Lenny and Sid (Christian series)

Lenny and Sid is a Christian direct-to-video series created by Tony Bancroft and Ben Chambers. It only lasted for two episodes, due to traditional animation being expensive. The series was produced by Toonacious Entertainment, a studio formed by Bancroft.

Summary
This series follows the everyday situations of a shy, quiet rabbit and a loud, rambunctious mouse attending middle school.

Why it Rocks

 * 1) The series has a catchy theme song, explaining the differences between the personalities of the two kids.
 * 2) Great voice acting from Jeannie Elias, Ben Chambers, Shari Belgeau, Debi Derryberry and Tony Bancroft.
 * 3) Lenny is a shy, quiet rabbit who likes to do things nice and slow. Sid is a loud, rambunctious mouse who likes to do things fast. The contrast between the two friends make a great dynamic, akin to Bob (straight man) and Larry (comic relief) from VeggieTales.
 * 4) The animation is smooth and cartoony, courtesy of Wang Film Productions.
 * 5) Jazzy music scores that fit the tone of the series pretty well.
 * 6) The shorts (outside of two episodes) are clever retellings of Bible stories in tribute to Tom and Jerry and Looney Tunes, starring Lenny and Sid as the only two starring characters.
 * 7) Lenny's daydreams, while embarrassing, can be amusing at best.
 * 8) Lenny's mother and Sid's family were revealed in the series thus far. They are shown to be helpful with their kids and teaching them lessons from the Bible. Unfortunately, we never got to see or know Lenny's father.
 * 9) Some catchy songs, such as "We All Need Each Other" and "What Are Friends For".
 * 10) The second film was a Christmas special and provides a good follow up to the first. Unfortunately, it ended up being the last episode of the series.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Sid can be a little irritating at times.
 * 2) As mentioned above, the series was canned after two episodes. It was much more short lived than LarryBoy: The Cartoon Adventures,  which lasted for four episodes.
 * 3) As mentioned above in WIR #8, Lenny's father was never seen, heard or mentioned throughout the entire series.

Trivia

 * Lenny and Sid was inspired by both Looney Tunes and Peanuts, with its art style based on the former. What borrowed from the LarryBoy cartoon series was a 5-minute short after the end of each episode.
 * There was going to be a third episode, entitled, "Jealous Fellas". But it was cancelled in favor of Bancroft providing animation services for other studios at the time. Despite having positive reception from fans, there were no attempts made to revive the series.