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I absolutely love it when celebrities guest star on Playhouse Disney shows. It makes them seem a bit more down to earth and it’s fun hearing their voices for the different characters. Several celebrities are guest starring in new episodes of Playhouse Disney’s hit Emmy-nominated series Handy Manny, beginning MONDAY, DECEMBER 7 (9:00 a.m. ET/PT) on Disney Channel.
Who is it exactly? Rosario Dawson, Giada De Laurentiis, Jim Belushi and Lance Bass!
Dawson ("Sin City," "Rent") guest stars as a marine biologist, De Laurentiis ("Everyday Italian") plays the owner of a pizza parlor, Belushi ("According to Jim") joins in the fun as a drawbridge operator and Lance Bass ("Dancing with the Stars") returns in the recurring role of klutzy "surfer dude," Elliot.
The new episode schedule is as follows:
MONDAY, DECEMBER 7
"A Whale of a Tale/Julieta’s Loose Tooth" (9:00 a.m. ET/PT) – Manny and the tools are enjoying a day at the beach when a marine biologist (voiced by Dawson) approaches them with an emergency – an orca whale has washed up on the shore. Manny and the tools build a makeshift whale-sized stretcher to assist with getting the giant mammal back into the water. In the second story of the episode, when Julieta’s loose tooth falls out and tumbles into the sink and down the drain, it is up to Manny and the tools to retrieve the lost tooth and return it to Julieta so she can put it under her pillow for the tooth fairy.
See the rest of the schedule below.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8
"Flicker Joins the Band/Paulette’s Pizza Palace"(9:00 a.m. ET/PT) – When the tools form a band, Flicker has trouble finding his own sound. Manny assures him that he indeed has one; they just have to find out what it is. While cleaning, Flicker finds his unique sound when he blows on some dusty bottles. Then, when the automatic pizza rolling machine at Paulette’s Pizza Palace breaks, Manny and the tools must repair the machine so that Paulette (voiced by De Laurentiis) is able to fulfill all the orders for her pizza special of the day.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9
"Which Way to the Barbeque/Back on Track" (9:00 a.m. ET/PT) – When Manny and the tools agree to meet Kelly and Elliot (voiced by Bass) for a picnic at Lake Nochanailin, they discover that the sign pointing to the lake shifted due to a gust of wind and that the arrow may have directed their friends to the wrong location. In the second story of the episode, Manny and the tools get Mrs. Portillo’s sliding glass doors back on track, in order to help keep some pesky flies out of her kitchen while she cooks her famous salsa.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10
"Francisco Comes to Town/Broken Drawbridge" (9:00 a.m. ET/PT) – When Francisco’s horse trailer gets a flat tire, Manny leaves the tools to watch the horse while he and Francisco get supplies. When the tools take their eyes off the horse for a minute, the clever pony walks away, leaving the tools in a panic. Then, when a drawbridge gets stuck in the up position and causes a traffic jam, Manny must help drawbridge operator, Sal (voiced by Belushi), fix it in order to get the cars moving.
Source: Disney Channel
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