What BBN said on air. Comedy, with fictional anchors.
Vera BullockOur guest voiced a singing puppy for preschoolers and is here to talk about what happens when the streaming lease runs out. Zephyrine Okonkwo-Reyes, welcome.
- ZO
Zephyrine Okonkwo-ReyesThank you, Vera. I'm so happy to be here, and I brought my xylophone, because I never go anywhere without one.
Vera BullockHere's the story.
Vera BullockWhat's on Netflix reports Rhyme Time Town and its singalong spinoff leave Netflix on November fifteenth, and Dragons: Rescue Riders leaves on November twenty-fourth.
- ZO
Zephyrine Okonkwo-ReyesYes, I saw. And between us and the microphone, I cried into a juice box. A whole juice box.
Vera BullockNetflix only paid for exclusive rights for a fixed period. DreamWorks and NBCUniversal kept them long-term. So nobody was evicted, the lease ended.
- ZO
Zephyrine Okonkwo-ReyesA lease. For dragons. I always thought they owned the dragons.
Vera BullockThey were subletting dragons for six years. Netflix will be keeping the security deposit, and the dragons.
Vera BullockTell us about your new project.
- ZO
Zephyrine Okonkwo-ReyesIt's a toddler opera called Naptime at the Aqueduct. Forty minutes, all in Italian, and the audience has to be asleep by intermission.
Vera BullockForty minutes of Italian for toddlers. Who's the producer?
- ZO
Zephyrine Okonkwo-ReyesMe. I'm also the aqueduct.
Vera BullockNow the hard question. Rhyme Time Town has two seasons, June twenty twenty and June twenty twenty-one. How long were you actually on it?
- ZO
Zephyrine Okonkwo-ReyesI was in a creative pause for most of it. The xylophone says that's accurate.
Vera BullockLet me ask again. How long were you on it?
- ZO
Zephyrine Okonkwo-ReyesBetween us and the microphone, one recording session. I sang the kitten's part flat and they thanked me for my time.
Vera BullockThat's brave. And by the way, the puppy is Daisy and the kitten is Cole.
- ZO
Zephyrine Okonkwo-ReyesI know. I still call Cole at night.
