The Country Mouse and the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale

The Country Mouse and the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale is an animated TV special directed and produced by Michael Sporn and written by Maxine Fisher, adapted by Tish Rabe. Produced by Michael Sporn Animation, Random House and HBO.[4] It aired on December 8, 1993 as part as the HBO Storybook Musicals series.[5] As the title implies, the story is an adaptation of the Aesop fable that is set around Christmastime.

The Country Mouse and the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale
GenreAnimation
Drama
Family
Written byOriginal fable:
Aesop
Teleplay:
Maxine Fisher
Directed byMichael Sporn
StarringJohn Lithgow
Crystal Gayle
Theme music composerDavid Evans
Country of origin United States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerMichael Sporn
Running time25 min.
Production companiesRandom House[1]
HBO[2]
DistributorWarner Bros. Television Distribution
Budget$265,000[3]
Release
Original networkHBO
Original releaseDecember 8, 1993 (1993-12-08)
Chronology
Followed byThe Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures

In 1994, Random House Children's Media published children's book titled, The Country Mouse and The City Mouse: Christmas Is Where The Heart Is, which based on the animated special, written by Maxine Fisher and illustrated by Jerry Smith.

The special's two main characters, Emily and Alexander, were voiced respectively by Crystal Gayle and John Lithgow. The characters would later be spun off in the animated series The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures, also on HBO.

Synopsis

At a Jonson's house in the country, a female mouse named Emily, whose existence is known to the two children living there, decides to go into the city to visit her cousin Alexander for Christmas. However, the chef the restaurant Alexander lives in has set a variety of anti-mice precautions, thus scaring the two cousins out of the restaurant. The two mice return to the country house to celebrate Christmas together.

References
  1. Ithaca College Quarterly, 2003/No.1
  2. US Copyright Office Registration: PA0000682612
  3. Michael Sporn: An Interview - Deneroff.com
  4. "Pay TV Programming" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. Cahners Business Information. July 26, 1993. p. 74. Retrieved September 4, 2020 – via American Radio History.
  5. Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. pp. 77–78. ISBN 9781476672939.


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