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Jack the Cuddly Dog: Jack Goes West
Jack the Cuddly Dog: Jack Goes West
Jack the Cuddly Dog: Jack Goes West
by Hello Baby Productions

In this beautifully shot animation and live action video, Jack chases his red ball across the country by plane, train, automobile and balloon. He enlists the help of many friends along the way such as buffalo and antelope as he flies over the breathtaking Grand Canyon and wanders through majestic redwood forests. In the end, the loveable yellow puppy has a joyful reunion with his beloved red ball and some silly sea lions on the beaches of California.

Age: 2 Year-olds | Title: Jack the Cuddly Dog: Jack Goes West  |  Company: Hello Baby Productions

In this beautifully shot animation and live action video, Jack chases his red ball across the country by plane, train, automobile and balloon. He enlists the help of many friends along the way such as buffalo and antelope as he flies over the breathtaking Grand Canyon and wanders through majestic redwood forests. In the end, the loveable yellow puppy has a joyful reunion with his beloved red ball and some silly sea lions on the beaches of California.

Jack Goes West is the second episode in the Jack, the Cuddly Dog series of educational videos. Jack loves playing with his big red ball every day, but one day it bounces away and he can't quite keep up with it! Follow along on Jack's journey west while chasing his ball. The video focuses on teaching viewers spacial relationships, with some additional emphasis on colors and locations. The combined animation and live action video shots shows Jack travelling by airplane, train, hot air balloon, and car over the Grand Canyon, the mountains, and through giant redwood forests, until he finally ends up at the Pacific Ocean in California.  He also sees many animals, such a buffalo, antelope, a gofer, geese, a toad, butterflies, a humming bird, horses, deer, and sea lions!

A child narrates the story and asks many questions to keep your little one involved and engaged. The narrator often asks, "Where did Jack go?" and your child can point on the screen or answer out loud. A map of the Unites States is shown quite a few times to track where the red ball has gone; you could point to where you live and perhaps where some of your relatives live to help your little one begin to learn map reading and larger spacial relations. Children will also get a kick out of imitating all the puppy dog sounds Jack makes whenever he is addressed. Your little one will also understand the humor in the video, like when Jack jumps into a box so he is a jack-in-the-box, or when the sea lions get a hold of Jack's red ball and volley it with their noses.

My three year-old friend Sam is a huge fan of the Jack Goes West soundtrack. The gentle background music plays Home on the Range, She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain, You Are My Sunshine, and Yankie Doodle. He sang right along to each song (or at least as much as he knew of each song), clapping his hands and smiling the whole time.
 
--Audra

 

Max Reynal and Doug Morrione are the co-producers and co-creators of Jack, the Cuddly Dog. In addition to being filmmakers, they are respectively a father and an uncle who decided there was a need for a new generation of baby videos. Inspired by classic baby books such as Goodnight Moon and Winnie the Pooh, they decided to focus on a cuddly animal who would give the videos a warm and "organic" feel. Another artistic differentiator was having music recorded on real instruments rather than the synthesizers many others use.

Max and Doug created the character of a puppy named Jack who is learning about the world, scampering about and saying "hello" to the viewers. The filmmakers spent over a year studying early-childhood development. They found that no studies have yet ascertained whether educational videos for children under three help with cognitive development, so no claims are made by the filmmakers to this effect. Instead, with common sense and sensitivity, they have strived to make gentle videos that would delight young children and parents alike.

After attending Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire, Doug received his BA in History and Anthropology from Colby College in Waterville, Maine, and Masters Degree in Media Studies from The New School for Social Research, in New York. Doug recently worked on the Emmy-awarded film, A Yiddish World Remembered, as well as projects for the award-winning production company, StickFigure Productions and HBO.

Max has a Masters in Fine Arts in Film and Television from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and a BA from Columbia University. He is the proud father of Lucy Rose Reynal, age 6, who along with Kristine Louis, is one of the voices of Jack, the Cuddly Dog. Max's awards include: Gold Award for Best Short Drama from Houston Worldfest (for "The Butterfly Dance" which starred Vera Farmiga of "Up in the Air" fame), Recipient of Warner Bros Post-production cash award, Tisch School of the Arts Dean's Award for excellent acting performance, Official selection at the Denver International Film Festival, selected to be a graduate assistant at NYU, and the Seymour Brick Award from Columbia University for Best Play.

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