Bear in the Big Blue House (found Playhouse Disney puppet series; 1997-2006)
Bear in the Big Blue House was a puppet TV series made by the Jim Henson Company for Playhouse Disney. The show debuted in 1997 and ended in 2006.
The show aired episodes regularly until 2003, when the actress for the character Luna, Lynne Thigpen, had suddenly died, and the show was put on hiatus. In the meantime, Breakfast with Bear aired in its place.
The show returned in 2006 and aired its last 8 episodes. Despite airing in 2006, only three of these episodes has been found in full in English.
Premise
The show focused on the adventures of Bear and his friends as they explored the town of Woodland Valley. They would encounter a problem in each episode which would often be solved with the help of family members and friends.
The show was very similar in style to Mister Roger's Neighborhood. Each episode had a different theme, with segments flowing from one to another, and each episode usually having at least one unique song. Every episode had a segment with Shadow, a living shadow girl played by Tara Mooney, and a segment with Luna, the Moon, played by Lynne Thigpen.
Availability
Many episodes are found in other languages, but 32 of the show's original English episodes are currently missing.
Episodes
# | Episode Title | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1 | "Home is Where the Bear Is" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Volume 1 1998 VHS |
2 | "Water Water Everywhere" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Sense-sational 2005 DVD |
3 | "Mouse Party" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Volume 7 1999 VHS, Party Time with Bear 2000 DVD, and Party Time with Bear 2004 DVD |
4 | "Shape of a Bear" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Volume 5 1999 VHS, Shapes, Sounds & Colors with Bear 2000 DVD, and Shapes, Sounds & Colors with Bear 2004 DVD |
5 | "Picture of Health" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Volume 6 1999 VHS, Visiting the Doctor with Bear 2001 VHS, Visiting the Doctor with Bear 2001 DVD, and Visiting the Doctor with Bear 2005 DVD |
6 | "Share, Bear" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Sharing with Friends 2001 VHS |
7 | "Why Bears Can't Fly" | Found | |
8 | "Falling for Fall" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House A Bear for All Seasons 2001 VHS, A Bear for All Seasons 2003 DVD, and A Bear for All Seasons 2004 DVD |
9 | "What's in the Mail Today? | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Volume 1 1998 VHS |
10 | "Dancin' the Day Away" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Volume 3 1998 VHS, Party Time with Bear 2000 DVD, and Party Time with Bear 2004 DVD |
11 | "A Wagon of a Different Color" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Volume 5 1999 VHS, Shapes, Sounds & Colors with Bear 2000 DVD, and Shapes, Sounds & Colors with Bear 2004 DVD |
12 | "Dirt, I Love You So!" | Found | |
13 | "Music to My Ears" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Dance Party 2002 VHS, Dance Party 2002 DVD, and Dance Party 2004 DVD |
14 | "All Connected" | Found | |
15 | "Summer Cooler" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House A Bear for All Seasons 2001 VHS, A Bear for All Seasons 2003 DVD, and A Bear for All Seasons 2004 DVD |
16 | "The Big Little Visitor" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Volume 2 1998 VHS |
17 | "A Winter's Nap" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Early to Bed, Early to Rise 2005 DVD |
18 | "Working Like a Bear" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Tidy Time with Bear 2001 VHS, Tidy Time with Bear 2002 DVD, and Tidy Time with Bear 2005 DVD |
19 | "Magic in the Kitchen" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Volume 6 1999 VHS |
20 | "Spring Fever" | Found | |
21 | "A Plant Grows in Bear's House" | Found | |
22 | "Eat, Drink Juice, and Be Merry" | Found | |
23 | "Need a Little Help Today" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Volume 4 1998 VHS |
24 | "Lost Thing" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Volume 4 1998 VHS |
25 | "Listen Up" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Volume 3 1998 VHS, Shapes, Sounds & Colors with Bear 2000 DVD, and Shapes, Sounds & Colors with Bear 2004 DVD |
26 | "Friends for Life" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Volume 2 1998 VHS, Sleepy Time with Bear and Friends 2000 DVD, and "Sleepy Time with Bear and Friends 2004 DVD |
27 | "Ooh Baby Baby" | Found | |
28 | "Raiders of the Lost Cheese" | Found | |
29 | "The Big Sleep" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Volume 8 1999 VHS, Sleepy Time with Bear and Friends 2000 DVD, and Sleepy Time with Bear and Friends 2004 DVD |
30 | "Clear as a Bell" | Found | |
31 | "Good Times" | Found | |
32 | "You Learn Something New Everyday" | Found | |
33 | "Back to Nature" | Found | |
34 | "The Ojolympics" | Found | |
35 | "The Great Pretender" | Found | |
36 | "It's All in Your Head" | Found | |
37 | "Oops, My Mistake" | Found | |
38 | "Bear's Birthday Bash" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Volume 7 1999 VHS, Party Time with Bear 2000 DVD, and Party Time with Bear 2004 DVD |
39 | "Picture This" | Found | |
40 | "The Big Blue Housecall" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Visiting the Doctor with Bear 2001 DVD and Visiting the Doctor with Bear 2005 DVD |
41 | "Change is in the Air" | Found | |
42 | "Look What I Made" | Found | |
43 | "If at First You Don't Succeed" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Potty Time with Bear 2001 DVD and Potty Time with Bear 2004 DVD |
44 | "All Weather Bear" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House A Bear for All Seasons 2003 DVD and A Bear for All Seasons 2004 DVD |
45 | "I Built That" | Found | |
