Father of the Pride

Father of the Pride is an American animated television series. The series is based on Siegfried & Roy's performances.

The animation was originally produced by Imagi Animation Studios.

The family was conceived by Katzenberg when he visited Siegfried & Roy's Secret Garden in Las Vegas in 2002. The series only ran for one season.^[1]

Premise

Characters

The show revolves around the adventures of a family of white lions, consisting of father 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 constantly annoyed by her family; Hunter, their awkward young son, who is a huge fan of Lord of the Rings; Sarmoti, Kate's father and Sierra and Hunter's grandfather who has an annoyance 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.

Setting

The primary setting of Father of the Pride is Las Vegas, Nevada.

Development

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

It took more than 200 animators 2 years to make Father of the Pride.^[2] Computer animation was produced at Imagi Animation Studios^[3] in Hong Kong.^[4]

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 has 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, with separate 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.^[5]

Voice cast

• John Goodman as Larry
• Cheryl Hines as Kate
• Danielle Harris as Sierra
• Daryl Sabara as Hunter
• Carl Reiner as Sarmoti
• Orlando Jones as Snack
• Julian Holloway as Siegfried Fischbacher
• David Herman as Roy Horn
• John O'Hurley as Blake
• Wendie Malick as Victoria

References

1. Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 201–202. ISBN 978-1538103739.
2. Rammairone, Nerina (August 31, 2004). "Siegfried and Roy's Troubled Toon". TV Guide. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
3. Wolff, Ellen (September 1, 2004). "Father of the Pride: Trans-Pacific CGI". Animation World Network. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
4. "24 Hours with Raman Hui". South China Morning Post. October 31, 2004. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
5. "Pride of Prime Time". cgw.com. November 2004. Retrieved January 8, 2018.

Other websites

• Official website Archived 2021-05-23 at the Wayback Machine
• Father of the Pride on IMDb