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ADVISORY/Celebrate the Holidays With Bear and Olie, Stars of Disney Channel's Original Series for Preschoolers, On Saturday, Dec. 9 and Sunday, Dec. 10 At Edgewater Mall.


Entertainment Editors

ADVISORY...for Saturday and Sunday (Dec. 9-10)

--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)

Celebrate the Holidays With Bear and Olie,

Stars of Disney Channel's Original Series for Preschoolers,

"Bear in the Big Blue House Bear in the Big Blue House is a television program for young children produced for the Disney Channel by The Jim Henson Company. The program taught simple life lessons by following the title character and his puppet friends as they went through their day. " From Jim Henson Television Jim Henson Television is the television production arm of The Jim Henson Company.

Some of the more notable television programs produced by the Henson organization include:
  • The Muppet Show 1976—1981 - syndicated variety show.


and "Rolie Polie Olie"

On Saturday, Dec. 9 and Sunday, Dec. 10 At Edgewater Mall


WHO:      Everyone's favorite Bear, star of Disney Channel's
          critically-acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning original series for
          preschoolers, "Bear In The Big Blue House," and Olie, the
          six-year-old robot living in an all-robotic round world in
          Disney Channel's Emmy Award-winning animated series for
          preschoolers, "Rolie Polie Olie."

WHAT:     Local kids and their families are invited to come and see
          Bear and Olie.  Don't forget to bring your cameras! Bear
          and Olie will be posing for photographs with their fans.

WHEN:     Saturday, Dec. 9 & Sunday, Dec. 10
          Between 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

WHERE:    Edgewater Mall
          Highway 90
          Biloxi, Miss.

MORE:     Disney Channel is available in Biloxi through Cable One.
          Customers interested in receiving Cable One services can
          call 228/374-5900.


Brimming with creativity, storytelling, learning and music, "Bear in the Big Blue House" is hosted by a seven-foot bear who, though large, exudes warmth, comfort and understanding. Along with a house full of friends -- Tutter (the industrious mouse), Treelo (the curious lemur lemur (lē`mər), name for prosimians, or lower primates, of two related families, found only on Madagascar and adjacent islands. Lemurs have monkeylike bodies and limbs, and most have bushy tails about as long as the body. ), Pip and Pop (playful twin otters), Ojo (the young girl cub) and Luna (the wise moon), Bear's oldest friend -- Bear teaches little kids a real world curriculum. Through creative play, he also provides a role model for caregivers to stimulate learning in their own houses. All the action takes place in the kid-friendly Big Blue House where songs are sung, stories are told, and imagination and adventure reign. Produced by Jim Henson Noun 1. Jim Henson - United States puppeteer who created a troupe of puppet characters (1936-1990)
Henson
 Co., "Bear in the Big Blue House" is the creation of Mitchell Kriegman Mitchell Kriegman is a writer, producer, and actor associated with numerous popular television shows. He is credited with the patented design of the revolutionary Shadowmation technique, that combines puppets, animatronics, and computer animation to create a realistic virual , who also created and executive produced the popular Nickelodeon show "Clarissa Explains It All Clarissa Explains It All is an American situation comedy television series from Nickelodeon starring a then unknown Melissa Joan Hart. Sixty-five episodes were shown during the five seasons. The teen sitcom ran from March 1, 1991 to December 3, 1994. ." The series is currently in its third season on Disney Channel Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. . Its executive producers are Brian Henson Brian Henson (born 1963 in New York City, New York) is an Academy Award-winning puppeteer, director, producer, and technician. The son of puppeteers Jane and Jim Henson, he, along with his sister Lisa, is co-chair and co-CEO of the Jim Henson Company. , Mitchell Kriegman and Alex Rockwell.

The first completely computer-generated, animated TV series aimed at little kids (ages 2-5), Emmy and Gemini Award-winning "Rolie Polie Olie" chronicles the touching, tumultuous and sometimes hilarious world of Olie, a simple six-year-old boy who lives in a magical mechanical world where everyone and everything is round and robotic. Created by renowned children's book author and illustrator William Joyce, "Rolie Polie Olie" airs daily on Playhouse Disney For the Playhouse Disney in other countries, see Playhouse Disney around the world. Playhouse Disney is the brand name for Disney Channel's preschool programs, often airing as its own channel outside of the United States. , Disney Channel's morning programming block designed especially for preschoolers and their parents and caregivers.

Disney Channel, combining original series, movies and specials with timeless classics, is the first general entertainment television network designed for kids and families. Disney Channel is a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Co.
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