Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Wideo Wednesday: Long Ago

 


(50) The Reluctant Dragon & Mr Toad Show Ep.1 - YouTube

(50) Doctor Dolittle Episode 1: The Grasshoppers Are Coming, Hooray, Hooray! - YouTube

(50) Scenes of Maid Marian from Robin Hoodnik - YouTube

PBS Long Ago and Far Away - The Pied Piper of Hamelin (Program 21) - YouTube

Long Ago and Far Away - The Reluctant Dragon - YouTube

The Wizard of Id - YouTube

(50) Off to See the Wizard ABC Promo - YouTube

(50) Off To See The Wizard open/close - YouTube

 

Some episodes of shows I watched long, long ago and which no doubt had varying degrees of influence on me. The exceptions, of course, are the stop-motion episodes of the PBS show Long Ago and Far Away (1989 -1990). The Wizard of Id appeared as a short on the long-lost Chuck Jones show Curiosity Shop (1971). Robin Hoodnik was an episode of the Saturday Superstar Movie (1972 -1974). The Reluctant Dragon and Mr. Toad Show (1970; rerun during 1971 -1972; Rankin/Bass) and Dr. Dolittle (1970-71; Depatie/Freleng) were part of the rather groovy Edwardian-influenced wave that was spreading throughout the culture at the time. I mentioned the Off to See the Wizard (1967) hand puppet I saw in first grade; I only recently found out it was not a show in and of itself, but a framework device animated by Chuck Jones to showcase family movies. It had quite a bit of merchandising, though. Did I ever actually see it? I would have been four at the time of the show, just at the right age to have some kind of inchoate memory. Probably never know for sure now.


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