CBS Storybreak (1985)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Host
Bob Keeshan
Frank Welker
Cat
Ray Patterson
Director
Mona Marshall
Nicole
Christopher Minos
Animation
Hamilton Camp
Dr. Crabneckel
Mark Evanier
Teleplay
Michael Bell
Otis
Gordon Kent
Teleplay
Neil Ross
James
Michael Reaves
Teleplay
Cliff Ruby
Teleplay
Keland Love
Tall Boy
Rowby Goren
Teleplay
Elana Lesser
Teleplay
Peter Renaday
Actor
Marilyn Schreffler
Maxie
Robert Kimmel Smith
Book / Teleplay
June Foray
Aunt Alice
Malcolm Marmorstein
Teleplay
Sharman DiVono
Teleplay
Pat Fraley
Michael
Gloria Skurzynski
Book
Bob Ruddick
Book
Sandy Clifford
Book
Gery Greer
Book
Nicholas Fisk
Book
Michael Cassutt
Teleplay
J. Michael Straczynski
Teleplay
Carol Kendall
Book
Timothy Foote
Book
Robert Lawson
Book
Marilyn Z. Wilkes
Book
Gahan Wilson
Book
David A. Adler
Book
Steve Senn
Book
Michael Maurer
Teleplay
Bruce Coville
Book
Evelyn Sibley Lampman
Book
Barbara Dana
Book
Thomas Rockwell
Book
Ai-Ling Louie
Book
Mordicai Gerstein
Book
Clare Bell
Book
Paul Haggis
Teleplay
Allen Andrews
Book
Thacher Hurd
Book
John R. Erickson
Book
Janwillem van de Wetering
Book
Joan Carris
Book
Jane Yolen
Book
Foster Brooks
(voice)
Richard Shoff
(voice)
Details.
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 How to Eat Fried Worms. Other episodes included Dragon's Blood and Ratha's Creature. The show grew out of a feature on Keeshan's Captain Kangaroo series.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.
One of its crew members, Sander Schwartz, became the president of Warner Bros. Animation in 2002.
Select episodes were released on home video in 1992 under the title Video Storybreak.
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 season to 1997–98 season.
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.