Ants in Your Pants

Ants in Your Pants
Genre Music video
Created by Kathilee Porter
Developed by Treehouse TV
Written by Kathilee Porter, Bryan Levy Young, Kim Sparks, Rachel Bartels
Creative director(s) Kathilee Porter
Presented by Lickety Split/Marty Stelnick
Starring Douglas John, Judy & David, John Lithgow
Theme music composer Douglas John
Opening theme Douglas John
Ending theme Douglas John
Composer(s) Douglas John
Country of origin Canada
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 3
No. of episodes 107
Production
Executive producer(s) Susan Ross
Producer(s) Kathilee Porter
Editor(s) Marc Dupont
Location(s) Toronto, Ontario
Cinematography Shawn Kelly, Andrew Baxter
Running time 27 minutes
Production company(s) YTV Productions
Treehouse TV
Release
Original network Treehouse TV
Original release November 1, 1997 (1997-11-01) – ) (Reruns until February 27, 2008)
Chronology
Related shows Treetown

Ants in Your Pants Is a Canadian children's music video television program made and aired by Treehouse TV that aired from 1997 to 2004 (Reruns were going on until 2008).

Plot

The TV show begins with its intro, which consists mostly of CGI animations with the "Ants In Your Pants" theme, the song was written by children's music artist Douglas John.

The host, a puppet monkey in corduroy overalls, named Lickety Split, then takes over. He lives in a large tree with his mother (who is not seen, only heard or mentioned), and usually explains what he has been doing lately, and a music video is shown. Usually, there are three music videos, all separated by a Lickety Split segment. After the last music video was played, an image of leaves scattered in the background is shown before the next Lickety Split segment.

In the second segment, the Pesky Ants, named Janesaw, Woodchip and Dusty, are introduced. They are three ants who frequently cause trouble for him, but can also be helpful and kind on rare occasions.

In the third season, "Kiddin' Around" and "Stretch and Wiggle!" are presented. "Kiddin' Around" features a CGI video camera showing kids doing fun activities. "Stretch and Wiggle" shows exercises. The last segment before the end of the show is 10 minutes long and is titled "Lickety's Tree Fort!" and features a guest star, such as Bob McGrath, Douglas John, Judy & David, and (on one occasion) John Lithgow.

Cast

Soundtrack

Ants In Your Pants - Volume 1
Soundtrack album by Douglas John
Released 1998
Genre Children's Music
Label ZepLenz
Producer Douglas John
No. TitleArtist Length
1. "Ants In Your Pants"  Douglas John 2:51
2. "Ug A Bug"  Douglas John 2:27
3. "Ooey Gooey"  Dutch Robinson 2:58
4. "The Wiggle"  Douglas John 2:08
5. "Barnyard Symfunny"  The Barnyard Orchestra 2:06
6. "Inky Dinky Spider"  Lee Powell 2:38
7. "Let's Talk Turkey"  Douglas John 2:17
8. "Baa Lu"  Douglas John 3:35
9. "Aram Sam Sam"  Dutch Robinson 2:29
10. "Do Your Socks Get Soggy?"  Douglas John & MacHeel 3:31
11. "Woogie Boogie"  Jude Johnson 2:39
12. "If I Were Not A Little Kid"  Martha Johnson 3:36
13. "Tomato Hat"  Justin Hines 2:45

Popularity

Ants in Your Pants was an entirely new concept in children's television. Although many children's programs (both at the time and in the present) were very musically based, this was the first known to feature music "videos". As a result, the show became popular with Canadian children and was widely praised by adults. Its soundtrack was a Juno nominee in 2000 for Best Children's Album. A number of music videos from the program began appearing on YouTube in 2007, with the highest-viewed video, "Tomato Hat" (which featured a young Justin Hines), peaking at more than 100,000 views. On December 13th 2015, episodes of the program have been uploaded to YouTube by GToonsAnimation. Within 50 days, it has already made over 20,000 views and growing.

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