March 30, 1985 – January 28, 1989
CBS Storybreak is a Saturday morning anthology television series that originally aired on the CBS network from 1985 to 1989. Hosted by Bob Keeshan (and in its 1993 return by Malcolm-Jamal Warner), the episodes are half-hour animated adaptations of children's books published at the time of airing, including How to Eat Fried Worms. Other episodes included Dragon's Blood and Ratha's Creature.
Plot[]
30-minute animated series, each episode telling a different beloved childrens story.
Sound Effects Used[]
This series heavily use Hanna-Barbera sound effects through out the series.
- H-B SLIDE, CARTOON - SHORT SLIDE WHISTLE DOWN
- H-B SLIDE, CARTOON - SHORT SLIDE WHISTLE UP, HIGH
- H-B SPIN, CARTOON - WACKY SPIN WITH DRUM
- H-B SPIN, CARTOON - WILD SPIN WITH WIND WHISTLING
- H-B ZIP, CARTOON - QUICK WHISTLE ZIP IN, HIGH/Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - QUICK WHISTLE ZIP IN/Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - RICCO ZIP IN 01 (R & B)
- Hollywoodedge, Lightning Bolt Thun PE1006707/Sound Ideas, WEATHER - THUNDER CRASH 02 (high-pitched)
- OMI, Movie Thunder 02/Sound Ideas, THUNDER - BIG THUNDER CLAP AND RUMBLE, WEATHER 04 (Heard in "Ratha's Creature".)
- Sound Ideas, BITE, CARTOON - BONE BITE
- Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - HOYT'S BOING
- Sound Ideas, BOINK, CARTOON - DOINK 03
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, MOTOR - RATTLY MECHANISM MOTOR
- Sound Ideas, CRASH, WOOD - LARGE WOOD CRUNCH 02
- Sound Ideas, EATING, CARTOON - SHORT GLOPPY CHEWING
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 01
- Sound Ideas, SWOOSH, CARTOON - BIG SWOOSH 01
- Sound Ideas, THUNDER - BIG THUNDER CLAP AND RUMBLE, WEATHER 01 (Heard once in "Ratha's Creature".)