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The Furchester Hotel
GenreEducational
Developed byBelinda Ward
Written byBelinda Ward (Lead Writer)
StarringWarrick Brownlow-Pike
Sarah Burgess
Ryan Dillon
Louise Gold
David Rudman
Andrew Spooner
Mak Wilson
Opening theme"Welcome to the Furchester"
Ending theme"Farewell from the Furchester"
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of seasons2 (Created)
No. of episodes54 (Created) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersTony Reed
Carol-Lynn Parente
Running time11 minutes
Production companySesame Workshop
Original release
NetworkCBeebies
ReleaseSeptember 26, 2014 –
present

The Furchester Hotel is a Sesame Street co-production for CBeebies (BBC's preschool network).[1]

Premise

The series will promote problem-solving as the monsters try to figure out issues developed by their unique guests. Production of fifty-two 11-minute episodes (for two seasons) began in February 2014 MediaCityUK in Salford.

On November 14, 2014, Sesame Street's YouTube channel began airing full episodes of The Furchester Hotel each week.[2]

Plot

The Furchester Hotel is a half-star hotel that is owned by a monster family called the Furchester-Fuzz Family. The Furchester-Fuzz Family alongside Elmo and Cookie Monster will figure out how to solve different issues that are developed by the guests of the Furchester Hotel.

Characters

  • Funella Furchester (performed by Louise Gold) - A monster who is the wife of Furgus, the mother of Phoebe, and the aunt of Elmo. Funella is the main proprietor of the Furchester Hotel, welcoming guests and making sure their stay is wonderful in any way she can.
  • Furgus Fuzz (performed by Andrew Spooner) - A monster who is the husband of Funella, the father of Phoebe, and the uncle of Elmo. He serves as the jack-of-all-trades at the Furchester Hotel. Furgus specializes in the hotel's repair needs. Similar to Grover, he takes on several other jobs around the hotel as needed.
  • Phoebe Furchester-Fuzz (performed by Sarah Burgess) - A 7-year-old monster who is the daughter of Furgus and Funella and the cousin of Elmo. Phoebe's main duty at the Furchester Hotel is answering the phone. When she gets a monster idea, her pigtail raises and often quotes "Fuzzawubba" after getting an idea. In "Animal Talk," it is revealed that Phoebe can talk to animals that only speak their languages. In "Phoebe's Key," it is revealed that the key on Phoebe's necklace can unlock all the doors in the Furchester Hotel as well as the hotel safe.
  • Elmo (performed by Ryan Dillon) - Elmo appears as the cousin of Phoebe and the nephew of Furgus and Funella. He is taking an extended stay at the Furchester Hotel due to his fascination with it. Elmo's father Louie is the brother of Funella.
  • Isabel - A pink furry bell-monster that resembles a call bell. Similar to the Dinger (who she is related to), Isabel can only communicate through a series of rings. She notifies Funella Furchester whenever an incoming guest is arriving and has a general knowledge of what's happening in the hotel at all times. She also cues the musical breaks during the episodes. Isabel's puppeteers alternate between Sheila Clark and Lesa Gillespie.
  • Harvey P. Dull (performed by Mak Wilson) - A Fat Blue Anything Muppet who is a long-term occupant of the Furchester Hotel. In a similar fashion to Mr. Johnson, Harvey P. Dull frequently bears the brunt of the poor service. He cites the one positive thing about the Furchester Hotel is his favorite comfy chair. Harvey claims that the only reason he resides at the Furchester Hotel is a lack of availability in any other nearby hotels.
  • The Tea Time Monsters - The Tea Time Monsters are a quintet of colorful monsters that appear whenever Monster Tea Time occurs (signified by Gonger banging a gong). The monsters plow their way through the Furchester Hotel to get to their tea. During the credits of each episode, the Tea Time Monsters are shown enjoying Monster Tea Time while chanting "Ugga wugga tea time, ugga wugge clink. Ugga wugga tea time, ugga wugga drink!"
    • Colonel Mustard[3][4] (performed by Warrick Brownlow-Pike) - A golden monster who is a member of the Tea Time Monsters.
    • Sorbet[3][4] - An orange monster who is a member of the Tea Time Monsters. He is a recycled version of the Live-Hand variant of Narf from Sesame Street that was previously used for Yoyo on 5, Rue Sésame.
    • Ethel Bay-Mertz[3][4] - A female purple monster who is a member of the Tea Time Monsters.
    • Berry Monster[3][4] - A blue monster who is a member of the Tea Time Monsters. He resembles a modified version of Herry Monster.
    • Lulu Lemon[3][4] - A green female monster who is a member of the Tea Time Monsters.
  • Gonger (performed by Mak Wilson in the first appearance, Colin Purves in "Very Important Porcupine") - A small furry pink monster. Gonger would bang the gong whenever it's Monster Tea Time.

