Wimzie's House — Season 1, Episode 4: I Want my Mommy!
30 min • 2 seasons, 112 episodes • ★ 9.0/10
Episode synopsis
It's Gratziella's day off, and she plans to have a playdate with the kids today. Unfortunately, here plans are interrupted when Bo comes down with an ear infection. She ends up spending a majority of her time taking care of Bo. Wimzie then becomes jealous, Jonas feels sorry for her since he too has to share his parents with Lou Lou, so he teaches Wimzie how to play hookie. Wimzie causes Gratziella to become overwhelmed with having to take care of two sick children. Wimzie confesses to faking, and apologizes to her and Bo. In the end, Gratziella turns taking care of Bo into a game of doctor for the kids. Meanwhile, Horace tries to get rid of his hiccups.
About Wimzie's House
Wimzie's House is a Canadian children's television program which ran on YTV from 1995 to 1996, and in the United States on Public Broadcasting Service from October 1, 1997 to September 28, 2001. The show has also aired at least as early as 1995 and through the late-1990s on CBC Television, and on Radio-Canada. The show also aired on Nickelodeon's preschool programming block Nick Jr. from January 21, 2000 – April 26, 2002, and on CBS as part of Nick Jr. on CBS from September 16, 2000 – September 7, 2002, then returned after a four-year hiatus from September 17, 2005 and was seen through September 9, 2006. Reruns of the show currently air in the United States on qubo on January 7, 2008, and in Canada on the Cookie Jar Toons block on This TV and in syndication as part of the Cookie Jar Network block. The series was produced by Cinar, with the PBS telecasts presented by Maryland Public Television, and Children's Television Workshop from 1997 – 2000, then Sesame Workshop from 2000 – 2002. The show's puppetry is in the style of Sesame Street, which led to some legal troubles with The Jim Henson Company, in 1999.