Weinerville
Encyclopedia
Nickelodeon Weinerville is an American
television program
on Nickelodeon
that was produced in 1993 and 1994, aired in re-runs until 1997. The show was based around a giant puppet
stage which was designed to look like a city, called Weinerville. The show was hosted by Marc Weiner
.
Marc Weiner teamed up with Nickelodeon with the premiere of Nickelodeon Weinerville, a half-hour variety show using classic elements of kids programming, including puppeteering and interaction with a live studio audience, to entertain kids and their parents. Since its premiere, Weinerville has drawn the attention of such shows as Entertainment Tonight
, Good Morning America
and The Early Show
for being television's first and only half-man/half-puppet variety show where kids are transformed into puppet citizens.
The show has also received numerous award nominations, including two CableACE Award
nominations, and has received acclaim from: The New York Times
, The New York Times Magazine
, the Daily News, the New York Post
, Newsday
, TV Guide
and the Los Angeles Times
.
The show premiered on July 11, 1993. During the first season, all episodes ran in a two-hour marathon every Sunday. However, Weinerville quickly gained popularity: in the middle of the first season Nickelodeon began running the show on weekday afternoons. For the second season, which premiered on May 2, 1994, the episodes aired daily. The show aired on Nickelodeon until June 30, 1997, although the Chanukah special re-ran on December 21, 1997.
in Universal Studios
Orlando Florida, it was an audience
participation comedy
show focused on Weiner and his puppets and about them making a show. The first few episodes did not have much of a plot or story line, but during the rest of the first season the show broke out story lines and plots, especially in the second season.
All of the above characters feature Weiner's head and a puppet body. The ones listed below are puppet characters
) revealed that participants were sometimes selected beforehand.
more live shows were done throughout the years.
checkout the official site for information, merchandise, video clips, and contact information.
page, and Marc opened a Twitter
account.
On July 22, 2011, it was announced that reruns of the original Weinerville series were set to be included in Nickelodeon's classic 1990s block, The '90s Are All That
, at an unspecified future date.
United States
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television program
Television program
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on Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon (TV channel)
Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally named Pinwheel, is an American children's channel owned by MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom International. The channel is primarily aimed at children ages 7–17, with the exception of their weekday morning program block aimed at preschoolers...
that was produced in 1993 and 1994, aired in re-runs until 1997. The show was based around a giant puppet
Puppet
A puppet is an inanimate object or representational figure animated or manipulated by an entertainer, who is called a puppeteer. It is used in puppetry, a play or a presentation that is a very ancient form of theatre....
stage which was designed to look like a city, called Weinerville. The show was hosted by Marc Weiner
Marc Weiner
Marc Weiner is an American comedian, clown, puppeteer, and television producer. Born into the Weiner family as the middle child between his brothers Jonas and Jess, Has 3 children, Rebecca who is married to Yerucham Pliner, Max who is a successful musician and Sara who is very pretty...
.
Marc Weiner teamed up with Nickelodeon with the premiere of Nickelodeon Weinerville, a half-hour variety show using classic elements of kids programming, including puppeteering and interaction with a live studio audience, to entertain kids and their parents. Since its premiere, Weinerville has drawn the attention of such shows as Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight is a daily tabloid television entertainment television news show that is syndicated by CBS Television Distribution throughout the United States, Canada and in many countries around the world. Linda Bell Blue is currently the program's executive producer...
, Good Morning America
Good Morning America
Good Morning America is an American morning news and talk show that is broadcast on the ABC television network; it debuted on November 3, 1975. The weekday program airs for two hours; a third hour aired between 2007 and 2008 exclusively on ABC News Now...
and The Early Show
The Early Show
The Early Show is an American television morning news talk show broadcast by CBS from New York City. The program airs live from 7 to 9 a.m. Eastern Time Monday through Friday; most affiliates in the Central, Mountain, and Pacific time zones air the show on tape-delay from 7 to 9 a.m. local time. ...
for being television's first and only half-man/half-puppet variety show where kids are transformed into puppet citizens.
