"And to All a Good Night" is the sixty-first episode of Bear in the Big Blue House. It aired on December 2, 1998. It also appeared on DVDs.
Summary[]
It's a special night in Woodland Valley; tonight is the night of Harvest Moon. There's a special party out at the Otter Pond and Luna even has a special surprise for Bear. Bear and his friends enjoy the delights of the night, such as fireflies and constellations. Tutter does his best to stay up, but Bear allows him to catch a little sleep before the big celebration. Bear searches for party lanterns for the celebration, but it's ultimately Pip and Pop who find them. Everything is finally ready for the big party and it's drawn quite a crowd; besides Bear and the kids, Doc Hogg, Lois, Otto, and Etta, Grandma Flutter, Christine and even the big old bullfrog are there. In fact, everyone's there except Luna; they're worried she may have disappeared behind a cloud. But it turns out she was just getting her special surprise ready; an old friend Bear hasn't seen in a long time! In the Shadow segment, Shadow tells a wild story about a man who takes a trip to the moon in a balloon.
Songs[]
- Beauty of the Night
- Goodbye Song (Full Cast Version)
Trivia[]
- This episode includes a brief segment (introduced by Luna) in which real kids talk about what can they do at night. These include staying up, playing on a swing set, catching lightning bugs, playing football, looking at the stars and moon, eating, brushing their teeth, putting on pajamas, reading a story, and going to bed.
- Luna has a major role in this episode.
- In this episode, the audience get to see a lot of characters who are normally only seen at the end of other episodes. Luna also gets to perform in a song other than the "Goodbye Song". Additionally, Ray is seen at the very beginning of the episode.
- Notably, the song that plays in the background during the credits is different from the rest of the episodes. Instead of being an instrumental version of the theme song, it is an instrumental version of "Your Grandma and Grandpa".
- The episode's title is a reference to the last six words of The Night Before Christmas.
- This is the first episode where Shadow is seen in the kitchen.
- This is also the fifth episode where Bear does not sing "Oh Where, Oh Where is Shadow?".
- According to a Defunctland interview with Noel MacNeal, this was supposed to be the final episode of Bear in the Big Blue House, as they were unsure if the show was going to be renewed for another season. As a result, the crew decided to go out with a bang and have the "Goodbye Song" sung by the entire cast (up to that point).
- When this episode was first aired on Channel 5 in the UK as part of their Milkshake! block, as well as on the Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment UK VHS release of Sleepytime with Bear, the "UK version produced by Disney Channel" logo is shown after the closing credits and just before the Shadow Projects and Jim Henson Television logos.
- This episode was missing when the show became available on Disney+ on October 19, 2022.
Video releases[]
- Bear in the Big Blue House Volume 8. 1999 VHS
- Sleepy Time with Bear and Friends 2000 DVD
- Sleepy Time with Bear and Friends 2004 DVD
