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Stars join Handy Manny on Disney Channel for pre-holiday programming

Manuel "Handy Manny" Garcia and his tools
Manuel "Handy Manny" Garcia and his tools
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Though the turkey and stuffing has yet to be served, Disney Channel is serving up pre-holiday spirit with a string of guest stars and new episodes of Playhouse Disney's hit Emmy-nominated series, Handy Manny.

Beginning Monday, December 7 at 9:00 a.m. ET/PT, Rosario Dawson, Giada De Laurentiis, Jim Belushi and Lance Bass will provide voice talent as a marine biologist, pizza parlor owner, drawbridge operator and surfer dude respectively.

A Top 10 TV series with preschoolers age 2-5, Handy Manny follows a curriculum that models problem solving, and is set in a multicultural, multi-generational community. Available in more than 140 countries and in 23 languages, Handy Manny also exposes children to ideas about working together, communication, setting goals, Latin culture, and teaches simple Spanish words and phrases.

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