The Fox Cubhouse


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 would be shown every day of the week.

Programs

In 1994, Ron Saunders, the executive producer of Johnson and Friends, approached Jay Rayvid, a producer at WQED, Pittsburgh's local PBS station, who was known for producing Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, to see if the station was interested in helping to get Johnson and Friends on television in the United States. Jay agreed, but he was unable to find a market for the series as a standalone program. Around the same time, Fox Kids was looking to start a preschool series, 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. 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 who, with several puppet animal characters, introduced and served as the outro for the programs within. Jim Henson's Animal Show was shown on Mondays and Fridays, Johnson and Friends was shown on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and Rimba's Island was shown on Wednesdays.
The Fox network executives believed that the Australian accents in Johnson and Friends would confuse American viewers, so the series was dubbed over by local Pittsburgh actors, with the exception of Alfred, who was performed by his original Australian actor, Peter Browne. Several additional songs and music tracks were written by Chris and Braedy Neal, 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 didn't fit the atmosphere they wanted for the series. Instrumental versions of preexisting Johnson songs were also used. Series director Ian Munro maintained a level of creative control over the American version of Johnson and Friends and was involved with voice direction.
The Fox Cubhouse became a short-lived success, and Fox commissioned additional seasons of 26 episodes of Johnson and Friends, Jim Henson's Animal Show and Rimba's Island for the Cubhouse's second season. 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 would 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.
The Fox Cubhouse was taken off the air in early-mid 1996 and has not aired since. It is believed by former members of WQED that most if not all of the master tapes of the program were wiped or junked, however several master copies of the Americanized Johnson and Friends episodes are known to exist.

Characters

Season 1

Season 1

  1. 101 - The Race
  2. 102 - Friends
  3. 103 - Fruit Punch
  4. 104 - Together, We Can Do Anything
  5. 105 - Cammyflage
  6. 106 - The Letter
  7. 107 - Taking Turns
  8. 108 - Snoring
  9. 109 - Big Trouble
  10. 110 - Let’s Get Some Sleep
  11. 111 - We Are Animals Too
  12. 112 - I Need a Little Help
  13. 113 - Tea Party
  14. 114 - Clean Up
  15. 115 - Cows
  16. 116 - Painting
  17. 117 - Home is Where You Live
  18. 118 - I’m Learning Every Day
  19. 119 - Hurt Teddy
  20. 120 - The North Star
  21. 121 - Camping Trip
  22. 122 - Mailvin Raps
  23. 123 - Fogel’s Music
  24. 124 - Make Believe
  25. 125 - Hop, Swim, Fly
  26. 126 - We’re Different
  27. 127 - Sherlock Silbert
  28. 128 - Tears
  29. 129 - The Band
  30. 130 - Gadzooky
  31. 131 - Yummy Food
  32. 132 - It’s Your Birthday
  33. 133 - Kings and Queens
  34. 134 - The Ghost
  35. 135 - Abra Can Cram
  36. 136 - Friends
  37. 137 - Castle
  38. 138 - Safety
  39. 139 - Nature Scout
  40. 140 - Listen to the Animals
  41. 141 - So Sorry
  42. 142 - Make Believe
  43. 143 - Lost
  44. 144 - Mail Order
  45. 145 - Home is the Place to Be
  46. 146 - Cock-a-Doodle-Doo
  47. 147 - We’re Different
  48. 148 - Checkers
  49. 149 - Share, Share, Share
  50. 150 - The Seashell
  51. 151 - Yummy Food
  52. 152 - We Are All the Colors of the Rainbow
  53. 153 - Why?
  54. 154 - Complicated
  55. 155 - Be Careful
  56. 156 - Twinkle, Twinkle
  57. 157 - Let’s Get Some Sleep
  58. 158 - The King
  59. 159 - Tuxedo
  60. 160 - Mail
  61. 161 - Listen to the Animals
  62. 162 - The Hop
  63. 163 - Hugs
  64. 164 - Together, We Can Do Anything
  65. 165 - Colors
  66. 166 - Hop, Swim, Fly
  67. 167 - Exit All
  68. 168 - Three
  69. 169 - Friends
  70. 170 - Lunchtime
  71. 171 - Bugs
  72. 172 - The Club
  73. 173 - Share
  74. 174 - Food
  75. 175 - Silbert’s Dinner
  76. 176 - I Need a Little Help
  77. 177 - Secret Plot
  78. 178 - Alone

    Season 2 (incomplete)

