Jay Jay the Jet Plane
Jay Jay the Jet Plane is a Canadian live-action/CGI-animated musical television series for children. It was broadcast on TVOKids, PBS Kids, Qubo and Smile.[1] The series aired for 4 seasons and has 62 episodes. The series is about a group of aircraft. The episodes were distributed in 25-minute-long pairs. One of the episodes had a header sequence and the other had the end credits. With commercials, this created a single one hour episode. Each of the episodes had one or more songs.
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| Genre | Children's television series Musical |
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| Theme music composer | Stephen Michael Schwartz Parachute Express |
| Opening theme | "Gee, How I Love to Fly" (1994–1996); "Jay Jay the Jet Plane Theme Song" (1998–2005) |
| Ending theme | "Gee, How I Love to Fly" (Reprise) (1994–2004); "Jay Jay the Jet Plane Theme Song" (1998–2005) |
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| Country of origin | United States The United Kingdom Wales |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 62 (list of episodes) |
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| Producer | David Michel |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
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| Network | Direct-to-video |
| Release | December 13, 1994 – October 29, 1996 |
| Network | TLC |
| Release | November 2, 1998 – March 14, 2000 |
| Network | PBS |
| Release | June 11, 2001 – November 25, 2005 |
The theme song and many of the other songs were written by singer/songwriter Stephen Michael Schwartz. They were sung by his musical group, Parachute Express. The series was created by David and Deborah Michel. they wanted it to be educational to teach life and moral lessons to children.
References
change- ↑ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 442–443. ISBN 978-1476665993.
