Bear in the Big Blue House
1997 · TV Series · TV-Y · 25 min · ★ 7.5 · 75% critics
This gentle preschool series invites kids into a cozy house where songs, play, and simple everyday adventures help teach sharing, teamwork, feelings, and problem-solving. Blending music, movement, and exploration, it offers calm, friendly lessons about getting along and learning about the world.
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Streaming on Disney+.
~50 hours to watch · 120 episodes.
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Details
- Years
- 1997–2006
- Release date
- 1997-10-20
- Network
- Playhouse Disney
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-Y
- Runtime
- 25 min
- Max quality
- SD
- Critic score
- 75/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 (109 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a calm, music-filled preschool show with gentle life lessons and a cozy feel similar to Blue's Clues or The Backyardigans; Not for you if you want fast, noisy, high-energy kids entertainment.
Pros: warm comforting tone; catchy songs; kind social lessons | Cons: slow pacing; some voices annoying; occasional odd moments
Themes
- puppet
- puppetry
- pre-school
- jim henson
- calm
- hand puppet
- full body puppets
- kids songs
- child education
- didactic
- whimsical
- comforting
- +4 more
Cast & crew
Noel MacNeal
as Bear
Lynne Thigpen
as Luna (voice)
- WG
Whoopi Goldberg
as Edwina Badger (voice)
Carmen Osbahr
as Ursa
Geoffrey Holder
as Ray the Sun
Tyler Bunch
as Treelo
Peter Linz
as Tutter
- VK
Vicki Kenderes-Eibner
as Ojo
- TM
Tara Mooney
as Shadow (voice)
- GG
Gilbert Gottfried
Directed by Noel MacNeal, Mitchell Kriegman, Chuck Vinson +4 more
Created by Mitchell Kriegman
Episodes4 seasons · 120 episodes
Season 126 episodes
- S1E1Home Is Where the Bear Is25mDisney+
- S1E2Water, Water Everywhere25mDisney+
- S1E3Mouse Party25mDisney+
- S1E4Shape of a Bear25mDisney+
- S1E5Picture of Health25mDisney+
- S1E6Share, Bear25mDisney+
- S1E7Why Bears Can't Fly25mDisney+
- S1E8Falling for Fall25mDisney+
- S1E9What's in the Mail, Today?25mDisney+
- S1E10Dancin' the Day Away25mDisney+
- S1E11A Wagon of Different Color25mDisney+
- S1E12Dirt, I Love You So!25mDisney+
- S1E13Music to My Ears25mDisney+
- S1E14All Connected25mDisney+
- S1E15Summer Cooler25mDisney+
- S1E16The Big Little Visitor25mDisney+
- S1E17A Winter's Nap25mDisney+
- S1E18Working Like a Bear25mDisney+
- S1E19Magic in the Kitchen25mDisney+
- S1E20Spring Fever25mDisney+
- S1E21A Plant Grows in Bear's House25mDisney+
- S1E22Eat, Drink Juice & Be Merry25mDisney+
- S1E23Need a Little Help Today25mDisney+
- S1E24Lost Thing25m
- S1E25Listen Up!25m
- S1E26Friends For Life25m
Season 241 episodes
- S2E1Ooh, Baby, Baby25mDisney+
- S2E2Raiders of the Lost Cheese25mDisney+
- S2E3The Big Sleep25mDisney+
- S2E4Clear As A Bell25mDisney+
- S2E5Good Times25mDisney+
- S2E6You Learn Something New Every Day25mDisney+
- S2E7Back To Nature25mDisney+
- S2E8The Ojolympics25mDisney+
- S2E9The Great Pretender25mDisney+
- S2E10It's All In Your Head25mDisney+
