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Out of the Box (1998) | Couchpile

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Season 1

21 Episodes

1998

E01

Seeds of Imagination

10/5/1998·25m

Vivian is tending to some bean seeds that she planted last week which are beginning to grow into bean plants. They'll need soil, sunlight, water, and air. Vivian shows the kids how they can make newspaper trees. They play out their own version of 'Jack and the Beanstalk' in which the kids plant newspaper 'magic seed' that grows into a newspaper beanstalk.

E02

Yes and Nose

10/6/1998

The kids use their noses to sniff out where Tony is hiding some muffins he's made for them. They pretend to be different animals with different types of noses and make nose puppets out of paper cups which they use to play out their own version of 'Pinocchio.' Pinocchio, whose nose grows when he tells a lie, meets some animals and has a nose contest with them. He learns to be happy with the nose he has and all the great things it can do.

E03

Playhouse Mouse

10/7/1998

Vivian brings in her new pet mouse, Nugget, to meet everyone.

E04

Pick-A-Pet

10/8/1998

The kids help Nicholas choose what pet he would like for his birthday.

E05

Ships Ahoy

10/9/1998

Dane brings in a toy boat which inspires the group to make their own little boat out of some corks and toothpicks. Vivian finds a picture of a ship's captain in her picture box and everyone jumps in for an adventure. The kids jump out and make a pretend ship that they all fit in. They play out their own version of "Captain Hook" in which they sail to a far away island to rescue him.

E06

High Fliers

10/12/1998

Jill's new toy airplane breaks its wing, and Vivian comes to the rescue with her glue bottle. While the glue dries, the kids make toy parachutes out of paper cups and tissue. They sing a parachute song and play out their own version of "Peter Pan", in which Peter forgets how to fly and is rescued by a friendly eagle and a passing airplane.

E07

Day at the Beach

10/14/1998

The kids make a pretend ocean in the Box. They use fabric to make pretend waves and sand. Wondering what it must be like to live in the sea, Nick and Vivian look in her picture box and find a picture of a crab and an octopus. They jump in and learn to "go with the flow." They jump out and make ocean drums out of pie tins and play out their own seaside version of, "Puss In Boots."

E08

Circle Circus

10/20/1998

Everyone is playing with hula hoops - but Aleisha can't seem to get it.

E09

Tube Town

10/23/1998

The kids discover all of the fun things you can do with tubes. They use mailing and paper towel tubes to make tube suits, tube instruments and play out a story about a place where everything is made out of tubes - tube town!

E10

Animal Antics

10/27/1998

The kids explore life in the jungle by jumping into a picture to meet a tiger, a toucan, and a snake. They make jungle animal masks out of a paper towel roll and a milk carton. Together they play out a story explaining how the toucan got her rainbow beak.

E11

Box Full of Boxes

10/30/1998

The kids find a bunch of boxes left over from when they built their clubhouse. They make box music, a box birthday cake and a box candy house which they use to play out their own version of "Hansel And Gretel."

E12

A Place Called Space

11/3/1998

The kids make outer space mobiles out of hangers, yarn and paper. They pretend to be astronauts and blast off in their own spaceship. Everyone plays out their own version of a folk tale about the sun and the moon.

E13

The Fuzzy Worm

11/5/1998

Jill finds a real live caterpillar and brings it in to show Tony. Once they put it back on an outside branch, they all pretend to be caterpillars and turn into beautiful butterflies. Paper, paint and pipe cleaners are fashioned into butterfly art projects. Everyone plays out their own version of "THE UGLY DUCKLING" about a family of worms who take in a caterpillar that they think is a very fuzzy worm.

E14

Campout Kids

11/9/1998

Tony shares a camping song, and the kids go on a pretend hike. They make yard stick fishing poles, and catch paper fish. They pitch a pretend tent, and play out a pretend version of "Little Red Riding Hood."

E15

Tall and Small

11/13/1998

A magnifying glass inspires the kids to make a tiny town out of milk cartons, dominoes, and a soap dish. They explore size as they play out their own version of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears."

E16

Hats Off

11/17/1998

It's a rainy day and the kids explore all the types of hats that protect our heads, and the different hats that tell us what jobs people do. They make their own hats and play out a new version of the story of "Chicken Little."

E17

Hands On

11/18/1998

Aleisha teaches everyone some sign language and helps them discover how to make music with your hands. They make hand-painted paper mittens and use them to play out their own version of "The Three Little Kittens."

E18

Doctor Octor

11/23/1998

Brandon just had a check-up, so he pretends to be a Doctor. They jump into a picture of a doctor to find out more about check-ups. They jump out and pretend that their alligator puppet, Swampy, has a tummy ache and they take him to a pretend hospital. A cardboard box is transformed into an ambulance and they help to make swampy feel better.

E19

Really Wheely

11/27/1998

Dane finds an old wagon that's missing a wheel - so everyone pitches in to find something that would make a good replacement. They transform the wagon into a fantastical vehicle that rescues their puppet, Pogo the Porcupine, who gets stuck in a pretend castle.

E20

Sticky Icky

12/1/1998

Tony accidentally sits in a chair that Vivian had just painted. The sticky paint makes the chair stick to Tony's pants. They all make a sticky face picture and sticky capes which they wear to play out a story about going on a sticky safari and meeting a sticky spider queen.

