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COLLECTION · Series · 1995

Groundling Marsh

Groundling Marsh was a Canadian children's television series featuring puppets. The show was produced by Portfolio Film & Television Inc., Children's Television Workshop and J.A. Delmage Productions. It included songs and animated segments, and enjoyed a certain amount of success and popularity at during its time. The only merchandise produced for the show were videos and they are now exceptionally rare and no longer produced. In the United States, it aired on PBS and the Disney Channel. It received funding from the International Production Fund, formerly the Maclean Hunter Television Fund. This series premiered October 1, 1995. Groundling Marsh was nominated at the 12th Annual Gemini Awards for Best Preschool Program or Series. John Pattison was also nominated for a Gemini for the episode "Bah Hegdish". The show had its series finale on November 28, 1997. The show is still seen on Bell Media-owned educational station CTV Two Alberta in Canada.

Source: TMDB
* 10.0 (1)Family
Studios
YTV · Portfolio Entertainment · J. A. Delmage Productions
Runtime
25–30 min/ep
Release
01/10/1995
Score
10.0 / 10 (1)
Where to watch
With ads
Tubi TVTubi TV
Seasons and episodes
Season 1
13 episodes · 1997
Episode 1. Fungus Amungus
1997-09-01

Mud/Slinger try to earn fame by making cookies out of fungus, but they don't leave any fungus at Mossy Meadow for the swarming crunchybugs.

Episode 2. The Featherbeam
1997-09-02

In need of a friend, Galileo decides he wants a pet. He thinks he has one when a featherbeam bird enters his life.

Episode 3. Big Dreams
1997-09-03

Galileo decides he needs to explore outside the marsh. He builds a boat, ready to take off for some adventure, but the adventure comes to him. A plant from a frozen climate floats by, and Galileo decides he will return it to its…

Episode 4. Truth & Consequences
1997-09-04

Maggie decides to trick as many groundlings as she can, but some trust is lost, which proves costly.

Episode 5. Maggie's Quest
1997-09-05

Maggie craves attention. She declares to all that she will look for a flower known only in stories.

Episode 6. Night and Day
1997-09-08

Mud/Slinger comes down with a rare disorder and can't speak coherently. Hope for a cure may be thwarted unless Galileo and Maggie learn to cooperate.

Episode 7. Life Before Stacks
1997-09-09

Stacks is ashamed when confronted with the fact that he is a machine. Eco eases things by telling all the ground-lings how Stacks came to be.

Episode 8. Heat Wave
1997-09-10

How can the Groundlings find relief from the oppressive heat? Mud/Slinger try out a myriad of inventions, none of which work--until they hit upon a fancy fan. But it takes an isolated thunderstorm to remind Mud/Slinger that they don't…

Episode 9. Pot of Plenty
1997-09-11

After Eco accidentally breaks the Pot of Plenty prior to the annual harvest meal of gratitude, she and Galileo follow the legend of their grandcestors in an effort to create a replacement pot.

Episode 10. All for One
1997-09-12

Eco is intent on spending time by herself while all the other groundlings seek attention.

Episode 11. Flower Power
1997-09-15

Galileo chases Maggie out of the marsh on the grounds that she doesn't serve any useful purpose. But an invasion of fast-rising flowers threatens to drown out the marsh and everyone in it, and Maggie is the only groundling to evade a…

Episode 12. Them Dingling Dozy Daisies
1997-09-16

Mud/Slinger's new invention to protect the groundlings from the drowsy effects of doy daisies leads to a potential explosion.

Episode 13. Sticks and Stacks
1997-09-17

Stacks feels left out because all the groundlings have been ignoring him. All that changes when Stacks suffers from amnesia, thinking he's a tree.

Season 2
13 episodes · 1997
Episode 1. Make Way for Hegdish
1997-09-18

Hegdish, a mischief maker from out of Groundling Marsh's distant past, returns to a warm welcome by stealing the sunstones from an underground cave. And Eco needs those sunstones to help the garden overcome a prolonged frost.

Episode 2. Butterfly Day
1997-09-19

Maggie must learn to be patient and quiet if she expects to se a butterfly for the first time. It's a tough task for Maggie, the most rambunctious of all the groundlings.

Episode 3. Stinky Pond Mystery
1997-09-22

Stacks is upset when no one gives him credit for an idea of his. Thus, when a huge pollutant stinks up the marsh, Stacks is not willing to give his fellow groundlings the solution.

Episode 4. Galileo's Prank
1997-09-23

Hegdish provokes Galileo to pull a prank involving itching powder. In the process, a patch of grass begins scratching uncontrollably.

Episode 5. Fence Fiasco
1987-09-24

Hegdish builds a fence around the sparkle berry bushes he thinks are his alone. He then coaxes the other groundlings to build fences around their lairs. This leads to a potentially serious flood.

Episode 6. Come Blow Your Horn
1997-09-25

Galileo wants to play music for the upcoming blossom festival.

Episode 7. Two Be or Not to Be
1997-09-26

Mud/Slinger bicker between themselves to such an extent that neither wants to see the other. This prompts Eco to mix a special concoction that, should Myd/Slinger drink it, they would separate forever.

