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The Puzzle Place is an American children's television series produced by KCET in Los Angeles and Lancit Media in New York City. Although production was dated and premiered on two Los Angeles PBS stations, KCET and KLCS, on September 15, 1994, it did not officially premiere on all PBS stations nationwide until January 16, 1995, with its final episode airing on December 4, 1998, and reruns airing until March 31, 2000. It became one of PBS Kids most popular series on the line-up since Barney & Friends and Sesame Street. It follows a multi-ethnic group of kids (puppets) from different parts of the United States who hang out at "the Puzzle Place", which is a teen hangout themed around jigsaw puzzle pieces. In each episode the characters are confronted with an everyday conflict usually encountered in childhood and even early teenage years, such as making moral decisions, sharing, racism, and sexism.
Original Release
09/15/1994 on Ukids
US Release
09/15/1994
Cast
Name | Character |
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Alice Dinnean | Julie Woo / Sizzle (puppet) |
Noel MacNeal | Leon MacNeal / Place Police / French Waiter |
Jim Martin | Ben Olafson (puppet) / Ben Olafson / Place Police (puppet) / Place Police Captain (puppet) / Piece Police Captain (puppet) / Ben Oafson (puppet) |
Carmen Osbahr | Kiki Flores (puppet) / Kiki Flores / Place Police (puppet) |
Peter Linz | Skye Nakaiye / Nuzzle (puppet) |
Alison Mork | Jody Silver (puppet) / Jody Silver / Place Police (puppet) |
Stephanie D'Abruzzo | Jody Silver (puppet) / Jody Silver / Place Police (puppet) |
Terri Hardin | Jody Silver (puppet) / Kyle O'connor |
Matt Vogel | Skye Nakaiye / Nuzzle |
Eric Jacobson | Leon MacNeal (puppet) |
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Directors
Tom Trbovich, Hugh Martin, David Grossman, Susan Dansby, John Ferraro, Savage Steve Holland, Jim Martin
Writers
Ellis Weiner, Cris Franco, Jennifer Bross, Susan Amerikaner, David Yazbek, John Semper, Noel MacNeal, Bernardo Solano, Karen Huie, Judy Rothman Rofé, Joseph A. Bailey, Ian Ellis James, Judi Nihei, Amy Hill, Terrence Taylor, David K. Liu, Daryl Busby, Velina Hasu Houston, Bernardo Solano, Tom Dunsmuir, Sonia Rosario, Stanley Yung
Creators
Cast
Name | Character |
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Alice Dinnean | Julie Woo / Sizzle (puppet) |
Noel MacNeal | Leon MacNeal / Place Police / French Waiter |
Jim Martin | Ben Olafson (puppet) / Ben Olafson / Place Police (puppet) / Place Police Captain (puppet) / Piece Police Captain (puppet) / Ben Oafson (puppet) |
Carmen Osbahr | Kiki Flores (puppet) / Kiki Flores / Place Police (puppet) |
Peter Linz | Skye Nakaiye / Nuzzle (puppet) |
Alison Mork | Jody Silver (puppet) / Jody Silver / Place Police (puppet) |
Stephanie D'Abruzzo | Jody Silver (puppet) / Jody Silver / Place Police (puppet) |
Terri Hardin | Jody Silver (puppet) / Kyle O'connor |
Matt Vogel | Skye Nakaiye / Nuzzle |
Eric Jacobson | Leon MacNeal (puppet) |
Martin Grey | Mr. Silver |
Marlee Matlin | Self |
Amy Hill | Penny Candy |
Terrence 'T.C.' Carson | Self - Special Guest Star |
Lynne Thigpen | Chief |
Allan Trautman | Kyle O'connor (puppet) |
Fred Newman | Narrator - Animated Sequence |
Tommy Koenig | Count Spookula |
James Black | Uncle Ray |
Mark Hizar | Mark |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Cecily Truett | Executive Producer |
Stephen Kulczycki | Executive Producer |
Larry Lancit | Executive Producer |
Michele Gardner-Smith | Producer |
Suzanne Singer | Producer |
Catherine Marie McDonald | Producer |
Debbie Meyer | Producer |
Sonia Rosario | Producer |
Andrea Tompkins | Producer |
Marijane Miller | Producer |
Sonja Solomun | Producer |