Wimzie's House


Wimzie's House is a half-hour Canadian preschool television program produced in Montreal which ran as La Maison de Ouimzie on Télévision de Radio-Canada in the morning and Radio-Québec in late afternoons starting September 4, 1995, and in English on CBC Television starting October 21, 1996 and in the United States on Public Broadcasting Service from September 1, 1997 to August 31, 2001. Reruns of the show aired in the United States on the Cookie Jar Toons block on This TV, in syndication as part of the Cookie Jar Kids Network block, and on Light TV from December 22, 2016 to September 30, 2019. The series was produced by Cinar, with the PBS telecasts presented by Maryland Public Television from 1997 to 2001. The show's puppetry is in the style of Sesame Street, which led to some legal troubles with The Jim Henson Company, in 1999. There were two FMV PC games based on the series. Treehouse TV also aired this show in reruns from 1999 to December 2005.

Plot

Wimzie is a little girl monster who lives with her parents, grandma, and baby brother. 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 and two songs that would eventually lead to the moral of the episode. The cast never expanded beyond the eight main characters. There were some friends and neighbors mentioned, but they never made a real physical appearance.

Characters


Season 1 (1995)

  1. The Cookie Crisis
  2. Boo!
  3. The Magic Crayon
  4. I Want My Mommy
  5. Flower Power
  6. Babies Have It Made
  7. The Scaredy Cats
  8. The Treasure Hunt
  9. The Boy Who Cried Wolf
  10. What's the Matter with Horace?
  11. You're Not My Friend
  12. To Share or Not To Share
  13. The Play's the Thing
  14. The Lucky Pin
  15. Queen For A Day
  16. A Fishy Fish Story
  17. To Tell the Truth
  18. Jonas, The Actor
  19. All Alone
  20. You Just Gotta Keep Trying
  21. A Medal for Horace
  22. By the Numbers
  23. Mad at Dad
  24. Aahhchoo!
  25. Wimzie's Hushabye
  26. The Tattletales
  27. I Dare You!
  28. We Want Toys!
  29. The Personal Trainer
  30. Jonas and All of His Hits
  31. Who Do You Trust?
  32. Jonas' Big Purple Map
  33. Wimzie's Three Wishes
  34. Who's The Boss?
  35. The Great Moving Day
  36. The Mighty Monster Power Piggies
  37. Wimzie's Scary Dream
  38. The Little Red Wimzie
  39. Friendship Day
  40. Bye Bye Birdie
  41. A Little Privacy, Please?
  42. I'm Scared for Daddy
  43. Bo Goes Bonkers!
  44. Identical Cousins
  45. The Hand-Me-Down Sweater
  46. I Think I Forgot Something
  47. Mommy's Afraid
  48. The Stuke-A-Piddleys
  49. The Tooth Fairy
  50. Wimzie's Late
  51. The Cookie Caper
  52. Wimzie's Big Trip
  53. The Lost Bone
  54. Official Backwards Day
  55. Doctor Wimzie
  56. The Assistant Grown-Up

    Season 2 (1996)

  57. The Sore Winner
  58. To Each His Own
  59. The Contest
  60. Please Don't Say That!
  61. Be Yourself
  62. The Boys Against The Girls
  63. The Storm
  64. You Have to Learn the Trade
  65. Substitute Daddy
  66. Wimzie the Magician
  67. The Best Hiding Place on Earth
  68. The Jingle
  69. Mind Your Manners
  70. Picking a President
  71. We Can Do It!
  72. The Accident
  73. Happy Birthday, Yaya!
  74. The Dropsies
  75. Icky, Yucky and Goofy
  76. Cinderloulou
  77. Loulou Thinks Big
  78. Nicknames
  79. A Little Bit Testy
  80. Noises Night and Day
  81. Motherly Love
  82. I Don't Like Chores!
  83. Imagination in Action
  84. Promises, Promises
  85. The Telephone Call
  86. Am I Dreaming?
  87. What's the Truth?
  88. Wimzie the Prankster
  89. My Doll is for Sale
  90. The Show-Off
  91. Growing Up is Hard To Do
  92. From Dirt... to Ice Cream
  93. Shaggy's Visit
  94. Wimzie's Rainbow Wig
  95. Ants in My Pants
  96. The Silent Treatment
  97. Daddy's Girl
  98. Go for the Gold
  99. Wimzie's Family Career Day
  100. It's Bedtime!
  101. The Blackout
  102. Who Needs Yaya?
  103. All 'Round the World in a Day
  104. The Big Dinosaur
  105. The Gizmo-A-Gig-A-Bopper
  106. The Surprise That... Wasn't
  107. The Ugly Scary Statue
  108. Horace Goes Whammer
  109. Wimzie Sees It All
  110. Wimzie the Interrupter
  111. The Magic Starfruit
  112. The Perfect Christmas

