Bear in the Big Blue House (found Playhouse Disney puppet series; 1997-2006)

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Status: Partially Lost

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 later returned in 2006 to air its last 8 episodes[1].

The entire series was recorded in Polish and is available for viewing online in that language.

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 had 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

Only 1 episode of the show is currently missing the complete English dub, which has partially resurfaced online.

On September 15, 2022, an announcement was made online that the complete series will be released on the Disney+ streaming service on October 19th of 2022 (which is the day before the show's 25th anniversary)[2].

Episodes

Season 1

# Episode title Status Home video releases
1 "Home is Where the Bear Is" Found Volume 1 (1998 VHS)
2 "Water Water Everywhere" Found Sense-sational (2005 DVD)
3 "Mouse Party" Found Volume 7 (1999 VHS)
Party Time with Bear (2000 DVD, 2004 DVD)
4 "Shape of a Bear" Found Volume 5 (1999 VHS)
Shapes, Sounds & Colors with Bear (2000 DVD, 2004 DVD)
5 "Picture of Health" Found Volume 6 (1999 VHS)
Visiting the Doctor with Bear (2001 DVD, 2005 DVD)
6 "Share, Bear" Found Sharing with Friends (2001 DVD)
7 "Why Bears Can't Fly" Found N/A
8 "Falling for Fall" Found A Bear for All Seasons (2003 VHS/DVD, 2004 DVD)
9 "What's in the Mail Today?" Found Volume 1 (1998 VHS)
10 "Dancin' the Day Away" Found Volume 3 (1998 VHS)
Party Time with Bear (2000 DVD, 2004 DVD)
Dance Party! (2004 DVD, Australia exclusive)
11 "A Wagon of a Different Color" Found Volume 5 (1999 VHS)
Shapes, Sounds & Colors with Bear (2000 DVD, 2004 DVD)
12 "Dirt, I Love You So!" Found N/A
13 "Music to My Ears" Found Dance Party! (2002 VHS/DVD, 2004 DVD)
14 "All Connected" Found N/A
15 "Summer Cooler" Found A Bear for All Seasons (2003 VHS/DVD, 2004 DVD)
16 "The Big Little Visitor" Found Volume 2 (1998 VHS)
17 "A Winter's Nap" Found Early to Bed, Early to Rise (2005 DVD)
18 "Working Like a Bear" Found Tidy Time with Bear (2002 VHS/DVD, 2005 DVD)
19 "Magic in the Kitchen" Found Volume 6 (1999 VHS)
20 "Spring Fever" Found N/A
21 "A Plant Grows in Bear's House" Found
22 "Eat, Drink Juice, and Be Merry" Found
23 "Need a Little Help Today" Found Volume 4 (1998 VHS)
24 "Lost Thing" Found Volume 4 (1998 VHS)
25 "Listen Up" Found Volume 3 (1998 VHS)
Shapes, Sounds & Colors with Bear (2000 DVD, 2004 DVD)
Dance Party! (2004 DVD, Australia exclusive)
26 "Friends for Life" Found Volume 2 (1998 VHS)
Sleepy Time with Bear and Friends (2000 DVD, 2004 DVD)

Season 2

# Episode Title Status Notes
27 "Ooh Baby Baby" Found N/A
28 "Raiders of the Lost Cheese" Found
29 "The Big Sleep" Found Volume 8 (1999 VHS)
Sleepy Time with Bear and Friends (2000 DVD, 2004 DVD)
30 "Clear as a Bell" Found N/A
31 "Good Times" Found
32 "You Learn Something New Everyday" Found Dance Party (2007 DVD, China exclusive)
33 "Back to Nature" Found N/A
34 "The Ojolympics" Found
35 "The Great Pretender" Found
36 "It's All in Your Head" Found Visiting the Doctor with Bear (2007 DVD, China exclusive)
37 "Oops, My Mistake" Found Happy, Sad, Silly, Mad (2007 DVD, China exclusive)
38 "Bear's Birthday Bash" Found Volume 7 (1999 VHS)
Party Time with Bear (2000 DVD, 2004 DVD)
Dance Party! (2007 DVD, China exclusive)
39 "Picture This" Found Exploring Senses (2007 DVD, China exclusive)
40 "The Big Blue Housecall" Found Visiting the Doctor with Bear (2000 VHS)
Visiting the Doctor with Bear (2001 DVD, 2005 DVD)
41 "Change is in the Air" Found N/A
42 "Look What I Made" Found
43 "If at First You Don't Succeed" Found Potty Time with Bear (2001 DVD, 2004 DVD)
44 "All Weather Bear" Found A Bear for All Seasons (2003 DVD, 2004 DVD)
45 "I Built That" Found N/A
46 "Tutter's Tiny Trip" Found Bear's Family Affair (2007 DVD, China exclusive)
47 "Dance Fever" Found Dance Party! (2002 VHS/DVD, 2004 DVD)
48 "Afraid Not" Found Safe and Sound (2001 VHS)
Visiting the Doctor with Bear (2007 DVD, China exclusive)
49 "I Gotta Be Me" Found Happy, Sad, Silly, Mad (2007 DVD, China exclusive)
50 "Buggin'" Found N/A
51 "Love is All You Need" Found Sharing with Friends (2007 DVD, China exclusive)
52 "It's a Mystery to Me" Found N/A
53 "As Different as Day and Night" Found Everybody's Special (2002 VHS, 2003 DVD, 2004 DVD)
Bear and His Special Friends (2007 DVD, China exclusive)
54 "Grandparents Just Want to Have Fun" Found Bear's Family Affair (2007 DVD, China exclusive)
55 "The Way I Feel Today" Found N/A
56 "You Go, Ojo" Found Bear's Family Affair (2007 DVD, China exclusive)
57 "Scientific Bear" Found N/A
58 "Boys Will Be Boys" Found Story Time with Bear (2007 DVD, China exclusive)
59 "I Was Just Thinking" Found N/A
60 "Wish You Were Here" Found Happy, Sad, Silly, Mad (2007 DVD, China exclusive)
61 "And to All a Good Night" Found Volume 8 (1999 VHS)
Sleepy Time with Bear and Friends (2000 DVD, 2004 DVD)
62 "Call it a Day" Found Potty Time with Bear (2001 DVD, 2004 DVD)
63 "We Did it Our Way" Found Sharing with Friends (2007 DVD, China exclusive)
Tidy Time with Bear (2002 DVD, 2005 DVD)
64 "What's the Story?" Found Storytelling with Bear (2001 VHS, 2005 DVD)
65 "When You've Got to Go" Found Potty Time with Bear (1999 VHS, 2001 DVD, 2004 DVD)

