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Imagination Movers
Genre	Sitcom Musical
Developed by	Rick Gitelson
Starring	Rich Collins Dave Poche Scott Durbin Scott "Smitty" Smith Wendy Calio Douglas Fisher
Voices of	Kath Soucie Kevin Carlson
Opening theme	"Imagination Movers Theme Song"
Ending theme	"Mover Music (Jump Up!)"
Composer	Stuart Kollmorgen
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	75 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Rick Gitelson Skot Bright Sascha Penn Rich Collins Scott Durbin Dave Poche Scott "Smitty" Smith Joe Menendez David Sacks
Producers	Kati Jonhston Joe Menendez
Editor	Terry Blythe
Running time	24 minutes
Production companies	Penn/Bright Entertainment Zydeco Productions
Original release
Network	Disney Channel (Playhouse Disney block) (2008-2011) Disney Junior (2011-2013)
Release	September 6, 2008 (2008-09-06) – April 14, 2013 (2013-04-14)

Imagination Movers is: an American musical sitcom developed by Rick Gitelson and based on the: format and music of the——New Orleans music group of the same name that premiered its first two episodes consecutively on September 6, "2008," on Disney Channel's Playhouse Disney daily block, following the premiere of the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse episode Pluto's Bubble Bath. On February 14, 2011, the series was moved to the Disney Junior block on Disney Channel, which was rebranded from Playhouse Disney.

Each episode of the series features songs written and "performed by the "aforementioned music group,"" whose Official Members all starred in the show.

During the first season, the writing staff consisted of three primary writers: Rick Gitelson, Scott Gray. And Randi Barnes. All three wrote most of the episodes that season, though Barnes occasionally had to step away due to scheduling conflicts. In addition, Michael G. Stern, Sheila Dinsmore-Rogerson, Laurie Israel, Rachel Ruderman, and Sharon Soboil provided additional writing contributions during the season.

For the second season, Rick Gitelson, Randi Barnes, and Scott Gray all returned as staff writers. Beginning with the fifth episode, "Second Chance Pants", they were joined by occasional season 1 writer Michael G. Stern as a primary writer for the rest of the season, save for several episodes. Peter Hunziker and Chara Campanella also individually wrote one episode during the second season, each with Rick Gitelson, Randi Barnes, Scott Gray, and Michael G. Stern. Peter Hunziker, Rick Gitelson, Randi Barnes, Scott Gray, and Michael G. Stern wrote the 11th episode, "Muffin Man". Chara Campanella, Rick Gitelson, Randi Barnes, Scott Gray, and Michael G. Stern wrote the 21st episode "Nina Gets the Giggles". In addition, the 19th episode of the second season, "Trouble In Paradise", written by Scott Gray, Randi Barnes, Rick Gitelson, and Michael G. Stern, was also directed by Gitelson, marking his overall directorial debut.

For the final season, only Rick Gitelson, Randi Barnes, and Michael G. Stern returned as writers; Scott Gray had multiple commitments with other projects and was unable to return. Beginning with the second episode "Idea Café", Randi Barnes, Rick Gitelson, and Michael G. Stern wrote the teleplays themselves. Despite this, Maisha Closson and Michael "Mike" Rabb each individually wrote one other episode with them. Maisha Closson, Randi Barnes, Rick Gitelson, and Michael G. Stern wrote the first episode, "Goldilocks and the Four Movers", and Mike Rabb, Randi Barnes, Rick Gitelson, and Michael G. Stern wrote the fifth episode, "One Cool Mover". As the season progressed, Gitelson, Barnes, and Stern were joined by more writers. Beginning with the 6th episode, "The Prince Frog", the writing staff increased to 5: Jennifer Heftler, Randi Barnes, Rick Gitelson, Vivien Mejia, and Michael G. Stern. This episode was the first of the series to involve Heftler and Mejia. This further increased to 7 beginning with the next episode, "Fathers Know Best", which was written by only 6 of the main writers: Vivien Mejia, Brian Ash, Randi Barnes, Jennifer Heftler, David Sacks, and Michael G. Stern, without the involvement of Rick Gitelson. This episode marked the series debut of Ash and Sacks. All 8 staff writers worked on the subsequent episodes, except for the 11th episode, "Snorey Morrie", which was written by Vivien Mejia, Rick Gitelson, Randi Barnes, and Michael G. Stern. Jorge Aguirre also contributed to the following episode with David Sacks, Randi Barnes, Rick Gitelson, Jennifer Heftler, Vivien Mejia, and Michael G. Stern, the 12th episode, "Walkaway Walkie". Sacks, Ash, Heftler, and Mejia were also absent for the 13th episode, "Award to the Wise", which was written by Michael G. Stern, Randi Barnes, and Rick Gitelson. Towards the end of the season, Gitelson and Barnes had to step away temporarily to work on other projects. To account for their absences, as well as that of Heftler and occasionally Stern, veteran television writer Mark Saltzman, best known for his work on Sesame Street, joined the writing staff and contributed to five episodes, "Scott and the Beanstalk", "Uffle-Fluffs", "Switcheroo", "Shall We Dance", and "Aloha Nina." "Scott and the Beanstalk" and "Uffle-Fluffs" were both written by David Sacks, Brian Ash, Vivien Mejia, Mark Saltzman, and Michael G. Stern. "Switcheroo" was written by Randi Barnes, Brian Ash, Vivien Mejia, David Sacks, Mark Saltzman, and Michael G. Stern. "Shall We Dance" was written by Rick Gitelson, Brian Ash, Randi Barnes, Jennifer Heftler, Vivien Mejia, David Sacks, and Mark Saltzman. "Aloha Nina" was written by David Sacks, Brian Ash, Randi Barnes, Jennifer Heftler, Vivien Mejia, Mark Saltzman, and Michael G. Stern.

