![]() ![]() ![]() “The first thing he did was he combed through the original books and looked for things that kept recurring. The writers for the series picked as many story lines as possible from the original seven books, but head writer Joe Fallon needed to write others in the same spirit. Over the years, there have been other Curious George books besides the original Rey editions, but this is the first time he’ll be starring in his own TV series, said Mary Wilcox, the director of franchise publishing of children’s books for Houghton Mifflin. The Reys published their first book in the United State, “Curious George,” in 1941 and the last of their George adventures, “Curious George Goes to the Hospital,” in 1966. – was a manuscript that featured the character Curious George. One of the items they carried with them – ultimately to where they settled in Cambridge, Mass. Rey had assembled from spare parts, the two rode to freedom. The series is being produced by Imagine Entertainment, WGBH-TV in Boston and Universal Studios Family Productions.Ĭurious George and his constant companion, the man in the yellow hat, were creations of the Reys, German Jews who were living in Paris when the imminent invasion of the Nazis forced them to flee. Producers of the television show are hoping to piggyback on the success of the “Curious George” movie that was released in February and grossed nearly $60 million. The series starts off with “Curious George Flies a Kite,” followed by “From Scratch,” in which the clever monkey uses detective work to prove a cat is innocent of scratching up booths in a restaurant. Your job is to be happy, to test the boundaries, that’s your job,’ and that’s a lovely thing to say,” Macy said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. “The global lesson of George … is telling kids, ‘It’s your job to figure out what’s going on and to play, don’t worry about the rules. The series is narrated by actor William H. Rey – dating back to their first Curious George story in 1941 – and is geared toward children ages 3 to 5. The series, premiering today, is based on the classic books by Margret and H.A. Now he’s coming to public television, and the creative team behind his new children’s series is hoping precocious monkey Curious George will help turn kids into budding scientists, mathematicians and engineers. He’s flown a kite, traveled in a spaceship, become a movie star and had a long friendship with a tall man in a yellow hat. ![]()
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