    Songs

  113. Wimzie's House Theme Song
  114. Uh-Oh!
  115. Always Tell the Truth
  116. Best Of Friends
  117. I Don't Like That
  118. They Are Mine!
  119. It's Okay To Say What We Feel
  120. Time to Relax
  121. Pretending
  122. Some Things In Life Just Take Time
  123. Together
  124. I Wish I Were A Baby
  125. I Rather Just Be Me
  126. Frightened In the Night
  127. Count On Your Friends
  128. Sometimes There Are Two of Me
  129. I Know What I Should Do
  130. Let's Laugh Together
  131. Playing Hide and Seek
  132. Why Do We Need Friends?
  133. Even If We Fight
  134. Left Out
  135. Making Our Friendship Grow
  136. It's My Turn
  137. If It's Mine
  138. We Want To Have Fun
  139. Dilemma
  140. I Do Well When I Feel Good
  141. Rousso's Recipe
  142. Sick Of Being Sick
  143. Sometimes Friends Can Make You Mad
  144. Animal Friends
  145. Goldfish Goldfish
  146. Love Makes Life Worth Living
  147. True Or False
  148. When It Hurts
  149. Sometimes Everyone Feels Afraid
  150. All Alone
  151. Number 1
  152. Try Try Try Again
  153. Practice Makes Perfect
  154. Forgetting Is Okay
  155. The Things You Miss
  156. One Two Three
  157. There's Only One Me
  158. Lullaby for Bo
  159. That Makes Me Mad!
  160. Darn These Allergies
  161. Things That I Don't See
  162. I Have A Secret
  163. When I Have A Friend
  164. The One Color Crayon Blues
  165. Tattletale
  166. Green Grape Funk
  167. Don't You Dare
  168. Everybody Must Have Toys
  169. There Are Ways To Say I Love You
  170. You Gotta Get Physical
  171. Healthy Habits
  172. Hands Are Not Made For a Fight
  173. Time-outs
  174. On TV! On TV!
  175. Not Too Much TV
  176. I Love My Dirt
  177. Permission First
  178. The Wishing Song
  179. Families and Friends
  180. I Was Born To Lead
  181. Life Is Simply Grand
  182. When I Miss Someone I Love
  183. To Help A Friend
  184. The Mighty Monster Power Piggies
  185. Find Your Own Dream
  186. The Monster Mask
  187. I Like To Dream
  188. On Lazy Days
  189. When There's A Job To Do
  190. Are You My Friend?
  191. Even If We're Friends
  192. It's Okay To Cry
  193. We All Need Taking Care Of
  194. Yaya's Diary
  195. Tape Recorder Rap
  196. Turtles
  197. I'm A Fireman
  198. Where Is Bo?
  199. Taking A Nap
  200. Stand Up and Speak Out
  201. I Like To Be Me
  202. Brand New Again
  203. What Makes Something Special
  204. Me and My Dad
  205. Feeling Afraid
  206. Sometimes I'm Scared
  207. Invisible Me
  208. The Words You Say
  209. That's The Rule
  210. Stay Awake
  211. Tick Tock Clock
  212. Right On Time
  213. Snacktime Is Fun
  214. Privacy
  215. It's Fun To Go Travelling
  216. Disappointment
  217. Digging In The Dirt
  218. Bones
  219. Let's Be Different
  220. The Searching Song
  221. I'm Taking Care of Mommy
  222. Yaya's Good Tummy Soup
  223. It's Fun To Be Detectives
  224. Responsibility
  225. I Won
  226. I Like Painting Pictures
  227. Playing Dress Up Is Such Fun
  228. Watch Your Words
  229. Shhhhh
  230. Boys and Girls
  231. Scary Noises
  232. Find A Better Way
  233. Our Dad
  234. Magic!
  235. Do The Right Thing!
  236. Trying To Figure Problems Out
  237. Good Manners
  238. Presidents
  239. No Problem!
  240. Brothers and Sisters
  241. Imagination
  242. Better Be Careful!
  243. I'm Special
  244. What's So Good About Being Tall?
  245. I Wanna Be Big Right Now
  246. The Nicknames
  247. We All Need Each Other
  248. Noisy Noises
  249. I Love Snow

    Legal troubles

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."
Ronald A. Weinberg, CINAR President and Co-CEO:

Media

Video releases

Five hour-long VHS tapes were released by Sony Wonder in 1999 to 2000.
On July 27, 2010, Mill Creek Entertainment released a 10 episode Best-of collection entitled Wimzie's House: A World of Enchantment on DVD in Region 1.