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    Gullah Gullah Island

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  2. Gullah Gullah Island is an American musical children's television series aired on the Nick Jr. block from October 24, 1994, to March 7, 2000. [3] The show was hosted by Ron Daise – the former vice president for Creative Education at Brookgreen Gardens in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina until 2023 – and his wife Natalie Daise, both of whom also served as cultural advisors, and were inspired ...

  3. Jan 25, 2022 · Download or stream episodes of Gullah Gullah Island, a children's TV show featuring African American culture and music. The web page has links to 30 episodes from season 1 and 2.

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  4. A sing-along show for preschoolers featuring an African-American family and their friends on a sea island off South Carolina. Learn about life, culture, and humor with songs, games, stories, and a yellow tree frog named Binya Binya.

    • (1.4K)
    • 1994-09-01
    • Family, Musical
    • 20
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    • Production
    • Broadcast, Syndication and Marketing
    • Home Media
    • Reception
    • Binyah Binyah!
    Vanessa Baden - Vanessa Alston
    James Edward Coleman II - James Alston
    Ron Daise - Ron Alston
    Corey Murphy - Rick

    Origin and development

    Ron Daise's book Reminiscences of Sea Island Heritage was published in 1987. He and his New York-born wife, Natalie Daise (née Eldridge), followed by creating and touring with a multimedia show, Sea Island Montage, based on the book as well as stories from oral histories of elderly St. Helena Island residents. After one of their performances, the Daises met with an executive producer from Nickelodeon. Creator Maria Perez-Brown had planned on building a multicultural program featuring a "magic...

    Format

    Gullah Gullah Island is a sing-along half-hour live-action show.The format was part of a flexible thinking initiative that taught children to make good choices rather than using rote memorization. Ron and Natalie Daise play the Alstons, who live on the fictional "Gullah Gullah Island". Additional cast featured the Daise's actual children Simeon and Sara among others, including a full-body puppet frog, Binyah Binyah ("binyah" is the Gullah word for "island native"). The show was taped and reco...

    The show ran for four seasons from 1994 to 2000, with a total of 72 episodes. Following the series' end, reruns aired through July 2000. Reruns also aired on Noggin from February 2, 1999, to April 2004, and again from 2008 to 2009. When Noggin was relaunched as a streaming app in 2015, the first 37 episodes of Gullah Gullah Islandwere added. Reruns...

    Nickelodeon and Amazon.com teamed up to release Gullah Gullah Islandand other Nick Jr. shows on manufacture on demand (MOD) on DVD-R discs available exclusively through Amazon.com's CreateSpace arm.

    Critical response

    Critical reception of the show was consistently positive, both as a children's show and as groundbreaker for African American programming, it was praised for "vividly colored sets, infectious sing-alongs, unique character accents and quirky humor that defined the show and introduced millions of children to an overlooked but centuries-old branch of African American culture." It was described as "a combination summer camp, cheerleading session and music video." The issues, especially with the f...

    In 1997, five episodes of a "Gullah Gullah Island" miniseries titled "Binyah Binyah!" were produced at the now-defunct Nickelodeon Studios in Orlando, Florida, and aired from February 2 to February 6, 1998. A separate theme song written by Sean Altman was given to these episodes. The miniseries also featured several new puppet characters in additio...

  5. Watch full episodes of the 1994 kids' show Gullah Gullah Island, featuring a family and their giant frog friend on a magical island. Learn about life, culture and getting along with others through whimsical songs.

  6. Jan 21, 1999 · Watch the first season of the educational children's show Gullah Gullah Island on Paramount+. Follow Ron, Natalie and their kids as they explore the culture, nature and fun of Gullah Gullah Island.

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  8. Spring is burstin' out all over Gullah Gullah Island! Ron and Simeon pick daffodils, James goes on a nature walk with Ranger Mike , Shaina and Binyah Binyah Polliwog make a mypole, and everyone gathers for a game of baseball.

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