The Children's Underground Club of United Moose and Beaver for Enthusiastic Reporters.
Cucumber is a TV show produced by TV Ontario in the 1970s, and repeated in the 1980s during TV Ontario's daytime kids' programming. 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.
This show provides examples of:
- A Dog Named "Dog": A moose named "Moose" and a beaver named "Beaver"
- One episode featured a weatherman named "Weatherman"
- Allergic to Routine: This happened to Moose in one episode, to the point where "bored" was used for the password
- Big Storm Episode: This happens in the episode featuring Weatherman.
- Brought to You by the Letter "S": Moose's shirt has the letter M on it
- Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal: Moose wears a green shirt and nothing else.
- Initialism Title: Cucumber stands for Children's Underground Club of United Moose and Beaver for Enthusiastic Reporters
- People in Rubber Suits: Moose and Beaver are this.
- Secret Word: Each episode had a certain word used for a password.
