Series / Ants in Your Pants

Oh my. Oh me.
What's that? Can it be?
It started as a wiggle.
Grew into a shake.
Now I'm on the floor,
squirming like a snake.
Oooh, Ants In Your Pants.
Ooh, ooh, Ants In Your Pants.
You giggle, you wiggle,
you jiggle, you dance.
Oooh, you got Ants In Your Pants.

—Intro song

Ants In Your Pants is a Canadian Children's Musical Puppet Show that aired on Treehouse TV.

The show starred Lickety Split, a talking monkey who lived in a tree. He would talk directly to the audience and telling them about his day. The show would also focus on a trio of carpenter ants named Janesaw, Woodchip, and Dusty, who would either help or bother Lickety with their antics. Lickety would often try to meet the ants, but never acted on any opportunity that came forth.

The show would also have a series of Music Videos, usually three per episode, that aired in-between segments. The final Lickety segment was always preceded by a wipe of scattering leaves.

The series aired on November 1st, 1997, and ran until June 15th, 2000.

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Ants In Your Pants contains examples of:

• Fake Interactivity: Sometimes Lickety would act as if the audience told him something, which was always pre-determined by the show's script.
• Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal: Lickety, who only wore a pair of overalls.
• Music Video: There are three or five music video segments per episode.
• No Fourth Wall: At least with the Lickety segments. He's always talking to the audience.
• Talking Animal: Lickety the monkey and the trio of ants all talk.

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