TV series
Puppets Who Kill
Puppets Who Kill is a Canadian television comedy programme co-produced by The Comedy Network. It premiered in Canada on the Comedy Network in 2002, and in Australia on The Comedy Channel in 2004. In Puppets Who Kill, Rocko the Dog, Cuddles the Comfort Doll, Buttons the Bear, and Bill the Dummy are four live, anthropomorphic puppets with a history of delinquency and recidivism. Canadian courts sent each of them to a halfway house for puppets, operated by a man named Dan Barlow.
Availability
Not streaming in United States
Checked Jul 22, 2026
Puppets Who Kill premiered October 4, 2002. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
Puppets Who Kill is a Canadian television comedy programme co-produced by The Comedy Network. It premiered in Canada on the Comedy Network in 2002, and in Australia on The Comedy Channel in 2004. In Puppets Who Kill, Rocko the Dog, Cuddles the Comfort Doll, Buttons the Bear, and Bill the Dummy are four live, anthropomorphic puppets with a history of delinquency and recidivism. Canadian courts sent each of them to a halfway house for puppets, operated by a man named Dan Barlow.
Season 1 episodes
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Episode 2
Buttons, The City Counsellor And The City Counsellor's Wife
When the guys at the halfway house learn all they have to do to get a satellite dish is for Buttons to sleep with the city counsellor's wife, they pressure him to do so. Meanwhile, Dan and Bill get in a battle of wills over the toilet seat.
Episode credits
Guest stars Neil Crone
Episode 3
Cuddles Goes To Jail
Buttons testifies against an old boss and has the opportunity to make $5 million if he can keep his hands of the jury forewoman.
Episode credits
Guest stars Philip Akin, Adrian Truss
Episode 4
Buttons Goes To Court
Dan sends Cuddles to jail for swearing and Cuddles ends up running the place by the end of his stay; Dan thinks that Bill might be the infamous testicle thief.
Episode credits
Guest stars Boyd Banks
Episode 5
Bill's Brain
Bill enters the hospital for a lobotomy unaware his surgeon has a secret grudge; Buttons has sex with a nurse in a storage room full of dangerous diseases.
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Guest stars Chas Lawther, Dave Broadfoot
Episode 6
The Island Of Skip-Along Pete
Skip-Along Pete invites Rocko to his remote island planning to hunt him down for sport.
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Guest stars David Fox
Episode 7
Rocko's Telethon
Rocko goes on a telethon supporting people who were impaled and goes off the wall because Bill forgot to give him some pills to calm him down. Also, Buttons tries to hit on a woman on the telethon, and Cuddles winds up with a stripper while delivering money to the telethon.
Episode credits
Guest stars Rick Roberts, Anne Openshaw
Episode 8
Cuddles The Safety Mascot
Cuddles has big shoes to fill when he replaces a legendary safety mascot who was killed on the job; Dan makes Rocko and Buttons work at a hazardous-waste site.
Where to watch Puppets Who KillEpisode 10
Dan The Greeter
Dash gets a job as a greeter for a department store; Miss Smith becomes obsessed with Dan.
Episode credits
Guest stars Kim Poirier
Episode 11
Cuddles Gets Laid
Dan struggles to control Cuddles after Cuddles has his first sexual experience; Bill is paired with ventriloquist Curious Bob, a former partner he once attempted to kill.
Where to watch Puppets Who KillEpisode 12
Dan's Umbrella
Dan leaves his umbrella at the CBC during a tour and has to fight the bureacracy to get it back. Bill finds and steals the CBC's secret collection of celebritiess brains
Episode credits
Directed by Allan Novak
Episode 13
Mr. Quigley, The Asshole Next Door
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Guest stars Eric Peterson
Episode 14
The Payback
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Guest stars Louis Di Bianco
Episode information updated Jul 24, 2026
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More about Puppets Who Kill
Cast
Dan RedicanDan Barlow
Bob MartinCuddles
Gord RobertsonBill
David Fox
Arlene Duncan
Louis Di Bianco
Boyd BanksCredits
- Created by
- John Pattison, Steven Westren
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 53
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
The Comedy NetworkCanada