All episodes end with Loonette and Molly having a nap and sometimes reminding the viewers to remember the rules on today's episode. Both were black (possibly for the purposes of diversity). The conversation with Granny Garbanzo is often used as the episode's "teachable moment", where Granny offers Loonette advice or lessons, often with the help of Major Bedhead, who delivers gifts and messages from Auntie Macassar or Uncle Chester.
Here she encounters Snicklefritz (full name being Snickle-Gustav-Amadeus-Fritz), Granny Garbanzo's cat Major Bedhead, the local mail-delivery clown, who travels on a unicycle and of course, Granny Garbanzo herself. Other oft-repeated elements include reading a story to Molly, who sometimes either chooses a story to hear, gives Loonette a book and glasses (often by holding the book and wearing reading glasses), or turning on the lights for Loonette visits to various places in "Clowntown", songs that emphasize the episode's lessons or themes, and a trip to Granny Garbanzo's garden. If Loonette did not make a mess but Molly did, then Molly has to do the "Ten-Second Tidy" with Loonette's help. If the mess was already cleaned up, then it is called the "Ten-Second Silly" (where Loonette has to be silly for 10 seconds). If, however, there is no mess made, then it is called the "Ten-Second Untidy, Tidy" (where Loonette has to make a mess and then clean up afterward). Early in each episode, Loonette performs an exercise routine she calls the "Clock Rug Stretch", often extended, sometimes short to save time for other surprises, fast if she's in a hurry and normal when she comes back, or in a floppy way and toward the end, she performs a high-speed clean-up routine called the "Ten-Second Tidy".
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The Big Comfy Couch is a Canadian children's television series about Loonette the Clown and her doll Molly, who solve everyday problems on their "Big Comfy Couch". Wallace Avenue Studios, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Children's television series/ Educational