Santo Bugito

*Santo Bugito*
Santo Bugito
Genre	Children's Programming
Created by	Arlene Klasky
Developed by	Lane Raichert
Voices of	Marabina Jaimes; Tony Plana; Charlie Adler; Joan Van Ark; George Kennedy; Candi Milo; William Sanderson; Michael Stanton; Cheech Marin; Henry Gibson; David Paymer
Composers	Mark Mothersbaugh; Bob Mothersbaugh; Bruce Young Berman
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Executive producers	Arlene Klasky; Gabor Csupo
Production companies	Anivision; Klasky Csupo
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	September 16, 1995 –; August 17, 1996

Santo Bugito is an American animated television series produced and developed by Klasky-Csupo for CBS and created by Arlene Klasky.^[2]^[3] It ran for thirteen episodes and revolved around the goings on in a fictional community of insects.^[4] The show was advertised as the first Tex-Mex cartoon.

Notable achievements of this series included a revival of the insect-community genre (little of which had been seen since Mr. Bug Goes to Town), and voice cameos from well known performers such as Jim Belushi. The regular cast included Tony Plana, William Sanderson, Henry Gibson, George Kennedy, Cheech Marin and Joan Van Ark.^[5]

Synopsis

Santo Bugito is set in a titular border town between Texas and Mexico, populated by various anthropomorphic insects. Carmen De La Antchez (Marabina Jaimes) is the show's protagonist, an ant who runs a restaurant in the town with her husband, Paco (Tony Plana). The town is populated by other insects, including two brash American flies, Clem (William Sanderson) and Burt (Michael Stanton), a hyperactive flea named Lencho (Cheech Marin), a cynical artist termite named Eaton Woode (Charles Adler), a butterfly named Rosa (Candi Milo) and her boyfriend Miguel who is still in his cocoon, Amelia (Joan Van Ark), an enthusiastic damselfly, Ralph, a large friendly ladybug with a deep voice (George Kennedy) and a praying mantis professor who occasionally interrupts the show to give dull educational lectures, but is usually pushed off-screen by another character.

The show primarily deals with slice of life stories, but often with a strange insect twist. Some episodes include the town still trying to operate when Carmen is bedridden with a broken leg ("The Carmen Tango"), Lencho trying to attract a famous black widow spider dancer to perform in the town ("A Widow Goes a Long Way"), and one where a mosquito lawyer named Emma Squito comes to town, and everyone in the town is caught up in a suing frenzy, in exchange for Emma sucking the blood from each of her clients ("Sue City"). A mariachi band of ants occasionally narrate the action with music.

Main cast

Marabina Jaimes - Carmen
Tony Plana - Paco
Charlie Adler - Eaton and Miguel
Joan Van Ark - Amelia
George Kennedy - Ralph
Henry Gibson - Mothmeyer
Candi Milo - Rosa
David Paymer - The Professor
William Sanderson - Clem
Michael Stanton - Burt
Cheech Marin - Lencho

Episodes

Only 13 episodes were produced, and the series was canceled after only one season.

Load o' Bees
Sue City
Splitsville
The Carmen Tango
Cupid vs. Clem
Swiped
A Widow Goes a Long Way
The Carnivore Kid
Lost Cause
How to Eat People and Make New Friends
My Name Is Revenge
Bugged Bug
Buenos Roaches

References

^ "Santo Bugito TV Series 1995". Hollywood.com.
^ Louise McElvogue (1995-08-07). "A Bug's-Eye View in CBS' 'Santo Bugito' : Television: It may not sound like the most politically correct Saturday morning cartoon, but it's certainly the most entomologically correct". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2014-04-20.
^ "The Rugrats' Real Mom And Dad". Businessweek. 1995-10-15. Archived from the original on November 7, 2012. Retrieved 2014-04-20.
^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 530. ISBN 978-1538103739.
^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 710–711. ISBN 978-1476665993.

External links

Santo Bugito at IMDb

[1] "Santo Bugito TV Series 1995". Hollywood.com.

[2] Louise McElvogue (1995-08-07). "A Bug's-Eye View in CBS' 'Santo Bugito' : Television: It may not sound like the most politically correct Saturday morning cartoon, but it's certainly the most entomologically correct". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2014-04-20.

[3] "The Rugrats' Real Mom And Dad". Businessweek. 1995-10-15. Archived from the original on November 7, 2012. Retrieved 2014-04-20.

[Perlmutter-4] Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 530. ISBN 978-1538103739.

[5] Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 710–711. ISBN 978-1476665993.

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