Bear In The Big Blue House
Bear In The Big Blue House title card
Format	Children's
Created by	Mitchell Kriegman
Starring	Noel MacNeal
Opening theme	Peter Lurye
Ending theme	Peter Lurye
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of episodes	119
Production
Executive producer(s)	Mitchell Kriegman
Producer(s)	The Jim Henson Company
Running time	approx. 22 minutes
Broadcast
Original run	October 20, 1997 – May 6, 2007
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

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In 2004 The Jim Henson Company sold The Bear in the Big Blue House franchise to The Walt Disney Company. The characters and show are currently owned and operated by The Muppet Holding Company, LLC. Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Disney redirects here. ... Muppets Holding Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of media conglomerate The Walt Disney Company, formed in 2004 through the acquisition of The Muppets & Bear in the Big Blue House characters from The Jim Henson Company. ...

Overview

The gentle, soft title character of Bear in the Big Blue House is a talking, seven-foot (213 cm) orange 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 cub Ojo—all of whom help illustrate the day’s lesson. At the end of every episode, Bear goes out on his balcony to talk about what everyone has learned with his friend Luna, the wise moon. Gravity is a force of attraction that acts between bodies that have mass. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Toilet training (or potty training) is the process of weaning a young child off diapers (or nappies in the British Isles and many Commonwealth countries) and training the child to use the toilet for urination and defecation. ... Superfamilies and Families Cheirogaleoidea Cheirogaleidae Lemuroidea Lemuridae Lepilemuridae Indriidae Lemurs make up the infraorder Lemuriformes and are members of a class of primates known as prosimians. ... This article is about the animal. ... Tutter is a headstrong mouse who is best known to be a co-presenter in Bear In The Big Blue House. ... This article is about the carnivorous mammal. ... Ojo may refer to: an Oz book series character. ... This article is about Earths moon. ...

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Bear interweaves learning with playtime. After the musical call, "Where oh where oh where is Shadow?", Bear's friend Shadow appears. Together with other shadow friends, the girl puts on shadow plays of brief, amusing stories— often with grown-up humor lurking just under the surface. Children can be found playing on playhouses such as this during recess. ... Shadows on pavement A shadow is a region of darkness where light is blocked. ... Chinese Shadow Theatre figures Shadow play (Chinese: 皮影戏, pi ying xi) is an ancient form of storytelling and entertainment using opaque, often articulated figures in front of an illuminated backdrop to create the illusion of moving images. ...

Cast

The cast for the show including:

Bear and his friends

• Bear: a tall, gentle bear portrayed by Noel MacNeal
• Luna: the moon portrayed by Lynne Thigpen
• Tutter and Pip: a small blue mouse and one of two purple otters, respectively both portrayed by Peter Linz
• Ojo: a girl bear cub portrayed by Vicki Eibner
• Pop, Treelo: one of two purple otters and a colorful lemur, respectively both portrayed by Tyler Bunch
• Grandma Flutter: Tutter's grandmother mouse portrayed by Alice Denean
• Cousin Whiner: portrayed by Victor Yerrid
• Tutters Cousin "Jet Set Tutter": portrayed by Tim Legasse
• Benny the Bat portrayed by Jim Kroupa

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Popularity

Bear in the Big Blue House became a long-running hit on The Disney Channel. The program was initially produced from 1997 - 2007. After a three-year hiatus and the spin-off Breakfast with Bear, new episodes returned to the Disney Channel in April 2006. The show attained such popularity that Bear himself sometimes appeared on Hollywood Squares. For the band, see 1997 (band). ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new organization or entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a new company formed from a university research group. ... Breakfast with Bear is an hour-long television show that airs on the Disney Channel. ... April 2006 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Marcos Pontes, Brazils first astronaut, reaches the International Space Station. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Disney announced plans for several events and new merchandise to celebrate the show's 10th anniversary in 2007. However, as of late June 2007, further details have yet to be announced. Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... June 2007 is the sixth month of that year. ...

The show is also shown in the United Kingdom on five, on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and on RTÉ Two in Ireland. Five (often referred as five, as per the logo), formerly, and more commonly known as Channel 5, is the British fifth and final national analogue terrestrial TV channel. ... The Australian Broadcasting Corporation or ABC is Australias national non-profit public broadcaster. ... RTÉ Two (Irish: RTÉ a Dó) (known from 1988 to 2004 as Network 2, RTÉ Network Two, RTÉ2 or N2) is Irelands second-oldest television channel, operated by Irish state broadcaster Radio Telefís Éireann. ...

Awards

• Two Time Emmy Award Winner
• Parent's Choice Gold Award Winner
• Director's Guild Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs - "Episode 225: Love Is All You Need"

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 [Who 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
• "Rub-a-Dub-Dub," sung by Bear, Tutter, Treelo, Ojo, Pip, and Pop in several episodes
• "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 a Bear," sung by Bear (and, later, Bear, Ojo, Pip, and Pop)
• "Good Morning," sung by Bear and Ray
• "Colors," sung by Bear
• "Clean Up," sung by Ojo Tutter Treelo & Pip & Pop
• "Take Time to Smell the Cheese", sung by Bear and Tutter
• "The Bear Cha Cha Cha" sung by Bear

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Other media

Ubisoft released in 2002 a video game of Bear in the Big Blue House under license from the Jim Henson company, on the GameBoy Color platform. Ubisoft Entertainment (formerly Ubi Soft) is a computer and video game publisher and developer with headquarters in Montreuil-sous-Bois, France. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... The Game Boy Color (also referred to as GBC) was Nintendos successor to the Game Boy. ...

External links

• Bear in the Big Blue House at the Internet Movie Database
• TV.com Show Guide
• Muppet Wiki: Bear in the Big Blue House
• Bear in the Big Blue House DVD Reviews