- S2E11Oops, My Mistake25mDisney+
- S2E12Bear's Birthday Bash25mDisney+
- S2E13Picture This25mDisney+
- S2E14The Big Blue Housecall25mDisney+
- S2E15Change Is In The Air25mDisney+
- S2E16Look What I Made25mDisney+
- S2E17If At First You Don't Succeed...25mDisney+
- S2E18All Weather Bear25mDisney+
- S2E19I Built That!25mDisney+
- S2E20Tutter's Tiny Trip25mDisney+
- S2E21Dance Fever!25mDisney+
- S2E22Afraid Not25mDisney+
- S2E23I Gotta Be Me!25mDisney+
- S2E24Buggin'25mDisney+
- S2E25Love Is All You Need25mDisney+
- S2E26It's A Mystery To Me25mDisney+
- S2E27As Different As Day And Night25mDisney+
- S2E28Grandparents Just Want To Have Fun25mDisney+
- S2E29The Way I Feel Today25mDisney+
- S2E30You Go, Ojo!25mDisney+
- S2E31Scientific Bear25mDisney+
- S2E32Boys Will Be Boys25mDisney+
- S2E33I Was Just Thinking25mDisney+
- S2E34Wish You Were Here25mDisney+
- S2E35And To All A Good Night25mDisney+
- S2E36Call It A Day25mDisney+
- S2E37We Did It Our Way25m
- S2E38What's The Story?25m
- S2E39When You've Got To Go...25m
- S2E40Episode 40
- S2E41Episode 41
Season 327 episodes
- S3E1Friends At Play25mDisney+
- S3E2Nothing To Fear25mDisney+
- S3E3Lost And Found25mDisney+
- S3E4The Senseless Detectives25mDisney+
- S3E5Halloween Bear25mDisney+
- S3E6You Never Know25mDisney+
- S3E7It's All About You25mDisney+
- S3E8Woodland House Wonderful25mDisney+
- S3E9I've Got Your Number25mDisney+
- S3E10What's Mine Is Yours25mDisney+
- S3E11Bear's Secret Cave25mDisney+
- S3E12Smellorama25mDisney+
- S3E13I For-Got Rhythm!?25mDisney+
- S3E14Wait For Me25mDisney+
- S3E15Morning Glory25mDisney+
- S3E16That Healing Feeling25mDisney+
- S3E17The Tutter Family Reunion25mDisney+
- S3E18Bats Are People Too25mDisney+
- S3E19Words, Words, Words25mDisney+
- S3E20Let's Get Interactive25mDisney+
- S3E21The Yard Sale25mDisney+
- S3E22The Best Thanksgiving Ever25mDisney+
- S3E23Read My Book25mDisney+
- S3E24Go To Sleep25mDisney+
- S3E25A Berry Bear Christmas (1)25m
- S3E26A Berry Bear Christmas (2)25m
- S3E27Episode 27
Season 426 episodes
- S4E1Welcome To Woodland Valley (1)25mDisney+
- S4E2Welcome To Woodland Valley (2)25mDisney+
- S4E3Step By Step25mDisney+
- S4E4First Day At Mouse School25mDisney+
- S4E5Rockin' Rocko25mDisney+
- S4E6When Harry Met Hallie25mDisney+
- S4E7Show and Tell25mDisney+
- S4E8Tutter Gathers Some Moss25mDisney+
- S4E9History, Herstory, Bearstory25mDisney+
- S4E10At the Old Bear Game25mDisney+
- S4E11The Amazing Skippy25mDisney+
- S4E12Let's Hit the Road25mDisney+
- S4E13Great Ball of Firefighters25mDisney+
- S4E14Appreciation Day25mDisney+
- S4E15Show Your Stuff25mDisney+
- S4E16Grandma Flutter's 100th Birthday25mDisney+
- S4E17The View from You25mDisney+
- S4E18To Clean or Not to Clean25mDisney+
- S4E19The Great Bandini25mDisney+
- S4E20Volunteers of Woodland Valley25mDisney+
- S4E21Blue Home Of The Brave25mDisney+
- S4E22A Trip to the General Store25mDisney+
- S4E23Tutter's First Big Sleepover Bash25mDisney+
- S4E24A Strange Bird25mDisney+
- S4E25Let It Go25mDisney+
- S4E26This Is Your Life, Bear25m