a cowboy from the wild west. Sammy Starfish (voiced by Tony Orlando) is Oswald's musical idol, Sammy is a jazz singer. Oswald's dream is to play piano for Sammy Starfish, which becomes a reality when Sammy's show comes to Big City and the tickets are all sold out. Steve Tree (voiced by Fred Stoller) is a tree that comes to life. Sometimes his pet Woodrow the woodpecker pecks on him, usually on his head. Andy Pumpkin (voiced by Eddie Deezen) is Steve's loopy best friend. He is a happy-go-lucky pumpkin person and works at a candy shop. He tends to speak in hyper tones when working in the candy shop. Bingette Bunny (voiced by Kathy Najimy) is a ditsy rabbit who runs the gardening store where Oswald buys his tomato plants. She is usually very unhelpful but usually says "Just doing my job!" when Oswald leaves the store. Roderick Robot is a mechanical man with a mechanical cat, Tinsel. Oswald cat-sits for Roderick, and it turns out Tinsel is a very naughty cat. Bingo (voiced by Mac Davis) is Big City's barber, a rabbit who also runs a newspaper store from which Henry buys his newspaper. He only talks in the episodes "The Naughty Cat" and "Henry Needs a Haircut". Louie (voiced by Michael McKean) is Henry's cousin from the arctic. Flippy is a fish who Oswald bought at the pet store but had to give to the Big City Aquarium as the fish grew too large. The Paper People are silent humans made of paper who appear in several episodes as cameo characters. Woodrow is Steve's pet woodpecker. Tinsel is Roderick's mechanical pet cat. The Fish are fish who appear in the episode "Going Fishing". Maestro Bingo runs a store of various musical instruments and appears in the episodes "Daisy Plays an Instrument" and "Fixing the Piano". Episodes Release Broadcast history In the United States, Oswald first aired on the Nick Jr. television block on Nickelodeon on August 20, 2001. It was removed from the lineup on May 24, 2005. On April 7, 2003, Oswald started airing on Noggin during its daytime preschool block. Reruns also aired on the 24-hour Nick Jr. channel upon its launch in 2009, but they were removed on March 8, 2013. The show aired briefly on Nick on CBS for one year from September 15, 2001, to September 7, 2002. The series was added