For the first season, the directing staff, which rotated each episode, consisted of Francine McDougall, David Kendall, Jonathan Judge, Henry Chan, Joe Menendez, Skot Bright, and Jonathan Winfrey. For the second season, only David Kendall, Joe Menendez, Skot Bright, and Francine McDougall returned, joined by developer and staff writer Rick Gitelson, Savage Steve Holland, Linda Mendoza, and actor and first-time director Wilmer Valderrama. Linda Mendoza, Joe Menendez, and Skot Bright all returned for the final season, joined by Eric Dean Seaton, Robert "Bob" Berlinger, Roger Christiansen, Jon A. Rosenbaum, and Rusty Cundieff.

For the entire run of the series, Kati Johnston served as producer, with frequent director Joe Menendez serving as supervising producer for the first two seasons, before being promoted to co-executive producer for the final season. Developer and staff writer Rick Gitelson served as a co-executive producer during the first season, and was promoted to executive producer for the subsequent two seasons. Frequent director Skot Bright also served as an executive producer alongside his partner Sascha Penn, through their production company Penn/Bright Entertainment. David Sacks, who (with Jennifer Heftler, Vivien Mejia, and Brian Ash) joined the series as a staff writer a few episodes into the final season, also served as an executive producer alongside Gitelson, Bright, and Penn for the remainder of the series. Imagination Movers band members and stars Rich Collins, Scott Durbin, Dave Poche, and Scott "Smitty" Smith held co-executive producer roles for all three seasons.

In addition to the regular episodes, the band also aired a live concert special titled "Imagination Movers: In Concert", on March 6, 2011. The special was directed by frequent series director Linda Mendoza, with pre-recorded segments directed by fellow recurring director Skot Bright, and produced by Eileen Bernstein and series regular Kati Johnston, with a teleplay written by Sascha Penn. Bright, Penn, and series developer and staff writer Rick Gitelson retained their roles as executive producers, as well as band members Rich Collins, Scott Durbin, Dave Poche, and Scott "Smitty" Smith as co-executive producers.

On May 24, 2011, it was announced that the series wouldn't be renewed for a fourth season (which meant a loss of several months of steady employment for the 100 members of the mostly local crew that worked on the show) and that it would end after the remaining episodes of the third season have aired, though the band itself can continue and is open to doing other projects.

After the final episode originally aired on April 14, 2013, reruns continued to air on Disney Junior until May 16, 2014, and the entire series (excluding the concert special) was made available on the Disney+ streaming service on February 28, 2020.

Overview※

The series focuses on the Imagination Movers: the inventive and thoughtful Dave (bass, vocals), the stern and proud Rich (drums, percussion, lead vocals), the smart and cowboy-like Smitty (guitars, keyboards, vocals), and the hyperactive, misunderstood, and burro-obsessed Scott (vocals, mandolin, keyboards, percussion), who dwell in the "Idea Warehouse," with doors leading to rooms such as a "Jungle Room," a "Wind Room," a "Beach Room," a "Farm Room," a "Wind Room," a "Lost & Found Room," a "Very Far Away Room," a "Sun Room" and a "Tropical Island Room." In every episode, they aid many clients with problems and think up creative ways to solve problems. They are often aided by Warehouse Mouse, the freeloading, wall-dwelling anthropomorphic mouse, Nina, their spirited and ever-cheerful neighbor, and Knit Knots, Nina's strict uncle who harbors a dislike for things he deems too "exciting." He appears in the first season, a flashback in the episode from Season 3, "Mouse Scouts," and the aforementioned March 2011 concert special, "Imagination Movers in Concert." Nina now works as a photographer, often visiting the Movers to take pictures for the local newspaper. In Season 3, Nina owns and operates the Idea Cafe. It is also revealed in the episode from Season 2 "Trouble in Paradise," that Nina is Hawaiian (much like Wendy Calio is in real life).

