The Charlie Horse Music Pizza: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

This show was the legendary multi-Emmy Award winning ventriloquist Shari Lewis' final television venture before her untimely death. Shari died within weeks of wrapping production. The theme of this show was "Music Education" and featured a bevy of new characters in a loose situation comedy format that starred Shari's most famous trio of puppets: Lamb Chop, Hush Puppy and Charlie Horse. Dom DeLuise, starred as the main character of the Pizzeria setting for the show's main action. The spirited half hour never achieved the wide-spread success of the earlier PBS hit Lamb Chop's Play-Along!, but was a favorite of Shari Lewis' fans, of all ages, and was likely to have enjoyed a long and healthy run if it had not been for Lewis' tragic illness.

Series details

• Title: The Charlie Horse Music Pizza
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy, Children
• Premiere date: 1998-01-05
• Final broadcast date listed: 1999-01-17
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: PBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 42682
• IMDb ID: tt0165565
• TVDB ID: 77192

Cast and credited roles

• Shari Lewis — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1998-01-05; final listed air date 1998-01-30; episode order: 20.
• Season 2: premiered 1999-01-03; final listed air date 1999-01-17; episode order: 3.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Charlie Horse Music Pizza on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.