It's a Big Big World
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| It's a Big Big World | |
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 Title card of the show. |
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| Genre | Children's television series |
| Creator(s) | Mitchell Kriegman |
| Starring | Peter Linz |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 30 (to date) |
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| Running time | 30 Minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | PBS |
| Original run | January 2, 2006 – present |
It's A Big Big World is a children's television show on PBS Kids, that debuted January 2, 2006 and it's part of Miss Lori and Hooper's schedule block. The show revolves around a group of animals living in the rainforest. The main character is Snook the sloth.
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[edit] Puppeteers
- Snook/Oko: Peter Linz
- Burdette: Melissa Creighton
- Smooch: Aymee Garcia
- Winslow: Tyler Bunch
- Bob: James Godwin
- Ick/Wartz/Greenie: Tim Lagasse
- Additional Puppetry: Carol Binion, Eric Engelhardt, Jim Kroupa, Paul McGinnis
Many of the puppeteers come from Bear in the Big Blue House, Jellybean Jungle, and The Book of Pooh, another show involving Shadowmation, a technique that combines bunraku-style puppetry and computer-generated animation.
[edit] Characters
The characters in the show are:
[edit] Snook
A sloth, Snook helps his friends learn all about the 'Big Big World' around them. He's slow-moving (but smart) and often takes naps, but is always up for a scientific investigation. He also enjoys singing and dancing with all of his friends in the World Tree. He looks remarkably similar to Bear from Bear in the Big Blue House. In addition to interacting with the other characters, Snook regularly takes the time to address the audience directly, often to explain a fact or ask a question.
[edit] Burdette
Burdette the Quetzal bird sometimes seems like a controlling older sister, who always thinks she knows more than everyone around her. However, Burdette seems sincere, and while investigating things with her friends in the World Tree, she's sometimes surprised to learn new things about herself too.
[edit] Smooch and Winslow
Smooch and Winslow are two playful sibling monkeys - marmosets to be exact - who are always stirring things up. Smooch, the girl monkey, is always trying to figure out the mysteries of the world around her, and Winslow is the goofy creative thinker. With such different personalities, these two monkeys don't always see eye to eye, but their little disagreements frequently lead to great adventures.
[edit] Madge
Madge is a map turtle. Madge has a map of the world on her shell. She is the oldest and wisest creature in the World Tree, and the one everyone comes to when they have a problem to solve. She's traveled all over the world and shares her experiences with everyone. Her library is the place to visit for answers to scientific questions.
[edit] Bob
Bob the Southern Tamandua loves the ants that live all around him in the World Tree, and he's always trying new things out to make them like him more (He does not eat ants). Bob also worries a lot about things that he thinks might happen. His voice also has a resemblance to that of Stuart on Mad TV.
[edit] Ick
Ick is a catfish who lives in the water hole at the bottom of the Tree. He can be crabby and likes to think that he knows everything, even though he's only seen the pond and the little bit of land around it. Ick's voice sounds like Regis Philbin.
[edit] Oko
An old Howler Monkey, Oko is a trickster who always shows up when least expected. Oko can be grouchy and mischievous, but he also shares mysterious stories and little bits of wisdom with the others. A Tai Chi master, he carries an old walking stick that he can twirl from his feet to his hands and back again in the blink of an eye.
[edit] Wartz
Wartz is a Red-eyed Tree Frog. Wartz has gone through his metamorphosis, growing from a tadpole into a frog. Best friends with Smooch and Winslow, Wartz wants to get along with everyone and will agree with anyone, no matter what they're saying.
[edit] Typical Episode Format
A typical episode of It's a Big, Big World begins with the opening theme song, "It's a Big, Big World". That is followed by a short (10-12 minute) story involving some or all of the main characters. This first story is followed by another song, called "Curve of the World," sung by all the characters. (In the Miss Lori and Hooper block, this song is not shown.) Then comes a second 10-12 minute story, which may be thematically linked to the first story but is not usually a direct continuation of the plot. At the end of the episode, Snook sings the closing song, although this is often followed by one or two very short segments in which Snook gives some fun facts about the various species of animals that live in the World Tree.
[edit] Animals Featured
- Sloth Snook
- Bird Burdette
- Marmoset Smooth and Winslow
- Turtle Madge
- Anteater Bob
- Fish Ick
- Howler Monkey Oko
- Frog Wartz
[edit] Episode Guide
[edit] Season 1
- 101 Not Found Here
- 102 Ant ray Vision/Moving on up
- 103 Balance/Ick Alone
- 104 Burdette Queen ant/One Monkey to Many
- 105 My Friend Will bee Right Back/Learning to fly
- 106 Spirit/Shell
- 107 On the Limb/The More Things Change
- 108 Dancing/King of the Tree
- 109 Burdette Bald Eagle/Hot ice
- 110 Color my World/Smooch's Caterpillar
- 111 Mini Monkey/The Five Senses
- 112 Waltz's Workot/Hot Enough for you
- 113 Windy Night/So Long Planty
- 114 Hold on Rainbow/Where Have all the Berries Gone?
- 115 Sappy Monkey/Growing Pains
- 116 The big Sneeze/Go to Sleep,Waltz
- 117 Down in the Dumps/Who moved my Sunflower
- 118 The Itch/Everything is Going to be FIne
- 119 What a Wonderful Leaf/Roots Rocks
- 120 Making Tracks/Map it out
- 121 Hide & Seek/Take Care of Yourself
- 122 World Tree day/World Tree Cuisine
- 123 The Sloth Most be Crazy/Smarter Than you Think
- 124 Fish out of Water/Burdette's Nest
- 125 Bones/Food and Plenty of it
- 126 The Sting/Growing
- 127 The big Race/You are What you are
- 128 Madge is Missing/The Anteater Songbook
- 129 Get Well Moon/Take Your Time
- 130 A Bird Tale/Friendship
- 131 Eyes and Noses/Snook's Songbook
- 132 The Hatch/Sounds of the Forest
- 133 The Guardions of the Sappenwood Tree/Over the Hills and far Away
- 134 Oko's Birthday/Spinning a Tale
- 135 Echos/A Good Heartbeat
- 136 Sleepover/The Disapearing Waterful
- 137 Flying Fish/Smoooch and Winslow's Songbook
- 138 Sloth Lessons/The Avocado Queen
- 139 In Good Voice/Waltz's Family Tree
- 140 Big Big Waterhome/Oko's Songbook
[edit] Funding
1. Sony (2005)
2. Kellogg's (2006-)
3. Kellogg's Froot Loops (2005-)
4. Hershey's (2005-)
