Big Comfy Couch

Loonette the clown and her dolly Molly solve everyday problems while residing in the comfort of a large couch.

1992 HD TV-Y Canada English

Cheryl Wagner Alyson Court Taborah Johnson Bob Stutt Ramona Gilmour-Darling Bob Mills Nina Keogh Jackie Harris Greenberg

Comedy Family

S1E1 - Pie in the Sky 1992-03-02

Loonette and Molly spend the day discovering light and heavy things. After reading a story about a balloon, Loonette finds a balloon of her own, which she thinks can lift her off the ground. Shes too heavy, of course, but the balloon does lift Molly off the couch and into the garden.

S1E2 - Pinch to Grow an Inch 1993-03-08

Mollys birthday is approaching. She and Loonette hold a birthday party with games and costumes. They also have fun with big things compared to little things, particularly with a story about a gigantic cupcake.

S1E3 - All Aboard For Bed 1993-03-15

The show opens with a flashback: Loonette and Molly cant sleep. They venture around their house during the dark before Loonette reads her about a Sleep Trains magical adventure. The next day, Loonette discovers Major Bedhead asleep on the job.

S1E4 - Knit One Twirl Too

When Molly catches a cold while skiing, Loonette decides to knit her some new mittens. But when the yarn becomes a tangled mess, Loonette abandons the task and retreats to Granny Garbanzos garden. Granny tells a story of how she had to practice knitting as a child. This gives Loonette the confidence to keep on trying.

S1E5 - Upsey Downsey Day

Loonette gives Molly a special heart balloon, but after a short amount of play, the balloon flies away. At Granny Garbanzos garden, Loonette, Granny, and Major Bedhead have fun playing circus with a single rope. At the end of the circus routine, the heart balloon returns to Loonette, which brightens Mollys day.

S1E6 - Flippy Floppy Fun

When Molly flops over on her back, Loonette criticizes her for being lazy. But Loonette gets into a floppy mood, first by imitating a toy, and then by reading a story about a Poppy growing all by herself.

S1E7 - Something's Fishy Around Here

Loonette and Molly make-believe they are fishing on a boat, complete with lifejackets. With so much inactivity out on the pretend lake, Molly has to learn patience.

S1E8 - Scrub-a-Dub

Theres a big mess over at the couch. Unbeknownst to her, Loonette has brought an entire roll of toilet paper from her shoe to the couch. The pile-up is enormous. But thats not nearly as colossal as the big package Auntie Macassar sent. Beneath all the packing material are a few tiny cleaning items. With that search ended, Loonette and Major Bedhead, along with Granny Garbanzo, go into a routine called ""Slam-Dunk Your Junk.""

S1E9 - Red Light, Green Light

Its time for a few stop-and-go games, plus a pretend ride in Loonettes pretend car.

S1E10 - Gesundheit

Loonette starts out with a bad case of nosus kaboomis, a monster sneeze. She decides to vacuum the room, prompting Molly to retrieve the dust bunnies trapped in the vacuum cleaner. Outside, Loonettes monster sneeze helps Major Bedhead get his head out of a tuba. She then flies a kite and reads from the storybook to discover the power of wind.

S1E11 - Ping Pong Polka

An energetic Loonette promises to read Molly a story, but she gets too distracted with all the bouncy things in the couch (and a few that dont bounce). When a ping pong ball bounces away, Loonette follows it outside, where Major Bedhead delivers a box of ping-pong balls.

S1E12 - Funny Faces

Loonette shows her feelings with her face and compliments Mollys good looks. When they see that Granny Garbanzo has received a movie from her relatives, they watch and discover good feelings abroad.

S1E13 - Snug as a Bug

Loonette gives Molly a nature lesson/puppet show, demonstrating how a caterpillar turns into a butterfly. At Granny Garbanzos garden, Loonette learns the right way to handle pesky insects.

S2E7 - Hoopla

After searching for her ball, Loonette goes over to Granny Garbanzos garden to help make cabbage rolls. A hoop, sent from Auntie Macassar, comes with the song ""Go With The Flow,"" about trying things out.

S2E8 - Wrong Side of the Couch

Loonette is in a growly mood from waking up on the wrong side of the couch (i.e., behind the couch). It takes a great deal of effort and brains for her to lose that grumpy feeling.

