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Understanding 9/11Caillou - TV Series (Puppet Segments) (2000 - 2003)
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- 2000-09-04
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- Caillou, TV, Series, Cinar, Entertainment, Children, Video, Media, Animation, Cartoon, Edutainment
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- English
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- 27.3G
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In seasons 2-3, live action puppet segments were added to fill up timeslots after PBS bought the U.S. rights to the show in 2001 and later retooled it. There are four characters in the segments: Gilbert, (Caillou's pet cat), Rexy (Caillou's plush dinosaur), Teddy, (Caillou's teddy bear), and a squirrel named Dee-Dee. In the intro, after Caillou puts Rexy, Teddy, and Gilbert on his bed, his kite transforms them from animated drawings into live action puppets. This is the only part of the intro to feature original animation instead of a clip from the show. Rexy, Gilbert, Teddy, and Dee-Dee are voiced by Peir Kohl, Bob Stutt, Matt Ficner, Frank Meschkuleit and Tim Gosley.
The segments take place in the backyard or in Caillou's bedroom. Gilbert, Rexy and Teddy appear in all the puppet segments, while Dee-Dee only appears in some. The puppet segments were related to topics of the episode. For example, if the Caillou segments focused on traveling, the puppet segments did too.
In the second season, the puppet segments were used as a wraparound story, transitioning from one Caillou story to the next. Sometimes, they would also transit from a Caillettes music video or a real kids segment.
In the third season, the segments were retooled into one three-minute short and for some reasons, would feature the characters singing a song. This was mainly due to the puppet segments took up too much screen time in the previous season. A closing segment featured at the end of the show would feature the puppets playing a game with the viewers. Dee-Dee is absent.
When the show was renewed for a fourth season, the puppet segments were omitted and replaced with segments featuring Caillou singing a song or inviting the viewers to play a game. Despite this, the segments have added a cult following among younger viewers, even by people who hate the show.
The segments were completely cut out of most international airings of the show and in subsequent reruns of the seasons featuring them on various PBS stations after 2005. Before the show was taken to the US, the episodes began with a grandmother (who is also the show's narrator) introducing the story to her grandchildren, then reading the story from a book. On subsequent PBS airings, a fifth episode is added.
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