Ants in Your Pants

Ants in Your Pants
Genre	Music video
Format	Live action/CGI animated
Created by	Douglas John
Developed by	Treehouse TV
Starring	Douglas John,Judy and David,John Lithgow
Country of origin	Canada
Language(s)	English
No. of episodes	107
Production
Location(s)	Toronto, Ontario
Running time	23 minutes
Production company(s)	YTV Productions
Broadcast
Original channel	Treehouse TV
Original run	November 1, 1997 (1997-11-01) – February 27, 2008 (2008-02-27)
Chronology
Related shows	Treetown

Ants In Your Pants was a 1997 Canadian children's music video television program made and aired by Treehouse TV that aired from 1997 to February 2008. It was notable for its use of music videos and guest stars, though being geared at young children. It was also one of Treehouse TV's launch programs, along with Crazy Quilt, and Treetown.

Plot

The show starts out with its intro, which consists mostly of CGI animations with the "Ants In Your Pants" theme, written by children's music artist Douglas John.

The host, a puppet monkey in corduroy overalls, Lickety Split, then takes over. He lives in a large tree with his mother (who is not seen, only heard or mentioned), and usually explains what he has been doing lately, and a music video is shown. Ordinarily, there are 3 music videos, all separated by a Lickety Spilt segment.

In the second segment, the Pesky Ants, named Janesaw, Woodchip and Dusty, are introduced. They are three ants who are frequently cause trouble for him, but can also be helpful and kind on rare occasions.

In the third segment, "Kiddin' Around" and "Stretch and Wiggle!" are presented. Kiddin' Around features a CGI video camera showing kids doing fun activities. Stretch and Wiggle shows exercises. The last segment before the end of the show is 10 minutes long and is titled "Lickety's Tree Fort!" and features a guest star, such as Douglas John Cameron (referred to as "Douglas John" by that point in his career)^[1], Judy & David and (on one occasion) John Lithgow.

Credits

The show ends with the animated version of the tree and the theme plays.

Created & Produced by Kathilee Porter Written by Kathilee Porter, Kim Sparks, Bryan Levy-Young Starring:

• Marty Stelnick as Lickety Split
• Jason Hopley, Ben Deustch as Janesaw, Woodchip and Dusty

Episodes

Popularity

Ants In Your Pants was an entirely new concept in children's television. Although many children's programs (both at the time and in the present) were very musically based, this was the first known to feature music videos. As a result, the show became hugely popular with children and was widely praised by adults. Its soundtrack was a Juno nominee in 2000 for Best Children's Album. Despite the program's popularity, very little, if not any merchandise was produced, and even homemade recordings are rare. As of 2012, there is no official home video release. Fortunately, a small collection of music videos from the show began appearing on YouTube in 2007, with the highest-viewed video, "Tomato Hat" (which featured a young Justin Hines), peaking at almost 100,000 views.

References

External links

• Official Website on TreehouseTV.com
• Douglas John