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The Puzzle Place

1995–1998 · 3 seasons

A gentle, cheerful puppet hangout where small everyday problems get talked through kindly and everyone learns to get along.

Genres
Comedy, Kids
Overview
The Puzzle Place is an American children's television series produced by KCET in Los Angeles, California and Lancit Media in New York City, New York. It premiered on the Public Broadcasting Service on January 16, 1995, and ran for about four years, airing its final episode on December 4, 1998. Reruns were continued until March 31, 2000. The show followed a multi-ethnic group of kids from different parts of the United States who hung out at "the Puzzle Place", which is a teen hangout themed around jigsaw puzzle pieces. In each episode the characters were confronted with an everyday conflict usually encountered in childhood and even early teenagerdom, such as making moral decisions, sharing, racism, sexism, etc.
How it feels
Warm, earnest, light and whimsical. Measured and fine in the background.
About
Friendship, identity, morality, family
Content
No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
kids
Form
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour4
Realism4
Romance0
Tension1
Darkness1
Complexity2
Emotional weight3

Cast

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Details

Genres
comedy, kids
Starring
Peter Linz, Alice Dinnean, Noel MacNeal, Carmen Osbahr, Jim Martin, Alison Mork, Matt Vogel
Length
3 seasons, 75 episodes, 29 min each
Network
PBS Kids
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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