The Big Comfy Couch

March 2, 1992 – December 29, 2006

The Big Comfy Couch is a Canadian comedy children's television series about Loonette and her doll Molly who solve everyday problems on their Big Comfy Couch. 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 public television stations across the country. The program was broadcast on Treehouse TV from 1997 to 2006, and reran episodes from 2007 to 2011, as seen in its list of programs.

Storyline

Loonette the clown and her doll Molly live on a giant couch and have adventures together. Loonette would typically do the clock rug stretch and sometimes visit Ms. Loonette's Dance Academy. Then, Loonette and Molly would visit Granny Garbonzo and her cat Snickelfritz.  Major Bedhead would then stop by and give packages and postcards from Auntie Macassar or Uncle Chester. In the final season of the show, Loonette and Molly would go to Clown Town to places such as Major Bedhead's Thai Chi Dojo, Granny Garbonzo's Cooking School, and/or Clowndergarten. Each episode would end with either Loonette playing The Alphabet Game or Molly going to Doll School, then Loonette reads a story, followed by a fast cleanup routine called the ten second tidy, and finally take a nap. 

Sound Effects Used

• Disney - SIREN WHISTLE ZING 02/Hollywoodedge, Ascending Whistles CRT057901
• Hollywoodedge, Airy Slide Twirls CRT058501 (Heard once in "Horsing Around".)
• Hollywoodedge, Army Bugle Assembly CRT044202 (Heard once in "Horsing Around".)
• Hollywoodedge, Ascending Whistles CRT057902 (Heard once in "Traveling Papers" and "Clothes Make the Clown" and quadrice in a faster speed in "Horsing Around".)
• Hollywoodedge, Ascending Whistles CRT057903 (Heard once in "Stuck in the Muck".)
• Hollywoodedge, Ascending Whistles CRT057904
• Hollywoodedge, Balloon Pop Funny Ai CRT058701 (Heard once in "Horsing Around".)
• Hollywoodedge, Bang Whonk CRT032404 (Heard once in "123 Count with Me".)
• Hollywoodedge, Bassoon Low Melody CRT047601 (Heard once in "Monkey See, Monkey Do", right after the Clock Stretch.)
• Hollywoodedge, Big Slow Boinkboing CRT015801 (Heard once in "Clothes Make the Clown".)
• Hollywoodedge, Bird Peacock Calls Cl PE021401 (Heard once in "Picky Eaters".)
• Hollywoodedge, Boing Wood Twang CRT016301 (Heard once in "123 Count with Me".)
• Hollywoodedge, Boings For Impacts CRT016701 (Heard once in "Earth to Loonette" and "Forty Winks".)
• Hollywoodedge, Boings For Impacts CRT016702 (Heard once in "Shh, Shh, Shh, Quiet!".)
• Hollywoodedge, Boat Factory Whistl CRT058909 (Heard once in "Monkey See, Monkey Do".)
• Hollywoodedge, Bonk Pseudo String Pl PE941201 (Heard once in "Growing Pains".)
• Hollywoodedge, Bounce Jews Harp CRT015802 (Heard once in "Fibberish Gibberish".)
• Hollywoodedge, Bounce Jews Harp CRT015806 (Heard once in "Forty Winks" and often in "Don't Tell".)
• Hollywoodedge, Bounce Jews Harp Air CRT015803 (Heard once in "Monkey See, Monkey Do".)
• Hollywoodedge, Boing Box Bing CRT2010806 (Heard in the seasons 1-2 intro and in seasons 3-5 intro in PTV (now PBS Kids)/Time-Life Video/FilmRise prints of some season 2 episodes and the season 3 episode "Why?".)
• Hollywoodedge, Cuckoo Clock Wticks CRT036801 (Heard once in "Spare Some Change", "Traveling Papers" and "Clothes Make the Clown".)
• Hollywoodedge, Descend Slid Whistl CRT057908 (Heard once in "Traveling Papers".)
• Hollywoodedge, Descending Whistle CRT057802 (Heard once in "Growing Pains".)
