The pilot starred young actors Brandon Rossel (The Outsiders Club) and Mirabelle Lee (Veep), one half of the Lee twins, and Piper Juhan, who were aged 12, nine and nine, respectively when the episode was filmed.
The pilot also featured actor Scott Farley (Hamlet... A Puppet Epic!) as the voice of principal character Slick.
Co-created and co-produced by Heather Tilert, Sit and Stay Pet Café was set to be a narrative live-action preschool series featuring kids and live animals. The pilot episode was 22-minutes long and produced by Nickelodeon, Sinking Ship Entertainment / J.J. Johnson. The pilot was filmed in Canada, including in the Chedoke-Cootes (Ward 1) area of the City of Hamilton between Sep 07, 2016 - Sep 13, 2016.
Prior to serving as the co-creator and co-producer of Sit and Stay Pet Café, Tilert served as Manager, Digital Content Development; Director, Digital Content Development; Senior Director, Digital Content Development; and Executive In Charge of Production at Nickelodeon.
For the pilot, Courtney Goldman (Dino Dana, Odd Squad, Annedroids, The Next Step) served as editor, Brian Rocafort (Odd Squad) served as First Assistant Camera Operator, and Joan Hug-Valeriote served as the on-set tutor for the child actors.
Unfortunately, it doesn't look like Nickelodeon greenlit Sit & Stay Pet Café to series, with the trademark for the show expiring due to "abandonment" in February 2018.
Since filming the pilot, Brandon, Mirabelle, Piper and Scott have gone on to film other projects. Brandon will be starring in Disney Channel's upcoming comedy Fast Layne, Piper was featured in an episode of Good Behavior in 2017, Scott featured in the television series The Handmaid's Tale, and Mirabelle starred alongside her twin sister, Anais in a season one episode of Nickelodeon's Lip Sync Battle Shorties! In the episode, the duo performed “I Love It” by Icona Pop.
In fact, Mirabelle and Anais Lee are no strangers to Nickelodeon viewers. They've also appeared in commercials for Nick Jr.'s Shimmer and Shine, and have also voiced characters in Nick Jr.'s Bubble Guppies!
Talking about filming the pilot of Sit and Stay Pet Café, Anais revealed that Mirabelle made her #1 best friend when filming a Nickelodeon pilot, and that they've been best friends ever since!
Additional sources: Deskgram, IMDb, Google.co.uk, SuburbanLifeMagazine.com, Wikipedia.
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