Opening sequence

The show opens with a various character's faces shaped as the river and zooms down into where the hotel is and all the Furchester Family can be seen singing where they are joined in by Elmo and Cookie Monster. At the end, all the guests are singing with the Furchester Family and the Tea Time Monsters.

Songs

  • Welcome to the Furchester - This is the theme song for this show that the Furchester Family, Elmo, Cookie Monster, the Tea Time Monsters, and the others sing.
  • A Furchester Never Gives Up - This song depicts the Furchester Family and Elmo never giving up as they drive a hotel trolley down a hallway as various hotel guests load suitcases onto the hotel trolley.
  • The Catastrophe Song - The Furchester Family, Elmo, and Cookie Monster sing this song whenever they are faced with a catastrophe at the Furchester Hotel.
  • Don't Check Out - The Furchester Family, Elmo, and Cookie Monster sing this song at the end of every episode.

Episodes

The Furchester Hotel will have 52 episodes span over two seasons (as currently known) and will premiere Fridays and Saturdays in the United Kingdom.

Season One

No. in
series 		Title Director Writer Original air date
1"Welcome to the Furchester"Jack JamesonChristine FerraroSeptember 26, 2014 (2014-09-26)

Mr. Director and his assistant Carol are visiting the Furchester Hotel to shoot a video to promote the establishment. During the filming, the Furchesters solve some problems along the way like the living arrangements for a penguin named Mrs. Iceberger and a lion named Mr. Mainbrie.

Note #1: This is the first episode of The Furchester Hotel.

Note #2: Cookie Monster and Elmo have previously been in other shows.

Note #3: Mr. Mainbrie is a recycled version of Chicago the Lion from Sesame Street.

Sesame Street YouTube Page Airdate: November 14, 2014
2"Don't Eat the Guests"Jack JamesonMolly BoylanSeptember 27, 2014 (2014-09-27)

When the Furchester Hotel runs out of cookies, Cookie Monster gets hungry and a new guest named Mr. Crumb (who is a cookie) arrives. Can the Furchesters stop Cookie Monster from eating Mr. Crumb?

Note: This episode premiered as part of the New Shows month on CBeebies.

Sesame Street YouTube Page Airdate: November 14, 2014
3"Very Important Porcupine"Jack JamesonChristine FerraroOctober 3, 2014 (2014-10-03)

Funella welcomes the incoming guests with furry arms....until one guest named Pierce the Porcupine arrives.

Note: It is confirmed in this episode that every time a guest arrives, they are always welcomed with "Furry Arms" (a reference to the Furry Arms Hotel from the "Around the Corner" expansion of Sesame Street).

Sesame Street YouTube Page Airdate: January 2, 2015
4"Yodel-Ay-Hee-Hoo!"Jack JamesonKathy WaughOctober 4, 2014 (2014-10-04)

When the telephone line breaks at The Furchester Hotel, the Furchesters have no way to communicate. Then, Professor Fleece (a black sheep guest for the yodeling convention) tells them to Yodel it. In the end, the telephones weren't working because the phone was not plugged in as pointed out by Harvey P. Dull. When the phones are plugged in, they are back in business. Then they miss yodeling and yodel over the telephone.

