Basic Info

First Air: January 01, 1974

Seasons & Episodes

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 2

Last Episode

Name: Episode 1

Season: 2, Episode: 1

Air Date: 1975-01-01

Videos

TVO Cucumber intro (1974) (YouTube)

TVOntario CUCUMBER with John Candy (1974) (YouTube)

Cucumber - part 1 - with Martin Short as Smokey the Hare (YouTube)

Cucumber

1974

Overview

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 and beaver often reporting from a treehouse. By sending in a story or some artwork to the show, 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.