Television series
The Fox Cubhouse
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Created by
| Donna Mitroff
Jay Rayvid
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Directed by
| Stan Swan
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Composers
| Richard Berg
Tish Rabe
Michael Moricz
Richard Kosinski
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Country of origin
| United States
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Producers
| Donna Mitroff
Jay Rayvid
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Running time
| 22 minutes
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Production companies
| Fox Children's Network
WQED
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Network
| Fox Kids
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Release
| October 3, 1994
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1994-10-03
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1996
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1996
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The Fox Cubhouse
is an American preschool children's television series that aired weekday mornings on
Fox Kids
from 1994 through 1996. It ran for 234 episodes within two seasons. The show was an
anthology series
comprising several children's series. Initially starting with only
Jim Henson's Animal Show
,
Johnson and Friends
, and
Rimba's Island
, a different series was shown every day of the week.
Programs
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Production history
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In 1992, Jay Rayvid and Donna Mitroff of
WQED
in
Pittsburgh
(the PBS member station known for producing
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
) entered into an agreement with
Film Australia
to attempt to get
Johnson and Friends
onto television in the United States, specifically PBS. Unfortunately, they were not able to secure funding from PBS to produce a pilot due to the sheer traffic and number of submissions, despite their interest. In 1994, though, FOX began to show interest in
Johnson and Friends
. At this stage, 26 episodes (the first two series) had been produced and the latter 26 episodes (series three) were in post-production - all 52 episodes were available to WQED for distribution.
FOX Children's Network
committed to
Johnson and Friends
, thus
The Fox Cubhouse
was created.
WQED and Fox teamed up and implemented
Johnson and Friends
,
Rimba's Island
, and
Jim Henson's Animal Show
into this concept.
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The latter two series were specifically produced for the Cubhouse, but were also shown independently in many other countries. In addition, the
Fox Cubhouse
itself was shot at WQED.
The series featured a woman named Rosie (played by Nancy Mura), who with several puppet animal characters, introduced and served as the exit for the programs within.
Johnson and Friends
was heavily revised for the Cubhouse series, the voices were redubbed for the most part, but Peter Browne was retained as Alfred's voice actor; due to master recording issues, however, all of his dialogue had to be rerecorded. Several additional songs and music tracks were written by
Chris Neal
and his son Braedy, who had previously composed all of the music for the original version of
Johnson and Friends
, as FOX felt that some of the earlier episodes were "too quiet" and did not fit the atmosphere they wanted for the series. Instrumental versions of pre-existing
Johnson
songs were also used. As the series was broadcast as a segment rather than a standalone program, the credits were featured at the end of the Cubhouse itself, and each
Johnson
episode ended with the final chorus of "Toys, Toys, Wonderful Toys" from the
Johnson
album, re-recorded by the US cast. Minor cuts were also occasionally made, along with adjustments to John Patterson's scripts, by WQED executive Casey Brown, to remove Australian terminology and slang. These changes are generally frowned upon by many of the original
Johnson
and
Cubhouse
crew, as well as people who grew up with the series.
The Fox Cubhouse
became a short-lived success, and FOX commissioned an additional season of 26 episodes of
Johnson and Friends
for the
Cubhouse's
second season. Series director Ian Munro maintained a level of creative control over the American version of the program and was involved with voice direction for this run of episodes. These episodes were also shown in Australia, dubbed by the original voice cast and marketed as the fourth series of the program, two years after production, in 1997. David Flick, who had provided the American voice of Diesel, was replaced by Doug Scroope, Diesel's original voice, and several episodes of the first season of
Cubhouse
were also revised with Doug Scroope as Diesel, this change was actually present in late reruns of the first season of
Cubhouse
. New episodes of
Jim Henson's Animal Show
and
Rimba's Island
were also present in this second season, as well as repeats of the old episodes. However, the second season was a complete revamp and the characters, setting, and the entire premise were changed. Only the programs within the
Cubhouse
remained the same. Two new shows,
Magic Adventures of Mumfie
and
Budgie the Little Helicopter
were also added to the series. While previous
Cubhouse
episodes featured two episodes of
Johnson and Friends
, the second season sometimes paired a single episode with an episode of
Budgie the Little Helicopter
or
Magic Adventures of Mumfie
(because all three programs had a running time of 10 minutes). Some episodes, however, still featured two
Johnson
episodes.
Shortly after the broadcast of the final second-season episodes in 1996,
The Fox Cubhouse
was taken off the air, and the American localisation has not been seen since. Many of the master tapes of the US version are thought to have been wiped, but several master copies are known to exist.
The Fox Cubhouse
was also shown in the US overseas territory Guam on
KTGM
.