Note: Every Yodel in the episode has the word yodel somewhere in it.

Sesame Street YouTube Page Airdate: December 5, 2014
5"Count Your Chickens"Jack JamesonGeorge PolesOctober 10, 2014 (2014-10-10)

Phoebe and Elmo need all their creative skills when looking after five excitable chickens while the tour guide dog Griff gets the tour bus out of the garage. Though the chicken Mrs. Featherbottom strays from the group causing Elmo and Phoebe to find her while keeping the chickens together before Griff gets back.

Sesame Street YouTube Page Airdate: November 28, 2014
6"The Veggietones"Jack JamesonSteve CannonOctober 11, 2014 (2014-10-11)

Funella hires a group of singing vegetables called the Veggietones to make the guests happy, but they cause chaos like waking up Harvey P Dull, walking in on an alligator named Ms. Gator while she is bathing, and preventing the Tea Time Monsters from having Monster Tea Time. Now the Furchesters need a creative solution to keep them from annoying the guests.

Sesame Street YouTube Page Airdate: November 21, 2014
7"Toast with a Smile"Jack JamesonAndrew Jones
Ciaran Murtagh		October 17, 2014 (2014-10-17)

While Cookie Monster is outside waiting for a delivery of cookies bound to the dining room, Elmo must deliver a tray of toast to Harvey P. Dull. Along the way, Elmo must dodge the horses, hotel trolleys, bumps in the rug, and the Tea Time Monsters.

Sesame Street YouTube Page Airdate: January 16, 2014
8"Isabel Gets the Ding-Ups"Helen ScottHoward ReadOctober 18, 2014 (2014-10-18)

While awaiting a visit from the Dinger who is her cousin, Isabel suffers from the Ding-Ups (a bell-monster's version of a hiccups) and the Furchesters need to stop them so she can welcome all the guests with a friendly ding.

Sesame Street YouTube Page Airdate: December 12, 2014
9"Mystery Weekend"Jack JamesonLuis SantieroOctober 24, 2014 (2014-10-24)

The Furchester Hotel is holding a special "Mystery Weekend" which is complete with famous detectives. Some of the known detectives include detective duo Ms. Marbles and Penguin Mason (a penguin detective) as well as a raccoon named Inspector Raccoon-seau. Phoebe and Elmo try to answer the question of who is taking everybody's shiny objects.

Note: Sherlock Hemlock makes a brief cameo in the background during the episode.
10"Animal Talk"Helen ScottIan CarneyOctober 25, 2014 (2014-10-25)

It is a catastrophe when Phoebe loses her voice due to Monster Mumblitis as she is the only Furchester who can talk to the animal guests. Now the other Furchesters must find a way to understand the animal languages until Phoebe gets her voice back.

Sesame Street YouTube Page Airdate: November 14, 2014
11"The Furchester Hoot-El"Helen ScottMichael GoldbergOctober 31, 2014 (2014-10-31)

Elmo and Phoebe are so determined to meet an owl named Mr. Screech that they try to stay awake by balancing, hugging, sitting on uncomfortable chairs, and eating cookies.

Note: Mr. Screech is a recycled version of Athena the Owl from Panwapa.

Sesame Street YouTube Page Airdate: December 26, 2014
12"Furchester TV"Jack JamesonIan CarneyNovember 1, 2014 (2014-11-01)

Due to the fact that none of the hotel rooms have televisions in them, Phoebe and Elmo create Furchester TV when a duck couple named Mr. and Mrs. Quackmore check in and say they cannot miss their favorite shows.

Note: Mr. Quackmore is a recycled version of the duck puppet that was used for Alfred Duck in Season 33 and Season 34 of Sesame Street, Duffy in Episode 3095, and Duck Clark in Episode 4089.

