"Adventures from the Book of Virtues" Gratitude (1998)

Writers:

William J. Bennett (book)
Bruce D. Johnson (creator)
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TV Series:

"Adventures from the Book of Virtues" (1996)

Original Air Date:

8 March 1998 (Season 2, Episode 4)

Genre:

Animation | Family | Fantasy

Plot:

It's Zach's birthday and he wants to plan a large party to celebrate, but is bitter when his parents inform him they can only host a moderate one...

Plot Keywords:

Birthday | Jewel | Wealth | Affection | Family Friend

Cast

Jim Cummings	...	Ari / Spirit of the Mountain (voice) (as Jim Jonah Cummings)
Robert Ito	...	Hofus (voice)
Ashley Judd	...	Cornelia (voice)
Clyde Kusatsu	...	Rich Man / Servant (voice)
Jennifer Jason Leigh	...	Alexandra (voice)
Kevin Michael Richardson	...	Plato (voice)
Pamela Adlon	...	Zach Nichols (voice) (as Pamela Segall)
Kath Soucie	...	Annie Redfeather / Aurora / Tiberius Gacchus / Caius Gacchus (voice)
B.J. Ward	...	(voice)
Frank Welker	...	Sock (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Brad Boyer	...	(redubbed version) (voice)
Joe Murray	...	Plato / Sock / Ari (redubbed version) (voice)
Chuck Powers	...	(redubbed version) (voice)
Chio Su-Ping	...	(redubbed version) (voice)
Denise Tan	...	Annie Redfeather / Aurora (redubbed version) (voice)
Brian Zimmerman	...	(redubbed version) (voice)

Writing credits
William J. Bennett		(book "The Book of Virtues")
Bruce D. Johnson		(creator)
Michael Ryan		(written by)
James Baldwin		(story "Cornelia's Jewels")

Produced by
William T. Baumann	....	executive producer
Tom Gleason	....	producer
Bruce D. Johnson	....	executive producer
Walt Kubiak	....	producer
Patricia Kunkel	....	co-executive producer
Fred Schaefer	....	co-producer
Andrea Tompkins	....	associate producer

Original Music by
John Campbell

Casting by
Kris Zimmerman

Art Direction by
Kurt Conner

Production Management
Anjo de Guzman	....	production manager: Philippine Animation Studio Inc.
Billy Jones	....	production manager
Rico Reyes	....	production manager: Philippine Animation Studio Inc. (as Rico I. Reyes)

Art Department
Kurt Conner	....	storyboard artist
Romeo Francisco	....	storyboard artist
Tec Manalac	....	storyboard artist (as Tek Manalac)
Danny Taverna	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Richard F.W. Davis	....	sound effects
Terry Reiff	....	dialogue editor
Fred Salinas	....	track reader
Jeff Wire	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Jeffray Wire)
Lance Wiseman	....	sound re-recording mixer

Visual Effects by
Dexter Alpis	....	digital compositor: Philippine Animation Studio Inc.
Ly Anne Ordonez	....	digital compositor: Philippine Animation Studio Inc. (as Lianne Ordonez)

Animation Department
Rosauro Adorable	....	animation department head: Philippine Animation Studio Inc. (as Ros Adorable)
Barry Anderson	....	overseas supervisor
Charlie Barlis	....	color stylist: Philippine Animation Studio Inc.
Kent Butterworth	....	timing director
Ping Capati	....	layout department head: Philippine Animation Studio Inc.
Kurt Conner	....	layout artist
Cesar de Castro	....	layout artist (as Cesar DeCastro)
Ferdie de Guzman	....	animation checking department supervisor: Philippine Animation Studio Inc.
Tino Guanlao	....	animation director: Philippine Animation Studio Inc.
Rommel Gutierrez	....	inbetween department head: Philippine Animation Studio Inc.
Dene Ann Heming	....	color mark-up (as Dene Anne Hemming)
Yung Woo Kim	....	background color keys (as Young Kim)
Walt Kubiak	....	animation director
Alex Leal	....	background department head: Philippine Animation Studio Inc.
Tony Love	....	timing director
Tec Manalac	....	layout artist (as Tek Manalac)
Ron Myrick	....	timing director
Pablito Paguio	....	background color keys (as Pablito T. Paguio)
Man Pinza	....	clean-up department head: Philippine Animation Studio Inc.
Ver Reyes	....	background department supervisor: Philippine Animation Studio Inc.
Gary Selvaggio	....	layout artist
Jim Simon	....	timing director
Kamoon Song	....	timing director
Danny Taverna	....	layout artist
Terence Taylor	....	digital color engineer
Teodoro Velasco	....	animation checking department head: Philippine Animation Studio Inc. (as Doyo Velasco)
Roy Wilson	....	layout artist
Miok Yoo	....	background color keys
Glenn Canada	....	animator: Philippine Animation Studio Inc. (uncredited)
Agapito Delos Santos	....	layout artist (uncredited)
Arthur Esguerra	....	animator: Philippine Animation Studio Inc. (uncredited)
Exequiel Salavarria	....	animator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Andrea Tompkins	....	additional celebrity casting

Editorial Department
Rick Bozeat	....	avid editor
Tom Gleason	....	vice president of post-production
Jeff Winston	....	on-line editor

Music Department
John Campbell	....	music performer
John Campbell	....	music recordist
J.A.C. Redford	....	composer: theme music

Other crew
Lani Barcelona	....	digital division manager: Philippine Animation Studio Inc.
John Cribb	....	creative consultant
John Daro	....	production assistant
Wayne Dearing	....	chief executive officer: Philippine Animation Studio Inc. (as Wayne E. Dearing)
Bruce D. Johnson	....	story editor
Jennifer Pocock	....	production assistant
Maribel Quezada	....	production coordinator
Stella Reyes	....	operations manager: Philippine Animation Studio Inc. (as Stella K. Reyes)
Craig Russo	....	production assistant (as Craig P. Russo)
Fred Schaefer	....	story editor
Kris Zimmerman	....	voice director

Directed by
Walt Kubiak

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Eleanor Burian-Mohr
Bruce D. Johnson		creator
Terence Taylor

Sound Department
Michael Miller	....	foley mixer
Brian Rader	....	foley artist

Visual Effects by
Damon Crowe	....	digital artist: Rainbow Animation
Brian Godlewski	....	digital artist
Justin Schultz	....	digital compositor

Music Department
John Bisharat	....	composer: additional music

Trivia:

Neither "The Discontented Stonecutter", "Cordelia's Jewels", nor "Father in Heaven, We Thank Thee" is from the collection in William J. Bennett's "The Book of Virtues" but its sequel "Moral Compass".

Soundtrack:

That's Gratitude