She wears a gaudy multicoloured dress, big circular glasses, and a white wig. In the original shorts, her hair was auburn. Russell (Ali Eisner) is Nana's pet Jack Russell Terrier dog who accompanies Mona when she visits. He does not talk but can be seen barking or sniffing for communication. Mona pronounces his name incorrectly and often calls him "Russer." Mr. Wooka (Todd Doldersum) is Nana's next-door neighbour who is a main character in the full-length episodes. He is an elderly man with yellow skin and a white mustache who wears blue overalls. Whenever Mona visits his yard, he puts on his own puppet shows to entertain her. Mrs. Bea (Marty Stelnick) is Mona's mother and Nana's daughter. She has a similar appearance to Mona but is taller and has brown hair in a bowl cut. She is a parent who works during the day and leaves Mona in Nana's care most of the time. Production The show was filmed in a building "reputed to be an old munitions factory" in the television production district of Liberty Village in Toronto, Ontario. The shorts were produced in 1999. Jason Hopley and Jamie Shannon continued to build a relationship with Nickelodeon during and after Nanalan''', appearing on the fellow Nick Jr. series Whoopi's Littleburg (with Goldberg) in 2004 and creating a teen-oriented sitcom for the network titled Mr. Meaty in 2005. Telecast and media releasesNanalan' was first aired on Nickelodeon's sister channel Noggin. They later appeared on Nickelodeon as part of the Nick Jr. block and on the Canadian CBC Television, which eventually became a broadcaster of the full-length episodes. Repeats of the shorts continued to air until late 2003, when the first full-length season was produced. CBC premiered the full-length episodes in January 2004, followed by their U.S. debut on Nickelodeon in summer of the same year. The show also aired on PBS Kids. In 2004, Nickelodeon released a set of six DVDs and VHSes including selections of the three-minute shorts. The discs and were mainly sold in the U.S. Rather than simply Nanalan, the home media billed the show as Welcome to Nanalan: As Seen on Nickelodeon. The full-length seasons were neither released to DVD nor VHS. The episodes were uploaded to YouTube in 2007 and are still available. Reception During its short run, the series received mostly positive attention from media critics, some of which felt that the show's