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The Big Comfy Couch

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The Big Comfy Couch is a Canadian children's television series.

The Big Comfy Couch
GenreEducational
Created byCheryl Wagner
Written byHarmony Wagner
Shayne Fox
Cheryl Wagner
Robin White
Lynn Harrison McLauchlan
Directed bySteve Wright (1992-1995)
Robert Mills (1996-2006)
Presented byAlyson Court (1992-2002)
StarringGary Farmer (1993)
Grindl Kuchirka
Jackie Harris (1991-1993)
Suzanne Merriam (1994-1996)
Country of originCanada
United States (2002-2006)
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons7
No. of episodes100
Production
Executive producersAnnabel Slaight
Robert Mills
ProducersCherly Wagner
Robert Mills
Production locationsWallace Avenue Studios
Toronto, Ontario
(1992-2002)
Running time25 minutes
Production companiesAmity Entertainment (2006)
Radical Sheep Productions
Original release
NetworkYTV
ReleaseMarch 10, 2002 - December 29, 2006
NetworkTreehouse TV
(Canada)

Other names

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The programs is known as Le Monde de Loonette [English: The World of Loonette or Loonette's World] when broadcast in Quebec and France, and El sofa da la imaginación [English: The Couch of Imagination] when broadcast in Latin America and Spain.

Schedule and production

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It aired from March 2, 1992, until December 29, 2006. It was produced by Cheryl Wagner and Robert Mills, directed by Wayne Moss, Robert Mills and Steve Wright. It premiered on March 2, 1992, in Canada and on January 9, 1995, in the United States on PBS stations across the country. The program was also broadcast on Treehouse TV from 1997 to 2011.

Characters

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  • Loonette (portrayed by Alyson Court from 1992 to 2002) is the freckled-faced female lead of the series.
  • Molly (performed by Bob Stutt)