Wimzie's House — Season 1, Episode 56: The Assistant Grown-Up
30 min • 2 seasons, 112 episodes • ★ 9.0/10
Episode synopsis
Wimzie doesn't want to go to bed early, and do little kid stuff anymore. So Yaya does an experiment to see how Wimzie likes having responsibilties like an adult. The next day at daycare, Yaya keeps Wimzie frim playing with the others to help do the housework like prepare the snacks, and cleaning up. Horace starts a detective game to search for Wimzie's lost sticker. Wimzie wants to join in, but Yaya won't let her until she finishes her responsibiities. That night, Wimzie decides she rather be a kids while she still can.
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.