SeeMore's Playhouse is an American children's television series using

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s to teach preschoolers about

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concepts.

Characters

* SeeMore the Safety

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- Puppeteered by Rafael Rodriguez * Harry Hippo - Puppeteered by Eric Wright * Shades Wolf - Puppeteered by Eric Wright in season 1, David Stephens in season 2 * Basil

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- Puppeteered by Kenneth Mark Berman in season 1, David Fino in season 2 * Lottie Lamb - Puppeteered by Lindsey "Z" Briggs * Penny Pup - Puppeteered by Sarah Frechette * Barb Porcupine - Puppeteered by Carole Simms D'Agostino (Barb only appeared in Season 1, she was dropped in Season 2) * Various characters - Puppeteered by Mark Gale and others

Segments

The show has a few recurring segments in every episode

It's Knock-Knock Time!

The puppets and guest celebrities will tell knock-knock jokes to other with a wall reminiscent of

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An Adventure with Harry Hippo

This series follows Harry Hippo trying to navigate the world around him.

Songs

There are at least 2 songs in every episode. Every main puppet has sung at least once.

Episodes

Season 1 (2006)

# Hide and Seek (September 10, 2006) # Party Planners (September 17, 2006) # SeeMore Appreciation (September 24, 2006) # The Talent Show (October 1, 2006) # Make Believe (October 8, 2006) # Basil's Surprise (October 15, 2006) # Pool Yourself Together (October 22, 2006) # Nature Walk (October 29, 2006) # A Tale of Two Cyclists (November 5, 2006) # Rock Song (November 12, 2006) # Come on Team Play (November 19, 2006) # Penny's Playground (November 26, 2006) # 1-555-Vegetables (December 3, 2006)

Season 2 (2007–2008)

# Power to Play (November 3, 2007) # The Pickle Hat (November 10, 2007) # Get Up, Get Out, Get Going (November 17, 2007) # Ready, Set, Snow! Disaster Preparedness (November 24, 2007) # Sweet & Sour (December 1, 2007) # I'm Bigger Than You (December 8, 2007) # Mrs. Bingley's Farm (December 15, 2007) # Cool Rules (December 22, 2007) # What's Cooking? (December 29, 2007) # Marching Orders (January 5, 2008) # Lost & Found (January 7, 2008) # No Peanuts, Please! (January 8, 2008) # Teacher's Pet (January 9, 2008) # Harry's Check-Up (January 10, 2008) # Lottie's Library Card (January 11, 2008) # Home Theater (January 14, 2008) # Take Me Out (January 15, 2008)

Home media

Only 2

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s of the series were produced. *Fire Safety *Car and Pedestrian Safety

Reception

''Common Sense Media'' gave the show 3 out of 5 stars.

References

External links

Safety4Kids: SeeMore's Playhouse
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