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“I know! It’s great, isn’t it? I’m going to give you a spoiler – we have an episode coming up where Kelly doesn’t have the part in stock. Not something that will do in a pinch, but a boxed, branded windmill axle. I do love Mr Lopart, I tell her, (I also mention he reminds me of John Hodgman) but my favourite aspect of the show, and one that I always marvel at is Kelly’s Hardware store, and her uncanny ability to have everything in stock. Lopart? He has this great, if misplaced confidence in himself and I love his naïveté.” I really love Rusty – I love all of them, but I love how Fred puts himself entirely into the character. Sometimes I’ll get a script, I’ll see a line and immediately I’ll think how I can’t wait to hear how Dee (Bradley Baker, who plays Turner) or Tom (Kenny, who plays Pat) or Fred (Stoller, who plays Rusty) will play it. At some point we’ll break for lunch, go back and record some more.” The director will then usually give us some pointers – put more enthusiasm into this line, emphasise that word, and then we start recording. We get into the studio, we chat, we laugh, we do a read through. “We usually get through about two episodes in a days’ session. So what goes into recording ‘Handy Manny’? When talking about the characters she’d played, on more than one occasion she demonstrated the voices and continued the interview in character – if I ever get to talk to her again, I’m definitely getting set up to podcast it. Further disclosure – Kath is lovely to talk to, so I’m fairly sure I ended up gushing by the end of the interview.

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Full disclosure – thanks to a 12 year old minidisc recorder finally and unexpectedly giving up the ghost, I had to change this from the Q&A format I’d intended. If you’ve been a fan of cartoons at almost any point over the past 25 years, chances are you’ve heard her voice in something.

I was lucky enough to get to talk to Kath Soucie, who voices Dusty the Saw in advance of the special events about her work on the show and her fantastic career voicing animation and video games. Sunday October 4th will see Playhouse Disney air a special family reunion/road trip episode. No word just yet on when we get the new episode this side of the Atlantic, but I’m sure they won’t leave us hanging too long.īut the really big news from Sheetrock Hills is that for one night only, Manny is going primetime. These will be have various celebration themes – birthdays, Cinco de Mayo, Quinceañera (Hispanic Heritage, remember?), New Year’s Eve – and at the end of it all a mini-marathon and a brand new episode on September 18th. To promote Hispanic Heritage Month, Disney Channel in the US will be showing a week-long marathon of Handy-Manny episodes starting on September 14th. The target audience is very definitely pre-schoolers, though – this isn’t something you’re likely to turn back on once the kids are in bed, but it is one of those rare ‘little kids only’ shows that you won’t be annoyed at having to watch with your little ones. I’ve described it to friends without kids as ‘Bob the Builder’ meets ‘Dora the Explorer’ – it’s aimed pretty much exclusively at pre-schoolers – it tackles all the essential lessons of teamwork, cultural diversity, friendship, manners and even basic Spanish. They live in Sheetrock Hills, where they solve the locals’ building, maintenance and sometimes moral dilemmas. The shorts introduced some new tools, including Spinner the power drill, Sneeze the vacuum cleaner, Roland the giant tool box, and Beamer the laser level.‘Handy Manny’ is about, well, Manny Garcia, a bilingual Hispanic handyman and his all-singing all-dancing tools – Dusty the Saw, Pat the Hammer, Rusty the Monkey Wrench, Squeeze the Pliers, Stretch the Tape Measure, Felipe and Turner the Screwdrivers, and in later episodes, Flicker the Flashlight.

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Spin-off series 'Handy Manny: School for Tools' are three-minute shorts designed to teach children about different tools and their uses. The tools include Felipe, a Phillips screwdriver, Turner, a flathead screwdriver, Stretch, a tape measure, Squeeze, a pair of pliers, and Pat, a talkative hammer. Kelly's hardware store usually stocks everything Manny needs to complete his repair. Manny and his tools then venture out to the location to fix the broken item. A phone call in the shop usually comes from someone needing something repaired or assembled.

Set in the fictional town of Sheetrock Hills, Manny owns a repair shop along with his tools.

It teaches youngsters about Spanish and the importance of cultural diversity.

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'Handy Manny' is an animated children's TV series for preschoolers featuring the adventures of Manny Garcia, a bilingual Hispanic handyman and his talking tools.