Crashbox is a stop-motion animated edutainment children's television series co-created by Eamon Harrington and John Watkin for HBO Family that ran from 1999 to 2000 in the United States. It was HBO's second series focusing on educational skits.
Overview
Crashbox is an educational children's television series co-created by Eamon Harrington and John Watkin for HBO Family that ran from 1999 to 2000 in the United States. It was HBO's second attempt (their first being Braingames 15 years earlier) at a show focused on educational skits.
Crashbox was one of the original programs for the relaunch of the HBO Family channel in February 1999. Although it has never been released on physical media like DVD or VHS, it still has reruns on HBO Family and is found on various streaming services.
Production
Crashbox was created by Planet Grande Pictures (consisting of Eamon Harrington and John Watkin) and is animated by Cuppa Coffee Studios, headed by Adam Shaheen. Planet Grande Pictures engaged Cuppa Coffee Studios for 8 months to complete 13 hours of programming. Some of the segments were repeated for the first half of Season 2, while production of the second half went underway in late 1999.
Along with the 52 aired episodes, it has been stated that a total of 65 episodes were at one point produced/planned, as confirmed through an interview from Planet Grande Pictures. This statement is likely false, however, as all of the segments produced for Season 2 were already featured in the aired episodes, and other crew members have stated otherwise.