E21

Feet First

12/3/1998

Tony plays his talking drum and everyone moves their feet to the beat. They make a hopscotch board to hop on and they also make foot paintings. Everyone takes a part as they play out their own version of "Cinderella."

Season 3

26 Episodes

2002

E01

Leap Frog Leap!

11/25/2002

The Frog Prince, the frog is turned into a boy who can do a special jump twist, by an evil witch who is jealous of his jump, they come to an agreement that if the frogboy teaches her how to do the special twist jump she'll turn him back into a frog.

E02

Join the Parade

12/2/2002

Join the parade with the Out of the Box gang!

E03

Winning the Gold

12/9/2002

Act out a Hercules story, Hercules zips through an obstacle course, and one of the participants (Vivian) goes through the obstacle course without really trying hard, in the end she realizes that you have to put your heart into to be great.

E04

Brick by Brick

12/16/2002

An old woman who lived in a shoe, comes up with an idea with others to build a town with the help of her children's idea.

E05

Thinkin' Lincoln

12/16/2002

A story about Lincoln, the president picks out a vice president out of 3 candidates, each candidate does a different pose or a funny act, but the president picks the one that helps out their family first.

E06

Alike and Different

12/23/2002

"Beauty and the Beast", in a town called Splitsville, there lived two groups of people, the Beauties, who wear only polka-dots, and the Beasties, who only wear stripes. Both groups did everything opposite from one another, when one group went forward, the other group would go backwards. Until one day their cleaners got their clothes mixed up and found out that both groups have things in common with each other.

E07

Topsy Tempo

12/30/2002

The Tortoise and the Hares; the hares zips through everything even with their speaking, they learn how to take their time to learn a new language.

E08

Listen Up!

1/3/2003

"City and Country Mouse," one mouse lives in the city and another lives in the country. One day the country mouse visits the city mouse and learns the importance of being loud and soft in a big city.

E09

Horsing Around

1/10/2003

The Pony Express, the kids/horses have a relay race that turns into a relay postal service to deliver/catch up to Prima Horsarina, because she can't dance without her favorite dancing shoes. A new meaning for the "Pony Express."

E10

Making Mistakes

1/17/2003

A Cinderella story in the future after Cinderella and the Prince has been married and are having another ball. The fairy godmother comes and gives all new things to wear except that they aren't what they expected them to be.

E11

Tickets Please!

1/24/2003

Three Billy Goats Gruff encounters a troll who hates to lose, but the goats teach the troll that winning isn't everything as long as you have fun playing the game.

E12

It's Mother's Day!

5/5/2003

They make personalized invitations for their mothers for their special Mother's Day Show. They practice their performance for their mothers.

E13

It's Father's Day!

6/9/2003

"Goldilocks and the Three Bears," Momma and Baby Bear and Goldilocks surprises Papa Bear with something special for Father's Day. Goldilocks comes over early and had messed up Papa Bear's things. She went upstairs and fell asleep in Papa Bear's bed.

E14

Pattern, Pattern

12/2/2003

Three Little Pigs, the three little pigs move into town and the wolf, who loves patterns pays a visit to each of the little pigs, who has patterns around their homes, all four of them becomes fast friends.

E15

Dinosaur Romp

5/3/2004

A dinosaur tale about a dinosaur looking for his family and making friends with other dinosaurs.

E16

Weather or Not!

5/6/2004

Story of Princess Sunshine; the weather is always sunny until one day it rains; the importance of different kinds of weather.

E17

Pop To It!

5/10/2004

A Popcorn Story, where the kids are kernels, who lived in a popcorn machine in a theater; one day they turned into popcorn and they find out what happens in a movie theater.

E18

Read the Signs

5/14/2004

A Hansel and Gretel story, who meets a mean cranky wizard in the woods who wants to eat them for dinner. Their brother, Rufus, followed their trail of signs and saved them from the evil cranky wizard. We learn the importance of reading signs.

E19

First Things First

5/17/2004

A Sorcerer's Apprentice" story; they learn about putting things in order after they finished playing with the toys.

E20

A One and A Two

5/21/2004

Noah's Ark, they go in pairs onto the ark; they learn to do things on their own and with each other.

E21

Bendy Stretchy

8/2/2004

A Stiff Tree Story, all the trees love to bend and stretch, except for one, until one day a thunderstorm blew down the stiff tree. We learn the importance of bending and stretching.

E22

Wonderful Words!

8/4/2004

They act out the "Aleisha From Vericia" story. A story that use rhymes. The characters are Purple Furple, the Orange Borange, Marris from Paris, Vericia's townspeople, Bareesha and Padeesha, dancing the Zeesha with their kalicias on.

E23

Nutcracker Sweet

8/10/2004

They play out the "Nutcracker Story." Marie (played by Maddy), falls asleep and her toys, the sugar plum fairy and the Mouse King, comes to life. They start to play with each other. Then the toys started to argue who Marie liked best. Marie settled the argument by saying she loved them all.

E24

Surprise, Surprise

9/20/2004

A story about three feathered friends who love surprising each other.

E25

Kids Are Kids

9/27/2004

Mary had a beautiful garden, but there was also a bee, a worm and a spider.

E26

Happy New Year!

10/1/2004

Celebrate the new year with the Out of the Box gang!