Ojo the bear cub, the purple otters Pip and Pop, and the lemur Treelo. The Jim Henson Company created Bear in the Big Blue House as a Muppet-populated playhouse for preschoolers. It's a program that's good for parents and children to watch together, because it deals with experiences they both can relate to.
Every episode has a moral, lesson, or topic kids can learn from.
Kids are crazy about Bear. He is genial, charismatic, and very much a bear who engages in such bear-like behavior as sniffing, sleeping, and picking berries. Since its first season in 1997, the show has given rise to a huge number of plush and feature toys, books, software, videos, and music.