Haunted House Party - A haunted house party hosted by an unseen Fearing One has ghosts attend as the viewer must identify the historical figure "ghost of honor" by listening to clues about them.Once the animal is identified, Eddie is regurgitated and the game then ends. Eddie Bull - Eddie Bull gives viewers three hints at what animal at the Walla Walla Washington Zoo ate him.The segment only appears in Episodes #1-25. Ear We Are* - A nervous, stubborn and grumpy left ear and a brash, goofy and oblivious right ear describe sounds for the viewers to guess what event or thing they refer to.Distraction News - A cardboard cutout newswoman named Dora Smarmy tells the viewers about certain things as the viewers watch to learn about them while not getting distracted of the things that appear during the broadcast.Dirty Pictures - In a museum that is closed for cleaning, a maid dusts off a picture with the elderly security guard holding up cards that give the hints of the person in the picture.Throughout the game, Captain Bones will openly mock and demean the viewers using several pirate-esque insults, eventually becoming so irate that he demands you to leave his sight, moving on to another game. Captain Bones - A pirate skeleton named Captain Bones has the viewers solve math problems and other types of puzzles by having his bones form the numbers or objects and having the viewers move one of his bones to pull it off.The following are the games of the show listed in alphabetical order: Each half-hour episode consists of seven 2-to-5-minute educational games, and occasionally an eighth bonus game. The format of each episode is The Electric Company-esque, with sketches not connecting to each other nor following a sequential plot. The show takes place in the insides of a game computer where green game cartridges (which are sculpted out of clay) are created and loaded by rusty tin robots- occasionally with short sketches of them "repairing" damaged games. Planet Grande Pictures engaged Cuppa Coffee Studios 7 months to complete 13 hours of programming. Although it has never been released on physical media like DVD or VHS, it still reruns on HBO Family and is found in various streaming services.Ĭrashbox was created by Planet Grande Pictures (consisting of Eamon Harrington and John Watkin) and is animated by Cuppa Coffee Studios, headed by Adam Shaheen.
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Crashbox is a Canadian–American educational children's television series co-created by Eamon Harrington and John Watkin for HBO Family that ran from 1999 to 2000 in the United States.Ĭrashbox was one of the original programs for the relaunch of the HBO Family channel in February 1999.