• Hollywoodedge, Elephant Trumpeting PE024801 (2nd trumpet; heard once in "Where Do Clowns Come From?".)
• Hollywoodedge, Elephant TrumpetsT CRT012901 (Heard once in "Feast of Fools".)
• Hollywoodedge, Fast Swish CRT053905 (Heard once in "Don't Tell".)
• Hollywoodedge, Fast Swish CRT053906 (Heard once in "Don't Tell" and "Clothes Make the Clown".)
• Hollywoodedge, Fourth July Firework PE099101 (Heard once in "The Big Bang Boom".)
• Hollywoodedge, Funny Sgl Chicken CRT011001 (Heard mainly in Foley Family segments.)
• Hollywoodedge, Funny Sgl Chicken CRT011002 (Heard once in Foley Family Segments and "Traveling Papers".)
• Hollywoodedge, Horses Several Whinn PE025201/Hollywoodedge, Horse Whinnies Group AT045501 (Heard once in "Earth to Loonette", "Horsing Around" and "Clothes Make the Clown".)
• Hollywoodedge, Kick Fly Tumble Wbel CRT033801 (Heard once in "Monkey See, Monkey Do".)
• Hollywoodedge, Little Nasty Devili CRT023403 (Heard once in "Earth to Loonette" and "Clothes Make the Clown".)
• Hollywoodedge, Lincoln Town Car In Sk PE073501
• Hollywoodedge, Lion Or Tiger Growl CRT012801 (Heard once in "Feast of Fools".)
• Hollywoodedge, Mud Pots Blurps Bubb CRT040401 (Heard once in "Picky Eaters".)
• Hollywoodedge, Muted Trumpet Sexy CRT044401 (Heard once in "Horsing Around".)
• Hollywoodedge, Quick Whistle Zip By CRT057501
• Hollywoodedge, Quick Whistle Zip By CRT057502
• Hollywoodedge, Quick Whistle Zip By CRT057503
• Hollywoodedge, Quick Whistle Zip By CRT057504
• Hollywoodedge, Quick Whistle Zip By CRT057505
• Hollywoodedge, Quick Whistle Zip By CRT057506
• Hollywoodedge, Sheep Baa Medium Pers PE027001 (Heard once in "Where Do Clowns Come From?".)
• Hollywoodedge, Short Bulb Horn Honk CRT020701 (Heard once in "Forty Winks".)
• Hollywoodedge, Short Rapid ShakesC CRT014402 (Heard once in "Forty Winks".)
• Hollywoodedge, Single Frog Croak Cl CRT013001 (Heard once in "Picky Eaters".)
• Hollywoodedge, Slide Whistle In Out CRT057601 (Heard once cut short in "Don't Tell".)
• Hollywoodedge, Slide Whistle In Out CRT057602 (Heard twice in "Ouch!".)
• Hollywoodedge, Slide Whistle In Out CRT057801 (Heard twice in "Growing Pains".)
• Hollywoodedge, Slide Whistle Up Dw CRT2028301 (3rd slide up heard once in a high pitch in "Lost and Clowned".)
• Hollywoodedge, Small Creak Cork CRT052802 (Heard once in "Monkey See, Monkey Do".)
• Hollywoodedge, Springy Boinge Long CRT016202 (Heard once in "Backwards Day" and "Don't Tell".)
• Hollywoodedge, Squeaky Kiss Wpop At CRT027703 (Heard once in "Clownus Interruptus".)
• Hollywoodedge, Stretch Whiz Bonkie CRT017901 (Heard thrice in "Forty Winks" and heard once in "Spare Some Change".)
• Hollywoodedge, Twangy Boing Jews Ha CRT016201
• Hollywoodedge, Twangy Boings 7 Type CRT015901 (1st boing heard once in "Don't Tell", 1st and 2nd boings heard in "Are You Ready for School?" and 4th boing heard in a normal pitch and in a higher pitch in "Earth to Loonette".)
• Hollywoodedge, Various Duck Quacks CRT011301 (Heard once in "Spare Some Change".)
• Hollywoodedge, Whistle Spins CRT058304 (Heard twice in "123 Count with Me".)
• Sound Ideas, AUTO, HORN - ANTIQUE: AHOOGA (Heard mainly in Foley Family segments.)
• Sound Ideas, BELL, BICYCLE - BICYCLE BELL: DOUBLE RING (Heard once in "Babs in Toyland".)
• Sound Ideas, BELL, BICYCLE - BICYCLE BELL: SINGLE RING (Heard once in "Babs in Toyland".)