S2E9 - I Feel Good

Loonette and Molly want to know more about their bodies. They learn that feeling good and looking good can often compliment each other. At Granny Garbanzos garden, Loonette and Granny help Major Bedhead get rid of his spare tireâ€“which he wore in case his unicycle went flat.

S2E11 - Rude-I-Culous

First Molly and then Loonette have what they think is a riot with rude faces and noises. It takes a musical lecture from Granny to tell Loonette that there is a time and a place to be rude.

S2E12 - Make It Snappy

Loonette is in haste. Neither Molly nor Major Bedhead cares to do anything except at a slow pace. Will Auntie Macassars gift change things?

S2E13 - Feast of Fools

Its time for the annual Feast of Fools dinner party. Granny tells Loonette that the feast reminds clowns of the days when there wasnt much food to go around. When there is plenty of food, its cause for a celebration which is precisely what Auntie Macassar brings to the feast, in song.

S3E1 - Give Yer Head a Shake 1994-07-04

Loonette has to teach Molly that there are certain times when the word ""no"" is used. Snicklefritz learns this the hard way after his wild ways cause Major Bedhead to hurt his knee. Near the end of the program, Loonette reads an extended version of Mary Had a Little Lamb.

S3E2 - It's About Time

Granny Garbanzo is holding a sleepover in her garden. Before Loonette can go over, she has to fix an alarm clock and give Molly a time-out. It turns out Granny has to give Snicklefritz a time-out of his own. But everyone shares in the sleepover, including Auntie Macassar, who brings an inflatable cot.

S3E3 - Clownus Interruptus

Molly wants to get Loonettes attention by playing a rock music cassette at an ear-splitting level. Loonette tries to tell her to wait her turn. But the tables turn on Loonette when she cuts off what Major Bedhead wants to say.

S3E4 - Why?

Molly keeps asking ""Why?"" (thought bubble with a question mark), leaving Loonette a tense little clown. Yet both discover that this tensing and relaxing is good for them.

S3E5 - Monkey See Monkey Do

After teaching Molly about echoes, Loonette decides to copy everyone. This spills out into Granny Garbanzos garden. When Granny objects to Loonettes mocking, she dresses up to mock Loonette!

S3E6 - Sticks and Stones

Loonette stars to call Molly ""Clumsy Clown"" because she doesnt do well at Pick-Up Sticks. When Loonette ventures outside, she and Major Bedhead make up nicknames for everything in the garden. Both think its funny, but then Loonette gets a lesson from Auntie Macassar about unkind works. Back at the couch, Loonette decides to cheer Molly up by playing the role of a clumsy ballerina.

S3E7 - Horsing Around

Its National Horseplay Day, an uproarious good time for every clownâ€“but not for Snicklefritz. Who can get him to start laughing?

S3E8 - All Over and Under

Loonette gets an interesting perspective of her couch and Granny Garbanzos garden. When Major Bedhead crawls along, he helps Loonette tame Snicklefritz, who is intent on playing leapclown. Auntie Macassars succession of picture postcards show Loonette how to view the various parts of the world from various unusual directions.

S3E9 - Pants on Fire

Loonette tells a few fibs to Molly and then Major Bedhead. Neither believe Loonette because she is squirming like a wormâ€“a dead giveaway, for sure.

S3E10 - All Fall Down

Loonette and Molly have fun with falling down safely. The unforgotten rule is: Dont keep your hands in your pockerts.

S3E11 - Travelling Papers

Loonette feels the need to travel. She and Molly set their zigzag compass to go to Clowntown, but Granny Garbanzo and Major Bedhead keep them at bay. While both Loonette and Molly are too young to go to Clowntown by themselves, they can travel in their imagination. It sets up a costume piece with Granny as the Tour Guide and Major Bedhead as the Captain on their Boat of Imagination.

S3E12 - Hiccups

First Loonette, then Molly, cant get rid of their hiccups. They set out to Granny Garbanzos garden, where everyone suggests crazy curesâ€“even Auntie Macassar, who drops in for a ladies tea.

S3E13 - Full of Life

What happens when Loonette decides to take everything out of the couch? She learns about empty and full the hard way. And in Granny Garbanzos garden, after befriending a caterpillar, Loonette understands the expression ""full of life.""

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