Synopsis
The Big Comfy Couch is a Canadian children's television series about Loonette the Clown and her dolly Molly, who solve everyday problems on their "Big Comfy Couch". It aired from 1992 until early 2006. It was produced by Cheryl Wagner and Robert Mills, directed by Wayne Moss and Mills. It premiered on March 2, 1992 in Canada and in 1995 in the USA on public television stations across the country.…
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In 2001, Tadpole Kids, who purchased the series' U.S. rights from Hollywood Ventures Corporation, commissioned 13 more episodes presented alongside Nashville Public Television.
Radical Sheep Productions and Amity Entertainment (which acquired Tadpole Entertainment in 2005 and what was left of it was restarted by the voice of the tadpole), in association with Treehouse TV; a sister channel of YTV, and Nashville Public Television, produced 22 additional episodes focusing on preventing childhood obesity, which debuted on public television stations in 2006.
From 1992 to 2002, the show was filmed at Wallace Avenue Studios in Toronto, and in 2006, it was filmed at Toronto's Studio City.
The conversation with Granny is typically the episode's teachable moment, in which she offers Loonette some wisdom.
Major Bedhead often stops by with gifts and messages from Auntie Macassar (in seasons 1–5) or Uncle Chester (in seasons 6–7).
They were presented in the United States by Benny Smart, a US children's television production company backed by Ernest creator John Cherry, in conjunction with WITF-TV Harrisburg.
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