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Gullah Gullah Island
Gullah Gullah Island title card
Country of origin	United States
Production
Running time	30 minutes (incl. commercials) 30 minutes (no commercials)
Broadcast
Original channel	Nick Jr. (1st time) (1994-1997) Noggin (1999-2004), (2007-2009) Nick Jr. (2nd time) (2009-present)
Original run	January 19, 1994 – May 5, 1997

Gullah Gullah Island is a children's television series starring Ron Daise (executive producer) and his wife Natalie Daise. It was the first show designed for preschoolers to feature a Gullah family. The show stars Ron Daise and Natalie Daise as "Ron" and "Natalie," along with their fictional children (Shaina and James), niece (Vanessa), non fictional child Simeon, and a tadpole named Binyah Binyah Polliwog. The family lived on a fictional island off the coast of South Carolina. (With outdoor shots featuring Beaufort SC and Fripp Island.) The Downtown area was featured in one episode when the family took a trip to Charleston, South Carolina.

TV Guide selected Gullah Gullah Island as one of their top ten children's television shows in 2001. The show had relatively high ratings during its daytime run in the 1990s.

The show was taped at Nickelodeon Studios in Universal Studios Florida, with the show Clarissa Explains It All shot on the same set (interior and exterior). Modifications were made, like adding various shades of red to the home as shown on Gullah Gullah. The backyard was used on earlier episodes of All That as well.

Episodes featured singing, dancing, learning, and encouraging children in the audience to think about things like healthy eating, telling the truth, and problem solving. The show ran for four seasons from January 19, 1994 through May 5, 1997.

The show is currently in reruns on Nick Jr., but the channel currently only airs the show in the extreme overnight hours, when very few of the show's target audience members are awake.

Cast

• Vanessa Baden - Vanessa (1994-1997)
• James Edward Coleman II - James (1994-1997)
• Ron Daise - Ron (1994-1997)
• Natalie Daise - Natalie (1994-1997)
• Manolo Villaverde - Abuelo (1994-1997)
• Corey Hayes - Corey (1995-1997)
• Simeon Othello Daise - Simeon (1994-1997)
• Shaina M. Freeman - Shaina (1994-1996)
• Tristan Mays - Shaina (1997)
• Sara Makeba Daise - Sara (1994-1997)
• Armando Guerra & Jeff Gittle - Armando (1994-1997)
• Philip D. Garcia - Binyah Binyah (1994-1996)
• Justin Campbell - Binyah Binyah (1997)
• Bryan Nguyen
• Jessica Gorski

Episodes

Season 1

1. Yes I Can (Pilot) (10/19/1994)
2. Going Places (10/31/1994)
3. Rhythm and Rhyme All the Time (11/7/1994)
4. Ron's Birthday (11/14/1994)
5. Let the Games Begin (11/15/1994)
6. Look Who's Balking (11/24/1994)
7. Move Your Body (11/25/1994)
8. Miss Ella Mae Breadsticks (12/25/1994)
9. Binyah Binyah's Parade (12/26/1994)
10. Lighting is Frightning (1/1/1995)
11. Armondo's New Home (1/2/1995)
12. Big and Small (1/12/1995)

Season 2

1. Binyah the Barbarian (4/11/1995)
2. Gullah Gullah Island Day (7/10/1995)
3. Friendship - - Just the Perfect Blend (7/17/1995)
4. 4 The Pet Show (7/24/1995)
5. Chansome's Big Surprise (7/31/1995)
6. What's Up With Jobs? (8/7/1995)
7. Charleston Market (8/14/1995)
8. Carnival (9/3/1995)
9. Things That Go Bump in the Night (9/4/1995)
10. Special Places (9/25/1995)
11. Campout (9/26/1995)
12. Big and Small (9/27/1995)
13. The School Show (9/28/1995)
14. Let the Games Begin
15. Friendship--Just the Perfect Blendship
16. My Favorite Things
17. Natalie's Sick

Season 3

1. What's Up with Jobs?
2. All Boats Away
3. How You Sound
4. The Gullah Gullah Games
5. Chansome's Big Surprise
6. A Day at the Beach
7. Binyah Binyah's Parade
8. Animal See,Animal Do
9. Food Glorious Food
10. Home Alone With Grandma
11. Fixing a Hurt
12. The Collection Show
13. Shapes and Colors
14. We are Family
15. Special Places
16. Shaina Birthday Party

Season 4

1. Simeon's Day
2. Family Day
3. The Mighty Cootas
4. Campout!
5. Here Comes the Hatchlings
6. Binyah the Barbarian
7. The Magic Show
8. Gullah Rocks
9. Stray Dog Blues
10. James' New Buddy
11. The Hottest Day of the Year
12. Barrels of Laughs
13. Binyah Binyah Goes to School
14. A Gullah Gullah Christmas
15. Big and Small
16. The Big Sleepover
17. Lightning is Frightning
18. Polliwog Day

Syndication

Gullah Gullah Island airs on Nick Jr. as of September 28, 2009. It aired on Noggin from 1999 to 2004 and again from 2007 to 2009.

Timeline

• Weekdays on Nick Jr. in the United States
  

at 12am (Midnight) & 12:30 am Alaska
at 11pm & 11:30 am Aleutian
at 2am & 2:30 am Arizona
at 3am & 3:30 am Central
at 4am & 4:30am Eastern
at 4am & 4:30am: East-Indiana
at 11pm & 11:30pm Hawaiian
at 3am & 3:30am Indiana-Starke
at 4am & 4:30am Michigan
at 2am & 2:30am Mountain
at at 1am & 1:30am Pacific
at 1am & 1:30am Pacific-New
at 10pm & 10:30 Samoa

External links

• Gullah, Gullah Island's homepage including much of the info found above.
• Gullah, Gullah Island at the Internet Movie Database
• Gullah, Gullah Island at TV.com