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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox television Father of the Pride is an American adult animated sitcom created by Jeffrey Katzenberg and produced by DreamWorks Animation for NBC. The series premiered on August 31, 2004, and ended on May 27, 2005. It was part of a short-lived trend of animated series in prime-time network television (after Game Over).

Father of the Pride follows a family of white lions, the patriarch of which stars in a Siegfried & Roy show in Las Vegas. Due to heavy promotion, the series was cancelled after one season. Transmission and production were also delayed by the real-life on-stage injury of Roy Horn in October 2003.

Premise

The show follows the adventures of a family of white lions. The family contains Larry, the bumbling yet well-intentioned star of Siegfried & Roy's show; Kate, a pretty, stay-at-home mother who is a member of a special women's group; Sierra, their teenage daughter who is frequently annoyed by her family; Hunter, their awkward young son, who is a huge fan of The Lord of the Rings; Sarmoti, Kate's father and Sierra and Hunter's grandfather who has a dislike for Larry; and Snack, Larry's mischievous gopher friend.

Recurring characters appear alongside the lion family; these include Larry's friends Roger, Chutney, Vincent, and Nelson; Larry's rival Blake and his wife Victoria; Sarmoti's friends Bernie, Duke, Chaz, and the Snout Brothers; Hi Larious; Kate's friends Foo-Lin, Lily, and Brittany; two lesbian gophers Chimmi & Changa; and Sierra's boyfriend Justin.

Development

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Jeffrey Katzenberg (pictured) is the creator of the series.

It took more than 200 animators and 2 years to make Father of the Pride. Computer animation was produced at Imagi Animation Studios in Hong Kong.

The series employed a small group of seasoned directors, which included Mark Risley, Bret Haaland, Steve Hickner, John Holmquist, John Stevenson, and Mark Baldo. Felix Ip served as creative director for Imagi. For the first season, DreamWorks created 30 principal sets, 500 special props, and about 100 characters. In fact, a typical episode unfolds across all 30 principal sets and features two or three unique locations as well. The lion habitat is inspired by the real Secret Garden in Las Vegas, where the actual Siegfried & Roy lions reside. In Father of the Pride, the Secret Garden encompasses residences for the main characters and their families and public areas ranging from the community bar to a school classroom.

Since Larry and his family drive the story lines for most of the episodes, their residence is the most detailed, comprising separate, contiguous sets for the living room, the kitchen, and the children's bedrooms. Meanwhile, the assets are stored in individual files in order to be loaded into separate layers and assembled modularly.

Voice cast

Major characters

Character	Voice actor	Profile
Larry	John Goodman	Larry is the main protagonist of the series. He is a middle-aged, overweight white lion originally from the Bronx Zoo who, through a bizarre series of events, becomes the star of Siegfried and Roy's world-famous magic show (replacing his father-in-law Sarmoti). At times, Larry tries not to speak his mind, but usually ends up exposing his true feelings. He sometimes lies to his family and friends just to impress them and that usually starts the trouble for the episode, making him feel guilty afterwards. Overall, he is really an honest, trustworthy person and doesn't intend to cause any harm, always hoping for the best.
Kate	Cheryl Hines	Kate is a white lion and Larry's mate, Sierra and Hunter's mother, and Sarmoti's daughter. Primarily known for her relation to Larry and Sarmoti, Kate is constantly attempting to establish her own individuality. Kate is very loving and close with her father, but her relationship with her mother is unknown. She is also the one person who keeps the family together, especially when two people (such as Larry and Sarmoti) are fighting.
Sierra	Danielle Harris	Sierra is Larry and Kate's rebellious, outgoing 16-year-old daughter, Hunter's older sister, and Sarmoti's granddaughter. Sierra is an activist with left-wing views who likes the latest things and hates doing chores. Sierra can be somewhat sassy at times (even teasing Hunter), but she genuinely loves and cares about her family.
Hunter	Daryl Sabara	Hunter is Larry and Kate's friendly, sensitive, somewhat immature 10-year-old son, Sierra's younger brother, and Sarmoti's grandson. Hunter is always shown wearing a plastic Elizabethan collar to stop him from biting himself and is portrayed as slightly mentally deficient. He is a die-hard fan of The Lord of the Rings as he has action figures of the characters, and in "Possession," he quoted Gollum's "My Precious" line. Hunter is the most rarely used main character, being entirely absent from a few episodes. Sarmoti suspects that Hunter might be gay, though he most likely is not.
Sarmoti	Carl Reiner	Sarmoti is the main antagonist of the series. He is Sierra and Hunter's grandfather, Larry's direct nemesis and father-in-law, Kate's father, and the former star of Siegfried and Roy's show. Sarmoti has a dislike for and is jealous of Larry and is disappointed with Kate for marrying him, thinking she could have done better. He is sometimes a bit arrogant and self-righteous and is something of a braggart, praising himself and putting Larry down for not being born in Africa and never fails to spot an opportunity to remind him about it. Sarmoti loves objectifying women, drinking alcohol, and playing poker with his friends. Despite his antagonistic and grumpy behavior, Sarmoti has a softer side as he doesn't completely hate Larry and has actually helped him before. His name is an acronym of "Siegfried And Roy, Masters Of The Impossible."
Snack	Orlando Jones	Snack is Larry's best friend. A brown gopher who is friendly, energetic, kind, caring, carefree, thoughtful, generous, mischievous, fun-loving, rowdy, cool, curious, but sometimes scatterbrained. Snack is constantly getting into trouble with the other residents of the park. Despite his genuine kindness, Snack can be somewhat sneaky, sarcastic, moody, and smooth-talking. He can also be sensitive. He also believes that humans can understand him, calling himself "The Human Whisperer," despite the fact that he was never called that (as pointed out by Larry). In one episode, Snack had a girlfriend named Candy, but she ended up dumping him since she was not interested in him. Roy named him Heinrich during his brief time as Roy's pet.
Siegfried Fischbacher	Julian Holloway	Siegfried is the more magically inclined of the duo. Siegfried is kind, friendly, brave, generous, humorous, thoughtful, and caring. However, he can also be a bit mean, selfish, self-centered, bratty, and stubborn at times. He constantly argues with Roy, but still loves and respects him as his best friend. Siegfried is one to immediately judge, unlike Roy.
Roy Horn	David Herman	Roy is the animal trainer of the duo. Roy is more level-headed, kind, caring, brave, generous, humorous, thoughtful, and friendly than Siegfried. He frequently has to defend his animals from Siegfried's criticisms . Despite his and Siegfried's arguments, they still respect and love each other as best friends. Roy has more reasonable and understanding traits than Siegfried, who is more quick to judge.