46 | "Tutter's Tiny Trip" | Found | |
47 | "Dance Fever" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Dance Party 2002 VHS, Dance Party 2002 DVD, and Dance Party 2004 DVD |
48 | "Afraid Not" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Safe and Sound 2001 VHS |
49 | "I Gotta Be Me" | Found | |
50 | "Buggin'" | Found | |
51 | "Love is All You Need" | Found | |
52 | "It's a Mystery to Me" | Found | |
53 | "As Different as Day and Night" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Everybody's Special! 2002 VHS, Everybody's Special! 2003 DVD, and Everybody's Special! 2005 DVD |
54 | "Grandparents Just Want to Have Fun" | Lost | |
55 | "The Way I Feel" | Lost | |
56 | "You Go, Ojo" | Found | |
57 | "Scientific Bear" | Found | |
58 | "Boys Will Be Boys" | Found | |
59 | "I Was Just Thinking" | Found | |
60 | "Wish You Were Here" | Found | |
61 | "And to All a Good Night" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Volume 8 1999 VHS, Sleepy Time with Bear and Friends 2000 DVD, and Sleepy Time with Bear and Friends 2004 DVD |
62 | "Call it a Day" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Potty Time with Bear 2001 DVD and Potty Time with Bear 2004 DVD |
63 | "We Did it Our Way" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Tidy Time with Bear 2002 DVD and Tidy Time with Bear 2005 DVD |
64 | "What's the Story?"] | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Storytelling with Bear 2001 VHS, and Storytelling with Bear 2005 DVD |
65 | "When You've Got to Go" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Potty Time with Bear 1999 VHS, Potty Time with Bear 2001 DVD, and Potty Time with Bear 2004 DVD |
66 | "Friends at Play" | Found | |
67 | "Nothing to Fear" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Safe and Sound 2001 VHS |
68 | "Lost and Found" | Lost | |
69 | "The Senseless Detectives" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Sense-sational 2002 VHS and Sense-sational 2005 DVD |
70 | "Halloween Bear" | Found (starts at 1:01:00) | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Halloween & Thanksgiving 2000 VHS |
71 | "You Never Know" | Found | |
72 | "It's All About You" | Found | |
73 | "Woodland House Wonderful" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Tidy Time with Bear 2001 VHS, Tidy Time with Bear 2002 DVD, and Tidy Time with Bear 2005 DVD |
74 | "I've Got Your Number" | Found | |
75 | "What's Mine is Yours" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Sharing with Friends 2001 VHS |
76 | "Bear's Secret Cave" | Found | |
77 | "Smellorama" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Sense-sational 2002 VHS and Sense-sational 2005 DVD |
78 | "I've For-Got Rhythm" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Dance Party 2002 DVD and Dance Party 2004 DVD |
79 | "Wait for Me" | Lost | |
80 | "Lorning Glory" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Early to Bed, Early to Rise 2001 VHS and Early to Bed, Early to Rise 2005 DVD |
81 | "That Healing Feeling" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Visiting the Doctor with Bear 2001 VHS, Visiting the Doctor with Bear 2001 DVD, and Visiting the Doctor with Bear 2005 DVD |
82 | "Tutter Family Reunion" (Song) | Partially Found | |
83 | "Bats Are People Too" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Everybody's Special! 2002 VHS, Everybody's Special! 2003 DVD, and Everybody's Special! 2005 DVD |
84 | "Words, Words, Words" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Storytelling with Bear 2001 VHS and Storytelling with Bear 2005 DVD |
85 | "Let's Get Interactive" | Found | |
86 | "The Yard Sale" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Everybody's Special! 2003 DVD and Everybody's Special! 2005 DVD |
87 | "The Best Thanksgiving Ever" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Halloween & Thanksgiving 2000 VHS |
88 | "Read My Book" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Storytelling with Bear 2005 DVD |
89 | "Go To Sleep" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Early to Bed, Early to Rise 2001 VHS and Early to Bed, Early to Rise 2005 DVD |
90 | "A Berry Bear Christmas" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House A Berry Bear Christmas 2000 VHS |
91 | "Bear and the Big Blue House LIVE: Surprise Party" | Found | |
92 | "Welcome to Woodland Valley" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Heroes of Woodland Valley 2003 VHS, Heroes of Woodland Valley 2003 DVD, and Heroes of Woodland Valley 2005 DVD |
93 | "Step By Step" | Lost | |
94 | "First Day at Mouse School" | Found | |
95 | "Rockin' Rocko" | Found | |
96 | "When Harry Met Hallie" | Lost | |
97 | "Show and Tell" | Lost | |
98 | "Tutter Gathers Some Moss" | Lost | |
99 | "History, Herstory, Bearstory" | Lost | |
100 | "At the Old Bear Game" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Practice Makes Perfect 2003 DVD |
101 | "The Amazing Skippy" | Lost | |
102 | "Let's Hit the Road" | Lost | |
103 | "Appreciation Day" | Lost | |
104 | "Show Your Stuff" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Practice Makes Perfect 2002 VHS and Practice Makes Perfect 2003 DVD |
105 | "The Great Bandini" | Found | Found on Bear in the Big Blue House Practice Makes Perfect 2002 VHS and Practice Makes Perfect 2003 DVD |
106 | "Big Blue Home of the Brave" | Found | |
107 | "A Trip to the General Store" | Found | |
108 | "A Strange Bird" | Found | |
109 | "The View From You" | Lost | |
110 | "To Clean or Not To Clean" | Found | |
111 | "Great Ball of Firefighters" | Lost | |
112 | "Grandma Flutter's 100th Birthday" | Partially Found (Last 5 Minutes) | |
113 | "Tutter's First Big Sleepover Bash" | Found (In Polish) | |
114 | "Volunteers of Woodland Valley" | Lost | |
115 | "Let it Go" | Found | |
116 | "This is Your Life, Bear!" | Found |