When we reviewed the series version of The Get Along Gang, a one season entry for CBS, we noted that American Greetings, the parent company of Those Characters From Cleveland, had switched animation houses for the series. Canada's Nelvana Studios produced what amounted to an unofficial pilot some months earlier, but when CBS picked up the show, DIC was tasked to take over production.
In truth Nelvana co-produced the "pilot" with Scholastic Television.
The special, which aired in early evening "fringe" blocks ahead of the primetime lineups, features the voices of Charles Haid (Hill Street Blues) & Dave Thomas (SCTV), who got headline status. The title song is sung by former Lovin' Spoonful singer John Sebastian, who'd been recording music for Nelvana for a while at this point.
DIC recast the entire lineup for the CBS series with more age-appropriate actors.
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