Season 3

# Episode Title Status Notes
66 "Friends at Play" Found Sharing with Friends (2007 DVD, China exclusive)
67 "Nothing to Fear" Found Safe and Sound (2001 VHS)
Visiting the Doctor with Bear (2007 DVD, China exclusive)
Everybody's Special (2003 DVD)
Wait for Me! (2005 DVD, Australia exclusive)
68 "Lost and Found" Found Happy, Sad, Silly, Mad (2007 DVD, China exclusive)
69 "The Senseless Detectives" Found Sense-sational (2002 VHS, 2005 DVD)
Exploring Senses (2007 DVD, China exclusive)
70 "Halloween Bear" Found Halloween & Thanksgiving (2000 VHS)
Bear's Holiday Celebrations (2007 DVD, China exclusive)
71 "You Never Know" Found N/A
72 "It's All About You" Found Bear and His Special Friends (2007 DVD, China exclusive)
73 "Woodland House Wonderful" Found Tidy Time with Bear (2002 VHS/DVD, 2005 DVD)
74 "I've Got Your Number" Found N/A
75 "What's Mine is Yours" Found Sharing with Friends (2001 VHS)
76 "Bear's Secret Cave" Found Exploring Senses (2007 DVD, China exclusive)
77 "Smellorama" Found Sense-sational (2002 VHS, 2005 DVD)
Exploring Senses (2007 DVD, China exclusive)
78 "I've For-Got Rhythm" Found Dance Party! (2002 DVD, 2004 DVD)
79 "Wait for Me" Found Wait for Me! (2005 DVD, Australia exclusive)
80 "Morning Glory" Found Early to Bed, Early to Rise (2001 VHS, 2005 DVD)
81 "That Healing Feeling" Found Visiting the Doctor with Bear (2000 VHS, 2001 DVD, 2005 DVD)
82 "Tutter Family Reunion" Found Bear's Family Affair (2007 DVD, China exclusive)
83 "Bats Are People Too" Found Everybody's Special (2002 VHS, 2004 DVD)
Bear and His Special Friends (2007 DVD, China exclusive)
Wait for Me! (2005 DVD, Australia exclusive)
84 "Words, Words, Words" Found Storytelling with Bear (2001 VHS, 2005 DVD)
85 "Let's Get Interactive" Found N/A
86 "The Yard Sale" Found Everybody's Special (2003 DVD, 2004 DVD)
Bear and His Special Friends (2007 DVD, China exclusive)
87 "The Best Thanksgiving Ever" Found Halloween & Thanksgiving (2000 VHS)
Bear's Holiday Celebrations (2007 DVD, China exclusive)
88 "Read My Book" Found Storytelling with Bear (2005 DVD)
89 "Go To Sleep" Found Potty Time with Bear (2007 DVD, China exclusive)
Early to Bed, Early to Rise (2001 VHS, 2005 DVD)
Wait for Me! (2005 DVD, Australia exclusive)
90/91 "A Berry Bear Christmas" Found A Berry Bear Christmas (2000 VHS)

Surprise Party

# Episode Title Status
92 "Bear in the Big Blue House LIVE: Surprise Party" Found

Season 4

# Episode Title Status Notes
93/94 "Welcome to Woodland Valley" Found Heroes of Woodland Valley (2003 DVD, 2005 DVD)
95 "Step By Step" Found N/A
96 "First Day at Mouse School" Found
97 "Rockin' Rocko" Found
98 "When Harry Met Hallie" Found
99 "Show and Tell" Found
100 "Tutter Gathers Some Moss" Found
101 "History, Herstory, Bearstory" Found
102 "At the Old Bear Game" Found Practice Makes Perfect (2003 DVD)
103 "The Amazing Skippy" Found N/A
104 "Let's Hit the Road" Found
105 "Appreciation Day" Found
106 "Show Your Stuff" Found Practice Makes Perfect (2003 VHS/DVD)
107 "The Great Bandini" Found
108 "Big Blue Home of the Brave" Found N/A
109 "A Trip to the General Store" Found
110 "A Strange Bird" Found
111 "The View From You" Found Aired in April 2006
112 "To Clean or Not To Clean" Found Aired in April 2006
113 "Great Ball of Firefighters" Found Aired in April 2006
114 "Grandma Flutter's 100th Birthday" Partially Found
(English)
Found
(Polish, Italian)
Aired in April 2006
115 "Tutter's First Big Sleepover Bash" Found Aired in April 2006
116 "Volunteers of Woodland Valley" Found Aired in April 2006
117 "Let it Go" Found Aired in April 2006
118 "This is Your Life, Bear!" Found Aired in April 2006

Gallery

Defunctland's video on the subject.

See Also

Bear in the Big Blue House

Disney Channel

Playhouse Disney

Disney Junior

Toon Disney

Disney XD

Other

External Links

References