A daytime Emmy-winning PBS series, Jakers! offers a captivating introduction to storytelling and oral traditions. Piggley Winks is an elderly pig—still young at heart—who shares with his loving grandpigs universally appealing stories from his mischievous youth on Raloo Farm in Ireland in this volume featuring four imaginative CGI-animated episodes. In "The Salmon of Knowledge," Piggley would rather rely on a fish with mythical all-knowing powers than study for a test. In "Rock Around the Cluck," aspiring guitarist Piggley gets sound advice from his friends when his first public performance hits a sour note. In "New Best Friends," Piggley, Ferny the bull, and Dannan the duck are reluctant to partner with classmates they don't know well. And in "A Little Bit of Something Extra! Extra!" budding journalist Piggley makes up a story, and that's literally bad news. Jakers! gets extra credit for the casting of Mel Brooks as the lively voice of Wiley the sheep. DVD extras include live-action "Piggley's Storyteller Playhouse" segments with actual raconteurs and performers who demonstrate their techniques, as well as the featurette "Meet the Grandparents," which fosters an appreciation for family heritage. Recommended. [Note: Jakers! Piggley Gets Into Trouble is also newly available.] Aud: K, E, P. (D. Liebenson)
Jakers! School Days in Tara
(2006) 92 min. DVD: $14.99. Paramount Home Entertainment (avail. from most distributors). Color cover. Closed captioned. ISBN: 1-4157-0631-X. September 18, 2006
Jakers! School Days in Tara
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