Episode 8. Tupelo Treat
1997-09-29

Hegdish coaxes the groundlings to steal the secret recipe for a special candy. What they make together is a strange mix that switches Maggie and Mud's personalities.

Episode 9. Tinkletree Trouble
1997-09-30

Maggie thinks she has ruined a festive day when Hegdish tricks her into shaking the Tinkertree barren of its bells. Eco tells Maggie that Nature's rhythms are dependable.

Episode 10. Seahunt
1997-10-01

Mud/Slinger want to demonstrate their bravery. When Maggie and Galileo ask them to get special moss found on a remote island, Mud/Slinger jump at the opportunity. Eco helps get them prepared with everything they need, which will come in…

Episode 11. Eggs Over Easy
1997-10-02

When Galileo discovers a duck egg, he decides to perch on it in hopes that a duck will hatch. It takes all the persistence Galileo can muster to stay on the nest, and Hegdish is waiting patiently himself – for the one moment that…

Episode 12. Slice of Advice
1997-10-03

Eco becomes overly concerned about the safety of the other groundlings, much to Maggie's discontent. When a tree needs help, Maggie is determined to do the job by herself. It's tough for Eco, especially since she had promised not to…

Episode 13. Snow Job
1997-10-06

Wintertime hits the marsh, much to the alarm of Mud/Slinger, who usually hibernate at this time. As they stuff their faces for the upcoming sleep, Hegdish succeeds in trapping Eco in Mud/Slinger's cave, but doesn't count on trapping…

Season 3
13 episodes · 1997
Episode 1. Mossy Bear
1997-10-07

Galileo tries to elude Maggie to give up her mossy bear by making up a story about a secret club.

Episode 2. To Sleep, Perchance to Dream
1997-10-08

Galileo stays up all night and has no energy left for a midnight search for blue roses that Eco is certain will bloom. When nightfall comes, Galileo can't sleep at all. Hegdish is restless, too – looking for the perfect scheme that…

Episode 3. Reluctant Hero
1997-10-09

When Hegdish rescues Mud/Slinger, they wait on Hegdish night and day, much to his regret.

Episode 4. Over the Rainbow
1997-10-10

Hegdish strips colours from the rainbow and tosses them around to groundlings, provoking mood swings and making Eco weak.

Episode 5. Mine All Mine
1997-10-13

Mud/Slinger discover a jack-in-the-box that Maggie gave them. Hegdish coaxes Maggie to take it, turning everyone's mood mad. Eco's story shows that someone's trash is another's treasure.

Episode 6. Sproutmaster
1997-10-14

Eco grants Galileo the role of Sproutmaster, with responsibility for gathering the sprouts before an impending hailstorm. But the power corrupts Galileo. In an attempt to get the job done quickly, he turns bitter on the other groundlings.

Episode 7. Maggie's Tree
1997-10-15

Maggie's favorite tree is about to die, and Stacks predicts it will hit Eco's home when it falls. It puts two groundlings in danger: Maggie, who wants to stay with her tree until the end, and Eco, who resigns herself to stay in Hegdish's…

Episode 8. Maggie's Youday
1997-10-16

On a day that she annually gets presents at sunset, Maggie wants a secret peek at what Eco is giving.

Episode 9. Purple Pellet Fever
1997-10-17

Mud/Slinger become shallow when they charge their fellow groundlings purple pebbles for everything. Intent on getting more purple pebbles, they don't realize the river is overflowing to dangerously deep levels.

Episode 10. Lucky Stick
1997-10-20

Hegdish takes his stick with him to do all the jobs Galileo find dangerous. When Mud won't go into the cave to find fertilizer, the others ask Hegdish if they borrow his stick.

Episode 11. Megaboo Gonna Get You
1997-10-21

Hegdish makes up a fantastic story about a fictitious monster to scare the groundlings out of their recently-harvested berries.

Episode 12. Free at Last
1997-10-22

Stacks is overwhelmed with his new ability to roam through the marsh in a grocery cart. His mobile ways threaten to get the better of him.

Episode 13. Crystal Clear
1997-10-23

Eco's grandniece, an undergroundling named Crystal, becomes Maggie's newest friend. Consequently, Galileo feels left out.

Season 4
26 episodes · 1997
Episode 1. Honey, I Shrunk the Groundlings
1997-10-24

In this first episode co-produced for Disney Channel, Eco is accidentally shrunk when Mud/Slinger test their size-altering invention.

Episode 2. The Amulet
1997-10-27

The magic in Eco's amulet is stuck, and she needs Mud/Slinger's polish to release the magic. Maggie, determined to prove she's grown up, takes the amulet to Mud/Slinger. Before the amulet is ready, Hegdish constructs a false amulet,…

Episode 3. Jingle Bellies
1997-10-28

Galileo tries to keep secret the fact that he ate all the jingle reed cookies. In desperation, the others employ Hegdish, of all groundlings, to find the culprit.

Episode 4. Bumble-Bird Blunder
1997-10-29

Eco reveals a secret that has troubled her since childhood—which she feels is the reason she has been summoned to meet the Tree Elders.

