{"id":204,"date":"2009-04-17T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-17T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/2009\/04\/17\/%e2%80%9cstuart-little-the-animated-series%e2%80%9d-available-on-dvd-april-21-2009\/"},"modified":"2009-04-17T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-17T07:00:00","slug":"%e2%80%9cstuart-little-the-animated-series%e2%80%9d-available-on-dvd-april-21-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/2009\/%e2%80%9cstuart-little-the-animated-series%e2%80%9d-available-on-dvd-april-21-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cStuart Little: The Animated Series\u201d Available on DVD April 21, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/images\/Blog\/StuartLittle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/images\/Blog\/StuartLittle.jpg\" width=\"141\" \/><\/a>Watch for two new DVD volumes from the popular HBO Family Stuart Little TV series: Going For The Gold! and A Little Family Fun! Each volume includes new-to-DVD episodes in which America\u2019s favorite mouse, Stuart Little, and his \u201cbig\u201d brother George find adventure everywhere around them. The Stuart Little Animated TV Series stars the voice talents of two-time Golden Globe\u00ae winner Hugh Laurie (the Stuart Little feature films, TV\u2019s \u201cHouse) and Kathy Najimy (Sister Act, TV\u2019s \u201cKing of the Hill\u201d). A Little Family Fun!, which includes three episodes, and Going For the Gold!, which includes four episodes. <\/div>\n<p>Based on the characters created by famous children\u2019s author E.B. White (Charlotte\u2019s Web, The Trumpet of the Swan), and made popular by the hit feature films, the Stuart Little series revolves around Stuart, a spirited mouse, who has been adopted by the Little family and his older brother, George. Stuart may be a three-inch tall mouse on the outside, but inside he is a bold, daring and curious youth with a never-say-never attitude. Our furry hero explores our commonplace world from a fresh perspective, while he and his brother \u2013 separated by species, joined by brotherhood \u2013 have immense fun together and learn a few lessons along the way.<\/p>\n<p>The Stuart Little Animated TV Series: Going For the Gold! episodes include: <\/p>\n<p>He Said, She Said<br \/>A thrilling model truck race in the park ends with Stuart\u2019s vehicle spinning out of control. George immediately accuses the winner, Will, of sabotage, and putting his brother at risk in order to beat him to the finish line. Through their individual recollections and flashbacks, George, Stuart and even Snowbell shed light on what really happened and the true cause of the near-crash is unveiled. They realize different people can see the exact same thing and see it differently.<br \/>A Little Big Record<br \/>Stuart and George decide to get immortalized in \u201cBig Bob\u2019s Big Book of World Records\u201d and settle on building the World\u2019s Tallest Penny Stack. Unfortunately, George and Stuart discover that they have an old edition of the Big Book of World Records, and that their penny stack needs to be almost twice as tall as they\u2019d planned. The boys are left with limited time to try another possible record. Snowbell, meanwhile, injures his leg and discovers that his injury gets him lots of wonderful snacks from Mrs. Little. Even after he feels better, Snowbell is determined to get his paws on the fresh tuna that resides in the Little\u2019s fridge. Stuart and George also set their sights on the tuna and create the \u201cWorld\u2019s Largest Tuna Salad Sculpture.\u201d They get in the record book and Snowbell gets his tuna.<\/p>\n<p>No Job Is Too Little<br \/>With Mrs. Little\u2019s birthday approaching, Stuart and George realize they don\u2019t have enough money to buy her a present. They take on odd jobs to earn extra money and they adopt the slogan \u201cNo Job Is Too Little\u201d as they go door-to-door to drum up business. They end up as the delivery boys for a deli, hauling sack lunches around in their red wagon. Meanwhile, a couple of tough alley cats enroll Monty and Snowbell in a heist to ambush the mother lode of deli delights, and to Snowbell\u2019s dismay, it turns out to be Stuart and George\u2019s delivery wagon. Snowbell cleverly and surreptitiously saves Stuart\u2019s life, and gets him home in time for the birthday celebration.<\/p>\n<p>Adventures in Housekeeping<br \/>When Mom Little comes down with a cold, it\u2019s up to Stuart, George and Mr. Little to handle all the cooking, cleaning, baby-sitting, laundry-washing and who-knows-what-else that Mom does so well. Before long, the Little men have turned their normally pristine house into a total disaster area. But when the local paper calls to tell them their house has been chosen as \u201cHome of the Year,\u201d they\u2019ve got to change the disaster area back into a beautiful home \u2013 fast! In a Little-style cleaning frenzy, Stuart and George clean the whole house \u2013 and gain appreciation for how hard their mom works.<\/p>\n<p>The Stuart Little Animated TV Series: A Little Family Fun! episodes include: <\/p>\n<p>A Little Too Fast<br \/>When the Littles visit the country fair, George and Stuart go off on their own with an ambitious plan: they\u2019re going to do everything at the entire fair \u2026 all in one day! It sounds like fun \u2013 but the boys wind up rushing from ride to ride and hurrying through every attraction. And, at the end of the day, they realize that life is a lot more fun when you stop to smell the corndogs.<\/p>\n<p>A Little Vacation<br \/>When the Little Family vacation takes our heroes to a spooky inn, it seems like strange things are afoot. Their reservations are missing. Uncle Crenshaw was supposed to meet them there \u2013 but he\u2019s nowhere to be found. And Stuart and George are convinced that the inn is haunted! But after a wild adventure on a dark and stormy night, the boys discover that the only thing to be afraid of \u2026 is letting your imagination run away with you.<\/p>\n<p>A Little Bit Country<br \/>When Stuart and George spend the weekend helping Uncle Crenshaw work on his new farm, little does our Little know that his old nemesis Falcon has also moved out to the country \u2013 and he\u2019s out for revenge. When George and Uncle Crenshaw aren\u2019t around to protect him, will Stuart be able to fend off Falcon all by himself?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch for two new DVD volumes from the popular HBO Family Stuart Little TV series: Going For The Gold! and A Little Family Fun! Each volume includes new-to-DVD episodes in which America\u2019s favorite mouse, Stuart Little, and his \u201cbig\u201d brother George find adventure everywhere around them. 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