The Puzzle Place is a PBS children's show that ran from 1995 to 1998. Set in the titular hangout, the series followed a diverse group of kids dealing with interpersonal problems.

Mentions[]

• In the season one episode "Party of One," Sizzle starts to list off some magic words. She starts to say "A-la peanut butter sandwiches," but gets cut off part-way by Nuzzle.

Connections[]

• Joseph A. Bailey was a writer for the series
• Camille Bonora performed Julie and Sizzle and voiced Pigeon in the series' pilot The Puzzle Works (later aired as "A World of Difference," with Alice Dinnean dubbing over her characters)
• Julianne Buescher performed Jody (originally named Jazzy) in The Puzzle Works pilot (with Alison Mork dubbing the voice when aired)
• Kevin Carlson was an additional puppeteer
• Kevin Clash served as executive consultant for the series, and performed Leon and voiced an animated bird in the series pilot The Puzzle Works (with Noel MacNeal dubbing Leon when aired)
• Bruce Connelly
• Carmen Cuesta wrote songs
• Stephanie D'Abruzzo performed Jody and the Piece Police in season two
• Susan Dansby directed episodes
• Alice Dinnean performed Julie, Sizzle, and the Piece Police (occasionally)
• Tom Dunsmuir was a writer for the series
• Rick Fernandes was an editor
• Christine Ferraro co-wrote "A Star is Burned"
• John Ferraro directed episodes
• Galen Fott was an additional performer in the home video series
• Tom Fountain
• Rob Gardner was a puppet wrangler in the home video series
• David Grossman was a director
• Tom Guadarrama was a segment video engineer
• Terri Hardin served as an additional performer, voiced Kyle in "Helping Hands," and performed Jody and the Piece Police in the third season
• James Hayes was a costume designer
• Eric Jacobson puppeteered Leon during the third season
• George James wrote songs
• Ian Ellis James wrote episodes and songs
• Patti LaBelle appeared in the home video Deck the Halls
• Erica Levin
• Len Levitt
• Peter Linz performed Skye, Nuzzle, and the Piece Police in the first two seasons
• Peter Lurye wrote songs
• Peter MacKennan was an additional performer
• Noel MacNeal performed Leon and the Piece Police, and was a writer
• Mona Marshall
• Hugh Martin was a director
• Jim Martin performed Ben and the Piece Police Chief, and was an associate producer and director
• Drew Massey performed Kyle and Rudy One
• Marlee Matlin appeared in "I'm Talking to You"
• Alison Mork performed Jody and the Piece Police in season one
• Lyndon Mosse was a production designer
• Fred Newman narrated computer segments
• Carmen Osbahr performed Kiki and her cousin Maggie in "Hello, Maggie"
• Kip Rathke was a puppet builder
• Don Reardon was an additional performer and assistant puppet designer
• Martin P. Robinson performed Skye in The Puzzle Works (later dubbed by Peter Linz when aired)
• Judy Rothman Rofé wrote episodes
• Joe Selph was an additional performer
• John Semper wrote episodes
• Sinbad appeared in "Bully for Jody"
• Arnold Stang narrated films in "Just Kidding" and "Rudy One"
• Lisa Sturz was an additional puppeteer
• Norman Tempia Studio built the puppets
• Lynne Thigpen appeared as the Chief in "The Mystery of the Fabulous Hat"
• Jill Thraves was a puppet wrangler
• Robert Townsend appeared in "Real Heroes"
• Allan Trautman served as an additional performer and performed Ben and Nuzzle in The Puzzle Works (dubbed by Jim Martin and Linz when aired)
• Tom Trbovich was a director
• Matt Vogel performed Skye and Nuzzle in the third season
• Ellis Weiner was a series co-creator, writer, producer, and executive story editor
• David Yazbek was a series co-creator and writer
• Bryant Young