Camp Lazlo is an American animated television series created by Joe Murray. The series premiered on July 8th, 2005 and ended on March 27th, 2008, ran for a total of 5 seasons and 61 episodes. The show features a Boy Scout-like summer camp with a cast of anthropomorphic animal characters, a "retro" type of humor and cultural references. The show was a hit right out of the gate and drew in over 5 million viewers for it's premiere. Ratings - Source
Description[]
Each episode is split into two parts approximately 11 minutes long, with the exception of two episodes. The show breaks the fourth wall, such as when Lazlo gives an award to a camper for being the best "incidental character", and sometimes lacks continuity, as in an episode which ends with Lumpus being eaten by a lake monster.
Camp Lazlo premiered on July 8, 2005 in the USA and ended on March 27, 2008. In Canada, Teletoon's English channel also debuted the show June 26, 2006; but in the last week of August 2006, it was pulled from TELETOON, and returned on June 22, 2007. Due to its nature, TELETOON only airs it during the summer season.
In Australia and India, Camp Lazlo is shown on Cartoon Network.
Characters[]
- Main article: Camp Lazlo/Characters
Camp Lazlo has a cast of dozens, but these are some of the main characters:
- Lazlo - is a cheerful Brazilian spider monkey. Often annoying Edward, he is a very happy-go lucky monkey. A hippie, Lazlo loves peace. In Camp Kidney, he is very well liked except occasionally Scoutmaster Lumpus, sometimes the Squirrel Scouts and Commonly Edward.
- Raj - is a cautious Indian elephant who speaks with a distinct Indian accent. Born in India, Raj is one of Lazlo's bunkmates and best friends in the Jelly Bean Cabin at Camp Kidney and is seen spending most of his time with Lazlo and Clam; the three are collectively known as the "Jelly Trio." Jeff Bennett voiced Raj.
- Clam - is a small albino pygmy rhinoceros who is part of the "Jelly Trio". Although being one of the main characters of the show, he rarely speaks. He has a low voice and usually speaks in short bursts of few words, often repeating the last words that others say. Carlos Alazraqui voiced Clam.
- Samson Clogmeyer - is a luckyness guenia pig.
- Scoutmaster Lumpus - is a grumpy, stubborn and stick-in-the-mud moose with a big ego.
- Slinkman - Lumpus's assistant.
- Edward - is a curmudgeon platypus who has much common sense why Camp Kidney is a dump and hates Lazlo or anyone's idiocy.
- Chip & Skip - Dung beetles, despite their humanoid form. They are the camp morons.
Episodes[]
- Main article: Camp Lazlo/Episodes
Series overview[]
| Season: | Episodes: | premiere: | end: |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | July 8th, 2005 | September 16th, 2005 |
| 2 | October 28th, 2005 | June 29th, 2006 | |
| 3 | July 4th, 2006 | February 23rd, 2007 | |
| 4 | 11 | May 25th, 2007 | August 31st, 2007 |
| 5 | 8 | September 3rd, 2007 | March 27th, 2008 |
| Specials | 2 | February 18th, 2007 | December 7th, 2007 |
| Shorts | 14 | November 9th, 2006 | January 7th, 2008 |
Awards & Nominees[]
Pulcinella[]
The series won three 2006 Pulcinella Awards for Best Animated Series for Children and Best Animated Series for all ages and Lazlo was the winner of Best Character at the 10th Cartoons By The Bay Festival in Positano, Italy. It was the second consecutive year that a Cartoon Network series won the latter two awards, as the Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends character, Blooregard Q. Kazoo, won the award the year before.
Emmy[]
"Hello Dolly / Over Cooked Beans" was nominated for an Emmy in the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming less than One Hour) category, but was defeated by The Simpsons. The episode has been hosted on the Cartoon Network website and can be viewed here.
The TV movie Where's Lazlo? has been nominated for an Emmy in the Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or More) category in 2007.
Annie[]
Sue Mondt, a production designer on Camp Lazlo, was nominated an Annie Award for production design on the episode "Hard Days Samson".
Home media[]
The show got a press kit DVD of the series that contains 4 episodes ("Gone Fishin' (Sort of) / Beans Are from Mars" and "Parasitic Pal / It's No Picnic") from season one.
The show got a complete first season DVD, titled: Camp Lazlo: Complete Season 1. It is released in Australia on region 4 by Madman Entertainment.
The show has also been released on Cartoon Network themed DVDs. The season 1 episode "Hello Dolly" appeared on the Cartoon Network Fridays Volume 1 DVD released on September 19, 2006. The season 2 episode "Snow Beans" is released on the Cartoon Network Christmas: Volume Three DVD on October 3, 2006.
All 5 seasons of the series are available on iTunes and Amazon Prime.
Camp Lazlo was released on the Boomerang streaming service in 2018.
The series was released on HBO Max in Latin America in 2022.
Video games[]
A video game based on the series was released in 2006 for GameBoy Advance, it was called Camp Lazlo: Leaky Lake Games. In the game, you play as Lazlo, Raj, and Clam, as they compete in game challenges and earn merit badges in the Leaky Lake games event.
The Camp Kidney hat was shown as a wardrobe in the 2019 mobile game, Kleptocats: Cartoon Network.
Appearances in other projects[]
Lazlo, Raj, and Clam appeared in the end credits of the Codename: Kids Next Door and The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy crossover special, The Grim Adventures of the KND with a mini-crossover with Evil Con Carne titled Evil Camp Carne, with Lazlo as Boskov, Raj as General Skarr, and Clam as Dr. Major Ghastly.
Lazlo made an appearance in the MAD segment, Once Upon a Toon.
Scoutmaster Lumpus and Edward appeared in the Villainous special, The Lost Cases of Elmore.
Lazlo made a cameo appearance in the OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes episode, Crossover Nexus.
The series was acknowledged in the Cartoon Network 30th Anniversary video in October 2022.
Lazlo and Raj both appeared in the Jellystone! episode, Crisis on Infinite Mirths.
Trivia[]
- Some video platforms have the series in different aspect ratios, iTunes and the official Cartoon Cartoons YouTube channel have the series itself cropped to fullscreen while the Boomerang streaming service had its entirety in widescreen.
- The two part special, Where's Lazlo?, is considered a part of Season 4 on its two digital releases: iTunes/Apple TV and the now defunct Boomerang streaming service.
- is it also in different formats on some home media platforms. The double length version was on the Boomerang streaming service and aired on the Boomerang network at some point, while the split part version is on iTunes.
Broadcast history[]
Cartoon Network (original run: 2005-2008; re-runs: 2008-2014)
Boomerang (re-runs: 2014-2015, 2021-2022)
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