The Fox Cubhouse

• Jim Henson's Animal Show - 39 episodes, Jim Henson Productions (1994–1996) - Broadcast on Mondays and Fridays.
• Johnson and Friends - 78 episodes, Film Australia (US dub) (1994–1996) - Broadcast on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
• Rimba's Island - 52 episodes, DIC Productions, L.P. (1994–1996) - Broadcast on Wednesdays.
• Britt Allcroft's Magic Adventures of Mumfie - 13 episodes, The Britt Allcroft Company (1995–1996) Broadcast on Tuesdays with Johnson and Friends.
• Budgie the Little Helicopter - 26 episodes, Fred Wolf Films (1995–1996) Broadcast on Thursdays with Johnson and Friends.

In 1992, Jay Rayvid and Donna Mitroff of WQED, Pittsburgh (the PBS affiliate known for producing Mister Rogers' Neighborhood) entered into an agreement with Film Australia to attempt to get Johnson and Friends onto television in the United States, specifically PBS. Unfortunately, they were not able to secure funding from PBS to produce a pilot due to the sheer traffic and amount of submissions, despite their interest. When 1994 came around, FOX began to show interest in Johnson and Friends. At this stage, 26 episodes of Johnson (the first two series) had been produced and the latter 26 episodes (series three) was in post-production - all 52 episodes were available to WQED for distribution. FOX Children's Network committed to Johnson and Friends and thus The Fox Cubhouse was created.

WQED and Fox teamed up and implemented Johnson and Friends, Rimba's Island and Jim Henson's Animal Show into this concept. The latter two series were specifically produced for the Cubhouse, but were also shown independently in many other countries. In addition, the Fox Cubhouse itself was shot at WQED.

The series featured a woman named Rosie (played by Nancy Mura) who, with several puppet animal characters, introduced and served as the outro for the programs within. Jim Henson's Animal Show was shown on Mondays and Fridays, Johnson and Friends was shown on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and Rimba's Island was shown on Wednesdays.

Johnson and Friends was heavily reversioned for the Cubhouse series, the voices were redubbed for the most part, but it was decided that Peter Browne would be retained as Alfred's voice actor - due to master recording issues, however, all of his dialogue had to be rerecorded. Several additional songs and music tracks were written by Chris Neal and his son Braedy, who had previously composed all of the music for the original version of Johnson and Friends, as FOX felt that some of the earlier episodes were "too quiet" and did not fit the atmosphere they wanted for the series. Instrumental versions of preexisting Johnson songs were also used. As the series was broadcast as a segment rather than a standalone program, the credits were featured at the end of the Cubhouse itself and each Johnson episode ended with the final chorus of 'Toys, Toys, Wonderful Toys' from the Johnson album, re-recorded by the US cast. Minor cuts were also occasionally made along with adjustments to John Patterson's scripts, by WQED executive Casey Brown, to remove Australian terminology and slang. These changes are generally frowned upon by many of the original Johnson and Cubhouse crew, as well as people who grew up with the series.

The Fox Cubhouse became a short-lived success, and FOX commissioned an additional season of 26 episodes of Johnson and Friends for the Cubhouse's second season. Series director Ian Munro maintained a level of creative control over the American version of the program and was involved with voice direction for this run of episodes. These episodes were also shown in Australia, dubbed by the original voice cast and marketed as the fourth series of the program, two years after production, in 1997. David Flick, who had provided the American voice of Diesel was replaced by Doug Scroope, Diesel's original voice, and several episodes of the first season of Cubhouse were also revised with Doug Scroope as Diesel, this change was actually present in late reruns of the first season of Cubhouse. New episodes of Jim Henson's Animal Show and Rimba's Island were also present in this second season, as well as repeats of the old episodes. However, the second season was a complete revamp and the characters, setting, and the entire premise were changed. Only the programs within the Cubhouse remained the same. Two new shows, Magic Adventures of Mumfie and Budgie the Little Helicopter were also added to the series. While previous Cubhouse episodes would feature two episodes of Johnson and Friends, the second season sometimes paired a single episode with an episode of Budgie the Little Helicopter or Magic Adventures of Mumfie (due to the fact that all three programs had a running time of ten minutes). Some episodes, however, still featured two Johnson episodes.

Shortly after the broadcast of the final second season episodes in 1996, The Fox Cubhouse was taken off the air, and the American localisation has not been seen since. It is believed that many of the master tapes of the US version were wiped, however, several master copies are known to exist.

The Fox Cubhouse was also shown in the US overseas territory Guam on KTGM.

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