  79. 201 - No Pouncing in the House
  80. 202 - Small Packages
  81. 203 - Go Fly a Kite
  82. 204 - A Worm in the Hand
  83. 205 - Fearless Freddie and the Fruit Bat
  84. 206 - Up a Tree
  85. 207 - Nor a Borrower Be
  86. 208 - Tummy Trouble
  87. 209 - Tongue in Cheek
  88. 210 - To Share or Not to Share
  89. 211 - Beat the Heat
  90. 212 - My Brilliant Disguise
  91. 213 - A Nice Piece of Fruit
  92. 214 - Waiting for Sunny
  93. 215 - Sssizzzling Sssnakes!
  94. 216 - Migration
  95. 217 - Crying Wolf/Being Good
  96. 218 - Hurricane Freddie
  97. 219 - Finishing What You Start
  98. 220 - Froggy Do, Froggy Be
  99. 221 - Where Rhinos Fear to Tread
  100. 222 - Silly Sharing
  101. 223 - A Fine Day for Croquet
  102. 224 - Eyes Are the Windows
  103. 225 - Spice of Life
  104. 226 - Dinosaur Tracks/Melissa’s Dinosaur
  105. 227 - If it Quacks Like a Duck
  106. 228 - A Tree in the House
  107. 229 - Remembering
  108. 230 - A Tattle Tale
  109. 231 - Ferocious
  110. 232 - Masquerade/Charade
  111. 233 - The Big Win
  112. 234 - A Song for Babs
  113. 235 - The Groups We Live In
  114. 236 - A Letter a Day
  115. 237 - Good-Bye Dolly
  116. 238 - If I Were a Fish
  117. 239 - Beauty and the Beasts
  118. 240 - Playing and Creating
  119. 241 - A Cake for Freddie
  120. 242 - Waiting for a Friend
  121. 243 - Sleepy Dreamy
  122. 244 - Dessert in the Desert
  123. 245 - Hard to Wait
  124. 246 - A Tiki Tea for Three
  125. 247 - Iron Freddie
  126. 248 - Houses for Foxes
  127. 249 - The Baby-Sitters Club
  128. 250 - How I Love Ya’, Sunny
  129. 251 - Freddie’s Mess
  130. 252 - Heads or Tails
  131. 253 - Playing Pretend
  132. 254 - Right and Left
  133. 255 - Try, Try and Try Again
  134. 256 - Freddie Needs a Nap
  135. 257 - Every Part’s Important
  136. 258 - Food for Mel
  137. 259 - The Purple is Always Greener
  138. 260 - Share
  139. 261 - Getting Along
  140. 262 - Scaredy Cat
  141. 263 - Piles o’ Paper
  142. 264 - Rimba’s Day
  143. 265 - Bill Needs a Vacation
  144. 266 - Imagine
  145. 267 - We Are Family
  146. 268 - Where’s Bill?
  147. 269 - The Big Surprise/Finders Keepers
  148. 270 - Diesel’s Taxi/The Train Conductor
  149. 271 - The Burning Bundt
  150. 272 - Runaway Rubadub
  151. 273 - Telephone
  152. 274 - Holey Pockets, Batman
  153. 275 - Be a Clown
  154. 276 - And the Leader is…
  155. 277 - Fracula
  156. 278 - The Big Scoop
  157. 279 - Rock and Roll Freddie
  158. 280 - Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?
  159. 281 - Life is Like an Ice Cream Bar
  160. 282 - The Balloonatic
  161. 283 - Sail Away
  162. 284 - The Swap
  163. 285 - Grape-Berry Picnic
  164. 286 - The Thinker
  165. 287 - Billy the Kid
  166. 288 - Cry Wolf
  167. 289 - Hot and Colder
  168. 290 - Chicken Pox
  169. 291 - Digging for the Truth
  170. 292 - The Tin Star
  171. 293 - Apple Pie
  172. 294 - Fore!
  173. 295 - Message in a Bottle
  174. 296 - Hypnotic
  175. 297 - Froudini
  176. 298 - Babaloo Bongos
  177. 299 - Moondance
  178. 2100 - Treasure Hunt
  179. 2101 - Bugs and Boats on the Bottom
  180. 2102 - I Found It
  181. 2103 - No Drum Roll, Please
  182. 2104 - Baby Blues
  183. 2105 - Mr. Pillow
  184. 2106 - Merry Christmas
  185. 2107 - Footnotes
  186. 2108 - Auld Lang Freddie
  187. 2109 - Garden Gifts
  188. 2110 - Freddie the Flop
  189. 2111 - I Can See Clearly
  190. 2112 - Start to Finish
  191. 2113 - The Secret
  192. 2114 - Birthday Party
  193. 2115 - Case of the Chopped Greens
  194. 2116 - Dental Appointment
  195. 2117 - Fun is Where the Fox is
  196. 2118 - Strong Man Freddie
  197. 2119 - Something in the Way He Moves
  198. 2120 - Superfox
  199. 2121 - The Actor’s Life
  200. 2122 - All the Marbles
  201. 2123 - For Art’s Sake
  202. 2124 - Behind the Fence
  203. 2125 - Our Friend, the Wind
  204. 2126 - The Big Ball
  205. 2127 - Polka Dot Elephants
  206. 2128 - All the Way to China
  207. 2129 - Lost Marbles
  208. 2130 - Talent Show
  209. 2131 - My Fine-Beaked Friends
  210. 2132 - Speak for Yourself, Ookii
  211. 2133 - Families
  212. 2134 - Showdown at the OK Cubhouse
  213. 2135 - Warning!
  214. 2136 - Luck
  215. 2137 - Home is Where the Hole is
  216. 2138 - The Lucky Penny
  217. 2139 - Where Unicorns Roam
  218. 2140 - Mine, All Mine!
  219. 2141 - My Darling Clementine
  220. 2142 - A Blue Ribbon Day