Season 1 • Episode 10
LatestWhen Dory has her baby, Ramona starts to feel left out because children under 12 have to wait in the lobby while their siblings are born. However, a doctor sees her and diagnoses her with the dreaded siblingitis. He writes her ""prescription"" that says her father needs to take her out for ice cream.
Ramona is a Canadian children's television series which followed the life of eight-year-old title character Ramona Quimby. It was based on the Ramona book series by Beverly Cleary. The television series debuted on September 10, 1988, and its ten episodes spanned four months. The TV series was released on video by Lorimar Home Video, but when Lorimar Home Video was acquired by Warner Communications, video releases were now released by Warner Home Video. It was distributed by Ramona Productions and Atlantis Films, but when Atlantis Films was acquired by Alliance Films, Alliance Atlantis was the owner and was then by Alliance Films in 2008 airings because of the Alliance Atlantis collapse. Eight-year-old Ramona Quimby feels that no one really understands her. She's bright, imaginative, and according to her older sister, Beezus, a "pest". Every day she tries to find out more about herself and her world, with an optimism that only children possess. The series follows Ramona's adventures in school and at home as her family struggles with financial woes and the coming of a new baby.
Acting
Sarah Polley's preternatural charm at age nine.
Production
Faithful 1980s Pacific Northwest aesthetic.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Sarah Polley's screen debut at age nine; Atlantis Films discovered her at a Toronto casting call for 'ordinary children.'
Beverly Cleary initially resisted adaptations, but approved this series because it preserved Ramona's emotional complexity rather than sanitizing her 'pest' behavior.
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