The original Get-Along Gang animated pilot was produced by Canadian animation studio Nelvana, who had already produced animated adaptations of other American Greetings/Those Characters from Cleveland properties, and would later become the exclusive animation studio for their most famous characters, the Care Bears. The subsequent series, however, was produced by DiC Enterprises, who would later produce the first, syndicated Care Bears series, among other American Greetings properties.
The voice cast and character designs in this pilot differ from those in the subsequent "Get-Along Gang" series.