Supporting characters

Character	Voice actor	Profile
Blake	John O'Hurley	Blake is a white tiger, Larry's arch-rival, and the Tiger Twins' father. The two groups constantly compete to be the stars of the show. Blake is a glory hound or a self-professed "whore for applause" and will stoop as low as to sabotage his competitors to get the spotlight. He is mean, sarcastic, and arrogant, believing himself to be the true star.
Victoria	Wendie Malick	Victoria is Blake's wife and the Tiger Twins' mother. She also competes with the lions to act with her husband in Siegfried and Roy's show. She has a drinking problem, and has already had 2 liver transplants from baboons. Victoria shares the similar traits of Blake, but she does show at least a little bit of friendliness towards Larry and Kate.
Roger	Brian Stepanek	Roger is an orangutan and one of Larry's friends. He is a local at the Watering Hole. Roger has something of a short temper as he gets angry easily many times, being happy and cheerful one moment and then angry and disgruntled when he gets offended.
Chutney	Brian George (mostly) John Ennis (occasionally)	Chutney is an Asian elephant and one of Larry's friends. In one episode, it is revealed that he (rather than Lucy Vodden) is Lucy from "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," though people do not know the truth because "McCartney hogs all the credit" (when it is pointed out that Lucy is a girl's name, he says, "...It was a weird time for all of us."). Through the series, the implication that he is in a gay relationship with his turkey "roommate" and that he is otherwise closeted is a running gag.
Vincent	Don Stark	Vincent is a flamingo and one of Larry's friends. He has a sexual interest in sombreros and a New Yorker's accent. He acts tough because he is self-conscious about being pink. Vincent's catchphrase is "Capiche?".
Nelson	Andy Richter	Nelson, nicknamed "Bong Bong," is a giant panda and one of Larry's friends. In "What's Black and White and Depressed All Over?", Larry and Kate try and introduce him to Foo-Lin. He is extremely nervous about meeting other women as he had never seen other women because he was isolated before brought into captivity by Siegfried and Roy. Initially, Nelson had a crush on Kate as she was the first woman who was kind to him, but after having some sense knocked into him by Larry, Nelson chose to be with Foo-Lin.
Bernie	Garry Marshall	Bernie is Sarmoti's best friend and poker buddy. He is a bit of a suck up and acts like Sarmoti's assistant and yesman, constantly calling him "Boss" and agreeing with every single thing he says.
Duke	Dom DeLuise	Duke is an exceedingly effeminate leopard and one of Sarmoti's poker buddies. He makes subtle but obvious allusions to his homosexuality, to which his buddies are oblivious.
Chaz	Rocky Carroll	Chaz is a panther and one of Sarmoti's poker buddies.
Snout Brothers	John DiMaggio	The Snout Brothers are a pair of steroid abusing, exercise enthusiast warthogs who are old friends of Sarmoti. They are right winged characters who are homophobic. When Sarmoti advises them to be careful with the steroids as they cause shrinkage "down there," the two exclaim "Worth it!" before running off.
Hi Larious	Dana Gould	Hi Larious is a snail comedian who is not very funny (though he tries to be). Whenever he tells jokes, he presses a red button and a beat is heard and the person listening to the joke usually doesn't laugh. This offends Hi to the point of him insulting them (sometimes sarcastically). He once featured in a plot against the lions with the tigers. Regardless, Hi is genuinely a good snail at heart.
Foo-Lin	Lisa Kudrow	Foo-Lin is a female giant panda and one of Kate's friends. She is jealous of her younger, pregnant sister. She constantly looks to Kate for comfort and finds Sarmoti's jokes about her mental state humorous instead of insulting as they are meant to be. Foo-Lin is very prone to becoming depressed because she has almost given up on finding a man in "What's Black and White and Depressed All Over?". At the end, Foo-Lin finally finds peace with herself and becomes Nelson's girlfriend.
