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Peep and the Big Wide World is an animated cartoon that teaches nature and science to preschoolers. The show is about a baby chicken named Peep and his friends Quack, a duck, and Chirp, a robin. They live in a park that they call the "big wide world." The show is based on a National Film Board of Canada cartoon short of the same name, created by Kai Pindal. An animated series or cartoon series is a television series produced by means of animation. ...
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The show, produced by WGBH in Boston and 9 Story Entertainment in Toronto, currently airs on Discovery Kids and TLC in the US as part of their Ready Set Learn block, on WGBH in Boston, and on TV Ontario distributed by Alliance Atlantis in Canada. Several episodes are also available on DVD. The show is currently sponsored by the National Science Foundation in conjunction with WGBH as part of an education and outreach program, and its principal investigator is Kate Taylor, also of the ZOOM block. It has been suggested that this article be split into articles entitled WGBH-TV and WGBH (FM), accessible from a disambiguation page. ...
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Overview The show usually involves Peep, Chirp, and Quack (or some combination thereof) exploring their park. The show tries to teach the scientific method by example, using the three main characters who discover something and spend the rest of the show trying to understand it. After the 9-minute animated segment, there is a 2-minute live-action segment with children exploring and demonstrating the same idea as the animated segment. It is a very colorful show, using bright primary colors and simple shapes.
Peep (voiced by Scott Beaudin) is a very curious chick who lives in a can in the middle of the "big wide world". Chirp (Amanda Soha) is a young robin living on a nearby tree branch, who is trying to learn to fly. Quack (Jamie Watson), the oldest of the three, is a duck who is fairly possessive about his pond. Quack has a very high opinion of himself and ducks in general; Chirp occasionally finds this insufferable and becomes frustrated with Quack. Peep gets along quite well with everyone, but is easily distracted by falling leaves, flowers, new noises, etc.
There are many minor characters, such as Nellie the dog, Newton the turtle (who lives under an apple tree), and the bluejays. Sir Isaac Newton, (4 January 1643 – 31 March 1727) [ OS: 25 December 1642 – 20 March 1727][1] was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, and alchemist, regarded by many as the greatest figure in the history of science. ...
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Theme Song The show's theme song was written by Eggplant Music Design, and is performed by Taj Mahal.
These are the lyrics:
- Well, it's a sunny day
- I feel brand new
- There's about a million things
- That I could do!
- Whoa-oh-oh
- Would you like to
- Do them, too?
- Yeah
- Well, it's a big wide world
- And it's waiting for me and you!
- Let's look around
- What will we see?
- Round every corner a discovery!
- Whoa-oh-oh
- There's no place I'd rather be!
- Oh, yeah
- Well, it's a big wide world
- And it's waiting for me and you!
Quotes
Quack - "You guys broke it. His inner weasel is all hanging out and stuff!"
- "I'll be your Quack. Your very first duck."
- "A duck is not a duck without his hat."
- (sung)"Oh, there's nothing like a duck. You can look, but you won't have any luck"
- "Of course I'm a duck! I have all the duck bits! The bill. The webbed feet. The cute tail. The sailor hat."
- "I always wanted to be the hero of all squirrels; I just thought it'd never happen"
- "The first thing you need to know is that ducks are the greatest animal of all."
- "All I want to do right now, is put on my hat and go sit in my puddle."
Chirp - "Oh, every bird should have a home. And every home a bird. If you build yourself a home. You can fly, I heard. Honestly I didn't hear it. I just made it up. But it makes sense. I need a place to live and act grown up."
- "Flying birds have nests! I bet if I had one of those, I could fly, too!"
- GASP "A talking log! Oh log, I'm such a big fan of the work that you and the trees are doing for us birds."
Peep - "As if things weren't already hard enough for a one-day-old. Now I have to walk around a whole can."
- "Quack, you shouldn't put things that you find in your mouth. They may be someone's hobby."
- "I lost a whole duck!"
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