Big Bag
| Big Bag | |
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| Genre |
Puppetry Educational Sketch comedy |
| Created by | Nina Elias-Bamberger |
| Developed by |
Lou Berger Allan Neuwirth Gary Cooper |
| Directed by | Emily Squires |
| Starring | Selena Nelson Cullen Douglas Clare Sera Tessa Ludwick Puppeteers: Joey Mazzarino Rickey Boyd Alice Dinnean Jeff Conover James Stone Matt Vogel |
| Voices of |
María Conchita Alonso Fran Brill Kevin Clash Allan Enlow James Spector |
| Narrated by | Andrew Sachs ("William's Wish Wellingtons" segment) |
| Theme music composer | Michael Abbott Sarah Weeks |
| Opening theme | "Big Bag!" |
| Ending theme | "Big Bag!" (instrumental) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 33 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Nina Elias-Bamberger Buzz Potamkin Khaki Jones |
| Producer(s) | Nina Shelton Marie Poe (animation) |
| Location(s) |
Disney-MGM Studios Bay Lake, Florida |
| Editor(s) | Scott P. Doniger Julie Sanker |
| Running time | 55 minutes (season 1) 25 minutes (season 2) |
| Production company(s) |
Cartoon Network Sesame Workshop |
| Distributor | Sesame Workshop |
| Release | |
| Original network | Cartoon Network |
| Original release | 2 June 1996 – 31 May 1998 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Big Bag is an American children's television series targeted at preschool viewers. It was co-produced by Cartoon Network and Sesame Workshop, with puppet characters created by The Jim Henson Company. It aired from 1996 to 1998 alongside another program titled Small World. Localized versions of Big Bag aired on Canal J in France and Yorkshire Television in the UK.
The principal puppet character is Chelli, a puppet dog who is joined by his best friend Bag. Chelli and Bag run a general store. They live on Main Street in an unidentified town with their human friend Molly and a variety of other animals named for their species. Two sock puppets named Lyle the Sock and Argyle McSock work as stockroom boys and often interact with the main cast. In 1997, a humanoid puppet character called Sofie was introduced. The first season features frequent interaction with a large cast of human regulars, including an assortment of child friends and colorful locals.
Additional puppets were performed by Jeff Conover, James Andrew Stone, and Matt Vogel.
The scenes with Chelli and friends served as frames for a variety of individual animated segments, which were also rotated between seasons. As opposed to the shorter clips on Sesame Street, the animated segments ran approximately 3 to 8 minutes each and were produced by various studios in New York City, Australia, and Europe, often with consultation from CTW and Cartoon Network (Big Bag aired back to back with Small World, another preschool series which showcased different international cartoons). The shorts included:
In the second season, every segment except Troubles the Cat and Koki were removed. A new segment was added:
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