GD: Has the show changed much from the 'napkin sketch' stage? RG: The art, the conception is very similar, Manny stayed pretty much the same and you still had the anthropomorphized tools. It didn't really change all that much. Manny looks similar, I mean he's evolved, and the art evolved but the concept was basically the same.
Very early on there was some discussion about having power tools and some other hardware type elements in the show, but that didn't really mesh very well. The basic concept stayed largely intact throughout the process. I think that's a tribute to what a strong concept it is. When I saw it, when they brought me in and said "we have this idea" I immediately said "I'm in.
Other than nuances like the characters and their relationships; how Mr. Lopart would work into the stories, the addition of Kelly — it was things like that that came in. But largely the core stayed the same. GD: How did the primetime special come about? RG: That's probably more of a Disney corporate question than a question for me! I was just told, hey, we want to do some specials.
We had done specials before, but never had something this long. We wanted to do a semi-movie, but for pre-school. I felt that if we were going to do a long-form; which is really four times the length of a normal episode, we needed something different in terms of storytelling; I felt we really had to get Manny out of Sheetrock Hills, and get him on the road.
There were elements like that we wanted to bring in and get him more out in the world, and we tried to take it a little beyond what the show was in terms of the action and excitement and drama. We also wanted to differentiate it, and not have it be like a standard episode. GD: Are there any elements from the special that you'll be keeping, or introducing to the regular episodes? RG: The motorcycle now is a featured element in the show.
It's been introduced in the show already, so it's not new but that is a bigger element. The special has kind of opened some doors for us. We've introduced some new members of Manny's family, but we've pretty much stuck to the core cast in this. We're planning a couple of other specials, there's another hour-long episode in the works that will introduce some new elements to the show, and there's a lot of little things we have down the line that will introduce some new characters, some new tools.
We have some fun stuff on the horizon. We have an episode coming up where Manny goes to work on a construction site. That's going to be fun, and a little bit different. The special we have coming up on Sunday will be set out in the desert more, but this episode will be a little more urban. It'll be fun to play with, we don't often get to see Manny in the 'outside world', we're used to him in Sheetrock Hills, so it'll be fun to get him into these new environments and see how he functions and how the tools function.
GD: I think parents like to speculate about Manny and Kelly's relationship — can you see that developing in the show at all? RG: It's funny — that's a question we get a lot.
There was a time, early on in the show when we were exploring that a little bit, I suppose it was my more 'adult' side coming into the show. We generally feel that it's not really that age appropriate. We talked about "Will they ever…? You can't really have an arc to the story, because the episodes air in different orders and depending on when someone becomes aware of Manny they could come in a different point. We really want to keep it evergreen.
Honestly, I don't see us ever changing that. I love the relationship between Manny and Kelly and I think it's nice that they have this beautiful, platonic friendship. It works for me. I thought I would be a little disappointed, I thought it would have been nice to explore something more there, but it soon became apparent that it wasn't what the show needed to be about, and wasn't really appropriate. GD: How does an individual episode come about?
Characters occasionally bump into objects or each other, but there are no injuries. Sexy Stuff. Plenty of tie-in products available. What parents need to know Parents need to know that Handy Manny is an inviting animated series for preschoolers that reinforces commonly heard Spanish words and phrases and introduces viewers to a few new ones. Continue reading Show less.
Stay up to date on new reviews. Get full reviews, ratings, and advice delivered weekly to your inbox. User Reviews Parents say Kids say. Parent of a 4 and 7-year-old Written by fig October 8, It promotes helping out friends and family. I like that it protrays all different ethnic backgrounds and that everyone can be friends, but sometimes they do it Continue reading. Report this review. Adult Written by trajedy April 9, Great Problem Solving Each show features a problem that Manny and his tools need to solve.
We go through the process with them, step by step, to understand how they come to their so Teen, 15 years old Written by Norfolk Souther July 29, Teen, 13 years old Written by yogurt June 6, Really cute show, a childhood favorite! Teaches kids about cooperation, being resilient, and working together! What's the story? Is it any good? Talk to your kids about Kids: How do you handle problems with your own friends? Parents: Use repetition to reinforce the Spanish that your kids learn from the show.
Our editors recommend. Go, Diego, Go. His nephew. Bug spray. A campfire. A hike. In the episode about the well, the well tears up. Manny and the tools had to fix it. What part was the well missing? New bricks. Some new rocks to replace the old ones. A piece of metal bent just right. A water hose. At the beginning of the show, a song starts.
The tools build a sign to put over Manny's shop. Who is on the sign? The tools. In the episode of the well, one of the tools kept getting hit in the head.
What did he say when he was getting hit? In the episode involving the movie store, Manny and the tools help the clerk by fixing it up. In what ways did it need fixing up?
Squeeze 'the Pliers'. Rusty 'the Wrench'. Stretch 'the Tape Measure'. Dusty 'the Saw'. Pat 'the Hammer'. Flicker 'the Flashlight'. Kelly Crenshaw. Danny Starr. Aunt Ginny. You are successfully logged out. Remember me. Enter the text in the image shown if you are human.
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