BIG COMFY COUCH VII, THE


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#701 “Apple of My Eye”
Molly, Loonette and Major Bedhead learn that healthy food choices are important if you want to feel good.

Loonette wants to play fancy restaurant but Molly won’t sit still… at first she’s WAY too bouncy and then she’s too heavy! Loonette takes her doll to Granny Garbanzo’s Garden to find out what’s wrong, only to discover that Major Bedhead is sluggish too! A trip to Granny’s Cabbage Club Cooking School and the baking of some fruit blaster muffins solve the mystery. Molly, Loonette and Bedhead all learn that healthy food choices are important if you want to feel good. Loonette sings “Molly You’re A Doll” for you-know-who.

#702 “Dat’s da Law!”
Loonette learns the lesson of Law #50, “Make Your Own Fun,” and discovers how much fun making your own fun can be!

Loonette is a poet! And she knows it! She wants to write a poem with her dolly, but Molly is playing with her dolly, Bloomette. Loonette goes in search of some clown or cat to play with and is upset to find everyclown and cat is busy. At the Clown Chi Dojo and Dancing School, where it takes two to tango, Loonette tries to make it three… but a song by Granny called “Make Your Own Fun” illuminates that Loonette has to find a way of playing on her own (it’s Law #50). Loonette finds out how fun making your own fun can be!

#703 “Fibberish Gibberish”
Loonette’s surprised to discover Molly’s miffed at her for telling a tall tale but in the end learns that telling the truth is always the best idea.

Loonette’s surprised to discover Molly’s miffed at her for telling a tall tale. But when Molly starts talking about Dustbunnies on her fishing lure, it’s Loonette who’s not biting! Loonette sings “I Don’t Believe in Dustbunnies” while Molly insists they’re real! No wonder. Wuzzy Dustbunny is making an unseen appearance on the couch. Uncle Chester is right when he warns we must be careful with little fibs that can be misunderstood. In Granny Garbanzo’s Garden, Snick thinks he’s a dog because of something Granny said. And at the Cabbage Club Cooking School, Loonette refuses to eat the soup when Granny insists “you are what you eat”! But back on the Couch, a story about Bradley the Brave shows that telling the truth is always the best idea.

#704 “Slow Down Clown”
Loonette learns to slow down and how to do Slow Scarf Juggling at the Clown Chi Dojo and Dancing School.

Loonette is late for Granny’s… she has no time for anything. Not Molly or even a proper stretch! In the Garden, Loonette’s rushing gets Snicklefritz in trouble… and when Loonette admits how rushed she was, Granny sings “Slow Down Clown.” Loonette really learns to slow down when Bedhead takes her to the Clown Chi Dojo and Dancing School to learn Slow Scarf Juggling! Once back on the Couch, Loonette remembers that she rushed so much she forgot Molly. After saying she’s sorry, Loonette also remembers to do a proper stretch… no rushing it this time. A story about Slo Mo the Clown reminds us that sometimes it pays to stop and smell the roses.

#705 “Floppy”
Too many donuts and skipping breakfast cause a floppy epidemic to hit Clowntown!

It’s a floppy day on the Big Comfy Couch. Molly and Loonette can’t figure out why their limbs are heavy and they can’t move too well. When they discover Major Bedhead is floppy, too, it is time for a song: “I’m A Flop.” Luckily, Granny arrives and saves the day by baking her World Famous Gah-Loppy No More Floppy Clown Bouncy Bars at her Cabbage Club Cooking School! Turns out that too many doughnuts yesterday plus forgetting to eat a good breakfast were to blame for the floppy epidemic.

#706 “Clown with a Frown”
Loonette is a grumypants and Granny Garbanzo discovers that a case of bad nutrition is to blame.

Loonette is a grumpypants and Molly doesn’t like it. But Loonette can’t help it… her mood seems to be as changeable as the weather! She sings “Clown With A Frown,” and heads off to the Garden to see Granny Garbanzo. After yelling at Snick, Loonette realizes she needs help! Granny investigates. A postcard from Uncle Chester on a Mood Swing makes Loonette wonder if maybe she’s on a mood swing too! Granny closes the case – bad nutrition was to blame.

#707 “Rub a Dub Day”
When Loonette and Molly play “can you do what I do?” Loonette discovers that sometimes even practice won’t make perfect -- but it sure does help.

Loonette and Molly are playing ‘Can you do what I do?’… which is fine and dandy until Molly starts rubbing her tummy and patting her head at the same time. Loonette can’t do it! In the Garden, it’s cleaning day. Granny is scrubbing everything -- even the grass. Loonette confesses her trouble with rubbing and patting at the same time has really upset her. What’s a little clown to do? A Postcard from Uncle Chester’s big audition day proves that sometimes even practice won’t make perfect -- but it sure does help. Granny Garbanzo and Major Bedhead encourage Loonette by singing “Give It a Try.” Loonette heads off to the Clown Chi Dojo in Clowntown with Major Bedhead, to get some patting and rubbing coaching and to “give it a try.”

#708 "Upside Down Clown"
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#709 "The Clown Promise"
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#710 “Lost & Found Clowns”
Molly is really upset because she has lost her doll, Bloomette, and it seems that every clown in Clowntown is losing something!

Molly wants to play with her little doll Bloomette, but Bloomette is nowhere to be found! Loonette tries to reassure Molly that “Every Dolly Loses Something Sometime,” but her song doesn’t work. Molly is really upset. And it seems that everyclown is losing something! Major Bedhead has lost his unicycle and Uncle Chester got lost on his way to Timbuktu, ending up in Granny Garbanzo’s mailbox! At the Cabbage Club Cooking School, Granny even loses her recipe! But that doesn’t deter her. Her cooking show must go on! After searching high and low, all Loonette and Molly can do back on the Couch is read a story, “The Lost and Found Clowns,” and hope that Bloomette will soon pop up. Happily, after the Ten Second Tidy, she does -- she was just a cushion away!

#711 “Phony Baloney”
On the Couch, in Granny’s Garden, and at the Clown Chi Dojo and Dancing School, Loonette learns that it’s important to always speak the truth.

Molly wants to play ball, but Loonette doesn’t want to – she wants to play with her skip-rope. When Molly isn’t looking, Loonette lets the ball drop and pushes it under the couch with her foot on purpose! Saved by a call from Granny Garbanzo, Loonette scoots over to the Garden, where Granny’s special flower has finally blossomed. Loonette is reluctant to tell Granny and hurt her feelings but that lily is, well, stinky! Granny is not offended. As her rap song states clearly “If It Shtinks, Say What Ya Think!” After a breathing lesson from Major Bedhead, at the Clown Chi Dojo and Dancing School, Loonette returns to the couch to fess up to Molly about the ball incident. All is forgiven. Molly picks a story ‘Thanks. But No Thanks” that celebrates the big lesson: It’s important to speak the truth.