Wimzie's House
| Wimzie's House | |
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| Starring |
Sonja Ball Tyrone Benskin Liz McRae Thor Bishopric Holly Gauthier-Frankel Bruce Dinsmore Jennifer Seguin Jane Woods |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| No. of episodes | 112 |
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| Original network |
YTV CBC Television (1997) This TV (November 1, 2008–2009) (Canada) PBS (October 1, 1997–August 31, 2001) MiTelemundo (2012–present) |
| Original release | March 4, 1995 – August 31, 1996 |
Wimzie's House is a half-hour Canadian preschool television program which ran on YTV from 1995 to 1996, and in the United States on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) 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 (as La Maison de Ouimzie). Reruns of the show aired in the United States on the Cookie Jar Toons block on This TV and in syndication as part of the Cookie Jar Kids Network block. The series was produced by Cinar (now Cookie Jar Entertainment), with the PBS telecasts presented by Maryland Public Television from 1997 to 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.
Wimzie is a little girl monster who lives with her parents (Rousso & Graziella), grandma (Yaya), and baby brother (Bo). The basic plot was that Wimzie's friends would always come over for the day and they would play together. This usually resulted in a problem that would eventually lead to the moral of the episode.
(Voices listed here are for the English-language version.)
In 1999, The Jim Henson Company issued a lawsuit against the company, claiming the series' puppets and resultant merchandise violated its copyright and trademark rights on The Muppets. CINAR and its licensees Eden LLC and Carson-Dellosa Publishing Company denied and continue to deny any wrongdoing or liability for infringement.
A confidential settlement allowed CINAR to continue broadcasting the series, selling show merchandise, and a "mechanism for preserving the distinctive look of Jim Henson's Muppets in CINAR's future productions."
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