Lily	Jane Lynch	Lily is the leader of a women's empowerment group and one of Kate's friends. She encourages the compound's women to find the goddess within themselves. Although Lily is a lioness, she is a "cougar".
Brittany	Julia Sweeney	Brittany is a warthog sow and one of Kate's friends.
Tommy	David Spade	Tommy is a wise-cracking coyote who "guides" Larry and Sarmoti when they meet him in "Road Trip." Eventually, Larry and Sarmoti realize that Tommy manages to get them lost and becomes a bit of an annoyance to them. In the end, Tommy gets invited by Roy as his temporary rescued pet at his doorstep.
Emerson	Danny DeVito	Emerson is an activist lobster who befriends Sierra in "And the Revolution Continues," much to Larry's dismay. He is kind to Sierra, but is mean to Larry. Like Sierra, Emerson is a left-wing activist. Unlike Sierra, he only liked the way she thought and began using her. Emerson was later thrown into the sewers by Sierra after he insulted her father Larry, even though Larry saved his life twice.
Tom	John DiMaggio	Tom is an antelope who is an alcoholic, verbally abusive adulterer and often tries to pick fights after he has had a few drinks. He has a girlfriend and a son named Anthony, who picks on Hunter. Tom is violent, repulsive, mean, selfish, uncaring, rude, insulting, sarcastic, tough, troublesome, arrogant, greedy, and short-tempered. He has a severe drinking problem and usually is seen with a bottle in his hooves. His lifestyle and behavior is possibly the reason Anthony is a bully. Tom is also quick-tempered as he once got angry at a zebra for just looking at him.
Anthony	Cheryl Holliday	Anthony is a young antelope who is the school bully. He picks on Hunter, though Hunter once stood up to him in "Possession." Like his father, Anthony is mean, rude, uncaring, arrogant, greedy, and selfish. He is only seen picking on Hunter, beating him up and calling him names (such as "Snow Cone" and later, "Kimba"). Anthony is also quite sadistic as he laughed at Hunter after pushing him to the ground.
Justin	Pauly Shore	Justin is a Jewish adolescent lion with a mop-top haircut. He is Sierra's boyfriend and an aggressive (but unskilled) poker player.
Chimmi & Changa	Tress MacNeille (uncredited)	Chimi & Changa are a pair of lesbian (or possibly bisexual) "fiesta babe" gophers Snack hires to promote "Larry's Debut All-Night Fiesta". Snack catches them making out and excitedly photographs them as a gag before a cut to commercial and they again passionately kiss when Chimmi is impressed with Changa's "intellect".
Edna Falvey	Kathryn Joosten	Edna is a lioness with a lisp who is the teacher of the "Gifted And Talented Class" of the compound's school.
Donkey	Eddie Murphy	Donkey, co-star of the Shrek franchise, visits the compound in the episode "Donkey" and is known as a massive star by all of the animals. Larry tries to get him to go to Hunter's school. In the series, Donkey is portrayed as an arrogant, self-absorbed famous jerk, steaming from his life of being bullied in school and from his life of stardom and money. He is also selfish and self-centered as he refused to go to Hunter's school due to the children throwing fits and instead suggested to Larry to inform his son about the upcoming Shrek the Third. Donkey was also unconcerned for his stunt double's well-being and when Jermece was injured, he told him to do it again, but more dangerous. Of course, this isn't canon to the Shrek franchise.
Kelsey Grammer	Kelsey Grammer	Kelsey Grammer is a stand-up comedian and actor whom Siegfried and Roy take Larry to see in the revised pilot. Siegfried and Roy think that Grammer is a real psychologist, so Roy explains his lifelong problems and hard relationship with his father.