The show has also received numerous award nominations, including two CableACE Award
CableACE Award
The CableACE Award was an award that was given from 1978 to 1997 to honor excellence in American cable television programming...
nominations, and has received acclaim from: The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
, The New York Times Magazine
The New York Times Magazine
The New York Times Magazine is a Sunday magazine supplement included with the Sunday edition of The New York Times. It is host to feature articles longer than those typically in the newspaper and has attracted many notable contributors...
, the Daily News, the New York Post
New York Post
The New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and is generally acknowledged as the oldest to have been published continuously as a daily, although – as is the case with most other papers – its publication has been periodically interrupted by labor actions...
, Newsday
Newsday
Newsday is a daily American newspaper that primarily serves Nassau and Suffolk counties and the New York City borough of Queens on Long Island, although it is sold throughout the New York metropolitan area...
, TV Guide
TV Guide
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and the Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
.
The show premiered on July 11, 1993. During the first season, all episodes ran in a two-hour marathon every Sunday. However, Weinerville quickly gained popularity: in the middle of the first season Nickelodeon began running the show on weekday afternoons. For the second season, which premiered on May 2, 1994, the episodes aired daily. The show aired on Nickelodeon until June 30, 1997, although the Chanukah special re-ran on December 21, 1997.
Overview and characters
Nickelodeon Weinerville was filmed at Nickelodeon StudiosNickelodeon Studios
Nickelodeon Studios was a television taping studio as well as an original attraction at Universal Studios Florida.-History:...
in Universal Studios
Universal Studios
Universal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....
Orlando Florida, it was an audience
Audience
An audience is a group of people who participate in a show or encounter a work of art, literature , theatre, music or academics in any medium...
participation comedy
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
show focused on Weiner and his puppets and about them making a show. The first few episodes did not have much of a plot or story line, but during the rest of the first season the show broke out story lines and plots, especially in the second season.
Human characters
- Marc Weiner - The host who is always forced to solve most of Dottie's problems. In season one, Marc wears an unbuttoned Weinerville baseball jersey with a green undershirt. In season two, the color of his undershirt changes.
- Kevin Elemeno P. - The "executive producer" on the show, who makes three appearances (only in season 2). The character, played by an older child, is a play on the name of the real executive producer of the program, current MTV Networks executive Kevin KayKevin KayKevin Kay is an American television executive. In October 2007, he was named president of Viacom's Spike TV, a division of the MTV Network Entertainment Group, after the post remained vacant since December 2006. Kay, who joined the network when it was known as TNN, reports to Doug Herzog, who also...
.
Puppets
- Dottie - The MayorMayorIn many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
of Weinerville. She has a sidekick/assistant named "Zip", who is constantly getting knocked and kicked around his boss (usually by accident). And is recognized by his constant misfortune and agonizing scream. - Baby Jeffrey - He would usually introduces Marc at the beginning of each episode and always makes a mess.
- Big Pops - The owner of the Diner, and usually does a lot with his nose, either picking it, or playing the kazoo. He only appeared in Season One.
- Schnitzel - Marc's fresh/sassy, parrot sidekick. He only appeared in Season One.
- Commander Ozone - A space traveler who defends evil and saves the universe with his sidekick Wilson (who sounds like ScottyMontgomery ScottMontgomery "Scotty" Scott is a Scottish engineer in the Star Trek media franchise. First portrayed by James Doohan in the original Star Trek series, Scotty also appears in the animated Star Trek series, seven Star Trek movies, the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Relics", and in numerous...
of Star TrekStar TrekStar Trek is an American science fiction entertainment franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. The core of Star Trek is its six television series: The Original Series, The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise...
fame). However in Season 1, his name was "Captain Ozone", and Wilson did not sound like Scotty but had a squeaky voice like "Zip". - Eric Von Firstensecond - Commander Ozone's evil enemy. He always tries to figure out an evil scheme to take over Weinerville, or to marry Dottie. He only appeared in Season 2.
- Cocktail Frank - The bandleader of the house band of the show "Cocktail Frank And His Weenies." Frank is the lead singer/guitarist.
- Joey Deluxe - The big shot manager and powerful TV show agent.
