The bear in the big blue house

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Television series
German title The bear in the big blue house
Original title Bear in the Big Blue House
Logo The bear in the big blue house.svg
Country of production United States
original language English
Year (s) 1997-2000
length 25 minutes
Episodes 118 in 5 seasons
Director Mitchell Kriegman, Hugh Martin, Chuck Vinson
idea Mitchell Kriegman
First broadcast 1997 on Disney Channel
German-language
first broadcast		 January 3, 2000 on Der Kinderkanal
synchronization

Bear in the Big Blue House (Engl. Bear in the Big Blue House ) is an American puppet film series, a total of 91 episodes were produced from 1997 to 2000. The target group are children of kindergarten and preschool age.

This program was broadcast for the first time in Germany on January 3, 2000 on the public television channel Der Kinderkanal ; in June 2006 it was only available on the Playhouse Disney pay TV channel . Austria beginning, from ORF 1 , as Confetti TiVi .

Employee

The idea for the series came from Jim Henson (including Sesame Street , Muppets , The Dinos ). Mitchell Kriegman, who also worked on the script, directed, Hugh Martin and Chuck Vinson. Other screenwriters were Andy Yerkesi and P. Kevin Strader. Some designs came from Marty Murphy (including Maya the Bee , Hong Kong Pfui , DuckTales ).

content

The big bear lives in a blue house and uses advice, stories and sometimes admonitions to explain the world to his still very childish companions. His friends include:

  • the little bear girl Ojo with her white teddy bear Snow Bear,
  • Treelo, a lemur with a strange accent,
  • the mouse Tutter,
  • the otter twins Pip and Pop, who live in a pond behind the house, as well
  • the shadow girl Shadow and
  • Luna, the moon and at the same time the bear's best friend.

Other figures are

  • Tutter's grandmother Grandma Flutter,
  • the grandparents of Pip and Pop,
  • Doc Hogg, the doctor pig
  • Beam man, the sun, and
  • Ursa, the bear's Spanish friend.

main characters

The bear , who is also called simply "bear" by his friends, is the owner of the big blue house. He leads through the stories and is almost always the only one who speaks directly to the viewer. It basically begins with the fact that at the beginning of a story he opens the door of the house from the inside and invites the viewer in. (Often used formula: "Hm? Oh, hello! It's you! I'm happy to see you. I was wondering where you are! Walk in!" ) Sometimes he checks the mail on this occasion, with in In such cases there is practically always something in the mailbox (an American box with a flag). The camera then follows the bear into the house, who then basically perceives a strange, pleasant smell every time and, by sniffing, determines that it is coming from the viewer. At the end of the day, the bear says goodbye to the viewer in the attic, and after saying goodbye he always remembers something he would like to say.
The bear is a very good friend for all residents in the house and, due to its size and greater world experience, often functions in a father role. He regularly helps all residents with activities that they cannot do on their own or gives them advice in problematic situations. For this reason, everyone in the house trusts him and is ready to help him. This is particularly good to see in the episode The Bear Is Sick , in which all residents work together to make the bear healthy again. The bear is also usually the one who reminds residents of activities such as tidying up, taking the bathroom or brushing their teeth.
In addition to playing with friends, the bear's main hobbies include sitting on his living room swing and dancing (especially the cha-cha-chas ).
In most episodes, the bear also asks the viewer directly what he or she has to say about the episode's keyword (each episode has a broad main topic such as water, science, time, etc.) or what certain experiences they have with it. Then a short film is shown in which some real children answer the question. (However, this is not the case in the radio plays.) In the radio play editions, the bear often also explains certain things or processes that, unlike television, cannot be seen automatically due to the lack of a picture.

Tutter is a blue mouse and the smallest resident in the big blue house. Tutter lives as a lodger in the bear's kitchen in a small mouse hole. Tutter adores all types of cheese. This goes so far that he sometimes even develops emotional bonds with his cheeses or experiments with them in order to find out new uses for the food.
Despite his size, Tutter is one of the cheekiest residents in the big blue house, but still quickly becomes anxious. He suffers from his small size, which makes it difficult to get to the tap in the kitchen, for example. Nevertheless, he often hesitates for a long time before asking the bear for help and instead tries to solve the problem with his own strength, which often fails.
Tutter has a large family (the Tutters ), one of which is his grandma Flutter, one of the most common minor characters. Tutter grew up with his grandma. The dance teacher (a hobby she shares with the bear) likes the rest of the house too.
Tutter is the only resident of the house besides the bear who lives permanently in it.

Ojo is a young, little red bear girl who lives in the forest near the big blue house. Like the other main characters who don't live in the house, she comes to the big blue house almost every day, where she likes to play with the others. Ojo's favorite game is the fantasy game ("So-Tun-Als-Ob"), in which everyone involved imagines taking on a certain role and playing in a world that is also presented. One of Ojo's favorite places to play these fantasy games is Ojo Island . Ojo has a favorite cuddly toy, the snow bear , which she loves very much and is very reluctant to give it to anyone else.
Ojo is the only main female character who stays near the house every day (apart from Luna).

