50 Fun Facts About Kids TV Show

In which year did Sesame Street first air on television?

It debuted on November 10 to strong ratings, and was the first children's show built around a formal educational curriculum.

How tall is Big Bird?

That is 249 cm of yellow feathers, all worn by Caroll Spinney for 49 years until 2018.

As of 2022, roughly how many Emmy Awards had Sesame Street won?

By its 40th anniversary the show was already airing in more than 140 countries.

Which is Cookie Monster's favorite kind of cookie?

The blue, googly-eyed monster was performed by Frank Oz for 35 years before David Rudman took over.

What real first name did Cookie Monster reveal in a 2004 song?

He repeated it in a 2017 interview, so the monster has been on the record twice.

How old does Elmo say he is?

He also refers to himself in the third person and speaks in a high falsetto, a voice created by Kevin Clash in 1985.

On what date does Elmo celebrate his birthday?

The furry red monster has hosted the closing segment of the show, Elmo's World, since 1998.

What color was Oscar the Grouch during the first season?

The trash-can dweller was recolored green from season two onward, and later gained a pet worm named Slimey.

The Sesame Street episode that dealt with Mr. Hooper's death aired on which holiday in 1983?

The producers chose to explain death directly rather than recast the storekeeper after actor Will Lee died in 1982.

What is Mr. Snuffleupagus's first name?

His head looks like a mammoth's, but he has no tusks and no visible ears.

In which year did the grown-ups on Sesame Street finally see Snuffy for themselves?

The writers ended the gag because they worried children might conclude adults would not believe them about serious things either.

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood was produced by a public TV station in which city?

Station WQED made 912 episodes and specials before the show ended in August 2001.

Fred Rogers kept his weight at exactly 143 pounds because he said the number stood for what?

One letter, four letters, three letters. He also swam nearly every morning of his adult life.

Fred Rogers was ordained as a minister in which church?

He was ordained in 1963, five years before his show's national debut.

Which actor played Fred Rogers in the 2019 film A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood?

Rogers had received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from George W. Bush in 2002.

After Steve left Blue's Clues in 2002, what was the name of the new host?

Actor Donovan Patton played the character for the fifth and sixth seasons.

On Blue's Clues, where does the host sit down to work out what the three clues mean?

The clues themselves get recorded in the Handy Dandy Notebook.

Which Australian city inspired the setting of Bluey?

Creator Joe Brumm's show is made by Ludo Studio in Queensland and premiered in October 2018.

What is the job of Bandit, Bluey's dad?

Mum Chilli works part-time in airport security, and each episode runs a tidy seven minutes.

Peppa Pig World, a themed area based on the show, opened in 2011 at which English attraction?

The show itself began on Channel 5 in May 2004, seven years before the park area opened.

Roughly how much did Hasbro pay to acquire Entertainment One, the owner of Peppa Pig?

The deal, completed in 2019, also brought Hasbro the PJ Masks franchise.

How old is Ryder, the boy who leads the PAW Patrol?

The Canadian series, made by toy company Spin Master, protects the seaside town of Adventure Bay.

What breed of dog is Chase, the police pup on PAW Patrol?

Marshall the firefighter is the Dalmatian, Rubble the builder is the Bulldog and Zuma the water rescuer is the chocolate Lab.

Mayor Humdinger, the PAW Patrol's rival, is mayor of which town?

Mayor Goodway of Adventure Bay, by contrast, carries a pet chicken named Chickaletta.

What kind of animal is Boots, Dora the Explorer's best friend?

The show ran on Nickelodeon from 2000 to 2014 and doubled as a basic Spanish lesson.

What kind of animal is Arthur Read?

Marc Brown's character lives in Elwood City with his sister D.W. and his dog Pal.

Which reggae artist performed the Arthur theme song 'Believe in Yourself'?

The show ran 25 seasons, ending in February 2022 as the longest-running American children's cartoon at the time.

What color is Tinky Winky, the biggest of the Teletubbies?

Dipsy is green, Laa-Laa is yellow and Po is red; the show debuted on BBC2 in March 1997.

What type of dinosaur is Barney?

Barney began in 1988 home videos called Barney & the Backyard Gang before moving to PBS in 1992.

Barney's friend Baby Bop is what type of dinosaur?

Her brother BJ is a yellow and green Protoceratops.

Barney's closing song is sung to the tune of which traditional children's song?

Future pop stars Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato both appeared on the show in seasons 7 and 8.

Who hosted Reading Rainbow on PBS from 1983 to 2006?

He was simultaneously playing Geordi La Forge on Star Trek: The Next Generation for much of the run.

Roughly how much did the 2014 Reading Rainbow Kickstarter campaign raise from backers?

Seth MacFarlane matched another $1 million on top, taking the total near $6.5 million.

Who voiced Ms. Frizzle in the original Magic School Bus cartoon?

The theme song was sung by Little Richard, and Kate McKinnon later voiced Fiona Frizzle in the reboot.

Bill Nye the Science Guy was nominated for 23 Emmy Awards. How many did it win?

The show made 100 episodes at Seattle's KCTS, and Nye had earlier engineered parts of the Boeing 747.

What breed of dog was Wishbone, the PBS pup who daydreamed his way into classic novels?

Larry Brantley won the voice role after a five-minute impromptu audition.

What was the real name of the dog who played Wishbone?

The series premiered on PBS in October 1995 and was set in the fictional town of Oakdale.

What was the name of the real animal who played Zoboomafoo on the Kratt brothers' show?

Filming took place partly at the Duke Lemur Center in Durham, North Carolina, with a puppet standing in for talking scenes.

Which former Beatle was the original narrator of Thomas & Friends?

Producer Britt Allcroft hired him after deciding his voice was perfect; George Carlin later took over the American version.

Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends live on which fictional island?

The engines come from The Railway Series books, which the Rev. W. Awdry began writing for his son Christopher.

Where do the Fraggles' tiny neighbors, the Doozers, get the material for their buildings?

The candy-like sticks are so tasty that Fraggles eat the buildings, which is exactly what the Doozers want.

Fraggle Rock's Uncle Traveling Matt is named as a pun on what?

His postcards from Outer Space were shot with the traveling matte process, so the joke was hiding in plain sight.

Doug Funnie's superhero alter ego is called what?

Creator Jim Jinkins based the character on home movies from his own childhood.

Which children's book illustrator drew the Little Bear books that the TV series is based on?

Else Holmelund Minarik wrote the stories; the cartoon premiered on Nick Jr. in 1995.

In Hey Arnold!, what is the name of the boarding house Arnold's grandparents run?

Grandpa Phil and Grandma Gertie raise Arnold there in the fictional city of Hillwood, Washington.

Where did Bob Keeshan say the 'Kangaroo' in Captain Kangaroo came from?

The show ran on CBS for 29 years, longer than any other children's program on a commercial network.

Which two words did Howdy Doody's silent clown finally speak at the end of the last episode in 1960?

The marionette himself had 48 freckles, one for every state in the union when he was built.

Schoolhouse Rock! began when its creator's son could memorize which band's lyrics but not times tables?

Advertising executive David McCall's fix became 'Three Is a Magic Number', written and sung by jazz musician Bob Dorough.

Before creating SpongeBob SquarePants, Stephen Hillenburg worked as what?

That background explains Bikini Bottom, a squirrel in a diving suit, and a pet snail who meows like a cat.

How old is Aang at the start of Avatar: The Last Airbender?

He spent a century frozen in an iceberg with his sky bison Appa before Katara and Sokka found him.