Sesame Street YouTube Page Airdate: January 9, 2015
13"Penguin Bobsleigh Team"Jack JamesonMichael GoldbergNovember 7, 2014 (2014-11-07)

Phoebe and Elmo help two penguins named the Ice Flippers learn how to bobsleigh during the Birds on Ice Games, but their sled needs mending after a collision on the track with the Tea Time Monsters.

Sesame Street YouTube Page Airdate: January 30, 2015
14"The Sculpture"Jack JamesonChris ChantlerNovember 8, 2014 (2014-11-08)
A cow sculptor named Henry Moo-re is staying at the Furchester and has created an abstract likeness of Funella who wishes to keep it in the lobby for all to see. Henry Mo-re does not want anyone to touch the statue since it is fragile. Keeping the sculpture of Funella safe proves to be a difficult task when Cookie Monster, a giant squid named Mrs. Inkwell, and the Tea Time Monsters are in the hotel.
15"The Caterpillar Catastrophe"Helen ScottAndrew Jones
Ciaran Murtagh		November 14, 2014 (2014-11-14)
The Furchester family members must think like a caterpillar while searching the hotel when they think they have lost a guest named Mr. Squigglebottom at the time when another caterpillar named Ms. Scuttles comes to visit him.
16"Furchester on Wheels"Helen ScottDavey MooreNovember 15, 2014 (2014-11-15)

Funella overhears the tortoise guests Mr. Sheldon and Mrs. Shelly say that the hotel service is slow, so she becomes determined to make it fast with the plan involving everyone wearing roller skates.

Sesame Street YouTube Page Airdate: February 6, 2014
17"Monster Monster Day"Jack JamesonMolly BoylanDecember 19, 2014 (2014-12-19)

On Monster Monster Day (a holiday that is part of the Christmas season), the Furchester Family decorate the Furchester Hotel as part of the season as Elmo looks forward to Monster Monster visiting as the story of Monster Monster states that he pays a visit to one hotel. When it appears that Monster Monster is a no show, Harvey P. Dull gets into the Monster Monster Day spirit by dressing up as Monster Monster to make Elmo happy until the real Monster Monster shows up.

Note #1: A special version of the theme song is made to show it snowing outside as part of the episode's theme.

Note #2: The YouTube release features an added cold open with the Furchester family and Elmo wishing everyone a merry Christmas.

Sesame Street YouTube Page Airdate: December 19, 2014
18"Peckity Woodpecker"Helen ScottKathy WaughJanuary 3, 2015 (2015-01-03)
A woodpecker named Elwood checks into the hotel and is put into the Oak Room (a popular room for bird guests) where he ends up pecking holes causing the Furchesters to find other things for Elwood to peck. At the same time, the Furchesters are looking forward for their musical guests the Ding-a-Lings consisting of glockenspiel player Mr. Ding and violinist Ms. Ling where Mr. Ding's glockenspiel has arrived while Mr. Ding has not yet arrived. Both situations are solved when Elwood pecking the glockenspiel.
19"Super Rock"Jack JamesonSimon DaviesJanuary 9, 2015 (2015-01-09)
On a windy day, the rock superhero Super Rock arrives to help out the Furchester Hotel. Elmo becomes his assistant to help him out with various situations.
20"Mr. Huggles Hibernates"TBATBATBA
A bear named Mr. Huggles falls asleep in the lobby at the Furchester, and with no-one able to wake him, the staff struggle to find a way to get him upstairs to bed.
21"Ballroom Dance Weekend"TBATBATBA
It is ballroom dance weekend, but the floor is so shiny that the dancers slip over. The Furchesters needs to find a way to keep the dancers' feet on the floor.
22"Bebe Comes to Stay"Helen ScottIan CarneyTBA

Cousin Bebe comes to stay, but Phoebe is jealous when she seems better at talking to the animals, helping out in the dining room, and stopping the Tea Time Monsters from running over the guests. Phoebe eventually comes to Bebe and Elmo's aid when Mr. Wolf is placed in the chicken suite by mistake since Bebe doesn't speak wolf language.