• Sound Ideas, BIRD, ROOSTER - ROOSTER: TWO CALLS, ANIMAL (Heard in the seasons 1-2 intro in some Treehouse airings of season 1 of The Big Comfy Couch, the seasons 3-5 intro, the seasons 3-5 intro in the 1995 Time-Life Video VHS prints of some season 1 episodes and the season 2 episode "I Feel Good" and the season 6 intro in some PBS Kids airings of seasons 1 and 3-5 of The Big Comfy Couch.)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, ACCENT - XYLOPHONE TRILL, LONG, MUSIC, PERCUSSION (Heard once in "Clothes Make the Clown".)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BOING - JEW'S HARP BOING, MEDIUM (Heard in the seasons 3-5 intro, "Clownus Interrupts/Wait Your Turn", the season 6 intro in some PBS Kids airings of seasons 1 and 3-5 and the seasons 1-2 intro in Treehouse airings of season 1.)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BOING - POING, SPRING, SHORT (Heard once in "Spare Some Change".)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BOING - THIN METAL PING AND WARBLE 01 (Heard once in "Growing Pains" and "Lost and Clowned".)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BOING - TIMPANI, LONG GLISS UP, PERCUSSION, MUSIC, DRUMS (Heard once in "1 Potato, 2 Potato".)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, HEAD SHAKE - COMICAL VOCAL HEAD SHAKE 01 (Used in Foley Family segments.)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, HORN - FUNNY CAR HORN, HIGH PITCHED (Used once for Molly's clown nose honking in "Hit Parade".)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, HORN - FUNNY CAR HORN 02
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, HORN - PARTY HORN, TWO TOOTS 01 (Heard once in "Clothes Make the Clown".)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SQUEAK - SQUEAKY SCREW 01 (Heard once in "Monkey See, Monkey Do".)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WARBLE - WARBLE SHEET (Heard once in "Don't Tell".)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, ZIP - HIGH 01 (Heard once in "1 Potato, 2 Potato" and "Spare Some Change".)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, ZIP - SHORT 01 (Heard once in "1 Potato, 2 Potato".)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, ZIP - VERY QUICK (Heard twice in "1 Potato, 2 Potato".)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, ZIP - ZING, HIGH 01 (Heard once in "Don't Tell".)
• Sound Ideas, FIREWORKS - LARGE FIREWORKS CRESCENDO, EXPLOSION (Heard once in "The Big Bang Boom".)
• Sound Ideas, FIREWORKS - SEQUENCE OF FIREWORKS, EXPLOSION (Heard only in "The Big Bang Boom".)
• Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - TIMP RISE (Heard once in "Clothes Make the Clown".)
• Sound Ideas, HORN, BICYCLE - BULB HORN: SINGLE HONK, TOY (Heard once in "Babs in Toyland".)
• Sound Ideas, HORN, BICYCLE - BULB HORN: TWO HONKS, TOY (Heard once in "Babs in Toyland".)
• Sound Ideas, HUMAN, BABY - CRYING
• Sound Ideas, HUMAN, EATING - CELERY: MEDIUM BITE
• Sound Ideas, HUMAN, EATING - POTATO CHIPS: FAST CHEWING, FOOD (Heard once in "Picky Eaters".)
• Sound Ideas, HUMAN, EATING - POTATO CHIPS: SLOW CHEWING, FOOD (Heard once in "It's About Time".)
• Sound Ideas, SPACE, WHOOSH - FAST WHOOSH BY, SCI FI 09 (Heard once in "Don't Tell!".)
• Sound Ideas, TELEPHONE, ELECTRONIC - ELECTRONIC 1: RINGING, OFFICE (Heard once in "Don't Tell".)

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