A Rugrats Chanukah (1996)
December 4, 1996Release Date
A Rugrats Chanukah (1996)
December 4, 1996Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Elizabeth Daily
Tommy Pickles
Christine Cavanaugh
Chuckie Finster
Kath Soucie
Phil DeVille / Lil DeVille
Michael Bell
Chas Finster / Boris Kropotkin (voice)
Cheryl Chase
Angelica Pickles
Melanie Chartoff
Didi Pickles / Minka Kropotkin (voice)
Raymie Muzquiz
Director
Jack Riley
Stu Pickles (voice)
Arlene Klasky
Writer
Gábor Csupó
Writer
David Doyle
Grandpa Lou Pickles (voice)
Paul Germain
Writer
Fyvush Finkel
Shlomo (voice)
J. David Stem
Writer
Tress MacNeille
Ester (voice)
Ron Leibman
Rabbi / Old Man (voice)
David N. Weiss
Writer
Alan Rachins
Lowell / Greek Bully / Donut Man (voice)
Alan Rosenberg
Mr. Dreidel / TV Announcer (voice)
Bruce Young Berman
Parade Crooner (voice)
Mark Mothersbaugh
Music
Norton Virgien
Storyboard Artist
Robert Mothersbaugh
Music
Bert Ring
Storyboard Artist
Mr. Lawrence
Storyboard Artist
Margot Pipkin
Coordinating Producer
Denis M. Hannigan
Music
Karl Toerge
Storyboard Artist
Mary Harrington
Executive Producer
Ira Sherak
Storyboard Artist
Eryk Casemiro
Coordinating Producer
Paul Demeyer
Creative Producer
Kathrin Seitz
Supervising Producer
Mitch Schauer
Storyboard Artist
Ken Kessel
Supervising Producer
Alex Dilts
Supervising Art Director
Tibor Belay
Storyboard Artist
Barbara Wright
Casting
Roy Meurin
Storyboard Artist
Robert Yap
Storyboard Artist
Timothy J. Borquez
Production Sound Mixer
Toni Vian
Storyboard Artist
Barry Vodos
Storyboard Artist
Karen Heathwood
Storyboard Artist
Miyuki Hoshikawa
Storyboard Artist
Ron Maidenberg
Storyboard Artist
Shawn Murday
Storyboard Artist
Debbie J. Spafford
Storyboard Artist
Details.
This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
"A Rugrats Chanukah" (titled onscreen as simply "Chanukah" and sometimes called the "Rugrats Chanukah Special") is the first episode of the fourth season of the American animated television series Rugrats (and the sixty-sixth episode overall). It first aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on December 4, 1996. The special tells the story of the Jewish holiday Chanukah through the eyes of the Rugrats, who imagine themselves as the main characters. Meanwhile, Grandpa Boris and his long-time rival, Shlomo, feud over who will play the lead in the local synagogue's Chanukah play. Since most American children's television programs have Christmas specials, this is the first Chanukah episode of a children's television series.
Raymie Muzquiz directed "A Rugrats Chanukah" from a script by J. David Stem and David N. Weiss. In 1992, Nickelodeon executives had pitched the idea of a Chanukah special to the production team, but the concept was revised and became the 1995 special "A Rugrats Passover". After production of the Passover episode wrapped, the crew returned to the Chanukah idea.
In its initial airing, "A Rugrats Chanukah" received a Nielsen rating of 7.9, and garnered positive reviews from critics. Along with other episodes featuring Boris and his wife, the special attracted controversy when the Anti-Defamation League compared the character designs to anti-Semitic drawings from a 1930s Nazi newspaper.