Note: Mr. Wolf is a recycled version of the purple Big Bad Wolf puppet from Sesame Street.

Sesame Street YouTube Page Airdate: February 13, 2015
23"Furgus and the New Plant"TBATBATBA
The monsters must find the perfect spot for a fussy potted plant named Mr. Evergrow who complains about everything including the noise, the smell of cookies, the curtains, and the elevator.
24"Phoebe's Key"Jack JamesonAndrew Jones
Ciaran Murtagh		January 24, 2015

While Funella and Furgus are away at Monster Bowling Night, Elmo learns that Phoebe's necklace contains a special key on it which opens every door in the Furchester Hotel. When Phoebe loses it following a mix-up caused by the Tea Time Monster knocking off Mrs. Jangles' jewelry, Elmo must help Phoebe find it so that she can get Harvey P. Dull back into his hotel room before his bathtub overflows, get Mrs. Jangles' bracelet out of the safe following her swim in the hotel's swimming pool, and open Cookie Monster's "Just In Case Cookie Cabinet" to get to the cookie inside.

Note: This episode was posted on Sesame Street's YouTube Page a day before it aired on CBeebies.

Sesame Street YouTube Page Airdate: January 23, 2015
25"The Lawnmower"TBATBATBA
A goat checks into the Furchester Hotel and starts eating stuff that isn't food starting with the furniture. Meanwhile, Furgus tries to get rid of a vine that keeps growing.
26"Pony in Disguise"TBATBATBA
TBA

Cast

Muppet Performers

  • Warrick Brownlow-Pike - Colonel Mustard, Mr. Mainbrie (ep. 1), Cactus (ep. 3), Professor Fleece (ep. 4), Mrs. Featherbottom (ep. 5), Broccoli (ep. 6), Carrot (ep. 6), Mr. Quackmore (ep. 12), Ice Flipper #1 (ep. 13), Monster Monster (ep. 17)
  • Sarah Burgess - Phoebe Furchester-Fuzz
  • Sheila Clark - Isabel (occasional performer), Bell Pepper (ep. 6)
  • Paul Currie -
  • Ryan Dillon - Elmo, Guinea Pig (ep. 12)
  • Damian Farrell -
  • Lesa Gillespie - Isabel (occasional performer), Cookie Delivery Girl (ep. 2), Girl with Package (ep. 4), Guinea Pig (ep. 6), Sheep (ep. 6)
  • Louise Gold - Funella Furchester, Feathered-Hat Woman (ep. 5), Ms. Gator (ep. 6), Mrs. Woofberg (ep. 10)
  • Andy Heath - Pillow (theme song), Mr. Director (ep. 1), Taxi Driver Monster (ep. 4)
  • Rebecca Nagan - Carol (ep. 1), Mrs. Quackmore (ep. 12)
  • Colin Purves - Gonger (ep. 3), Sheep (ep. 4)
  • David Rudman - Cookie Monster, Commercial Announcer (ep. 1)
  • Katherine Smee - Mrs. Iceberger (ep. 1), Broccoli (ep. 4), Sheep (ep. 4), Ice Flipper #2 (ep. 13)
  • Andrew Spooner - Furgus Fuzz
  • Neil Sterenberg - Mr. Crumb (ep. 2), Pierce the Porcupine (ep. 3), Aubergine (ep. 6), Horse (ep. 6)
  • Julie Westwood -
  • Mak Wilson - Harvey P. Dull, Gonger (ep. 1), Pink Monster (ep. 3), Griff (ep. 5), Mr. Snorkle (ep, 6)
  • Toby Wilson - Rooster (ep. 4)
  • Michael Winsor -

References

  1. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/furchester.html
  2. ^ http://www.sesameworkshop.org/press-releases/elmo-cookie-monster-check-online-furchester-hotel-november/
  3. ^ a b c d e Warrick's status about the Tea Time Monsters at Twitter
  4. ^ a b c d e Warrick Brownlow-Pike and the Tea Time Monsters picture
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