The Off-Beats - The Twig
Summary
Betty Anne Bongo nurtures a twig.
Thoughts
It frustrates me that the shorts don't have credits. There's no list of animators, writers, background artists, or voice actors. IMDB is a thing. The only problem is The Off-Beats shorts are only listed as part of KaBlam! My Dog Can Talk, "Your Shoe's Untied" and The Twig never even appeared on KaBlam! The earliest shorts were shown on Nickelodeon between programs.
A quote about the Valentine's Day special noted the same independent animators and voice actors worked on the special. Conveniently this had credits.
Many of the voice artists did not continue in the industry. Mo Willems, the creator, voiced September and Grubby Goo on the show. Mischa Barton voiced Betty Anne Bongo. She started this around 10 years old. She later went on to appear in The Sixth Sense, star in The O.C. and continues to act. Dylan Roberts, the voice for August, continues to act.
Overly Long and Detailed Synopsis
Betty Anne Bongo is dancing along singing a song that will get stuck in the average viewer's brain for months. She finds a small twig and decides to save it. She tells it a poem. The twig loses a leaf. Repunzil's hair becomes an unwilling nest for the twig. She waters the twig. It loses another leaf. Tommy walks up. Betty Anne asks for Tommy's advice. He insists she should leave the twig alone. It loses the last leaf. Betty Anne, Repunzil and Tommy leave the twig behind. August and September find the twig. September proclaims it a perfect fetch twig and throws it for August to fetch.
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