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Wimzie's House
1995
Wimzie's House is a Canadian children's television program which ran on YTV from 1995 to 1996, and in the United States on Public Broadcasting Service from October 1, 1997 to September 28, 2001. The show has also aired at least as early as 1995 and through the late-1990s on CBC Television, and on Radio-Canada. The show also aired on Nickelodeon's preschool programming block Nick Jr. from January 21, 2000 – April 26, 2002, and on CBS as part of Nick Jr. on CBS from September 16, 2000 – September 7, 2002, then returned after a four-year hiatus from September 17, 2005 and was seen through September 9, 2006. Reruns of the show currently air in the United States on qubo on January 7, 2008, and in Canada on the Cookie Jar Toons block on This TV and in syndication as part of the Cookie Jar Network block. The series was produced by Cinar, with the PBS telecasts presented by Maryland Public Television, and Children's Television Workshop from 1997 – 2000, then Sesame Workshop from 2000 – 2002. The show's puppetry is in the style of Sesame Street, which led to some legal troubles with The Jim Henson Company, in 1999.
Seasons & Episode
Horace helps win a football game. Afterwards, the gang call him ""Horace the Hero"". This makes Horace feel so good, that he becomes a sore winner, and won't stop bragging about himself. He then only plays games that he only wins. The kids then stop playing with Horace, and he feels left out. Yaya explains that he shouldn't be a sore winner.
When Wimzie is appointed judge of the dress-up contest, each kid tries to win her vote by giving her a favorite toy. Ultimately, Wimzie finds a way to make everyone a winner.
Wimzie inedvertanly begins a habit of saying the word ""stupid"" in every unpleasing situation. After Wimzie fails to stop when Yaya asked, Yaya starts a ""charity"". Everytime Wimzie says ""stupid"", Yaya makes Wimzie pay one penny. Eventually, Wimzie runs out of money, and can't buy a red box at Mrs. Ferris's yard sale.
The kids are arguing over who's better-boys or girls. Yaya helps them realize that it's better to celebrate everyone's specific talents and ablilities.
One night, a thunderstorm passes through. Wimzie wakes up scared, and is embarrased, thinking her friends will think she's a baby. The next day, Wimzie claims that she wasn't afraid one bit. Lou Lou was scared, and spends the rest of the day with Yaya.
Rousso teaches Wimzie how to do a magic rope trick. When Wimzie performs, she delights everyone except Lou Lou, who is afraid of magic.
When Jonas challenges Wimzie to a game of hide-and-seek, she's determined not to be found! She and Lou Lou won't budge-even when Rouso and Gratziella try to round them up for the movies and begin worrying that they might be missing or hurt!
Wimzie and the gang enter a jingle contest for Banana Bits Cereal, to win a rock-and-rolling wagon, and a year supply of Banana Bits. Wimzie wins the contest, but is devestated to find out she hates the cereal. Wimzie has second thoughts about performing her jingle on TV, because her jingle states how much she loves the cereal. But Wimzie still wants a rock-and-rolling wagon, and gets an idea. Once on TV, Wimzie introduces the gang, who perform the jingle for her. In the end, Horace, Jonas and Lou Lou win a wagon, and so does Wimzie.
When the guest at a lunch party call Wimzie ""oink-oink"", she's afraid more people will make more fun of her manners and refuses to go to Gratziella's company breakfast, until Yaya reviews the abc's of breakfast etiquette.
When Loulou arrives with her leg in a cast, all the kids are impressed-except Jonas. Yaya learns that he feels responsible for his sister's broken leg because she tripped on his roller skates.
It's Yaya's birthday, and the kids throw her a surprise party. But this involves throwing Lou Lou's blankie up a tree for her to distract Yaya. The blankie fall out of the tree, so Horace takes it with him to the dentist. In the end, Lou Lou is reunited with her blankie, and Yaya is presented with a surprise party.
Wimzie is being so careless; the kids won't let her touch any of their things for fear she might destroy them. Wimzie thinks a ghost is making her drop things. But with Yaya's help, she soon learns that she can be responsible and cure her case of ""the dropsies"".
