Big Bag

Big Bag
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GenrePuppetry
Educational
Sketch comedy
Created byNina Elias-Bamberger
Developed byLou Berger
Allan Neuwirth
Gary Cooper
Directed byEmily Squires
Yoram Gross
StarringSelena Nelson
Cullen Douglas
Clare Sera
Tessa Ludwick
John Mountford
Ashley Jones
James Ryan
Puppeteers:
Joey Mazzarino
Rickey Boyd
Alice Dinnean
Jeff Conover
James Stone
Matt Vogel
Voices ofMaría Conchita Alonso
Fran Brill
Kevin Clash
Allen Enlow
James Spector
Narrated byAndrew Sachs ("William's Wish Wellingtons" segment)
Theme music composerMichael Abbott
Sarah Weeks
Opening theme"Big Bag!"
Ending theme"Big Bag!"
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes39
Production
Executive producersNina Elias-Bamberger
Buzz Potamkin
Khaki Jones
ProducersNina Shelton
Marie Poe (animation)
Production locationsDisney-MGM Studios
Bay Lake, Florida
EditorsScott P. Doniger
Julie Sanker
Running time54 minutes (season 1)
24 minutes (season 2)
Production companySesame Workshop
Original release
NetworkCartoon Network
ReleaseJune 2, 1996 (1996-06-02) –
May 11, 1998 (1998-05-11)
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Big Bag is an American live-action/animated puppet children's television series created by Nina Elias-Bamberger for Cartoon Network and Sesame Workshop. It was targeted at preschool viewers. The show was co-produced by Cartoon Network and Sesame Workshop, with Muppet characters created by the Jim Henson Company.[1] It aired from 1996 to 1998, with reruns airing through 2001, alongside another program titled Small World. Localized versions of Big Bag aired on Canal J in France and Yorkshire Television in the UK.

  1. ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 136. ISBN 978-1476665993.