The Big Comfy Couch (), is a Canadian children's prop comedy television series about a clown named Loonette and her doll Molly who solve everyday problems on their eponymous couch. It was produced by Cheryl Wagner and Robert Mills, directed by Wayne Moss, Robert Mills and Steve Wright. It premiered on March 2, 1993, in Canada and on January 9, 1995, in the United States on public television stations across the country, airing its final episode on December 29, 2006. The program was also broadcast on Treehouse TV from 1997 to 2011.
Premise
As with many children's shows, the series had a number of staple elements. In Canada, the series was shown on YTV from 1993 to 1997 and on Treehouse TV from 1997 until it stopped broadcasting on February 27, 2011. The show also airs on BTV in Botswana. As of 2023, all episodes can be viewed and streamed on Amazon Prime, Vudu, Tubi, the FilmRise app, and YouTube. From September 1, 1997, to 2001, the French-language dub was aired on Canal Famille in Quebec and on TF1 in France. In the Middle East, the show was also dubbed in Hebrew (which aired on the Hop! Channel in Israel) and Turkish (which aired on TRT 1 and Yumurcak TV in Turkey). The Spanish-language dub aired on Nickelodeon, MGM Channel, Unicable, Canal 5, and Galavisión in Latin America and La Primera in Spain.
Episodes
Season 1 (1993)
This season was produced in 1992. The episodes were first aired in 1993.
Season 2 (1994)
This season was produced in 1993.
Season 3 (1994)
Season 4 (1995)
Season 5 (1996)
Season 6 (2002)
Due to Court's pregnancy during production, she was unable to film any new Clock Rug segments. Instead, archival footage from seasons 3-5 was used.
Season 7 (2006)
Ramona Gilmour-Darling replaces Court in the role of Loonette. Seasons 3–7 were released on August 6, 2013. Each set comes with a bonus disc featuring a premiere episode of the following season. The Season 7 set, however, has a bonus disc of the premiere episode of the first season.
Merchandise and other media
Throughout the years, several merchandise has been sold under the show's banner such as videotapes, DVDs, books, dolls, toys and puzzles.
- Fuzzy Wuzzy Fun - Released April 1, 2015, this app features the dust bunnies Fuzzy and Wuzzy playing hide and seek. The objective for the player is to help them find each other by navigating through paths.
- Clock Rug Time - Released May 18, 2015, this app features Loonette and her clock rug stretch routine. Loonette can set the time for the player in both analog and digital. This app can also be used as an alarm clock. The app can also display the weather and temperature based on location.
- Molly's Big Day - Released May 17, 2016, this app focuses on Molly and her big first day in Clowndergarten with the use of activities for the player.
This Hour Has 22 Minutes
On the October 18, 2016 episode of This Hour Has 22 Minutes, in a segment discussing the 2016 clown sightings, Loonette made an appearance as the show's "clown correspondent."