Episode 5. The Hegdish Who Came to Dinner
1997-10-30

Hegdish suffers an accident and is laid up at Mud/Slinger's, expecting to be waited on all the time.

Episode 6. What a Guy
1997-10-31

Stacks is ready to go on an adventure in the name of nature.

Episode 7. The Enchanted Music Box
1997-11-03

Hegdish hears of a music box that plays wonderful music that makes everyone feel giddy. He hopes to hear this music firsthand, but when he does, he discovers the importance of moderation. Eco's story reminds us that ""Too much of a good…

Episode 8. The Other Galileo
1997-11-04

Entering the marsh is a groundling who looks almost identical to Galileo, but he has a mean streak – more disagreeable than even Hegdish. The visitor hurts the other groundlings' feelings. Just as Maggies becomes distraught over what…

Episode 9. My Hero
1997-11-05

Stacks saves Galileo from the clutches of mischievous vines, only to get trapped himself. It's now up to Galileo to get Stacks out alive.

Episode 10. A Little Bird Told Me
1997-11-06

Maggie dencounters a bird who can talk only to her. Through that bird, Maggie discovers how special she really is. But will the other groundlings believe Maggie's story?

Episode 11. Berries as Big as Your Head
1997-11-07

Hegdish spots a vine of increasingly-large berries slithering into a cave – a cave he knows he can't navigate himself. Thus, he tells one lie after another to fool the other groundlings into following him into the cave. When the other…

Episode 12. Ooops!
1997-11-10

Mud/Slinger believe they have done everything wrong. First, they get distracted from cleaning the wheels on Stacks's grocery cart in an effort to open a cave door. When they get all their tools, they accidentally shut the cave door –…

Episode 13. The Imaginary Friend
1997-11-11

Galileo cannot accept the fact that Crystal's best friend is invisible.

Episode 14. Catch a Falling Star
1997-11-12

On a starry night, Galileo sees a shooting star seemingly land on the other side of the lake. He is determined to sail his boat across the other lake to catch a shooting star. Everyone laughs at his idea. So determined to go off on his…

Episode 15. Glisten Berries & Friends
1997-11-13

The annual glisten berry search produces a quandary. Everyone is supposed to search for glisten berries with his or her special friend. Crystal feels left out because every other groundling (except Hegdish) has already found a special…

Episode 16. Treasure of the Lost Marsh
1997-11-14

Told of the legendary gold rock that marked the source of Groundling Marsh's water, Maggie and Galileo, along with Hegdish, set out for a cave where the long-lost rock may be.

Episode 17. Coming of Age
1997-11-17

Crystal is put to a test that she must solve herself to prove her wisdom, but she falls prey to the advice of some other groundling.

Episode 18. The Best Present of All
1997-11-18

Maggie is upset because she cannot find an original way to show her appreciation for Eco. Everyone else takes Maggie's ideas, except one: Mossy Bear. Wll Maggie give up her favorite toy to show Eco her appreciation?

Episode 19. Five Leaf Clover
1997-11-19

Mud/Slinger turn their lives amuck stumble upon a clover that grants five wishes. Each wish produces a disaster, mainly because they can't agree with each other. Galileo tries to help Mud/Slinger with a song, but they accidentally wish…

Episode 20. Mighty Maggie
1997-11-20

Maggie accidentally provides Mud/Slinger the inspiration they need to make one of their inventions successful. Inspired, Mighty feels superior to the others. She tries to prove her superiority by besting the other groundlings at…

Episode 21. Crystal and the Ice Wind
1997-11-21

Crystal sets free a friendly wind that freezes everyone who comnes in contact with it. When virtually all the other groundlings are frozen in place, only Crystal can lure the Ice Wind back to its place deep inside the caves.

Episode 22. Free Wally
1997-11-24

A choir of musical flowers falls into disharmony when Hegdish steals one of the chorus.

Episode 23. That's Entertainment
1997-11-25

Hegdish is about to leave the marsh–again. His plan is thwarted when the other groundlings put on a stage show for him.

Episode 24. Listen Up
1997-11-26

Crystal's high-powered ears pick up only parts of conversations, leaving Maggie to conclude that she isn't appreciated. Distraught, Maggie withdraws into Crystal's cave. All the groundlings are intent to find Maggie, except for Hegdish,…

Episode 25. It's a Wonderful Marsh
1997-11-27

Eco thinks she is unappreciated since everyone in the marsh is capable of doing jobs well. But what if Eco had not been at the marsh all this time? Eco is taken on a Jimmy Stewart path to a nightmarish scene: Hegdish has the power to…

Episode 26. Bah Hegdish
1997-11-28

When Stacks breaks down in an attempt to start the lights for Twinkletime, Hegdish is reluctant to give away the pellets needed for Stacks to regain power. That night, Hegdish revisits his past, present, and a Dickensian nightmare of a…

Cast by season
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Stephen Brathwaite
Mud (voice)
Gord Robertson
Gord Robertson
Galileo (voice)
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James Rankin
Eco (voice)
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Frank Meschkuleit
India Ennenga
India Ennenga
Dionne Quan
Dionne Quan
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