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.

The Fox Cubhouse
Created byDonna Mitroff
Jay Rayvid
Directed byStan Swan
Composer(s)Richard Berg
Tish Rabe
Michael Moricz
Richard Kosinski
Country of originUnited States
Production
Producer(s)Donna Mitroff
Jay Rayvid
Running time22 minutes
Production company(s)Fox Children's Network
WQED
Release
Original networkFox Kids
Picture format480i
Audio formatStereo
Original releaseOctober 3, 1994 (1994-10-03)

Programs

Production history

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 (played by Nancy Mura) 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 (due to the fact that all three programs had a running time of ten minutes).

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
  • Rosie (Nancy Mura)
  • Cammy the Fox (Melissa Polakovic)
  • Silbert the Dinosaur (Don Kinney)
  • Fogel the Bird (Dreux Priore)
  • Mailvin the Mailbox (Bill Schiffbauer)

Season 2
  • Sunny (Ellaraino Edwards)
  • Freddie the Fox (Wendy Polland)
  • Bill the Sunflower

List of Episodes

Season 1
  1. 101 - The Race
  2. 102 - Friends (No. 1)
  3. 103 - Fruit Punch
  4. 104 - Together, We Can Do Anything (No. 1)
  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 (No. 1)
  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 (No. 1)
  25. 125 - Hop, Swim, Fly (No. 1)
  26. 126 - We’re Different (No. 1)
  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 (No. 2)
  37. 137 - Castle
  38. 138 - Safety
  39. 139 - Nature Scout
  40. 140 - Listen to the Animals (No. 1)
  41. 141 - So Sorry
  42. 142 - Make Believe (No. 2)
  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 (No. 2)
  48. 148 - Checkers
  49. 149 - Share, Share, Share (No. 1)
  50. 150 - The Seashell
  51. 151 - Yummy Food (No. 2)
  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 (No. 2)
  58. 158 - The King
  59. 159 - Tuxedo
  60. 160 - Mail
  61. 161 - Listen to the Animals (No. 2)
  62. 162 - The Hop
  63. 163 - Hugs
  64. 164 - Together, We Can Do Anything (No. 2)
  65. 165 - Colors
  66. 166 - Hop, Swim, Fly (No. 2)
  67. 167 - Exit All
  68. 168 - Three
  69. 169 - Friends (No. 2)
  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 (No. 2)
  77. 177 - Secret Plot
  78. 178 - Alone

