Changes: Episode 115: Summer Cooler

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Bear in the Big Blue House

Premiere	November 7, 1997
Written by	P. Kevin Strader
Director	Hugh Martin
Theme	Summer

It's a hot summer day and Bear and everyone else in the Big Blue House are taking it easy. Bear receives a checkers set in the mail and plays checkers with both Pip and Pop and Treelo. To his surprise, they win handily, despite never having played the game before. They seem to have developed a wild move to take all of Bear's checkers in a single flurry of jumps. Pip and Pop also beat the heat by hanging out at the Otter Pond. They're later joined by Ojo, Treelo and Bear, but Tutter has own way of staying cool. He's created his very own Club Tutter in the kitchen, using the sink as a swimming pool.

Songs

In the Middle of the Summer

Notes

Bear states in this episode that his favorite drink is wild berry soda. Tutter, on the other hand, enjoys a "cheesarita."
The dog in the Shadow Projects logo in the closing credits makes a "beep beep" noise like a car honking its horn.

Video releases

A Bear for All Seasons
The Summer of Love (UK only)

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+It's a hot summer day and [[Bear]] and everyone else in the [[Big Blue House]] are taking it easy. Bear receives a checkers set in the mail and plays checkers with both [[Pip and Pop]] and [[Treelo]]. To his surprise, they win handily, despite never having played the game before. They seem to have developed a wild move to take all of Bear's checkers in a single flurry of jumps. Pip and Pop also beat the heat by hanging out at the [[Otter Pond]]. They're later joined by [[Ojo]], Treelo and Bear, but [[Tutter]] has own way of staying cool. He's created his very own Club Tutter in the kitchen, using the sink as a swimming pool.
-One morning, [[Bear]] finds [[Ojo]] playing pretend, having created a tent that's she's pretending is her home. Her imaginary home gets him thinking about his real home, the [[Big Blue House]]. He decides to take us all on a guided tour of the home. He takes us to the kitchen, which we learn is [[Tutter]]'s favorite room. The bathroom is the favorite haunt of [[Pip and Pop]]. [[Treelo]] likes Bear's bedroom, mainly because of the bed. [[Shadow]] retells the story of the little old lady who lived in a shoe. Finally, Bear also enjoys going up to the attic, because he gets to talk there each night with his friend [[Luna]], the moon.
 ==Songs==
+*[[In the Middle of the Summer]]
-*(It's) Great to Be at Home
-*No Place Like My Bedroom ([http://agent0042.fileburst.com/bearlric.html#bedroom lyrics])<br />
 ==Notes==
+*Bear states in this episode that his favorite drink is wild berry soda. Tutter, on the other hand, enjoys a "cheesarita."
-*Pip and Pop perform their short bath song to the tune of the classic opera song ''La donna è mobile''.
+*The dog in the Shadow Projects logo in the closing credits makes a "beep beep" noise like a car honking its horn.
-*This being the first episode, Bear's asking of Luna if she'll sing the "Goodbye Song" is a bit different than other episodes. He asks her if she'll sing a goodbye song with him, rather than the "Goodbye Song." A subtle difference in phrasing to note that this a routine that is being established.
-*This episode, as the premiere, features the first use of the opening theme, "Welcome to the Blue House" and the "Goodbye Song." There are also two other original songs "(It's) Great to Be at Home" and "No Place Like My Bedroom." The first song is Track 11 on the album ''[[Songs from Jim Henson's Bear in the Big Blue House]]'' and is titled simply "Great to Be at Home" on that album. It is Track 4 on the first ''[[Playhouse Disney (CD) | Playhouse Disney CD]]'' and is titled "It's Great to Be at Home" on both that album and the closing credits for this episode.
-*This episode includes a brief real-kids segment in which kids talk about their homes (or fantasize about them.)
-==Video Releases==
+==Video releases==
 *''[[A Bear for All Seasons]]''
+*''The Summer of Love'' (UK only)
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