The Big Garage

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The Big Garage
Starring	Terrence Scammel Patricia Rodriguez Liz McRae Thor Bishopric Rick Jones
Country of origin	Canada
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	28
Production company(s)	Family Channel Canwest Global Television Network
Release
Original network	Family Channel (Canada) Global Television Network (Canada) CITV (United Kingdom) TLC (USA)
Original release	1995 (1995) – 1997 (1997)
External links
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The Big Garage is a Canadian children's puppet television series produced by Family Channel and the Canwest Global System. The Global Television Network aired the program for 2 years from 1995-1997 and on Family Channel for 4 years from 1995-1999. In the United States, TLC's Ready Set Learn aired The Big Garage From 1997-2001.

Plot

The setting of this show is Taxitown, where the eponymous Big Garage is. Said garage is home to four taxi cabs, London, Yorky, Zigzag, and Mimi, who are always under the watchful eye of Pump, a gas pump who serves as their mentor. Close to the Big Garage is Scrapland, a scrapyard serving as the home of an anthropomorphic trash compactor named Scrap who wants to destroy the taxis. Scrap's helper, a tow truck named Rusty, alternates back and forth between being an enemy of the taxis and a friend.

Characters

Taxicabs

• London is a blue taxicab, which wears the number 1. As his name suggests, he has a British accent and closely resembles a typical taxicab in the UK. He is a 1960 Austin A40 Farina voiced by Terrence Scammell.
• ZigZag is a purple taxicab, which wears the number 2. She is the fastest taxicab on the show. Her overconfidence sometimes gets the better of her. She is a 1946 Ford Super Deluxe Coupe voiced by Patricia Rodriguez.
• Yorky is a yellow taxicab, which wears the number 3. He likes to be "cool" and speaks, true to his name, with a New York accent, and closely resembles a typical New York City taxicab. He is a 1957 Ford Fairlane voiced by Rick Jones.
• Mimi is a red taxicab which wears the number 4. She appears to be somewhat shy. Her hood ornament is made to resemble a pacifier in front of her vehicle's grille to represent her as the youngest, or 'the baby', in the fleet. She is also the only taxicab with her name written on her, near her trunk. She is a 1969 Subaru 360 voiced by Liz MacRae.

Other Characters

• Scrap is a anthropomorphic compactor who is the gang's nemesis, trying to force the cabs to completely break down in order to have them towed to Scrapland so he can personally destroy them. He often tricks Rusty into doing his bidding, and breaks the fourth wall by expressing his annoyance at the song sequences the cabs perform. Voiced by Terrence Scammell.
• Rusty is a green tow truck which lives in a junkyard. It seems that in some episodes he is the gang's nemesis and in some is their friend. He is also seen singing with the taxis and Pump, though he has never sung solo. He is a 1948 Chevrolet 3100 voiced by Rick Jones.
• Pump is a anthropomorphic (though stationary otherwise) gas pump outside the garage. He's the mentor to the taxicabs (and Rusty, on occasion), and he sings the opening theme song, as well as other songs with the taxis. He is also the narrator of the series. Voiced by Thor Bishopric.
• Tooly is a small red toolbox with a handlebar moustache. He works with a group of mischief-loving wrenches called the "Spanners" (another term for a wrench in Canada, the show's production base), who always seem to be running away from Tooly. Tooly is often seen chasing after them in almost every episode. Voiced by Rick Jones.
• Flash is a traffic light who keeps making up rules besides stopping on a red light. Voiced by Liz MacRae.
• Stop is a cartoon stop sign who loves to have fun, mostly by playing hopscotch, as we see in her introduction. Voiced by Patricia Rodriguez.

There are some cartoon tools as well, including Hammer, Saw, the Bolts, the Nuts, Ruler, the Spanners and Oil Can. Pump narrates this segment.

Voice Actors

• Terrence Scammel as London / Scrap
• Patricia Rodriguez as ZigZag / Stop
• Rick Jones as Yorky / Tooly / Rusty / Spanners
• Liz MacRae as Mimi / Flash / Spanners
• Thor Bishopric as Pump

Episode Guide

1. Stop and Listen!
2. The Mixup
3. Share and Shake Alike
4. Welcome to the Big Garage
5. Boo! Who?
6. Blow Your Own Horn
7. The Great Rescue
8. All out of Zoom
9. Sounds Funny to Me
10. And the Winner is......
11. What About Mimi?
12. The Big Bang
13. You Better Believe It
14. An Eensy Weensy Lie
15. Lickety-Split
16. Slow but Sure
17. King for the Day
18. Copy Cars
19. Breaking All the Rules
20. The Missing Wheels
21. First Things First
22. Just Along for the Ride
23. Un-Pumped
24. Rain, Rain, Go Away!
25. The Heat Wave
26. London's Oil Crisis
27. Super London
28. A Day at the Beach

External links

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