There is a new show in town! It’s called Madagascar: A Little Wild. Airing starting today on Hulu, we had the privlege to watch a few screeners. I will tell you the kids will love it!
Madagascar: A Little Wild Synopsis
Inspired by the blockbuster franchise, Madagascar, reunite with the fun-loving Zoo Crew – Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria – as they navigate the Central Park Zoo and the big city in the all-new series.
Filled with original music and dance worthy songs, the lovable foursome Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe and Gloria the Hippo steal the show in Madagascar: A Little Wild. Capturing the iconic personalities of the four dynamos, Madagascar: A Little Wild showcases the team as kids residing in their rescue habitat at the Central Park Zoo. They might be small, but like everybody who lands in New York City, these little guys have big dreams. Madagascar: A Little Wild will follow all of their adventures.
Madagascar: A Little Wild Kid Review
If you are new to our blog there is a fun fact is that you should know about us. We always ask the kids for their opinion or review on any of the family movie or television shows that we get to screen. It is important for us as parents to see what they think about they watch. Mind you they are five and eight years old and that will be refective in their answers!
Q & A
Q: You guys have seen all of the Madagascar movies. What did you all think about Alex, Gloria, Melman and Marty being young like you guys?
G: I liked seeing them so young, they remind me of me and I like that they like to help out the humans so much, becasue I like helping people as well!
S: I really liked them being small they do a lot of the things I do, like being funny!
Q:Who is your favorite character in the show?
G: Alex is my favorite because he is just like me, he likes to sing and dance and those are all things I like to do. And Alex is a boy and so am I and many people tell me you can’t do those things since you are a boy. But Alex does them as well!
S: Marty he is so funny, and he likes helping others.
Q: What was your favorite part of the show?
G: The songs I really loved, they were songs that I liked the beat to and will remember.
S: I liked that they were all best friends, and do everything together.
Q: What is one thing you learned from the show?
G: In the show we say they had sign language, I really liked that since we are learning that in school.
S: That we need to help others and be nice.
Madagascar: A Little Wild Interviews
As you can tell from the kids feedback they really enjoyed the show, and after watching it with them I have to say that as an adult I really liked how clean and innocent the show is. This perfect for the whole family to watch for the comedy, good feel storyline, and educational pieces that you see throughout the show.
Below is my video interview that I had with Executive Producer Johanna Stein and Co-Executive Producer Dana Starfield on certain aspects of the show. If you aren’t familiar with them:
Johanna Stein
Johanna Stein is an award-winning writer-producer-director-actor whose work has been seen on Amazon, Netflix, Comedy Central, The Disney Channel, Nickelodeon, PBS, BBC and all over the world. Though her background is in comedy, Johanna has also written about parenting, with columns like this one in the NY Times. Johanna’s bestselling book, “How Not to Calm a Child on a Plane” – a humor book about being a parent – was optioned by Will Arnett as a television pilot for CBS; and her viral video short, “Momhead” was featured in international media including The Today Show, The Doctors, and CNN, and adapted into “JojoHead” for the CW, the first-ever scripted series featured onInstagram’s “Stories”.
Dana Starfield
Dana got her start as assistant to Working Title co-chairmen Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner. She attended UCLA’s Professional Program in Screenwriting, and shortly thereafter landed her first studio job, writing Disney’s Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3. She then went on to write on several other projects at Disney including an original musical feature called The Three Mariachis, freelancing on Sofia the First for Disney Channel, helping develop Descendants: Wicked World, and writing an original movie set in the world of K-Pop music for Disney Channel Original Movies.
Interview Video
Let us know if you watch the show and what you and the family loved about it!
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