.
42	** Creator/DeeBradleyBaker replaces Creator/DebiDerryberry as Gnocchi starting in season 4.
43	* RoleReprise: Creator/FrankWelker returns to voicing George.
44	* ScrewedByTheLawyers:
45	** The show's streaming deal with Hulu was why the show did not appear on the 24/7 Creator/PBSKids channel when it launched in January 2017. However, it eventually started airing there in October 2020.
46	** The show would later fall under this trope again when Creator/{{Peacock}} gained the streaming rights to new episodes of the show. On Samsung's PBS Kids channel, [[https://twitter.com/itspeeebs/status/1540866453699805186?s=20&t=QUNUnh7njfSUdTH-dBqkiw an error message is displayed]] if one turns on the channel while ''Curious George'' is airing, redirecting them to use the PBS Kids app. By June 2023, even the PBS Kids app restricted livestreams of the show.
47	* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: Seasons 10, 11 and 12 have copyright notices of 2017, 2018 and 2019 respectively, and were meant to be released on Creator/{{Hulu}} as part of [[https://deadline.com/2016/03/hulu-streaming-rights-curious-george-franchise-series-specials-1201722184/ a deal that was announced in 2016]], but were not put up on the service for some reason[[note]]Hulu only has the first nine seasons along with the specials[[/note]]. The episodes [[ShortRunInPeru first aired on]] Creator/FamilyJr [[ShortRunInPeru in Canada and possibly in other countries as well]] before they were finally released in the US on the Peacock streaming service in July 2020, with PBS getting the episodes three months later.
48	* ShortRunInPeru: As mentioned above, Canada was one of the first countries to air seasons 10 to 12 before they were released in the US, with seasons 10 and 11 airing weekly from September to December 2018 and May to August 2019 respectively, and season 12 airing throughout the month of February 2020.

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