CBS Storybreak (1985)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Host
Bob Keeshan
Frank Welker
Cat
Mona Marshall
Nicole
Ray Patterson
Director
Christopher Minos
Animation
Mark Evanier
Teleplay
Hamilton Camp
Dr. Crabneckel
Michael Bell
Otis
Michael Reaves
Teleplay
Gordon Kent
Teleplay
Neil Ross
James
Elana Lesser
Teleplay
Keland Love
Tall Boy
Robert Kimmel Smith
Teleplay / Book
Peter Renaday
Actor
Rowby Goren
Teleplay
Cliff Ruby
Teleplay
Marilyn Schreffler
Maxie
Sharman DiVono
Teleplay
June Foray
Aunt Alice
Malcolm Marmorstein
Teleplay
Pat Fraley
Michael
Robert Lawson
Book
Thacher Hurd
Book
Bob Ruddick
Book
Mordicai Gerstein
Book
Gloria Skurzynski
Book
Steve Senn
Book
Carol Kendall
Book
Bruce Coville
Book
John R. Erickson
Book
Barbara Dana
Book
Paul Haggis
Teleplay
J. Michael Straczynski
Teleplay
David A. Adler
Book
Joan Carris
Book
Sandy Clifford
Book
Michael Cassutt
Teleplay
Gahan Wilson
Book
Allen Andrews
Book
Clare Bell
Book
Michael Maurer
Teleplay
Timothy Foote
Book
Thomas Rockwell
Book
Janwillem van de Wetering
Book
Nicholas Fisk
Book
Gery Greer
Book
Evelyn Sibley Lampman
Book
Ai-Ling Louie
Book
Jane Yolen
Book
Marilyn Z. Wilkes
Book
Foster Brooks
(voice)
Richard Shoff
(voice)
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This TV Show Is About.
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CBS Storybreak is a Saturday morning anthology television series that originally aired on the CBS network from 1985 to 1989. Hosted by Bob Keeshan (and in its 1993 return by Malcolm-Jamal Warner), the episodes are half-hour animated adaptations of children's books published at the time of airing, including Chocolate Fever. Other episodes included Dragon's Blood and Ratha's Creature. The show grew out of a feature on Keeshan's Captain Kangaroo series.
CBS' first in-house cartoon series since their original Terrytoons, it was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program in the 1985–1986 season. It continued in repeats until 1991 and returned to air in reruns (with Jamal-Warner replacing Keeshan as host) from the 1993–94 to 1997–98 seasons. Select episodes were released on home video in 1992 under the title Video Storybreak.
Unique for an American television series, the series featured open captions captioned by the National Captioning Institute for the hearing impaired during its 1993 reairing, instead of the usual closed captioning. In addition to being a convenience for the hearing-impaired, this also allowed those who could hear to read along with the story. The episodes were produced by Australia's Southern Star/Hanna-Barbera Australia for CBS Entertainment Productions. The series featured regular Read More About It project selections from the Library of Congress in Washington DC, that were highlighted at the end of show by both Keeshan and Jamal-Warner.