Cucumber (TV series)

Cucumber (TV series)

Children's Underground Club of United Moose and Beaver for Enthusiastic Reporters or Cucumber, was a TV show produced by TVOntario in the 1970s, and repeated in the 1980s during TVOntario's daytime kids' programming.

The show featured a human-sized moose (played by Alex Laurier) and beaver (played by Nikki Tilroe) often reporting from a treehouse.

By sending in a story or some artwork to the show (the mailing address was in Toronto), one could become a member of the Cucumber Club.

Some notable people appeared on the show:

  • A young John Candy guest starred as a character named Weatherman
  • A young Martin Short guest starred as a character named Smokey the Hare
  • An interview featured a nine year old Jeff Healey.

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