Characters
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Season one
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- Rosie (Nancy Mura)
- Cammy the Fox (Melissa Polakovic)
- Silbert the Dinosaur (Don Kinney)
- Fogel the Bird (Dreux Priore)
- Mailvin the Mailbox (Bill Schiffbauer)
Season two
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- Sunny (Ellaraino Edwards)
- Freddie the Fox (Wendy Polland)
- Bill the Sunflower
List of episodes
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Season one
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- 101 - The Race (Jim Henson's Animal Show)
- 102 - Friends (No. 1) (Johnson and Friends)
- 103 - Fruit Punch (Rimba's Island)
- 104 - Together, We Can Do Anything (No. 1) (Johnson and Friends)
- 105 - Cammyflage (Jim Henson's Animal Show)
- 106 - The Letter (Jim Henson's Animal Show)
- 107 - Taking Turns (Johnson and Friends)
- 108 - Snoring (Rimba's Island)
- 109 - Big Trouble (Johnson and Friends)
- 110 - Let's Get Some Sleep (No. 1) (Jim Henson's Animal Show)
- 111 - We Are Animals Too (Jim Henson's Animal Show)
- 112 - I Need a Little Help (Johnson and Friends)
- 113 - Tea Party (Rimba's Island)
- 114 - Clean Up (Johnson and Friends)
- 115 - Cows (Jim Henson's Animal Show)
- 116 - Painting (Jim Henson's Animal Show)
- 117 - Home is Where You Live (Johnson and Friends)
- 118 - I'm Learning Every Day (Rimba's Island)
- 119 - Hurt Teddy (Johnson and Friends)
- 120 - The North Star (Jim Henson's Animal Show)
- 121 - Camping Trip (Jim Henson's Animal Show)
- 122 - Mailvin Raps (Johnson and Friends)
- 123 - Fogel's Music (Rimba's Island)
- 124 - Make Believe (No. 1) (Johnson and Friends)
- 125 - Hop, Swim, Fly (No. 1) (Jim Henson's Animal Show)
- 126 - We’re Different (No. 1) (Jim Henson's Animal Show)
- 127 - Sherlock Silbert (Johnson and Friends)
- 128 - Tears (Rimba's Island)
- 129 - The Band (Johnson and Friends)
- 130 - Gadzooky (Jim Henson's Animal Show)
- 131 - Yummy Food (Jim Henson's Animal Show)
- 132 - It's Your Birthday (Johnson and Friends)
- 133 - Kings and Queens (Rimba's Island)
- 134 - The Ghost (Johnson and Friends)
- 135 - Abra Can Cram (Jim Henson's Animal Show)
- 136 - Friends (No. 2) (Jim Henson's Animal Show)
- 137 - Castle (Johnson and Friends)
- 138 - Safety (Rimba's Island)
- 139 - Nature Scout (Johnson and Friends)
- 140 - Listen to the Animals (No. 1) (Jim Henson's Animal Show)
- 141 - So Sorry (Jim Henson's Animal Show)
- 142 - Make Believe (No. 2) (Johnson and Friends)
- 143 - Lost (Rimba's Island)
- 144 - Mail Order (Johnson and Friends)
- 145 - Home is the Place to Be (Jim Henson's Animal Show)
- 146 - Cock-a-Doodle-Doo (Jim Henson's Animal Show)
- 147 - We’re Different (No. 2) (Johnson and Friends)
- 148 - Checkers (Rimba's Island)
- 149 - Share, Share, Share (No. 1) (Johnson and Friends)
- 150 - The Seashell (Jim Henson's Animal Show)
- 151 - Yummy Food (No. 2) (Jim Henson's Animal Show)
- 152 - We Are All the Colors of the Rainbow (Johnson and Friends)
- 153 - Why? (Rimba's Island)
- 154 - Complicated (Johnson and Friends)
- 155 - Be Careful (Jim Henson's Animal Show)
- 156 - Twinkle, Twinkle (Jim Henson's Animal Show)
- 157 - Let's Get Some Sleep (No. 2) (Johnson and Friends)
- 158 - The King (Rimba's Island)
- 159 - Tuxedo (Johnson and Friends)
- 160 - Mail (Jim Henson's Animal Show)
- 161 - Listen to the Animals (No. 2) (Jim Henson's Animal Show)
- 162 - The Hop (Johnson and Friends)
- 163 - Hugs (Rimba's Island)
- 164 - Together, We Can Do Anything (No. 2) (Johnson and Friends)
- 165 - Colors (Jim Henson's Animal Show)
- 166 - Hop, Swim, Fly (No. 2) (Rimba's Island)
- 167 - Exit All (Rimba's Island)
- 168 - Three (Rimba's Island)
- 169 - Friends (No. 2) (Rimba's Island)
- 170 - Lunchtime (Rimba's Island)
- 171 - Bugs (Rimba's Island)
- 172 - The club (Rimba's Island)
- 173 - Share (Rimba's Island)
- 174 - Food (Rimba's Island)
- 175 - Silbert's Dinner (Rimba's Island)
- 176 - I Need a Little Help (No. 2) (Rimba's Island)
- 177 - Secret Plot (Rimba's Island)
- 178 - Alone (Rimba's Island)
Season two (incomplete)
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- 201 - No Pouncing in the House
- 202 - Small Packages
- 203 - Go Fly a Kite
- 204 - A Worm in the Hand
- 205 - Fearless Freddie and the Fruit Bat
- 206 - Up a Tree
- 207 - Nor a Borrower Be
- 208 - Tummy Trouble
- 209 - Tongue in Cheek
- 210 - To Share or Not to Share
- 211 - Beat the Heat
- 212 - My Brilliant Disguise
- 213 - A Nice Piece of Fruit
- 214 - Waiting for Sunny
- 215 - Sssizzzling Sssnakes!
