Jay Jay the Jet Plane

*Jay Jay the Jet Plane*
Jay Jay the Jet Plane
Genre	Educational; Musical; Preschool;
Created by	David Michel; Deborah Michel;
Written by	John Semper; Eleanor Burian-Mohr;
Starring	Eve Whittle (US); Vanessa Stacey (UK); Brian Nahas;
Voices of	John William Galt (pilot); Mary Kay Bergman; Debi Derryberry; Gina Ribisi; Chuck Morgan; Sandy Fox; Donna Cherry; Michael Donovan;
Narrated by	John William Galt (pilot series); Chuck Morgan (US); Michael Donovan (US); Brian Cant (UK);
Theme music composer	Stephen Michael Schwartz; Parachute Express
Opening theme	"Gee, How I Love to Fly" (1994–1996); "Jay Jay the Jet Plane Theme Song" (1998–2005)
Ending theme	"Gee, How I Love to Fly" (Reprise) (1994–2004); "Jay Jay the Jet Plane Theme Song" (1998–2005)
Composers	Craig Dobbin; Brian Mann;
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	62 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	David Michel; Bruce D. Johnson; William T. Baumann; Chris Walker;
Producer	David Michel
Running time	25 minutes
Production companies	PorchLight Entertainment; Mondern Cartoons; Wonderwings.com Entertainment;
Original release
Network	Direct-to-video
Release	December 13, 1994 –; October 29, 1996
Network	TLC
Release	November 2, 1998 –; March 14, 2000
Network	PBS Kids
Release	June 11, 2001 –; November 25, 2005

Jay Jay the Jet Plane is an American live-action animated musical children's television series. It was broadcast on TVOKids, PBS Kids, Qubo and Smile.^[1] The series aired for 4 seasons and has 62 episodes. The series is about a group of aircraft. The episodes were distributed in 25-minute-long pairs. One of the episodes had a header sequence and the other had the end credits. With commercials, this created a single one hour episode. Each of the episodes had one song or more.

The theme song and many of the other songs were written by singer and songwriter Stephen Michael Schwartz. They were sung by his musical group, Parachute Express. The series was created by David and Deborah Michel. they wanted it to be educational to teach life and moral lessons to children.

References

↑ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 442–443. ISBN 978-1476665993.

[1] Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 442–443. ISBN 978-1476665993.

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