Pip and Pop are two purple otters who live in the otter pond behind the blue house. They almost always only appear in pairs and have the habit of finishing each other's sentences or saying them together. One of her favorite phrases is the "We love ...!" Shouted on all sorts of occasions , which is almost always followed by laughter on their part. The two otters rarely get tired and are always ready to have fun. Another of their trademarks is the habit of showing up in one place by popping out from below somewhere, which is accompanied by a distinctive noise.
Pip and Pop are practically never shown in full, but always only from belly up. Their lower part is always covered by the edge of the picture or the furniture.

Treelo is a white-green- blue lemur (although sometimes called a " half- monkey ") with a red nose. In terms of overall size, he is the largest main character after the bear. Treelo also comes to the big blue house almost every day and plays with his friends, especially Ojo.
Treelo is the only resident of the house to speak with a more “animal” voice. Many of his words sound very mumbled, which is why he is often difficult to understand. In keeping with its nature, it has a habit of swinging through windows and climbing trees. He also likes to eat bananas and has a large collection of pens.

Luna is the name of the moon that rises over the big blue house every night. Luna is one of the bear's best and oldest friends and speaks to him every night on the balcony. She is arguably the wisest standing character in the series alongside the bear. She always asks the bear “How was your day in the big blue house?” , Whereupon the bear tells her about the events of the day, which she then comments with a smile. According to her own statement, Luna always encounters many interesting incidents on her travels around the world, about which she often tells briefly at the end of her dialogue. Among other things, she also talks to Ursa , the bear's friend , every night when she rises in Spain.
Luna only very rarely meets the bear's friends directly, for example in the episode The Fall Full Moon Party , in which almost all of the characters in the series organize a celebration for Luna.
Since, as the moon, she has to illuminate the entire earth, she can only linger briefly in front of the big blue house, but always has enough time to sing the farewell song for the audience with the bear before the episode ends. The farewell song is the only song sung in each episode, along with the title track and the closing melody.

Shadow , the shadow girl, is the resident of the big blue house who is probably the least known about. Shadow is not a fixed character in the form of a doll, but always appears as a shadow on a wall. It is basically invisible, but the bear can make it show itself by looking for it and singing a song at the same time ( "Oh ... Where is my friend Shadow? Where is my friend Shadow? Where is my friend Shadow? Where can Shadow be? " ), After which she always appears laughing on a wall, accompanied by the same music.
Shadow always tells the bear a story when they meet. This often funny story is told by black and white pictures, accompanied by Shadow's singing. The characters in the story can also speak themselves. After the story, Shadow disappears on the same wall again, also underlaid with the music.
In principle, Shadow can appear in different places in the big blue house, but mostly the bear calls her in the lower hallway. During the line “... where can Shadow be?” He basically approaches the wall on which she then appears.
Shadow's appearances can only be seen on television; they are cut out on cassette and CD. This probably happens because Shadow's stories always use a visual element (the images) and this is not possible in a radio play.

The big blue house

The big blue house in the forest valley is the main scene of the action. At the beginning of an episode, the house opens up to the viewer like a doll's house , showing the inner rooms before the other characters begin with the theme music. At the end of an episode the house closes again, although the house at the end sometimes differs from the house at the beginning.
The big blue house has a total of 4 rooms: living room, kitchen, bathroom and bedroom. There is also a storage room full of junk, which is connected to a small balcony. Behind the house there is a larger garden, to which u. a. the so-called Otterteich belongs.
Although many of the main characters are already in the house at the beginning of an episode, only the bear and Tutter live permanently in the house. Everyone else lives outside the house.

The action in the big blue house has a strong background with music. Often, the residents sang complete songs, but during the dialogues, individual melodies are played over and over again by various instruments to accompany the plot.

synchronization

The synchronization was done at FFS Film- & Fernseh-Synchron GmbH in Munich.

role English dubbing German synchronization
bear Noel MacNeal Michael Ande
Thomas Amper (vocals)
Ojo Vicki Eibner Veronika Neugebauer
Tutter Peter Linz Frank Lenart
Treelo Tyler Bunch Miriam Neugebauer
pip Peter Linz Hubertus von Lerchenfeld
Thomas Amper (vocals)
pop Tyler Bunch Dominik Auer
Peter Bischof (vocals)
Luna Lynne Thigpen Cornelia Froboess
Shadow Tara Mooney Christine Leyser

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ fernsehserien.de: The bear in the big blue house.Retrieved on April 27, 2011
  2. ↑ The bear in the big blue house. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous file , accessed on July 15, 2014 .