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''Dr. Wonder's Workshop'' is an American Christian children's show targeted largely to a deaf/hard-of-hearing populace, and airs nationally on a number of Christian television networks including the Smile of a Child network during the week, and on TBN Saturday mornings as part of their Smile of a Child block. Other networks that air the program include the Daystar Television Network, Christian Broadcasting Network, Cornerstone Television, TCT Broadcasting Network, the NRB Network, and the Miracle Channel in Canada. A few local independent stations and regional networks also air the show as well.〔Exec. Producer Marshall Lawrence〕 The main characters are all deaf, and communicate in American Sign Language (ASL). For non-deaf viewers, the show is done with voiceover narration, and Spanish-language closed-captioning is also provided as well as English closed-captioning.〔(Trinity Broadcasting Network ),"''Dr. Wonder's Workshop''", 2008.〕 The show is produced through a partnership of three Christian ministries: (Silent Blessings Deaf Ministries ), based in Indianapolis, Indiana, (Deaf Missions ), based in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and (Deaf Video Communications ), based in Chicago, Ill.〔(Silent Blessings ), "Production Begins on Dr Wonder's Workshop", September 29, 2005.〕 ==Characters== *Dr. Leward Wonder (David O. Reynolds): A Scottish-born inventor, and founder of Dr. Wonder's Workshop. *Paula Beaker (Tiffany Hoglind): The head chemist at Dr. Wonder's Workshop. *Lisa Beancounter (Janet Schwall): Born in the U.K., Lisa started as the Workshop's accountant, and has since become the office manager. *Billy Cameron (Justin and Jonathan Reynolds): A self-taught electronics expert, he is the electrician at the Workshop. *Luigi "Pops" L'Inventore (puppet): Pops works part-time at the Workshop and part-time at a nearby restaurant, the Finger Food Cafe. *"Elevator Guy" (Doug Green): Elevator Guy is a computer-generated personality who runs the elevators in the Workshop. He can also appear on other computer screens, as well. *Edwin Crunchnumber (James Parker, Jr.): Mainstreamed before moving to residential school and learned ASL. He is the accountant at Dr. Wonder's Workshop, and a genius with numbers. *Miguel Garcia (Mateo Bonn): Following Billy's return to college to earn an advanced degree (in Season 4), Miguel is hired to become the new electrical engineer. Born in the Dominican Republic, he is studying to become a naturalized U.S.citizen.〔Exec. Producer Marshall Lawrence〕 *Tony Cerebro (Michael Davis): A true "super genius" and a robot designer, Tony joins the workshop Season 5.〔Exec. Producer Marshall Lawrence〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dr. Wonder's Workshop」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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