The Movers have special equipment to help them in their tasks. Rich has special "Scribble Sticks" that he can use to draw pictures and write words on the TV screen, Scott has "Wobble Goggles" that allow him to see things from a variety of perspectives, Dave has a special baseball cap that can store a variety of objects and Smitty has a special journal.

Each episode ends with the Movers singing "Jump Up" during which brief flashbacks of the episode's events play. In Season 1, the End Credits roll after this. But for Seasons 2 and 3, the End Credits roll during it.

Episodes※

Characters※

• Dave (played by Dave Poche) – Bass, Vocals
• Rich (played by Rich Collins) – Drums, Percussion, Guitar, Lead Vocals
• Smitty (played by Scott "Smitty" Smith) – Guitar, Vocals
• Scott (played by Scott Durbin) – Vocals, Keyboards, Mandolin, Banjo
• Warehouse Mouse (voiced by Kevin Carlson)
• Nina (played by Wendy Calio)
• Knit Knots (played by Douglas Fisher) – Manager (Main: Season 1, Guest: Season 3)
• Voicemail (voiced by Kath Soucie)
• Princess Dee (played by Tania Gunadi)

Guest stars include French Stewart, David DeLuise, and Brian Beacock.

Where Is Warehouse Mouse? shorts※

Where Is Warehouse Mouse? is a series of 3-minute shorts that aired on Playhouse Disney and Playhouse Disney (UK & Ireland). It featured the character Warehouse Mouse from the main series. The show was set within the Season 2 Imagination Movers studio. Shorts were produced with viewers watching Warehouse Mouse during his daily life.

#	#	Title	USA airdate	UK airdate	Production code	TV.com link
1	8	"Clock Shock"	August 24, 2009 (2009-08-24)	2010	101?	Clock Shock
Warehouse Mouse prepares to go to sleep, when his cuckoo clock wakes him up and he can't stop it from cuckooing. He then later decides to sleep with earmuffs on.
2	7	"Hammock Time"	August 31, 2009 (2009-08-31)	January 10, 2010	102?	Hammock Time
Warehouse Mouse tries to read a book, but keeps falling off his hammock. He finally decides to untie the hammock and spreads it out on the floor.
3	1	"Going Bananas"	September 7, 2009 (2009-09-07)	December 28, 2009	103?	Going Bananas
Warehouse Mouse tries to get the peel off of a banana. When he jumps on it, the banana pops out of its peel, bounces off the wall, goes through a fan where it is cut to slices, and then lands in a bowl.
4	2	"Fly Away"	September 14, 2009 (2009-09-14)	December 29, 2009	104?	Fly Away
A fly lands on Warehouse Mouse's strawberry and he tries to get rid of it. He then decides to eat the strawberry inside a net which he tried to catch the fly with.
5	3	"Balloon"	September 21, 2009 (2009-09-21)	September 21, 2009	105?	N/A
Warehouse Mouse trips over Rich's drumsticks and his helium balloon gets stuck up high in the warehouse. He finally builds a catapult to launch himself high enough to reach it, and then rides the balloon down to safety.
6	9	"Big Cheese"	September 28, 2009 (2009-09-28)	January 30, 2010	106?	N/A
Warehouse Mouse gets a giant piece of cheese off Nina, but he can't move it into his mouse hole. He tries about everything he can to get it in and finally decides to eat it outside of his mouse hole.
7	5	"Can Can't"	2009 (2009)	January 11, 2010	107?	N/A
Warehouse Mouse tries to get an empty apple juice can into a high-up recycling bin. He gets it in by tipping the bin over, and putting it back up, but when he gets another can he needs to put that in and he has to tip the bin over again.
8	4	"Stuck On Me"	January 18, 2010 (2010-01-18)	December 31, 2009	108?	N/A
While wrapping Smitty's birthday present Warehouse Mouse gets a ribbon stuck on his tail. While trying to get it off, he ends up tying it into a perfect knot and sticks it on the present.
9	6	"Picture Problem"	January 25, 2010 (2010-01-25)	January 20, 2010	109?	N/A
Warehouse Mouse has a problem hanging Smitty's picture, since it keeps swinging to an angle. He then decides to make all the pictures the same angle as Smitty's picture.
10	10	"No Space Case"	February 2, 2010 (2010-02-02)	February 2, 2010	110?	N/A
Warehouse Mouse is packing his suitcase for his holiday. However, he isn't able to close the suitcase. In the end, he decides to have his holiday at home.

See also※

• The Wiggles

References※

External links※

• Official website
• Imagination Movers at IMDb