Breakfast with Bear

Did You Know?

• The show aired internationally on channels such as the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Australia and Treehouse TV in Canada.
• Bear was designed by Paul Andrejco.
• Luna means 'Moon' in Italian, Spanish, and Latin.

Plot

Each episode of Breakfast with Bear opens with the welcome song and Bear detecting a scent in the viewers. The show focuses on a single theme, such as sleep or doctors, which leads to a lesson at the end. Songs and jokes accompany the episode, and the character Shadow often narrates a segment with shadow puppets. At the end, Bear sings the goodbye song with Luna, the moon.

Characters

The show's main character is Bear, a large, kind, and lovable bear who looks after his friends. He is performed by Noel MacNeal. Ojo, a red bear cub performed by Vicki Eibner, is curious and has a big imagination. Tutter, performed by Peter Linz, is a small blue mouse who lives in a kitchen mousehole and loves cheese. Treelo, performed by Tyler Bunch, is a playful and active lemur with white, blue, and green fur. Pip and Pop are two purple otter twins performed by Peter Linz and Tyler Bunch who live in the otter pond. Ray the Sun, operated by Peter Linz and voiced by Geoffrey Holder, is a talking sun who appears from the second season. Shadow, performed by Peter Linz and voiced by Tara Mooney, is a laughing girl who tells stories. Luna the Moon, operated by Peter Linz and voiced by Lynne Thigpen, talks with Bear at the end of each episode. Grandma Flutter, performed by Alice Dinnean then Vicki Eibner, is Tutter's grandmother. Doc Hogg, performed by Tyler Bunch, is a pig who works as the local doctor. Benny the Bat, performed by James Kroupa, is a fruit bat in the attic. Jeremiah Tortoise, performed by James Kroupa, is an elderly tortoise.