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Film Details - Viskatoons ; Australian Children's Television Foundation , 1997-1998
Producers:
Executive producers: Patricia Edgar, Christian Davin, and Giovanna Milan.
Producers: Susie campbell and Patricia Edgar.
Production Companies:
Viskatoons and the Australian Children's Television Foundation, in association with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, France 2, Canal J, and Ravensburger Film + Television.
Finance Organisations:
The Australian Film Finance Corporation.
Centre National de la Cinematographie.
Director of Photography:
Animation director: Robbert Smit.
Editors:
Ralph Strasser, Cliff Hayes, and Damian Harland.
Cast:
Stig Wemyss Li'l Elvis Jones: voice), Wendy Stapleton (Li'l Elvis Jones: singing voice), Kylie Belling (Lionel Dexter / Lillian Dexter: voice), David Cotter (Len Jones / Dick Collingwood: voice), Lynda Gibson (Grace Jones: voice), William Ten Eyck (W. C. Moore: voice), Marg Downey (Janet Rig / Eileen Inyaface: voice), Tommy Lewis (Dex Dexter: voice), Michael Veitch (Duncan: voice), Matthew King (Goondianna Jones / Old Man Viska: voice), Nick Giannopoulos (Hector: voice), Hamish Hughes (Scotty: voice), Paul Flaherty (Sea Monkey King: voice), and Chris Anastassiades (Victor: voice).
Awards:
- Finalist, Australian Teachers of Media (ATOM) Awards, 1998.
Notes:
Script supervisors: Chris Anastassiades and Christophe Izard.
Script editors: Chris Anastassiades, Christophe Izard, Gina Roncoli, and Robert Greenberg.
List of episodes (series one):
1. Caught in a Trap
2. Boggled
3. Memphis P.T.D
4. Wandering Star
5. I Hate My Own Birthday (John Armstrong)
6. You Can't Buy the Playground
7. Goondianna Smith, The Wonder Years
8. Monkey Sea, Monkey Do
9. Bearing All (Kevin Nemeth)
10. It's a Dog's Life (Pepe Trevor and John Armstrong)
11. D.I.V.O.R.C.E.
12. Duncan's Big Day Out
13. Fun In Acapulcolypse Now
List of episodes (series two):
14. Kidnapped
15. Good Boy, Cruel World
16. Space Junk
17. RoboPop
18. Hopping Mad
19. Big Top Brouhaha - Haha
20. Billionairiosis
21. Cardaholic
22. Know All
23. The Good, The Bad and the Hanky
24. Schmiko
25. Minors in the Mine
26. The Meanie From Down Under
Settings:
- Australian Outback, Central Australia,
