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Bear in the Big Blue House is a television program for young children produced for the Disney Channel by The Jim Henson Company. The program teaches simple life lessons by following the title character and his puppet friends as they go through their day.

Overview

The gentle, soft title character of Bear in the Big Blue House is a talking, seven-foot (213 cm) orange grizzly bear who lives in a house and who loves to help children learn. Despite his enormous size, Bear is child-friendly. He addresses the kids at home directly, talking to them as if they were all his close friends. Bear in the Big Blue House was created for the very young, teaching concepts like shapes, gravity, helping, seasons, and even toilet training. Joining the ever-curious Bear are an assortment of woodland creatures—excitable lemur Treelo, headstrong mouse Tutter, peppy otter twins Pip and Pop and imaginative little bear Ojo—all of whom helped illustrate the day’s lesson. At the end of every episode, Bear goes out on his balcony to talk about what everyone had learned with his friend Luna, the wise moon.

Bear interweaves learning with playtime. After the musical call, "Where oh where oh where is Shadow?", Bear's friend Shadow would appear. Together with other shadow friends, the girl put on shadow plays of brief, amusing stories— often with grown-up humor lurking just under the surface.

Popularity

Bear in the Big Blue House became a long-running hit on The Disney Channel. The program was initially produced from 1997 to 2003. After a three-year hiatus and the spin-off Breakfast with Bear, new episodes returned to the Disney Channel in April of 2006. The show attained such popularity that Bear himself sometimes appeared on Hollywood Squares.

Tom Fulp, the owner of the Flash entertainment site Newgrounds, once made a parody game in which Bear was abducting children and Pico, Newgrounds' mascot, had to kill the bear. However, the graphics were changed after Newgrounds faced legal threats from The Jim Henson Company. However, it has been rumored that the original flash movie is still hidden there.

Awards

  • Two Time Emmy Award Winner
  • Parent's Choice Gold Award Winner

Songs

  • "Oops! I Goofed Again" (1:49), sung by Bear, included by Songs From Bear In The Big Blue House
  • "So Much To Be Thankful For could ask for more?" (1:26), sung by Bear, Doc Hogg, Flutter, Pip, Pop, Ojo, Tutter and Treelo, included on Bear's Holiday Celebration
  • "What's Mine Is Yours", sung by Bear, included on More Songs From Bear In The Big Blue House
  • "What's That Smell?," sung by Bear in several episodes
  • "What's in the Mail Today?," sung by Bear in several episodes
  • "Everybody Say Ah!," sung by Old Doc Hog, Bear, Tutter, Ojo, Treelo, Pip, and Pop
  • "A Little Quiet Time," sung by Bear and Tutter
  • "Goodbye," sung by Bear and Luna (and sometimes others) at the end of every episode
  • "Rock-A-Bye," sung by Bear and Shadow
  • "The Shape of Bear," sung by Bear (and, later, Bear, Ojo, Pip, and Pop)
  • "Good Morning," sung by Bear and Ray
  • "Colors," sung by Bear
  • "Wonderful Sounds," sung by Bear

External links

Children's television series | 1990s TV shows in the United States | 2000s TV shows in the United States | Disney Channel shows | Fictional bears

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