14 Facts About Caillou

1.

Caillou is a Canadian educational children's television series which aired on Teletoon, with its first episode airing on the former channel on September 15,1997; it later moved to Treehouse TV, with its final episode being shown on that channel on October 3,2010.

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2.

Caillou, nicknamed by himself The Prince of Imagination, is the title character of the show.

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3.

Caillou was first voiced by Bryn McAuley from 1997 to 2000, then Jaclyn Linetsky in 2000 until 2003, and then, due to Linetsky's death, Annie Bovaird from 2003 to 2010.

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4.

Caillou was first shown in the episode "Caillou Makes Cookies", which aired in 1997.

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5.

Caillou is an imaginative four-year-old boy with a love for forms of transportive machinery such as rocket ships and airplanes.

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6.

Caillou particularly loves his stuffed dinosaur, Rexy, and teddy bear, Teddy, along with his pet cat Gilbert, all of whom are depicted as puppets in segments featured in the earlier episodes.

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7.

Caillou books have been published by Chouette Publishing Inc since 1989.

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8.

In 1997,65 five-minute episodes of Caillou were aired in Canada and in selected markets worldwide, including the US.

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9.

Caillou started attending preschool and there were new themes and a new opening.

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10.

Caillou initially received generally positive reviews from television critics and parents of young children.

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11.

Caillou first aired on Canada's French-language Teletoon channel on September 15,1997, and was the first show aired on the English-language Teletoon when it launched on October 17,1997.

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12.

Caillou made its US debut on PBS Kids on September 4,2000, and ran on that network until December 27,2020.

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13.

Since 2012, Caillou DVDs are distributed by Entertainment One and after their purchase of Phase 4 Films in 2015, are released through the KaBoom Entertainment label.

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14.

Second special: Adventures with Grandma and Grandpa, which focuses on Caillou visiting his grandparents for a sleepover at their beach house, premiered in Peacock on August 25,2022.

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