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Gullah Gullah Island

Gullah Gullah Island

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Gullah Gullah Island is a children's television series
Children's television series
Children's television series are television programmes designed for, and marketed to children, normally broadcast during the morning and afternoon. They can sometimes run in the early evening, for the children that go to school...

 starring Ron Daise (executive producer) and his wife Natalie Daise. It was the first show designed for preschoolers to feature a Gullah
Gullah
The Gullah are African Americans who live in the Low Country region of South Carolina and Georgia, which includes both the coastal plain and the Sea Islands...

 family. The show stars Ron Daise and Natalie Daise as "Ron" and "Natalie," along with their fictional children (Shaina, and James), niece (Vanessa
Vanessa Baden
Vanessa Baden is an American actress best known for her role as Kyra Rockmore in the hit Nickelodeon show Kenan and Kel, and for starring in the TV series Gullah Gullah Island. She also did a radio show “Keeping it real with Reverend Al Sharpton”...

), non fictional child Simeon, and a tadpole
Tadpole
A tadpole, polliwog , or pollywiggle is the wholly aquatic larval stage in the life cycle of an amphibian, particularly of a frog or toad.- Appellation :The name "tadpole" is from Middle English taddepol, made up of the elements tadde, "toad", and...

 named Binyah Binyah Polliwog
Tadpole
A tadpole, polliwog , or pollywiggle is the wholly aquatic larval stage in the life cycle of an amphibian, particularly of a frog or toad.- Appellation :The name "tadpole" is from Middle English taddepol, made up of the elements tadde, "toad", and...

. The family lived on a fictional island off the coast of South Carolina.
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Gullah Gullah Island is a children's television series
Children's television series
Children's television series are television programmes designed for, and marketed to children, normally broadcast during the morning and afternoon. They can sometimes run in the early evening, for the children that go to school...

 starring Ron Daise (executive producer) and his wife Natalie Daise. It was the first show designed for preschoolers to feature a Gullah
Gullah
The Gullah are African Americans who live in the Low Country region of South Carolina and Georgia, which includes both the coastal plain and the Sea Islands...

 family. The show stars Ron Daise and Natalie Daise as "Ron" and "Natalie," along with their fictional children (Shaina, and James), niece (Vanessa
Vanessa Baden
Vanessa Baden is an American actress best known for her role as Kyra Rockmore in the hit Nickelodeon show Kenan and Kel, and for starring in the TV series Gullah Gullah Island. She also did a radio show “Keeping it real with Reverend Al Sharpton”...

), non fictional child Simeon, and a tadpole
Tadpole
A tadpole, polliwog , or pollywiggle is the wholly aquatic larval stage in the life cycle of an amphibian, particularly of a frog or toad.- Appellation :The name "tadpole" is from Middle English taddepol, made up of the elements tadde, "toad", and...

 named Binyah Binyah Polliwog
Tadpole
A tadpole, polliwog , or pollywiggle is the wholly aquatic larval stage in the life cycle of an amphibian, particularly of a frog or toad.- Appellation :The name "tadpole" is from Middle English taddepol, made up of the elements tadde, "toad", and...

. The family lived on a fictional island off the coast of South Carolina. (With outdoor shots featuring Beaufort SC and Fripp Island.) The Downtown area was featured in one episode when the family took a trip to Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston is a city in Charleston County, South Carolina in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It is the largest city and county seat of Charleston County. The city was founded as Charlestown or Charles Towne, Carolina in 1670, and moved to its present location from a location on the west bank of...

.

TV Guide
TV Guide
TV Guide is a North American weekly magazine about television programming.In addition to TV listings, the publication features television-related news, celebrity interviews, gossip and film reviews. Some issues have also featured horoscope listings and crossword puzzles.-Annenberg/Triangle era: The...

 selected Gullah Gullah Island as one of their top ten children's television shows in 2001. The show had relatively high ratings during its daytime run in the 1990s.

The show was taped at Nickelodeon Studios
Nickelodeon Studios
Nickelodeon Studios was an operating television taping studio as well as an attraction at Universal Studios Florida...

 in Universal Studios Florida
Universal Studios Florida
Universal Studios Florida is an American amusement park located in Orlando, Florida. Opened on June 7, 1990, the park's theme is the entertainment industry, in particular movies and television. Universal Studios Florida inspires its guests to "ride the movies," and it features numerous attractions...

, with the show Clarissa Explains It All
Clarissa Explains It All
Clarissa Explains It All is an American situation comedy television series from Nickelodeon starring Melissa Joan Hart. It was created by Mitchell Kriegman, it encompassed 65 episodes shown during five seasons. The teen sitcom ran from March 23, 1991, to October 1, 1994, and then went into reruns...

 shot on the same set (interior and exterior). Modifications were made, like adding various shades of red to the home as shown on Gullah Gullah. The backyard was used on earlier episodes of All That
All That
All That is an American live-action, sketch comedy-variety show that aired on the Nickelodeon cable television network featuring short comedic sketches and weekly musical guests. The theme song for All That was performed by TLC...

 as well.