- Soup Tureen - The 'That's not Fair' game show host. Only in Season 2.
All of the above characters feature Weiner's head and a puppet body. The ones listed below are puppet characters
- Professor Phosphate - A Muppet-like puppet with green hair who can only be seen from the waist up. PhosphatePhosphateA phosphate, an inorganic chemical, is a salt of phosphoric acid. In organic chemistry, a phosphate, or organophosphate, is an ester of phosphoric acid. Organic phosphates are important in biochemistry and biogeochemistry or ecology. Inorganic phosphates are mined to obtain phosphorus for use in...
is the owner of Weinerville Labs, and often causes explosions. Despite this, he often solves problems. He only appeared in Season 2. - Boney - An obvious parody of BarneyBarney & FriendsBarney and Friends, also referred to by HiT Entertainment as Barney the Friendly Dinosaur, is an independent children's television show produced in the United States, aimed at children from ages 1-8...
, he is a dinosaurDinosaurDinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of...
skeleton who is beloved by children but hates them (the "theme song" to his show consisted of said puppet singing "Now get outta here! I'm Boney, I'm Boney, leave me aloney!"). According to the 1995 summer issue of Nickelodeon Magazine, Boney is Weiner's favorite puppet. - Zip - Dottie's helper, who always gets himself into trouble, makes his famous trademark scream and crashes into the wall.
- Pops - Known on season 1 as "Little Pops". He is the local chefChefA chef is a person who cooks professionally for other people. Although over time the term has come to describe any person who cooks for a living, traditionally it refers to a highly skilled professional who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation.-Etymology:The word "chef" is borrowed ...
who argues and sometimes starts stuff with Louie. - Louie - The local laundromatSelf-service laundryA self-service laundry is a facility where clothes are washed and dried. They are known in the United Kingdom as launderettes or laundrettes, and in the United States, Canada, and Australia as laundromats or washaterias...
owner who always argues with Pops. - Socko - An inverted hand puppet who likes to kick Marc, performed with his own props, and made sarcastic gestures when things did not go right.
Other sketches
The show also featured several non-puppet characters played by Weiner himself:- Captain Bob - A sea piratePiracyPiracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence at sea. The term can include acts committed on land, in the air, or in other major bodies of water or on a shore. It does not normally include crimes committed against persons traveling on the same vessel as the perpetrator...
in yellow rain gear that constantly cracks punPunThe pun, also called paronomasia, is a form of word play which suggests two or more meanings, by exploiting multiple meanings of words, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect. These ambiguities can arise from the intentional use and abuse of homophonic,...
s. On many shows, an audience member would be invited to climb aboard Captain Bob's pirate shipPiracyPiracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence at sea. The term can include acts committed on land, in the air, or in other major bodies of water or on a shore. It does not normally include crimes committed against persons traveling on the same vessel as the perpetrator...
, where the host would fling water on him before the "tidal waveTsunamiA tsunami is a series of water waves caused by the displacement of a large volume of a body of water, typically an ocean or a large lake...
" (a bucket of water, or, in some cases, slime, thrown by a stage hand) soaked the participant. Captain Bob first appeared on Saturday Night LiveSaturday Night LiveSaturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...
, when Weiner was a writer in the early 80s.
- The Weinerville General Store - Members of the audience were also called down to participate in various activities during the main part of the show, such as helping to demonstrate items in the Weinerville General StoreGeneral storeA general store, general merchandise store, or village shop is a rural or small town store that carries a general line of merchandise. It carries a broad selection of merchandise, sometimes in a small space, where people from the town and surrounding rural areas come to purchase all their general...
. A recurring joke on the show took place in the General Store, in which Weiner would sell comedic props similar to those of Carrot TopCarrot TopScott Thompson , better known by his stage name Carrot Top, is an American comedian known for his bright red hair, prop comedy, and self-deprecating humor.-Early years:...
. Nearly everything in the store sold for $13.50. (only in season 1)
- Running Joke - Occasionally, the "$13.50" gag was used in other segments. For example: on the "Talent Show" episode the winners won with 1,350 points; on the "DTV" episode, DTV was on channel 1350; and on the General Store and Captain Bob skits, that would be the price when Marc would hand the participant anything.
