It's A Big Big World - Typical Episode Format

Typical Episode Format

A typical episode of It's a Big, Big World begins with the opening theme song, "It's a Big, Big World". That is followed by a short (10-12 minute) story involving some or all of the main characters. This first story is followed by another song, called "Curve of the World", sung by all the characters. (In the Miss Lori and Hooper block, this song was not shown.) Then comes a second 10-12 minute story, which may be thematically linked to the first story but is not usually a direct continuation of the plot. At the end of the episode, Snook sings the closing song, Try to Touch the Sky, although this is often followed by one or two very short segments in which Snook ends some activity and gives some fun facts about the various species of animals that live in the World Tree. The big mountain in the background is Pico da Neblina, overlooking the Amazon River.

The format of the "Season 2" (2009) episodes featuring Riona the baby sloth differs from the those of the first season in that each short story concludes with a brief segment in which Snook asks Riona to recall "The Best Parts of Your Day," during which the two characters recap events and lessons learned. In addition, "The Curve of the World" intermission song and the fun-fact segments at the end of the program are replaced by Snook "On the Road," where he visits various locations in the real world and talks to regular people about such topics as farming, indigenous culture, and wildlife. Another conspicuous difference between the two seasons is that those produced in 2009 feature only Riona, along with Snook, Bob, Burdette, and Smooch/Winslow from the original cast (Madge, Oko, Wartz, and Ick are omitted).