A Bunch of Munsch

A Bunch of Munsch is an animated anthology television series produced by Cinar. Each episode is based on a book by American-Canadian children's author Robert Munsch. The show aired from December 7, 1991 to December 2, 1992 on CTV in Canada and Showtime in the United States.

Development
The series was announced on January 12, 1991.

Music
Every story featured a unique original song, usually sung by the lead character.

Broadcast
In Canada, the series aired on CTV on December 7, 1991 with the first special, "Thomas' Snowsuit" and "50 Below Zero".

It debuted in the United States on Showtime on December 17, 1991. It was later added to the Showtime's Fall 1992 lineup opposite of the series debut of American Heroes & Legends, as part of the network's hour long block of kiddie-oriented programming. The series aired regularly with the next episode of the first regular 22-minute episode, "The Paper Bag Princess" premieres on October 14, 1992.

Episode list
Seven episodes, each being two 11-minute segments in a 30-minute slot (the lone exception being The Paper Bag Princess, which was one 22-minute episode divided into two segments), were created:

Voices
• Julian Bailey

• Sonja Ball

• Matthew Barrot

• Thor Bishopric

• Eramelinda Boquer

• Tia Caroleo

• Richard M. Dumont

• Kathleen Fee

• Holly Gauthier-Frankel

• Amy Fulco

• Andrew Bauer-Gabor

• Norman Groulx

• Jesse Gryn

• Shayne Olszynko-Gryn

• Mark Hellman

• A. J. Henderson

• Arthur Holden

• Lisa Hull

• Gary Jewell

• Rick Jones

• Tamar Kozlov

• Liz MacRae

• Bronwen Mantel

• Gordon Masten

• Anik Matern

• Carlyle Miller

• George Morris

• Michael O'Reilly

• Lianne Picard-Poirier

• Hayley Reynolds

• Patricia Rodriguez

• Michael Rudder

• Terrence Scammell

• Kaya Scott

• Harry Standjofski

• Jory Steinberg

• Gab Taraboulsy

• Christian Tessier

• Jacob Tierney

• Vlasta Vrána

• June Wallack

• Jane Woods

VHS releases
All episodes were released to VHS by Golden Book Video in the early 1990s. The releases were eventually packaged and updated in the late 1990s by Sony Wonder.

DVD release
All episodes were released to DVD by Cookie Jar Entertainment. Mill Creek Entertainment released the complete series on DVD in Region 1 on August 4, 2015 which includes a bonus episode of The Busy World of Richard Scarry.