Series

The California Raisin Show

19891 season4.8AnimationKids

The California Raisin Show is an animated television series based on the claymation advertising characters The California Raisins. The show is based on an Emmy Award-winning claymation special, Meet the Raisins!, which originally aired on CBS in 1989. After the show's 13-episode run, a sequel to the original special, Raisins: Sold Out!: The California Raisins II, aired in 1990. While the characters are traditionally depicted in claymation, the TV show was cel animated by Murakami-Wolf-Swenson. It did, however, maintain Will Vinton as creative director and executive producer. It takes place in a world populated by anthropomorphic fruits and vegetables and focuses on the main characters, the California Raisins: A.C., Beebop, Stretch, and Red. Each episode has one or more musical numbers.

Episodes

1. The Apple, Raisin-Style

The band heads to New York City to find Mom just in time for a gig.

30m

2. There's No Business Like Shoe Business

The raisins have to go to school again.

30m

3. School Is Cool

The raisins fly to a castle where they perform for a king.

30m

4. A Royal Mess

The band is asked to act for the first time in a big Hollywood feature.

30m

5. Lights, Camera, Disaster

The band has their first encounter with Lick Broccoli and his band of vegetables.

30m

6. The Good, The Bad and The Broccoli

Beebop desires to leave the band and become a full-time magician.

30m

7. Abracadabra Beebop

The raisins go on a camping trip.

30m

8. The Grape Outdoors

The band plays at a futuristic club, only to discover they're being launched into outer space!

30m

9. Rocket n' Rollin' Raisins

The band heads to the jungles of Africa for a wild expedition.

30m

10. Hold That Jungle

The raisins are given a star on the sidewalk of the world-famous ""Olivera Street.""

30m

11. Olivera Street

Shirelle becomes a model and wants to split with her band-mates, the Raisinettes.

30m

12. Picture Perfect Shirelle

A.C, Beebop, and Mom meet up with who they think are long lost relatives.

30m

13. You Can't Grow Home Again

30m

14. Family Reunion

The raisins are sick of Rudy's shoddy management and decide to join up with Lick Broccoli's manager, Leonard Limabean, instead.

30m

15. Raisins: Sold Out

30m

Cast

Cam Clarke

Brian Stokes Mitchell

Dorian Harewood

Willard E. Pugh

Cree Summer

Crystal

Brian Cummings

Jim Cummings