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Lisa (TV series)

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Lisa
GenreAnimated cartoon, Preschool
Created byMagnus Carlsson
Directed byMagnus Carlsson
Narrated byGösta Ekman
Theme music composerMagnus Carlsson
ComposerMagnus Carlsson
Country of originGermany
Sweden
Hungary
Original languagesSwedish
German
English
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes14
Production
ProducerMagnus Carlsson
Running time6-7 min (average)
Production companiesHappy Life
TMO Film GmbH
Original release
NetworkSVT1 (Sweden)
KIKA (Germany)[1]
Release1998 (1998) –
2001 (2001)

Lisa is a Swedish-German-Hungarian animated preschool television series created by Magnus Carlsson.[2] It was produced by Happy Life and is aimed at younger children.[3]

Production and telecast

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The Lisa series was first produced as a series of cinematically-released short films. The first short film, Lisa får en barnvakt, premiered in June 1996[4] and was released as a book the following year. Two further short films, Lisa hos tandläkaren and Lisa på picknick, were granted funding from the Swedish Film Institute in February 1997[5] and released in January 1998.[6][7]

The series was aired on SVT beginning in 1999.[8] It also aired on KIKA in Germany. In addition with English voices, it screened on Nick Jr. in the United Kingdom[9] and HBO Family in the US,[10] as well as distributed internationally by Fox Kids.[11] There were also some books made based on the series.[12][13] The series was narrated by Gösta Ekman.[14]

Carlsson left Happy Life for a few years after having co-founded the studio, but Happy Life went on to produce more episodes of Lisa without Carlsson's involvement nor approval. Carlsson then sued his former employer for copyright infringement, a lawsuit he won in arbitration by January 2002.[10]

Plot

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The series focuses on Lisa, a title little girl lead who also serves as the narrator.[13] She lives with her parents in a two-story house. Sometimes, she visits his dad's place of work and they walk around town. She likes to play with her parents and neighbours. Various children have playmates and play in her yard.

Characters

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  • Lisa is a little girl with curly, stringed hair and eyelashes.
  • Mum and Dad are the parents of Lisa. She does the housework and often goes shopping with Lisa. He works at the other end of the city, but once vacationed on the Canary Islands, where he got very sunburnt.
  • Aunt Wilson is Lisa's neighbour and aunt, she likes to play with Lisa.
  • Uncle Wilson is Lisa's spectacled, half-bald, slim uncle, who lives in Lisa's flat next door.
  • Holger is a big-eared boy and one of Lisa's friends.
  • The Fat Aunt is Lisa's aunt, and she can only get into the elevator by turning to the side.

TV episodes

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No. Name
1 At the Shopping Centre
2 Holger with Big Ears
3 At the Dentist
4 Goes On a Plane
5 Paints The Bathroom
6 Lisa's Space Adventure
7 Scared of Loll
8 Gets a Babysitter
9 The Davidsons
10 The Dinner Party
11 The Fancy Dress Party
12 Waving Club
13 What Am I Going to Be When I Grow Up
14 The Painter
15 Picking Apples
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References

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  1. ^ "Lisa: Sendetermine". 10 November 2005.
  2. ^ https://magnuscarlsson.se/magnus-carlsson/ [bare URL]
  3. ^ Carlsson, Magnus (22 January 1999). "Nu har svensk tv vaknat också – Alla vill ha Magnus Carlsson". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish).
  4. ^ Lisa får en barnvakt, The Swedish Film Database
  5. ^ "Klart med stöd från Filminsitutet". Svenska Dagbladet. 20 February 1997.
  6. ^ Lisa hos tandläkaren, The Swedish Film Database
  7. ^ Lisa på picknick, The Swedish Film Database
  8. ^ Gohde, Erika (6 May 1999). "Prisade vänner drack sig fulla. Men nu är Magnus figurer barnvänliga". Expressen (in Swedish).
  9. ^ "Nick Jr. leads the preschool diginet race". Kidscreen. August 1, 1999.
  10. ^ a b "Animatör får rätt till Lisa". Svenska Dagbladet. 5 January 2002.
  11. ^ "Svensk barnfilm på export". Helsingborgs Dagblad (in Swedish). 2 April 2000.
  12. ^ Carlsson, Magnus (2000). Lisa på maskerad (in Swedish). BonnierCarlsen. ISBN 978-91-638-1753-3.
  13. ^ a b Persson, Ann (5 January 1998). "Robin hoppas bli hipp i hela världen". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish).
  14. ^ "Lisa". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). 21 November 1999.
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