Season 2 (incomplete)
  1. 201 - No Pouncing in the House
  2. 202 - Small Packages
  3. 203 - Go Fly a Kite
  4. 204 - A Worm in the Hand
  5. 205 - Fearless Freddie and the Fruit Bat
  6. 206 - Up a Tree
  7. 207 - Nor a Borrower Be
  8. 208 - Tummy Trouble
  9. 209 - Tongue in Cheek
  10. 210 - To Share or Not to Share
  11. 211 - Beat the Heat
  12. 212 - My Brilliant Disguise
  13. 213 - A Nice Piece of Fruit
  14. 214 - Waiting for Sunny
  15. 215 - Sssizzzling Sssnakes!
  16. 216 - Migration
  17. 217 - Crying Wolf/Being Good
  18. 218 - Hurricane Freddie
  19. 219 - Finishing What You Start
  20. 220 - Froggy Do, Froggy Be
  21. 221 - Where Rhinos Fear to Tread
  22. 222 - Silly Sharing
  23. 223 - A Fine Day for Croquet
  24. 224 - Eyes Are the Windows
  25. 225 - Spice of Life
  26. 226 - Dinosaur Tracks/Melissa’s Dinosaur
  27. 227 - If it Quacks Like a Duck
  28. 228 - A Tree in the House
  29. 229 - Remembering
  30. 230 - A Tattle Tale
  31. 231 - Ferocious
  32. 232 - Masquerade/Charade
  33. 233 - The Big Win
  34. 234 - A Song for Babs
  35. 235 - The Groups We Live In
  36. 236 - A Letter a Day
  37. 237 - Good-Bye Dolly
  38. 238 - If I Were a Fish
  39. 239 - Beauty and the Beasts
  40. 240 - Playing and Creating
  41. 241 - A Cake for Freddie
  42. 242 - Waiting for a Friend
  43. 243 - Sleepy Dreamy
  44. 244 - Dessert in the Desert
  45. 245 - Hard to Wait
  46. 246 - A Tiki Tea for Three
  47. 247 - Iron Freddie
  48. 248 - Houses for Foxes
  49. 249 - The Baby-Sitters Club
  50. 250 - How I Love Ya’, Sunny
  51. 251 - Freddie’s Mess
  52. 252 - Heads or Tails
  53. 253 - Playing Pretend
  54. 254 - Right and Left
  55. 255 - Try, Try and Try Again
  56. 256 - Freddie Needs a Nap
  57. 257 - Every Part’s Important
  58. 258 - Food for Mel
  59. 259 - The Purple is Always Greener
  60. 260 - Share
  61. 261 - Getting Along
  62. 262 - Scaredy Cat
  63. 263 - Piles o’ Paper
  64. 264 - Rimba’s Day
  65. 265 - Bill Needs a Vacation
  66. 266 - Imagine
  67. 267 - We Are Family
  68. 268 - Where’s Bill?
  69. 269 - The Big Surprise/Finders Keepers
  70. 270 - Diesel’s Taxi/The Train Conductor
  71. 271 - The Burning Bundt
  72. 272 - Runaway Rubadub
  73. 273 - Telephone
  74. 274 - Holey Pockets, Batman
  75. 275 - Be a Clown
  76. 276 - And the Leader is…
  77. 277 - Fracula
  78. 278 - The Big Scoop
  79. 279 - Rock and Roll Freddie
  80. 280 - Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?
  81. 281 - Life is Like an Ice Cream Bar
  82. 282 - The Balloonatic
  83. 283 - Sail Away
  84. 284 - The Swap
  85. 285 - Grape-Berry Picnic
  86. 286 - The Thinker
  87. 287 - Billy the Kid
  88. 288 - Cry Wolf
  89. 289 - Hot and Colder
  90. 290 - Chicken Pox
  91. 291 - Digging for the Truth
  92. 292 - The Tin Star
  93. 293 - Apple Pie
  94. 294 - Fore!
  95. 295 - Message in a Bottle
  96. 296 - Hypnotic
  97. 297 - Froudini
  98. 298 - Babaloo Bongos
  99. 299 - Moondance
  100. 2100 - Treasure Hunt
  101. 2101 - Bugs and Boats on the Bottom
  102. 2102 - I Found It
  103. 2103 - No Drum Roll, Please
  104. 2104 - Baby Blues
  105. 2105 - Mr. Pillow
  106. 2106 - Merry Christmas
  107. 2107 - Footnotes
  108. 2108 - Auld Lang Freddie
  109. 2109 - Garden Gifts
  110. 2110 - Freddie the Flop
  111. 2111 - I Can See Clearly
  112. 2112 - Start to Finish
  113. 2113 - The Secret
  114. 2114 - Birthday Party
  115. 2115 - Case of the Chopped Greens
  116. 2116 - Dental Appointment
  117. 2117 - Fun is Where the Fox is
  118. 2118 - Strong Man Freddie
  119. 2119 - Something in the Way He Moves
  120. 2120 - Superfox
  121. 2121 - The Actor’s Life
  122. 2122 - All the Marbles
  123. 2123 - For Art’s Sake
  124. 2124 - Behind the Fence
  125. 2125 - Our Friend, the Wind
  126. 2126 - The Big Ball
  127. 2127 - Polka Dot Elephants
  128. 2128 - All the Way to China
  129. 2129 - Lost Marbles
  130. 2130 - Talent Show
  131. 2131 - My Fine-Beaked Friends
  132. 2132 - Speak for Yourself, Ookii
  133. 2133 - Families
  134. 2134 - Showdown at the OK Cubhouse
  135. 2135 - Warning!
  136. 2136 - Luck
  137. 2137 - Home is Where the Hole is
  138. 2138 - The Lucky Penny
  139. 2139 - Where Unicorns Roam
  140. 2140 - Mine, All Mine!
  141. 2141 - My Darling Clementine
  142. 2142 - A Blue Ribbon Day
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