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Viewers

Production

In 2002, Jeffrey Katzenberg came up with the idea for the series when he visited Siegfried & Roy's show in Las Vegas: "I thought, I wonder what it's like for those lions. What must life be like from their point of view? [They're] living in Las Vegas, trying to raise a family and earn a living. In animation, we look for those things — a way to look at our lives through a fantasy world. It allows us to take on subjects that are too difficult to do with real people. It allows us to be more controversial. Edgier. There can be parody and innuendo and satire. Things can be sophisticated in a way that even our feature films can't be."

According to Katzenberg, the series was created for "an 18- to 49-year-old. It's not about checking to make sure you don't leave the 6-, 7- and 8-year-olds behind. This is purely an adult show."

Each episode cost an estimated $2 million to $2.5 million to produce, making it at the time of its release one of the most expensive half-hour television comedies ever.

Long before its broadcast, the series was nearly cancelled, following the near-death of Roy Horn in October 2003; but after his condition improved, Siegfried & Roy urged NBC to continue production. Katzenberg recalled, "There was a short period of time where we all just rocked out on our heels and couldn't be particularly creative and certainly not very funny. But Siegfried kept saying, every step of the way, that this show meant so much to them. So much to Roy. Then, even more than it ever did."

Opening sequence

The opening sequence starts off with a red sports car, with the Nevada license plate "MAGIC1," being driven by Siegfried and Roy past many of the attractions in Las Vegas. Cast names are presented on the marquees of the Strip hotels that, along with the Mirage, belonged to the MGM / Mirage Group at the time, before the car swerves into the Mirage Hotel. The scene then changes to the lions' house. Larry (voiced by John Goodman) gets woken up by his wife Kate (voiced by Cheryl Hines), late for his performance, on the couch before dashing towards the stage (but not before having a beer given to him by Snack {voiced by Orlando Jones} at the Watering Hole). Larry sings a rendition of Elvis Presley's "Viva Las Vegas" as the background music throughout the title sequence.

Release and reception

The series' debut on NBC on August 31, 2004 attracted 12.3 million viewers, making it the most-watched series of the week on American television. However, the series was expected to do better, especially considering heavy promotion during NBC's coverage of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Its opening ranked only the 13th of 16 fall comedies that NBC introduced since 1999.

When the series debuted, it got off to a good start with strong ratings. The ratings continued to show good promise for the series through early September 2004 until the ratings started to rapidly decline. Many airings were repeatedly interrupted by updates on the 2004 presidential election, and by that point, there had been such a glut of advertising that audiences were sick of it. By November 2004, it was pulled from NBC's sweeps line-up. In early December, Jeffrey Katzenberg announced that he did not think the series would be picked up for a second season. Over the next few months, the network aired several of the remaining episodes outside of sweeps periods, but the series did not return for a second season. A few of the remaining episodes were burned off in late December 2004.

Father of the Pride received a negative response from television critics, who considered it to be little more than a gimmick and a shill for other NBC and DreamWorks properties (two early episodes extensively featured The Today ShowШаблон:'s Matt Lauer and another featured Donkey from the Shrek franchise). Also, many television critics noticed that the series' humor was very similar to South Park (one episode even had a character say, "Screw you guys, I'm goin' home!").

According to Katzenberg, Siegfried & Roy's reactions were more positive: "They laughed. A lot. They kept asking us to create more contradiction. Literally, one's blond and one's dark, and every aspect of their life is as black and white as that. They are always playful with one another, always playing tricks on one another. They encouraged us to have fun with that."

Protest from the Parents Television Council

In October 2004, the Parents Television Council's launched a campaign against Father of the Pride. Reasons cited for their opposition were the use of anthropomorphic animals and the use of "from the creators of Shrek" in their promotions. The film in question was seen by the Council as much more family-friendly than this series, which the PTC stated could inadvertently draw the wrong audience based on the way it was promoted by NBC. Their campaign led to over 11,000 complaints to the Federal Communications Commission. In March 2006, the FCC ruled that the show was not indecent.

Home media

Father of the Pride was released on DVD on June 7, 2005. The DVD features the original pilot, an alternate pilot (which draws heavily on the original), an unaired episode, and one episode that was voice-recorded and not animated (and therefore, remains at the storyboard stage).

Since July 15, 2020, the series became available on Peacock with its launch.

Broadcast

Father of the Pride premiered in the United States on August 31, 2004, on NBC.

In the United Kingdom, the series premiered on March 6, 2005, originally on Channel 4 and Sky One.

In Canada, the series premiered on September 5, 2008, on Teletoon Detour.

Awards and nominations

Father of the Pride won an Annie Award in 2005 for Character Design in an Animated Television Production. It was also nominated for a 2005 People's Choice Award in the category Favorite New TV Comedy Series.

External links

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