Cro
Overview
Cro is an American animated television series produced by the Children's Television Workshop and Film Roman. It debuted on September 18, 1993 as part of the Saturday morning line-up for fall 1993 on ABC. Cro did not do well with the viewers. The show had an educational theme in accordance with FCC-mandated educational/instructional requirements, introducing basic concepts of physics, mechanical engineering, and technology. The premise of using woolly mammoths as a teaching tool for the principles of technology was inspired by David Macaulay's The Way Things Work; Macaulay is credited as writer on the show. The last new episode aired on October 22, 1994. The show was released on video in a total of nine volumes.
Networks
ABC
First Air Date
9/18/1993
Last Air Date
10/22/1994
Cast
Ruth Buzzi
Nandy (voice)
Charlie Adler
Streamer / Mojo / Big Red (voice)
Max Casella
Cro (voice)
Candi Milo
Pakka (voice)
Jim Cummings
Phil / Ogg / Murray (voice)
April Ortiz
Dr. Cecilia (voice)
Frank Welker
Gogg / Earle (voice)
Jussie Smollett
Mike (voice)
Tress MacNeille
Esmeralda (voice)
Laurie O'Brien
Ivanna (voice)
Jane Singer
Selene (voice)
