Science Court

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Science Court
File:Science Court.jpg
Also known as 'Squigglevision'
Genre animation/nontraditional court show
Created by Tom Snyder
Developed by Tom Snyder
Written by Bill Braudis
David Dockterman
Tom Snyder
Directed by Loren Bouchard
Tom Snyder
Voices of Bill Braudis
Paula Plum
H. Jon Benjamin
Paula Poundstone
Fred Stoller
Dee Bradley Baker
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 3
No. of episodes 29 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Bonnie Burns
Tom Snyder
Niki Herbert
(coordinating producer)
Producer(s) Loren Bouchard
Tom Snyder
Cinematography Ivan Rhudick
(post-production director)
Editor(s) Loren Bouchard
(audio editor)
Justin Montanino
(assistant editor)
Running time 30 minutes
Production company(s) Burns & Burns Productions
Tom Snyder Productions
Distributor Disney–ABC Domestic Television
Release
Original network ABC
Original release September 13, 1997 (1997-09-13) –
January 22, 2000 (2000-01-22)

Science Court (retitled Squigglevision in 1998),[1] is an edutainment, animation/nontraditional court show from Tom Snyder Productions, which was aired on ABC's Disney's One Saturday Morning block from 1997 to 2000. The cartoon was 'filmed' in Squigglevision.[2]

Overview

“The half-hour program mixed courtroom drama, science experiments, and humor to teach fundamental concepts in elementary and middle school science such as the water cycle, work, matter, gravity, flight, and energy. As each case unfolded, the characters in the trial used humor to highlight scientific misconceptions and model good scientific practice.”[3] In a typical episode, a lawsuit or criminal action would take place based around some scientific point. Humor and musical numbers were used to break down scientific concepts. Science Court earned top television awards for Tom Snyder.[4] Science Court utilized Squigglevision as its style of animation.

Characters

The primary characters of Science Court were the trial lawyers, Alison Krempel and Doug Savage. Alison Krempel, voiced by Paula Plum, was modest, intelligent and kind. Her logical and articulate arguments always lead to the explanations of the scientific points. Doug Savage, voiced by Bill Braudis, was ignorant, arrogant and unscrupulous.

Both Doug and Allison called on a variety of expert witnesses to prove their case. Doug, often to his detriment, called upon child academics Dr. Julie Bean and Dr. Henry Fullerghast to testify. Their scientific testimony disproved Doug’s case. Professor Nick Parsons, voiced by H. Jon Benjamin served as an expert for Alison Krempel. He used science to successfully refute Doug Savage's ludicrous and ill-informed claims. Often Micaela and Tim, Miss Kremple's assistant, helped to break down scientific concepts. Comedians Paula Poundstone and Fred Stoller rounded out the cast playing Judge Stone and court stenographer Fred respectively.

Educational use

Tom Snyder Productions has released twelve of the episodes into a series of educational CD-ROMs with accompanying workbooks and experiment kits for schools.[5] On December 2, 2004, Snyder, founder and former CEO of Tom Snyder Productions, was inducted into the Association of Educational Publishers Hall of Fame to honor his extraordinary contribution to educational publishing.[4]

Renamed to Squigglevision

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The official retitle of Science Court, now known as Squigglevision.

In 1998, Science Court was renamed to Squigglevision in its second to third seasons.

Episodes

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Season 1 (1997–98)

No. in
series		 No. in
season		 Title Original air date
1 1 "Water Cycle" September 13, 1997
2 2 "Work and Simple Machines" September 20, 1997
3 3 "Gravity" September 27, 1997
4 4 "Inertia" October 4, 1997
5 5 "Sound" October 11, 1997
6 6 "Data & Statistics" October 18, 1997
7 7 "Heat Expansion" October 25, 1997
8 8 "Air Pressure" November 1, 1997
9 9 "Electric Current" November 8, 1997
10 10 "Soil" December 13, 1997
11 11 "Living Things" December 27, 1997
12 12 "Seasons" January 10, 1998
13 13 "Fossils" January 17, 1998

Season 2 (1998–99)

No. in
series		 No. in
season		 Title Original air date
14 1 "Rockets" September 12, 1998
15 2 "Pendulums" September 19, 1998
16 3 "Lightning" September 26, 1998
17 4 "Friction" October 3, 1998
18 5 "Wings" October 10, 1998
19 6 "Planets" October 10, 1998
20 7 "Reflection" January 1, 1999
21 8 "Magnets" January 16, 1999

Season 3 (1999–2000)

No. in
series		 No. in
season		 Title Original air date
22 1 "Acid Rain" September 11, 1999
23 2 "Barn Fire" September 18, 1999
24 3 "Hang Time" September 25, 1999
25 4 "Siphon" October 2, 1999
26 5 "Rocks" October 30, 1999
27 6 "Depth Perception" November 6, 1999
28 7 "Compass" January 15, 2000
29 8 "Density" January 22, 2000

References

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External links

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