- That's Not Fair! - A game show where a kid and an adult played for points answering questions. Usually the kids win. It was only featured in Season 2. According to an interview with Marc Weiner, "That's Not Fair" was a pilot he made for Comedy CentralComedy CentralComedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel that carries comedy programming, both original and syndicated....
in 1991, after it was tested the network said its good for kids, so Nickelodeon got a hold of it and the pilot became "Weinerville".
- Playland - These participants then competed in one of various games in "Playland" that tested the skill of operating their puppet bodies. The runner-up received the "Silver Hot Dog", with the winner receiving the "Golden Hot Dog" as well as the "Special Topping" (a small amount of green slime dumped onto the player's head.) If a malfunction occurred or both players tied they both get the "Golden Hot Dog". Occasionally, both players received the Special Topping (especially in the second season), and if the game involved piesCream pieA cream pie is a type of pie filled with a rich custard or pudding that is made from milk, cream, flour, and eggs. It can come in many forms, including vanilla, lemon, lime, peanut butter, banana, coconut, and chocolate. A constant feature of all cream pies is the whipped cream topping...
, both contestants would be hit with pies themselves instead of anyone getting the Special Topping. The Playland stage was enlarged and revamped the second season to incorporate more elaborate stunts; these frequently had the contestants facing each other and squirting water or whipped cream at some target, usually soaking the other contestant in the process. Season one was a carnival-style, and on the second season it was a radio-active style.
Weinerizing
The show always ended with Weiner; choosing two people from the audience to get "Weinerized" (turned into puppets). The participants entered a contraption called the "Weinerizer", which appeared to then shrink them to the puppet size (it did so by having the contestants place their heads into a hole above a miniature puppet body). Although the audience members were ostensibly chosen at random, Matt Day (VII) (who at the time was working on another Nickelodeon show, Clarissa Explains It AllClarissa Explains It All
Clarissa Explains It All is an American teen sitcom that aired on Nickelodeon. Created by Mitchell Kriegman, it aired for five seasons for a total of 65 episodes from March 23, 1991, to December 3, 1994, and then went into reruns....
) revealed that participants were sometimes selected beforehand.
Episodes
All episodes aired out of sequence in no particular order.| Season One: 1993 | Episode title | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Marc's Mother Visits | ||
| 02 | Tooth Hurty | ||
| 03 | Humidity | ||
| 04 | Cleaning Day | ||
| 05 | Zip In Space | ||
| 06 | Missing Cartoon | ||
| 07 | Giant Spider | ||
| 08 | Haunted | ||
| 09 | Weight Loss | ||
| 10 | Football | ||
| 11 | Zip Stuck In VCR | ||
| 12 | Magic Episode | ||
| 13 | Bubblegum | ||
| 14 | Talent Show | ||
| 15 | Dottie's Birthday | ||
| 16 | Spaghetti | ||
| 17 | Bake Off | ||
| 18 | Balloon Zip | ||
| 19 | Baseball | ||
| 20 | Budget Cutbacks | ||
| 21 | Popcorn | ||
| 22 | Recycling | ||
| 23 | Snow Day | ||
| 24 | Train Ride | ||
| 25 | Zip's Family Treasure | ||
| 26 | Ziggy Zag Concert | ||
| 27 | Show #27 | ||
| 28 | Show #28 | ||
| 29 | Show #29 | ||
| Season Two: 1994 | Episode title | ||
| 30 | Ratville | ||
| 31 | Dottie's Replacement | ||
| 32 | Weinerville For Sale | ||
| 33 | Eric Von Firstenseconds' Spell | ||
| 34 | 60 Seconds News | ||
| 35 | Fire Safety | ||
| 36 | Magic Lamp | ||
| 37 | The Puppet's Court | ||
| 38 | Broken Weinerizer | ||
| 39 | Network Censors | ||
| 40 | Louie Becomes a Citizen | ||
| 41 | Louie's Crush | ||
| 42 | S.G. Dottie's Cousin | ||
| 43 | Brain Switch | ||
| 44 | Paralle Universe | ||
| 45 | Boney's Spell | ||
| 46 | The Time-Slot War | ||
| 47 | Dottie's High School Reunion | ||
| 48 | Loca-Cola | ||
| 49 | Weinervilla | ||
| 50 | Ego Crazy | ||
