The previously announced clay-animated series The Adventures of Bert and Ernie will debut this August on PBS KIDS as a regular segment of the 39th season of Sesame Street. Animated by Misseri Studio in Florence, Italy, each of the 26 five-minute installments will find Bert and Ernie relating stories sparked by photos and memorabilia in their scrapbook. Viewers are taken along for the ride as the two are transported to a vibrant world beyond the limits of their apartment. With help from Bert’s pet pigeon, Bernice; Ernie’s Rubber Duckie; never-before-seen family members; and furniture that morphs into other objects, the dynamic dup will encourage literacy, diversity and imagination through humor.
The Adventures of Bert and Ernie is being produced with German public broadcaster NDR and U.K. broadcaster Five’s Milkshake preschool block. A second season is slated for delivery in March of 2009. The series has been sold to ABC in Australia, Cartoon Network India, DR-TV in Denmark, Disney Asia, Disney Spain, HOP in Israel, NPS/Zeppelin in the Netherlands, NRK in Norway and SVT in Sweden.
Sesame Workshop is the nonprofit educational organization behind such award-winning programs as Sesame Street, Dragon Tales, Pinky Dinky Doo and Sagwa, The Chinese Siamese Cat. The entity takes the proceeds it receives from sales of its shows and products and puts it into its educational projects for children around the world. For more information, go to www.sesameworkshop.org.
