Shape of a Bear
Episode 4 · 1997-10-23

- Kids
Episode overview
Tutter is excited because Bear has promised to bring him a box, but he's getting a bit impatient at the wait. Viewers learn that the box is a rectangle and that there are shapes all around. They also find out that everyone has their own unique shape --- something that Ojo, Pip and Pop learn when they become shape explorers. Treelo also learns about shapes when Bear plays with him in a "tent" he made out of a bedsheet. Shadow also pays Bear a visit and tells a story of a very special shape --- a star. Songs ■Me, I'm the Shape of the Bear (and Reprise) ■Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Notes ■When Ojo is playing with her blocks, she sings "Heigh-ho. Heigh-ho. I love my blocks, you know." This is a play on "Heigh-ho. Heigh-ho. It's off to work we go" --- lyrics from the song "Heigh-Ho" in Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. ■The Bear-only version of the song in this episode is Track 18 on the album Songs from Jim Henson's Bear in the Big Blue House. On the album it is titled simply "Shape of a Bear," but on the credits at the end of the episode, it is listed as "Me, I'm the Shape of the Bear."
25 minutes
Season 1 episodes
1. Home Is Where the Bear Is1997-10-20
2. Water, Water Everywhere1997-10-21
3. Mouse Party1997-10-22
4. Shape of a Bear1997-10-23
5. Picture of Health1997-10-24
6. Share, Bear1997-10-27
7. Why Bears Can't Fly1997-10-28
8. Falling for Fall1997-10-29
9. What's in the Mail, Today?1997-10-30
10. Dancin' the Day Away1997-10-31
11. A Wagon of Different Color1997-11-03
12. Dirt, I Love You So!1997-11-04
13. Music to My Ears1997-11-05
14. All Connected1997-11-06
15. Summer Cooler1997-11-07
16. The Big Little Visitor1997-11-11
17. A Winter's Nap1997-11-12
18. Working Like a Bear1997-11-13
19. Magic in the Kitchen1997-11-14
20. Spring Fever1997-11-15
21. A Plant Grows in Bear's House1997-11-16
22. Eat, Drink Juice & Be Merry1997-11-18
23. Need a Little Help Today1997-11-19
24. Lost Thing1997-11-20
25. Listen Up!1997-11-21
26. Friends For Life1997-11-24