| 51 | Marc's Arians | ||
| 52 | Variety Show or Sitcom | ||
| 53 | DTV | ||
| 54 | Socko Framed | ||
| 55 | Royal Dottie | ||
| 56 | Zip Runs Away | ||
| 57 | Dottie’s Dating Game | ||
| 58 | Weinerville: The Movie | ||
| 59 | Marc's Lost Memory | ||
| 60 | Back to the Past from a Look into the Future | ||
| 61 | Pollution | ||
| 62 | XR-3 Space Shuttle Game (Series Finale) | ||
| TV Specials & Air Dates: | |||
| Special 1: December 31, 1993 | The Weinerville New Year's Eve Party | ||
| Special 2: December 14, 1995 | Chanukah Special | ||
| Special 3: January 1, 1996 | New Year's Special: Lost in the Big Apple | ||
| Special 4: February 17, 1996 | Election Special: From Washington B.C. | ||
Nickelodeon Broadcast History
NOTE: All times are eastern| Date | Time slot |
|---|---|
| July 1993 1993 in television The year 1993 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1993.For the American TV schedule, see: 1993-94 United States network television schedule.-Events:-Debuts:-1950s:... - November 1996 1993 in television The year 1993 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1993.For the American TV schedule, see: 1993-94 United States network television schedule.-Events:-Debuts:-1950s:... |
Sunday, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. (Sunday Marathon) |
| October 1993 1993 in television The year 1993 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1993.For the American TV schedule, see: 1993-94 United States network television schedule.-Events:-Debuts:-1950s:... - May 1994 1994 in television The year 1994 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1994.For the American TV schedule, see: 1994-95 United States network television schedule.-Events:-Debuts:-Miniseries:... |
Monday-Friday, 3:30 - 4:00 p.m. |
| May 1994 1994 in television The year 1994 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1994.For the American TV schedule, see: 1994-95 United States network television schedule.-Events:-Debuts:-Miniseries:... - August 1996 1996 in television The year 1996 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1996.For the American TV schedule, see: 1996-97 United States network television schedule.-Events:-Debuts:-1950s:... |
Monday-Friday, 3:00 - 3:30 p.m. |
| August 1996 - June 1997 1997 in television The year 1997 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1997.- Events :-Debuts:-Miniseries:*Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac, a reunion of the 1979–93 series*The Last Don... |
Monday-Friday, 7:00 - 7:30 a.m. |
Guest stars
- Marc SummersMarc SummersMarc Summers is an American television personality, comedian, game show host, producer, and a two-time talk show host. He is best known for hosting the Nickelodeon game show Double Dare and currently hosts Unwrapped on The Food Network.- Early career :Summers was born Marc Berkowitz in...
of Family Double Dare is referenced regularly, made a cameo on the "Giant Spider" episode, "Chanukah Special", and the "New Year's Special" - Pro Wrestler Bret HartBret HartBret Hart is a Canadian on-screen personality, writer, actor and Semi-retired professional wrestler. Like others in the Hart wrestling family, Hart has an amateur wrestling background, including wrestling at Ernest Manning High School and Mount Royal College...
on the "Chanukah Special" - Phil Moore of Nick Arcade on the "Variety Show or Sitcom" episode
- Dr. Joyce BrothersJoyce BrothersJoyce Brothers is an American psychologist, television personality and advice columnist, publishing a daily syndicated newspaper column since 1960.-Personal life:...
on the "XR-3 Space Shuttle Game" episode - Moira QuirkMoira QuirkMoira Shannon Quirk is a British actress, voice actress and sex symbol who was the referee of the Nickelodeon game show Nickelodeon GUTS for four seasons....
of Nickelodeon GUTSNickelodeon GUTSNickelodeon GUTS is an American television reality "action sports" competition series hosted by actor/comedian Mike O'Malley and officiated by British actress Moira "Mo" Quirk. The series was broadcast by the cable television network Nickelodeon from 1992 to 1995...
