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Gullah Gullah Island
File:GullahGullahIsland.jpg
Gullah Gullah Island title card
Created byMaria Perez-Brown
Kathleen Minton Capano
Kit Laybourne
Starringsee below
Country of origin United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes63 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersMaria Perez-Brown (seasons 1-2)
Kathleen Minton Capano
Kit Laybourne
Camera setupVideotape; Multi-camera
Running time30 minutes (incl. commercials)
30 minutes (no commercials)
Production companiesMagnet Productions, Perez Minton Productions, Inc.
Nick Jr. Original Productions
Original release
NetworkNickelodeon (Nick Jr.)
ReleaseJanuary 19, 1994 –
May 5, 1997

Gullah Gullah Island was a children's television series starring Ron Daise (executive producer) and his wife Natalie Daise. It was the first show designed for preschoolers to feature a Gullah family.

Background

The show stars Ron Daise and Natalie Daise as "Ron" and "Natalie," along with their fictional children (Shaina and James), niece (Vanessa), non fictional child Simeon, and a tadpole named Binyah Binyah Polliwog. The family lived on a fictional island off the coast of South Carolina. (With outdoor shots featuring Beaufort SC and Fripp Island.) The Downtown area was featured in one episode when the family took a trip to Charleston, South Carolina.

TV Guide selected Gullah Gullah Island as one of their top ten children's television shows in 2001. The show had moderately high ratings during its daytime run in the 1990s.

The show was taped at the Nickelodeon Studios in Universal Studios Florida, with the show Clarissa Explains It All shot on the same set (interior and exterior). Modifications were made, like adding various shades of red to the home as shown on Gullah Gullah. The backyard was used on earlier episodes of All That as well.

Episodes featured singing, dancing, learning, and encouraging children in the audience to think about things like healthy eating, telling the truth, and problem solving. The show ran for four seasons from January 19, 1994 through May 5, 1997.

Cast

  • Vanessa Baden - Vanessa
  • James Edward Coleman II - James
  • Ron Daise - Ron
  • Natalie Daise - Natalie
  • Manolo Villaverde - Abuelo )
  • Corey Hayes - Corey
  • Simeon Othello Daise - Simeon
  • Shaina M. Freeman - Shaina (
  • Tristin Mays - Shaina (1997)
  • Cristian Sola - Miguel (1997)
  • Sara Makeba Daise - Sara (1994-1997)
  • Armando Guerra & Jeff Gittle - Armando (1994-1997)
  • Philip D. Garcia - Binyah Binyah (1994-1996)
  • Justin Campbell - Binyah Binyah (1997)
  • Bryan Nguyen
  • Sean Connery
  • Jessica Gorski

Episodes

Season 1 1994-1995

  1. Yes I Can (Pilot) (10/19/1994)
  2. Going Places (10/31/1994)
  3. Rhythm and Rhyme All the Time (11/7/1994)
  4. Ron's Birthday (11/14/1994)
  5. Let the Games Begin (11/15/1994)
  6. Look Who's Balking (11/24/1994)
  7. Move Your Body (11/25/1994)
  8. Miss Ella Mae Breadsticks (12/25/1994)
  9. Binyah Binyah's Parade (12/26/1994)
  10. Lighting is Frightning (1/1/1995)
  11. Armondo's New Home (1/2/1995)
  12. Big and Small (1/12/1995)

Season 2 1995

  1. Binyah the Barbarian (4/11/1995)
  2. Gullah Gullah Island Day (7/10/1995)
  3. Friendship - - Just the Perfect Blend (7/17/1995)
  4. 4 The Pet Show (7/24/1995)
  5. Chansome's Big Surprise (7/31/1995)
  6. What's Up With Jobs? (8/7/1995)
  7. Charleston Market (8/14/1995)
  8. Carnival (9/3/1995)
  9. Things That Go Bump in the Night (9/4/1995)
  10. Special Places (9/25/1995)
  11. Campout (9/26/1995)
  12. Big and Small (9/27/1995)
  13. The School Show (9/28/1995)
  14. Let the Games Begin (9/29/1995)
  15. Friendship--Just the Perfect Blendship (11/27/1995)
  16. My Favorite Things (12/11/1995)
  17. Natalie's Sick (12/29/1995)

Season 3 1996

  1. What's Up with Jobs? (2/5/1996)
  2. All Boats Away (3/4/1996)
  3. How You Sound (4/26/1996)
  4. The Gullah Gullah Games (5/13/1996)
  5. Chansome's Big Surprise (5/20/1996)
  6. A Day at the Beach (5/27/1995)
  7. Binyah Binyah's Parade (6/2/1996)
  8. Animal See, Animal Do (6/23/1996)
  9. Food Glorious Food (6/30/1996)
  10. Home Alone With Grandma (7/7/1996)
  11. Fixing a Hurt (7/14/1996)
  12. The Collection Show (7/21/1996)
  13. Shapes and Colors (7/28/1996)
  14. We are Family (8/4/1996)
  15. Special Places (8/11/1996)
  16. Shaina Birthday Party (8/18/1996)

Season 4 1996-1997

  1. Simeon's Day (9/8/1996)
  2. Family Day (9/15/1996)
  3. The Mighty Cootas (9/22/1996)
  4. Campout! (9/29/1996)
  5. Here Comes the Hatchlings (10/6/1996)
  6. Binyah the Barbarian (10/13/1996)
  7. The Magic Show (10/20/1996)
  8. Gullah Rocks (10/27/1996)
  9. Stray Dog Blues (11/3/1996)
  10. James' New Buddy (11/10/1996)
  11. The Hottest Day of the Year (11/17/1996)
  12. Barrels of Laughs (11/24/1996)
  13. Binyah Binyah Goes to School (12/1/1996)
  14. A Gullah Gullah Christmas (12/8/1996)
  15. Big and Small (12/15/1996)
  16. The Big Sleepover (12/29/1996)
  17. Lightning is Frightning (4/27/1997)
  18. Polliwog Day (5/5/1997)

Syndication

Reruns of Gullah Gullah Island aired on Noggin from 1999 to 2004 and again from 2007 to 2009. It currently airs on Nick Jr. as of September 28, 2009, but the channel currently only airs the show in the extreme overnight hours, when very few of the show's target audience members are awake.

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