- 216 - Migration
- 217 - Crying Wolf/Being Good
- 218 - Hurricane Freddie
- 219 - Finishing What You Start
- 220 - Froggy Do, Froggy Be
- 221 - Where Rhinos Fear to Tread
- 222 - Silly Sharing
- 223 - A Fine Day for Croquet
- 224 - Eyes Are the Windows
- 225 - Spice of Life
- 226 - Dinosaur Tracks/Melissa's Dinosaur
- 227 - If it Quacks Like a Duck
- 228 - A Tree in the House
- 229 - Remembering
- 230 - A Tattle Tale
- 231 - Ferocious
- 232 - Masquerade/Charade
- 233 - The Big Win
- 234 - A Song for Babs
- 235 - The Groups We Live In
- 236 - A Letter a Day
- 237 - Good-Bye Dolly
- 238 - If I Were a Fish
- 239 - Beauty and the Beasts
- 240 - Playing and Creating
- 241 - A Cake for Freddie
- 242 - Waiting for a Friend
- 243 - Sleepy Dreamy
- 244 - Dessert in the Desert
- 245 - Hard to Wait
- 246 - A Tiki Tea for Three
- 247 - Iron Freddie
- 248 - Houses for Foxes
- 249 - The Baby-Sitters Club
- 250 - How I Love Ya’, Sunny
- 251 - Freddie's Mess
- 252 - Heads or Tails
- 253 - Playing Pretend
- 254 - Right and Left
- 255 - Try, Try and Try Again
- 256 - Freddie Needs a Nap
- 257 - Every Part's Important
- 258 - Food for Mel
- 259 - The Purple is Always Greener
- 260 - Share
- 261 - Getting Along
- 262 - Scaredy Cat
- 263 - Piles o’ Paper
- 264 - Rimba's Day
- 265 - Bill Needs a Vacation
- 266 - Imagine
- 267 - We Are Family
- 268 - Where's Bill?
- 269 - The Big Surprise/Finders Keepers
- 270 - Diesel's Taxi/The Train Conductor
- 271 - The Burning Bundt
- 272 - Runaway Rubadub
- 273 - Telephone
- 274 - Holey Pockets, Batman
- 275 - Be a Clown
- 276 - And the Leader is...
- 277 - Fracula
- 278 - The Big Scoop
- 279 - Rock and Roll Freddie
- 280 - Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?
- 281 - Life is Like an Ice Cream Bar
- 282 - The Balloonatic
- 283 - Sail Away
- 284 - The Swap
- 285 - Grape-Berry Picnic
- 286 - The Thinker
- 287 - Billy the Kid
- 288 - Cry Wolf
- 289 - Hot and Colder
- 290 - Chicken Pox
- 291 - Digging for the Truth
- 292 - The Tin Star
- 293 - Apple Pie
- 294 - Fore!
- 295 - Message in a Bottle
- 296 - Hypnotic
- 297 - Froudini
- 298 - Babaloo Bongos
- 299 - Moondance
- 2100 - Treasure Hunt
- 2101 - Bugs and Boats on the Bottom
- 2102 - I Found It
- 2103 - No Drum Roll, Please
- 2104 - Baby Blues
- 2105 - Mr. Pillow
- 2106 - Merry Christmas
- 2107 - Footnotes
- 2108 - Auld Lang Freddie
- 2109 - Garden Gifts
- 2110 - Freddie the Flop
- 2111 - I Can See Clearly
- 2112 - Start to Finish
- 2113 - The Secret
- 2114 - Birthday Party
- 2115 - Case of the Chopped Greens
- 2116 - Dental Appointment
- 2117 - Fun is Where the Fox is
- 2118 - Strong Man Freddie
- 2119 - Something in the Way He Moves
- 2120 - Superfox
- 2121 - The Actor's Life
- 2122 - All the Marbles
- 2123 - For Art's Sake
- 2124 - Behind the Fence
- 2125 - Our Friend, the Wind
- 2126 - The Big Ball
- 2127 - Polka Dot Elephants
- 2128 - All the Way to China
- 2129 - Lost Marbles
- 2130 - Talent Show
- 2131 - My Fine-Beaked Friends
- 2132 - Speak for Yourself, Ookii
- 2133 - Families
- 2134 - Showdown at the OK Cubhouse
- 2135 - Warning!
- 2136 - Luck
- 2137 - Home is Where the Hole is
- 2138 - The Lucky Penny
- 2139 - Where Unicorns Roam
- 2140 - Mine, All Mine!
- 2141 - My Darling Clementine
- 2142 - A Blue Ribbon Day
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