Wimzie and the gang watch Yaya work a test in her magazine. The kids want to be tested too, so Yaya tests them from her magazine. When Wimzie gets the lowest score, she claims she's a big loser. After watching Rouso keep on having to do a recount of his penny count, Wimzie askes Yaya for a recount. It turns out Yaya made a mistake, and Wimzie really has the highest score. Wimzie then becomes a sore winner, and the kids won't play with her anymore. Yaya tests them again, and Jonas ends up tiing with Wimzie. Wimzie then realizes it's just a silly little test, and scores don't tell whether you're the best, or not.
Lou Lou loves Yaya, in fact, she thinks of her as a second mother. But the next day, Jonas discourages Lou Lou from loving Yaya so much in fear that she'll hurt her real mom's feelings. It turns out that she wasn't really hurt, she was allergic to the cat they took in. Meanwhile, Horace fights his cat allergies too.
Wimzie's parents want to brighten up her dull weekend. They promise to take Wimzie and Bo to Monster World amusement park first thing Saturday morning. But just as they are ready to go, first Rousso and then Gratziella are called to emergencies. Wimzie is upset that her parents couldn't keep their promise.
Wimzie and Yaya have spent a great deal of time and effort making a cake for Parents Day. When Yaya isn't looking, a series of circumstances unfold that damage the cake. At Yaya's insistence, Wimzie and Jonas each describe the unfortunate event. Then Lou Lou and Horace give their versioms. It's up to Yaya to sort out the truth.
Wimzie decides to hide Shaggy, a lost dog the kids finds, despite her dad's decision to bring him to the pound. But she soon realizes that the dog may be even more important to someone else.
Wimzie has a new tape set that teaches her about different types of birds. Wimzie won't stop talking about birds. When she over hears the other kids talk about howthey wish she would stop talking, she gives them the silent treatment, and the only way for them to get her to talk again is to beg. The others aren't about to beg anytime soon.
The daycare is going to be on TV Friday. Wimzie goes through her routine at bedtime ""I'm not tired yet, I'm not tired yet."" So Gratziella does an experiment and lets Wimzie stay up late each night, to prove the next morning that she'll be tired. Wimzie is tired, but doesn't want to admit it. This makes Wimzie to tired to watch herself on TV, so just in case, Gratziella tapes the show.
A careless Wimzie learns the hard way how utterly helpless she and her friends are without electricity. SONGS: Uh-Oh!, Not Too Much TV.
Jonas brings in a surprise for after lunch. All Wimzie knows from Lou Lou is that it sounds like ""Fuh"". Wimzie tricks Jonas into telling her, then Horace tricks Wimzie into telling him, and then Lou Lou trick Horace into telling her. In the end, Jonas's surprised is spoiled when he discovers it's missing when he hid it in the garden. Yaya had it all along because it was melting in the sun The surprise was fudge.
Gratziella gives Wimzie a telescope, but reminds her not to use it to spy on people. But when Horace smells something burning, Wimzie decides to make an exception to the rule. She looks into the telescope and discovers a fire!
What the Dickens has happened? Wimzie, Loulou, Jonas, and Horace have made Christmas presents for each other and Bo, but they have all mysteriously disappeared. Worse, everyone's parents will be late because a snowstorm has hampered the incoming flights.
Wimzie's House is a Canadian children's television program which ran on YTV from 1995 to 1996, and in the United States on Public Broadcasting Service from October 1, 1997 to September 28, 2001. The show has also aired at least as early as 1995 and through the late-1990s on CBC Television, and on Radio-Canada. The show also aired on Nickelodeon's preschool programming block Nick Jr. from January 21, 2000 – April 26, 2002, and on CBS as part of Nick Jr. on CBS from September 16, 2000 – September 7, 2002, then returned after a four-year hiatus from September 17, 2005 and was seen through September 9, 2006. Reruns of the show currently air in the United States on qubo on January 7, 2008, and in Canada on the Cookie Jar Toons block on This TV and in syndication as part of the Cookie Jar Network block. The series was produced by Cinar, with the PBS telecasts presented by Maryland Public Television, and Children's Television Workshop from 1997 – 2000, then Sesame Workshop from 2000 – 2002. The show's puppetry is in the style of Sesame Street, which led to some legal troubles with The Jim Henson Company, in 1999.
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