, on the "Variety Show or Sitcom" episode - Huey LewisHuey LewisHuey Lewis is an American musician, songwriter and occasional actor.Lewis sings lead and plays harmonica for his band Huey Lewis and the News, in addition to writing or co-writing many of the band's songs...
on the "Louie's Crush" episode - The cast of Clarissa Explains It AllClarissa Explains It AllClarissa Explains It All is an American teen sitcom that aired on Nickelodeon. Created by Mitchell Kriegman, it aired for five seasons for a total of 65 episodes from March 23, 1991, to December 3, 1994, and then went into reruns....
on the "DTV" episode - Melissa Joan HartMelissa Joan HartMelissa Joan Catherine Hart is an American actress, writer, television director, television producer, singer and businesswoman...
on the New Year's, and Election special, and on the "DTV" episode - Mike MaronnaMike MaronnaMichael C. "Mike" Maronna is an American actor who has appeared in several television programs and films. He is best known for his role as "Big Pete" on the TV show The Adventures of Pete & Pete.-Early life:...
of The Adventures of Pete & PeteThe Adventures of Pete & PeteThe Adventures of Pete & Pete is an American children's television series produced by Wellsville Pictures and broadcast by Nickelodeon. The show featured humorous and surreal elements in its narrative, and many recurring themes centered on two brothers both named Pete Wrigley, and their various...
made a cameo on the New Year's special - Paul ShafferPaul ShafferPaul Allen Wood Shaffer, CM is a Canadian musician, actor, voice actor, author, comedian, and composer who has been David Letterman's sidekick since 1982.-Early years:...
made a cameo on the New Year's special - Bill MaherBill MaherWilliam "Bill" Maher, Jr. is an American stand-up comedian, television host, political commentator, author and actor. Before his current role as the host of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, Maher hosted a similar late-night talk show called Politically Incorrect originally on Comedy Central and...
on the Election Special - Joe LiebermanJoe LiebermanJoseph Isadore "Joe" Lieberman is the senior United States Senator from Connecticut. A former member of the Democratic Party, he was the party's nominee for Vice President in the 2000 election. Currently an independent, he remains closely affiliated with the party.Born in Stamford, Connecticut,...
on the Election Special - Andy LawrenceAndrew Lawrence (actor)Andrew James Lawrence is an American actor. He is sometimes credited as Andy Lawrence or Andy J. Lawrence.-Career:...
- Harry SmithHarry SmithHarry Smith may refer to:* Sir Harry Smith, 1st Baronet , British soldier* Harry Smith , British politician in Falkirk Burghs* Harry Smith , Canadian* Harry B...
Special Notes
- On the set, the street light read, "Max" and "Rebecca", Marc's children.
- Episodes aired out of sequence, on July 11 the show premiered with "Zip Stuck In VCR", and on May 2 the second season premiered with the "XR-3 Space Shuttle Game" episode.
- Dottie's hair (Marc's wig) changed from season one, two, and the specials; season one it was a curly hair wig, season two was shoulder-length straight hair. As for the specials the wig was still straight hair but brunette instead of the blond wig used on the show. On a radio interview, Marc said that the first Dottie wig was his mothers.
- You can tell "Balloon Zip" was the pilot because, there was not that much of a story, except a short 'General Store' skit and in 'Playland' the puppet bodies did not have the trademark 'Weinerville' logo on them, and at the end Marc and Dottie say, "Goodbye" which is in no other episode except this one.
- First season episodes were different than season two, not just set changes but in early season one episodes it was short skits and quick segues to cartoons, so it was mostly a cartoon show, except towards the middle of the first season; story lines were written and it gave Weiner's characters some definition; especially in the second season some topics would include: becoming citizens of Weinerville, Dottie working on spin off TV shows, fire safety, saving the planet from pollution, and etc.
- Marc's 'Weinerville' jersey changed season one was white XL with the "Weinerville" logo on the front right and on the back in yellow letters read "Weiner 1", and in season two was L white and sometimes grey with the "Nickelodeon" hot dog logo on the front right, and the "Weinerville" logo on the back. However on the "XR-3 Space Shuttle Game" episode in one scene where Marc and Sacko are gagged and tied up, Marc is wearing his season one jersey.