Episodes featured singing, dancing, learning, and encouraging children in the audience to think about things like healthy eating, telling the truth, and problem solving. The show ran for four seasons from 1994 through 1997.

Cast

  • Vanessa Baden
    Vanessa Baden
    Vanessa Baden is an American actress best known for her role as Kyra Rockmore in the hit Nickelodeon show Kenan and Kel, and for starring in the TV series Gullah Gullah Island. She also did a radio show “Keeping it real with Reverend Al Sharpton”...

      - Vanessa (1994-1997)
  • James Edward Coleman II - James (1994-1997)
  • Ron Daise - Ron (1994-1997)
  • Natalie Daise - Natalie (1994-1997)
  • Manolo Villaverde - Abuelo (1994-1997)
  • Corey Hayes - Corey (1996-1997)
  • Simeon Othello Daise - Simeon (1994-1997)
  • Shaina M. Freeman - Shaina (1994-1996)
  • Tristan Mays - Shaina (1997)
  • Sara Makeba Daise - Sara (1994-1997)
  • Armando Guerra & Jeff Gittle - Armando (1994-1997)
  • Philip D. Garcia - Binyah Binyah (1994-1996)
  • Justin Campbell - Binyah Binyah (1997)
  • Bryan Nguyen
  • Jessica Gorski

Season 1

  1. Yes I Can (Pilot) (1/19/1994)
  2. Going Places (10/31/1994)
  3. Rhythm and Rhyme All the Time (11/7/1994)
  4. Ron's Birthday (11/14/1994)
  5. Let the Games Begin (11/15/1994)
  6. Look Who's Balking (11/24/1994)
  7. Move Your Body (11/25/1994)
  8. Miss Ella Mae Breadsticks (12/25/1994)
  9. Binyah Binyah's Parade (12/26/1994)
  10. Lighting is Frightning (1/1/1995)
  11. Armondo's New Home (1/2/1995)
  12. Big and Small (1/12/1995)

Season 2

  1. Binyah the Barbarian (4/11/1995)
  2. Gullah Gullah Island Day (7/10/1995)
  3. Friendship - - Just the Perfect Blend (7/17/1995)
  4. 4 The Pet Show (7/24/1995)
  5. Chansome's Big Surprise (7/31/1995)
  6. What's Up With Jobs? (8/7/1995)
  7. Charleston Market (8/14/1995)
  8. Carnival (9/3/1995)
  9. Things That Go Bump in the Night (9/4/1995)
  10. Special Places (9/25/1995)
  11. Campout (9/26/1995)
  12. Big and Small (9/27/1995)
  13. The School Show (9/28/1995)
  14. Let the Games Begin
  15. Friendship--Just the Perfect Blendship
  16. My Favorite Things
  17. Natalie's Sick

Season 3

  1. What's Up with Jobs?
  2. All Boats Away
  3. How You Sound
  4. The Gullah Gullah Games
  5. Chansome's Big Surprise
  6. A Day at the Beach
  7. Binyah Binyah's Parade
  8. Animal See,Animal Do
  9. Food Glorious Food
  10. Home Alone With Grandma
  11. Fixing a Hurt
  12. The Collection Show
  13. Shapes and Colors
  14. We are Family
  15. Special Places
  16. Shaina Birthday Party

Season 4

  1. Simeon's Day
  2. Family Day
  3. The Mighty Cootas
  4. Campout!
  5. Here Comes the Hatchlings
  6. Binyah the Barbarian
  7. The Magic Show
  8. Gullah Rocks
  9. Stray Dog Blues
  10. James' New Buddy
  11. The Hottest Day of the Year
  12. Barrels of Laughs
  13. Binyah Binyah Goes to School
  14. A Gullah Gullah Christmas
  15. Big and Small
  16. The Big Sleepover
  17. Lightning is Frightning
  18. Polliwog Day

Syndication


Gullah Gullah Island airs on Nick Jr.
Nick Jr. (TV channel)
Nick Jr. is the name of a cable network in the United States. The channel was known as Noggin up until September 28, 2009.The network's logo has been adjusted as part of a brand unification effort which saw all four of the Nickelodeon networks take on a unified look...

 as of October 1, 2009. It has aired on Noggin
Noggin (TV channel)
Noggin or sometimes known as Nick's Noggin was a 24-hour cable television network in the United States, intended to help children learn, that is now known as Nick Jr. One of Nickelodeon's sister channels, it concentrated on preschool programs and featured the animated characters of Moose A...

 from 1999 to 2004 and again from 2007 to 2009.

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