Updated 05-May-2020.
Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about BEAR IN THE BIG BLUE HOUSE!
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Bear in the Big Blue House is an american children’s tv series created by Mitchell Kriegman . it aired its last episode on April 28, 2006 . the character “Shadow” narrates a segment with shadow puppets in each episode . most of the segments are in song, while some are simply a short story relating to the episode’s theme . bear acts a caregiver to Pip, Pop, Ojo, Treelo and Tutter . he is considered the show’s breakout character . Pip and pop are purple otter twins who live in the ottery pond by the Big Blue House . they were designed and built by Paul Andrejco . Ojo is a curious red bear cu Treelo is a white, blue, and green lemur who is playful, loves to dance, always active and good friends with Ojo . he was designed by Paul Andrejco . Shadow is always laughing, “Luna” means “moon” in italian and spanish . she was designed by Paul Andrejco and built by Ed Christie . “Ray the Sun” – a talking sun who would often rise she has a granddaughter named Baby Blotter . she was designed by Paul Andrejco and built by Michael Schupbach and Kip Rathke . Doc Hogg is a pig who is the local physician . he was designed by Paul Andrejco and built by Eric Englehardt . Benny the Bat is an attic bat living in the at he is a hair-added version of Penelope the Yellow-Footed Tortoise from “Jim Henson’s Animal Show” Lois (performed by Vicki Eibner) Henrietta Vanderpreen is an ostrich who is the editor of Woodland House Wonderful . she is a recycled version of Lydia the Ostrich from “Jim Henson’s Animal Show” skippy he is a recycled version of Gabe the Squirrel from “Telling Stories with Tomie dePaola” Big Old Bullfrog (performed by Peter Linz) – A bullf Rita Mouse (performed by Anney McKilligan) attends Mouse School with Tutter . she needs some help with painting but is good at soccer . Harry the duck addresses bear as “Mister Bear” and quacks repeatedly when he is upset . he was designed by . Paul Andrejco . Otto and Etta Otter run the Woodland Valley bear appeared as a celebrity in the 2002 revival of The Hollywood Squares . he notably appeared in whoopi goldberg’s final episode . many of these are not seen until the fourth season . Jeremiah says he’s been trying to get the official spelling changed for years . Sequoia City is a neighboring town of Woodland Valley . the Big Blue House is where most of the main action of the Big Blue House is often described as warm and cozy . the kitchen and living room are downstairs . bear has his very own swing where he sometimes sits and reads in the living room . the front-door, where Bear greets the viewers at the beginning of each episode, is downstairs . upstairs are the bathroom and Bear’s bedroom . there’s also a landing there where Bear visits each night to Pip and Pop often hang out at the Otter Pond . it is also home to Harry the Duck, his mom, and his sister, Hallie . the Otter Pond was the site of a special nighttime party in “And to All a Good Night” the Woodland Valley Library is a place for everyone in Woodland Valley to go for research and resources . it is managed by the library is featured in the two-part “welcome to Woodland Valley” story . a tree falls on the library and the entire community works together to clean it up . when ojo discovers two unnamed Harry the Duck wonders what’s so great about the library . Tutter, Treelo, Pip and Pop sing a song to explain it . the library is a place to read, so you have to keep the concession stand accepts dollars and cents as payment instead of clams . the movie theater is named “Woodland Valley Multiplex” the post office sells stamps for stamp collections and does clammy most mail ends up arriving late due to Jeremiah Tortoise, who is slow at delivering the mail . the store accepts clams, Woodland Valley’s official currency, as payment and it has to be the Mouse School is a fun place to learn for Tutter and his classmates . learning and other activities are overseen by Miss Maxwell . Tutter first begins attending Mouse School in the fourth season . Doc Hogg’s office has a waiting room with toys and books to keep children entertained . bear, Tutter and Ojo visited the office when Tutter hurt his tail in “That Healing Feeling” the office is where Doc Sequoia City is a neighboring town of Woodland Valley . Woodland Valley may be considered a suburb of it . the “big bats” are known to have a baseball team . the sudden death of Lynne Thigpen led to production being put on hiatus for three years . a final run of new episodes aired on the Disney channel in April 2006 . the very last episode airing on Repeats of the show ceased altogether in may 2007 (December 2010 in the UK) Thigpen was posthumously nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for voicing Luna the moon in Bear in the Big Blue House