The Cartoon Shorts
Before Weinerville made its debut, Nickelodeon ran the cartoons by themselves on a half hour block called "Cartoon Kablooey".- Season 1 (1993) / Sunday Marathon (1993–1996): Classic Paramount (like Modern MadcapsModern MadcapsModern Madcaps is an animated film series produced by Paramount Pictures' Famous Studios animation division between the years 1958 and 1967. The series featured assorted characters that later became part of the Harvey Comics library.- List of shorts :...
), and UPA cartoons (like "Mr. MagooMr. MagooQuincy Magoo is a cartoon character created at the UPA animation studio in 1949. Voiced by Jim Backus, Quincy Magoo is a wealthy, short-statured retiree who gets into a series of sticky situations as a result of his nearsightedness, compounded by his stubborn refusal to admit the problem...
")
- Season 2 (1994–1995): Segments from The Alvin ShowThe Alvin ShowThe Alvin Show is an American animated television series. It was the first to feature the singing characters Alvin and the Chipmunks, although a series with a similar concept The Nutty Squirrels Present had aired a year earlier...
(1961)
- Re-runs (1995–1997): Throughout 1995 the shorts were all shuffled, but in 1996 they began exclusively showing BatfinkBatfinkBatfink is an animated television series, consisting of five-minute shorts, that first aired in September 1967. The 100-episode series was quickly created by Hal Seeger, starting in 1966, to parody the popular Batman and The Green Hornet television series which had premiered the same...
, and Courageous Cat and Minute MouseCourageous Cat and Minute MouseCourageous Cat and Minute Mouse is a children's cartoon television show that was produced by Trans-Artists Productions and syndicated by Tele Features Inc. in 1960. The characters were created by Bob Kane as a parody of his earlier works Batman and Robin and in many ways predict the more campy...
Marc Weiner's Weinerville Live
After the show finished its run, in 1996 Marc took the show on a live tour, and added a new segment called "The Comedy Challenge". In 2001 Marc started the show again in the United KingdomUnited Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
more live shows were done throughout the years.
checkout the official site for information, merchandise, video clips, and contact information.
2011 Comeback
January 23, 2011 Marc Weiner and his son Max launched a YouTube Channel where Weiner will bring his puppet characters back to life in new short videos, exclusively on YouTube. Under the channel name WeinervilleTV The channel launched its first video February 1, a video of Boney announcing the big news as "We're Back!!". To get a following Eric Weiner and Max created a Weinerville FacebookFacebook
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page, and Marc opened a Twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
account.
On July 22, 2011, it was announced that reruns of the original Weinerville series were set to be included in Nickelodeon's classic 1990s block, The '90s Are All That
The '90s Are All That
The '90s Are All That is a programming block that airs on TeenNick. The block shows requested Nickelodeon shows from the 1990s, airing in a two-hour block running every night from midnight to 2 a.m., with an encore from 2 to 4 a.m...
, at an unspecified future date.
Wordville with Marc Weiner and Friends
A preschool spinoff of Weinerville, which premiered on Nick Jr. on weekday mornings in 1998. Marc would bring puppets and children to teach words, and help with vocabulary, with skits and his well known big head/little body puppets. Marc’s son, Max Weiner, designed Sara, the Weinerette-style hand puppet, and the sun.E.A.G.A.H.B.E.D
There was also a 13-minute educational VHS video made for the National Dairy Council called E.A.G.A.H.B.E.D The title stands for "Eat A Good And Healthy Breakfast Every Day" and is done in the style of an abbreviated Weinerville episode, with the usual characters and sets but without the Playland segment, this episode got made into a DVD; this is known as the only official Weinerville DVD at this time.External links
- Weinerville (official site)
- Weinerville Channel on YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
- Marc Weiner on TwitterTwitterTwitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
- Weinerville official Facebook Page on FacebookFacebookFacebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
created/launched by Eric Weiner and Max Weiner