"Caillou" (2000) TV series 2000-????

Writers:

Jacques E. Bouchard (writer)
Dave Dias (writer)
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Seasons:

1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | unknown

Genre:

Animation | Family

Tagline:

Growing Up is the Greatest Adventure of All

Plot:

Entertaining misadventures of a four year old boy named Caillou, where each day he discovers something new and interesting with his mommy...

Plot Keywords:

Sibling | Teddy Bear | Toy Dinosaur | Toy | Cat

Cast

Ellen David	...	Miss Martin (40 episodes, 2000-2006)
Graeme Jokic	...	Leo (20 episodes)

Series Directed by
Jean Pilotte		(3 episodes, 2000-2006)
Nick Rijgersberg		(2 episodes, 2006)

Series Writing credits
Nisha Muire		(7 episodes, 2006)
Caroline R. Maria		(unknown episodes, 2000)
Joan Scott		(unknown episodes, 2000)
Jacques E. Bouchard		(unknown episodes)
Dave Dias		(unknown episodes)
Hugh Duffy		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Cassandra Schafhausen	....	producer (1 episode, 2000)
Josée Mauffette	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Peter Moss	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Lesley Taylor	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Robert Waldren	....	assistant director (3 episodes, 2000-2006)

Series Art Department
Jean Banville	....	storyboard artist (3 episodes, 2000-2006)
Bibo Bergeron	....	storyboard artist (3 episodes, 2000-2006)
Stefanie Gignac	....	storyboard artist (3 episodes, 2000-2006)
Dev Ramsaran	....	storyboard artist (3 episodes, 2000-2006)
Paul Schibli	....	storyboard artist (3 episodes, 2000-2006)
Mark Dubeau	....	storyboard artist (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
François Arbour	....	dialogue recordist (5 episodes, 2003)
Kelly Kincaid	....	dialogue editor (1 episode, 2000-2004)
John Dykstra	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes, 2005)
Michael Mancuso	....	supervising sound editor (unknown episodes, 2005)
Henry Godding Jr.	....	dialogue recordist (unknown episodes)
Philippe Pelletier	....	second re-recording engineer (unknown episodes)
Jean Christophe Verbert	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)

Series Visual Effects by
Marc Fortin	....	digital compositor (unknown episodes)

Series Animation Department
Skye Renaud	....	background painter (22 episodes, 2005-2006)
Jonathan Alenskas	....	animation director (10 episodes)
Drew Mandigo	....	animation supervisor / layout supervisor / ... (5 episodes, 2000-2006)
Marcos Da Silva	....	animation timing director (3 episodes, 2000-2006)
Sebastian Grunstra	....	animation timing director (3 episodes, 2000-2006)
Al Jeffery	....	animation timing director (3 episodes, 2000-2006)
Jean Pilotte	....	animation timing director (3 episodes, 2000-2006)
Jean Banville	....	animation timing director (2 episodes, 2006)
Nadja Cozic	....	animation timing director (2 episodes, 2006)
Grace Lam	....	animation supervisor (2 episodes, 2006)

Series Editorial Department
Ed Ham	....	on-line editor (7 episodes, 2005-2006)
Kelly Kincaid	....	picture editor (2 episodes, 2006)

Production Companies

• CINAR (????-????)
• Cookie Jar Entertainment

Distributors

• Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (2000) (USA)
• New Films International
• Teletoon

Runtime:

USA:30 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Brazil:Livre | South Korea:All

Company:

CINAR

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Caillou's Holiday Movie (2003) (V)

Many problems with this show

While my 3-year-old seems to enjoy this show, I think it may be very bad for him to watch.

Among the many problems I have is the child character's constant bad behavior, mostly his complete lack of manners, I have yet to hear a Thank you or please (often it is "I want").. this could be a cultural difference with the French.

The episode in which he gets scared of monsters at night, rather than helping my son; inspired him to become scared of monsters (he never thought of monsters being in his room until he saw this show).

I often see many safety issues brought up in the show, in one episode Daddy leave a newborn baby (Rossie) unattended on a change table.

The "world view" of the show is too politically correct and homogeneous to the point of encouraging conformity in children. In fact I find the nonwhite characters to be portrayed ina very disturping way, bordering on racism... the Chinese family eats only Chinese food, visits China on vacation, has a house decorated in Chinese decor.. in fact every part of their life we see is completely enshrined in Chinese culture; as if they have no identity other than being Chinese. In another episode a Mexican family has a birthday party, and of course it is a fiesta! I hate children's shows that only define multicultural people/families by their race/nationality as if that's ALL that defines them; it is an ignorant view of our world.