Cucumber is a TV show produced by TVOntario in 1975, and repeated regularly throughout the 1970s and 1980s during TVOntario's daytime kids' programming block."TVOntario-24 hits the camping trail packing seven shows for youngsters". Montreal Gazette, April 18, 1987.
The show's title was an acronym for Children's Underground Club of United Moose and Beaver for Enthusiastic Reporters.Fred Rainsberry, A History of Children's Television in English Canada, 1952-1986. Scarecrow Press, 1988. . It featured a human-sized moose (played in costume by Alex Laurier) and beaver (Nikki Tilroe) living in a treehouse, and acting as amateur journalists as they present various educational segments on topics such as science or history. Segments were keyed to Ontario's elementary school curriculum, so that the show could be used as a teaching tool in schools."Two- way television tunes in the classroom". The Globe and Mail, October 17, 1975.
By sending in a story or some artwork to the show (the mailing address was in Toronto), one could become a member of the Cucumber Club.
Guest stars Some notable people appeared on the show:
John Candy guest starred as a character named Weatherman Martin Short guest starred as a character named Smokey the Hare An interview featured a nine-year-old Jeff Healey.
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