
The Puzzle Place is an American children's television series produced by KCET in Los Angeles, California and Lancit Media in New York City, New York. It premiered on the Public Broadcasting Service on January 16, 1995, and ran for about four years, airing its final episode on December 4, 1998. Reruns were continued until March 31, 2000. The show followed a multi-ethnic group of kids from different parts of the United States who hung out at "the Puzzle Place", which is a teen hangout themed around jigsaw puzzle pieces. In each episode the characters were confronted with an everyday conflict usually encountered in childhood and even early teenagerdom, such as making moral decisions, sharing, racism, sexism, etc.
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Air Date: 1995-01-16
Julie obtains a teddy bear, and names it after herself "Tippy Wu". She also remarks on some unflattering nicknames ot...
Air Date: 1995-01-17
The boys have a model train but refuse to share with the girls, insisting it’s a boys’ activity. Gradually everyone t...
Air Date: 1995-01-18
Leon, Kiki, Julie and Skye host a slumber party, but have to work together to help each other's bedtime routines/need...
Air Date: 1995-01-19
Kiki dresses as a space alien, distressed that other kids at school laughed at her Hispanic accent.
Air Date: 1995-01-20
The kids obtain a sheet of dance steps and learn of various cultural dances while trying to decipher it. Sizzle recal...
Air Date: 1995-01-23
A robot shows up at the Puzzle Place and befriends Leon, while insulting everyone else, in an attempt to sabotage eve...
Air Date: 1995-01-24
The kids hold a relay race, but Ben drops his baton, prompting the nickname “Butterfingers” from everyone else. Nuzzl...
Air Date: 1995-01-25
Skye aspires to perform music, but is discouraged by the fact that he doesn't know very many Native American performe...
Air Date: 1995-01-26
Ben brings in an ant farm to show everyone, but Leon unwittingly wreaks havoc in an attempt to give the ants fresh ai...
Air Date: 1995-01-27
Skye finds a party box in the kitchen, but everyone else is too distracted watching TV to take interest. Nuzzle wishe...
Air Date: 1995-01-30
Julie plays referee to Skye and Leon’s dispute over whose cultural drum is more significant. The two eventually agree...
Air Date: 1995-01-31
Kiki is at a loss as to what to do when she unwittingly “breaks” Julie’s toy horse, and can't bring herself to tell h...
Air Date: 1995-02-01
The kids all partner up to paint one another, but initially can’t find a suitable paint color for everyone. Their sec...
Air Date: 1995-02-02
Julie wants to emulate her favorite singer, Penny Candy, but sees her true colors when a crisis in the greenhouse hit...
Air Date: 1995-02-03
Leon wants to make a pizza for everyone, but he needs a creative solution to satisfy everyone’s different topping pre...
Air Date: 1995-02-06
The kids compare their favorite superheroes but need to band together when the pets get caught in a dangerous situation.
Air Date: 1995-02-07
The kids want to play Sleeping Beauty, but as four of them don’t fit the description of the protagonists, they resear...
Air Date: 1995-02-08
Kiki leads the kids in a makeshift band, but her authority seems to do more harm than good when she won’t allow them ...
Air Date: 1995-02-09
Leon learns a hard lesson in racism when he’s barred from attending a friend’s birthday party simply because he’s Afr...
Air Date: 1995-02-10
Skye and Kiki unwittingly invade Julie’s privacy by opening a package meant for her. Nuzzle and Sizzle cause some mis...
Air Date: 1995-02-13
Ben is unwilling to wear his glasses for a group picture because of some teasing, but unwittingly wreaks havoc when h...
Air Date: 1995-02-14
While the others turn the basement into a moonwalk with many balloons, Kiki and Julie enjoy moon cakes, but a humorou...
Air Date: 1995-02-15
The kids receive six assorted donuts, and Jody gets first dibs, but she struggles to decide which one she wants. Leon...
Air Date: 1995-02-16
Jody is a victim of bullying when a bigger student keeps stealing her lunch. Sizzle also tries to keep away a bigger ...
Air Date: 1995-02-17
Ben attempts to change his “boring” hairstyle with disastrous results, before learning that his hair was fine the way...
Air Date: 1995-02-20
When a storm hits the Puzzle Place, Leon is embarrassed to admit he is afraid of thunder and lightning.
Air Date: 1995-02-21
Skye brings some special bread from his tribe to share with the kids but is troubled when Jody refuses to try any for...
Air Date: 1995-02-22
Leon obtains a new watch but drives everyone else crazy with it, causing them to snap back at him. Kiki is preparing ...
Air Date: 1995-02-23
Ben is struggling to put together a puzzle but angrily snaps and puts down anyone who tries to help him. He also insu...
Air Date: 1995-02-24
While nearly all the kids are sick with chickenpox, Skye finds a guitar and wants to play it, but he is slow to under...
Air Date: 1995-02-27
Julie finds Skye’s misplaced Apache pollen pouch and is so enamored with it that she doesn’t return it right away, da...
Air Date: 1995-02-28
The kids bring in items for a picnic but can’t seem to agree on where to have it. While Leon and Jody are content to ...
Air Date: 1995-03-01
The boys challenge the girls to a game of tug of war but are unexpectedly defeated and can’t figure out why.
Air Date: 1995-03-02
The others tease Skye when he forgets to bring a bat to a baseball game, prompting Skye to get upset and leave. Ben f...
Air Date: 1995-03-03
Kiki makes plans to clean the place, but it doesn’t go as planned.
Air Date: 1995-03-06
Leon cries when the others exclude him from his own pancake making recipe and is labelled a “crybaby” by Ben and Skye...
Air Date: 1995-03-07
Ben becomes discouraged when everyone but him has won a trophy for something, even though he does have an impressive ...
Air Date: 1995-03-08
Everyone except Skye disguise themselves as identical superheroes, but Skye can use each one's individual quirks to t...
Air Date: 1995-03-09
Ben takes pity on Skye’s friend Kyle, who’s in a wheelchair. Sizzle and Nuzzle find out the hard way that she can’t b...
Air Date: 1995-03-10
Kiki becomes scared when her friends disappear after a failed magic act. Nuzzle becomes inspired by a heroic dog on TV.