Post by janse on Dec 29, 2018 7:09:34 GMT
Not sure how much luck I'll have here, but I'll give it a shot.
I'm trying to identify a kids show I saw when I was in 4th grade; this was around 2000-01. I went to Key Elementary in Arlington Texas I have no idea what it was called, but I remember that EVERYONE in my class, including me, absolutely HATED watching it. We would normally watch it if we couldn't go outside for recess or something like that. To the best of my knowledge, I'm not sure if it ever aired on TV unless it aired on some particular channel years before and was forgotten. It was a show featuring live actors along with puppets (it's NOT the muppets, that I can assure you). I remember how each skit was just totally devoid of humor and at times full-blown depressing. I can only recall a few skits in some detail, but I'll share what I remember. Unfortunately, none of the teachers or staff from that time are still at the school
Origins: Likely USA or possibly Canada, all were speaking english.
Timeframe: like I said I was in 4th grade and given the image quality of the show I estimate it to be from the late 80s or early 90s if not slightly later.
Opening sequence
The title card of the show came up with a sort of folksy, upbeat song accompanied by a piano, almost like a saloon song. I recall the opening notes almost sounded like a low train whistle. The background was red, and I think the title was surrounded with what looked like embroidery. The title would then disappear and inside the embroidery border a few Sephia colored clips showed up featuring a few visual gags, I don't recall what they all were, but I think one featured a kid with his pants falling accompanied with a whistle sound effect.
Skits
One skit I recalled featured a pair of puppets depicted as a middle-aged husband and wife who were referred to be all those who knew them as "a good/perfect couple". The couple run a lemonade business, the wife makes all the lemonade and all the husband does is tastes it to make sure it was just right. Then one day this elderly man comes in (played by a young African American boy dressed in a suit, fake grey hair, glasses, and a bushy mustache. This character spoke in a low, slow voice to the wife about something--though I cant recall exactly what--and this causes the wife to realize that her arrangement with her husband isn't exactly fair as she did all the work. This causes them to not get along with one another anymore, and afterward, those around them start referring to them as a "bad couple." Sometime later the "elderly" man with slow voice returns and more or less asks why were they behaving the way were; this leads to the couple opening up about what was bothering them individually (cant recall what the husband's problems were) and the elderly man more to less tells them to makeup and they do, and after that they were once again called a "good couple" by those who knew them.
Another skit featured a girl running away from home though I don't recall why. Later her family (a mixture of kids and puppet characters) set out to look for her, but she comes back although I don't recall what happened in between. I recall the dad puppet had a sort of pack man like head with a big floppy mouth and he held a pitchfork. The only like I recall was near the end when the father says "Don't ever do that again!"
This next one is going to sound a little disturbing, and it may sound like I might be misremembering it, but I assure you this is what happens. The scene opens up in a dark room with a spotlight shinning on a rocking chair, on the rocking chair is a young girl holding her doll in her arms. The camera zooms in on her face and she addresses her mother in a sad mumbly voice, she said "Mommy, dolly (i assume she called it that) said im...retarded. Im not making that up. This went on for almost a solid minute of her saying that her doll called her retarded and her asking why was her doll calling her that. The scene ends with the camera zooming back out at the girl still looking at her doll in her arms; NOTHING was addressed.
So yes that all I can recall. Everything was low budget and to my memory poorly executed. I dont know if this was ever on TV or if was just a program that was just on video only. If anyone has the slightest idea what it could be then by all means share.
I'm trying to identify a kids show I saw when I was in 4th grade; this was around 2000-01. I went to Key Elementary in Arlington Texas I have no idea what it was called, but I remember that EVERYONE in my class, including me, absolutely HATED watching it. We would normally watch it if we couldn't go outside for recess or something like that. To the best of my knowledge, I'm not sure if it ever aired on TV unless it aired on some particular channel years before and was forgotten. It was a show featuring live actors along with puppets (it's NOT the muppets, that I can assure you). I remember how each skit was just totally devoid of humor and at times full-blown depressing. I can only recall a few skits in some detail, but I'll share what I remember. Unfortunately, none of the teachers or staff from that time are still at the school
Origins: Likely USA or possibly Canada, all were speaking english.
Timeframe: like I said I was in 4th grade and given the image quality of the show I estimate it to be from the late 80s or early 90s if not slightly later.
Opening sequence
The title card of the show came up with a sort of folksy, upbeat song accompanied by a piano, almost like a saloon song. I recall the opening notes almost sounded like a low train whistle. The background was red, and I think the title was surrounded with what looked like embroidery. The title would then disappear and inside the embroidery border a few Sephia colored clips showed up featuring a few visual gags, I don't recall what they all were, but I think one featured a kid with his pants falling accompanied with a whistle sound effect.
Skits
One skit I recalled featured a pair of puppets depicted as a middle-aged husband and wife who were referred to be all those who knew them as "a good/perfect couple". The couple run a lemonade business, the wife makes all the lemonade and all the husband does is tastes it to make sure it was just right. Then one day this elderly man comes in (played by a young African American boy dressed in a suit, fake grey hair, glasses, and a bushy mustache. This character spoke in a low, slow voice to the wife about something--though I cant recall exactly what--and this causes the wife to realize that her arrangement with her husband isn't exactly fair as she did all the work. This causes them to not get along with one another anymore, and afterward, those around them start referring to them as a "bad couple." Sometime later the "elderly" man with slow voice returns and more or less asks why were they behaving the way were; this leads to the couple opening up about what was bothering them individually (cant recall what the husband's problems were) and the elderly man more to less tells them to makeup and they do, and after that they were once again called a "good couple" by those who knew them.
Another skit featured a girl running away from home though I don't recall why. Later her family (a mixture of kids and puppet characters) set out to look for her, but she comes back although I don't recall what happened in between. I recall the dad puppet had a sort of pack man like head with a big floppy mouth and he held a pitchfork. The only like I recall was near the end when the father says "Don't ever do that again!"
This next one is going to sound a little disturbing, and it may sound like I might be misremembering it, but I assure you this is what happens. The scene opens up in a dark room with a spotlight shinning on a rocking chair, on the rocking chair is a young girl holding her doll in her arms. The camera zooms in on her face and she addresses her mother in a sad mumbly voice, she said "Mommy, dolly (i assume she called it that) said im...retarded. Im not making that up. This went on for almost a solid minute of her saying that her doll called her retarded and her asking why was her doll calling her that. The scene ends with the camera zooming back out at the girl still looking at her doll in her arms; NOTHING was addressed.
So yes that all I can recall. Everything was low budget and to my memory poorly executed. I dont know if this was ever on TV or if was just a program that was just on video only. If anyone has the slightest idea what it could be then by all means share.