Post by tropesaredangerous on Sept 19, 2020 1:36:04 GMT
Hello all,
When I was a kid living in Texas around 1998-2003, I would watch a specific television channel alot. This channel was probably Fox Kids, though I suppose it could've been PBS. We didn't have cable or satellite, so I don't think there were any other candidates. I believe that I watched three different cartoons all on this same channel (Sherlock Holmes and the 22nd Century, Stargate Infinity, and Magic School Bus).
Now, around that time, I remember some educational bumpers that would give me a huge nostalgia hit if I could find them again. They involved a sort of blobby early CGI television or computer screen as a framing device. The best comparison I can think of is some of the 3D computer screens from JumpStart 3rd grade (pics attached).
They were weird shapes, there were often multiple small bubble-like screens, and they were either mechanically moved around, or the camera just zoomed into the one it wanted to talk about. There were probably also things sticking out of them, like electronic components. Obviously, all of this was done so we could pretend that they were "futuristic technology" instead of just blobs.
The content was educational. They seemed to appear between programs, ask a trivia question, and then either wait or cut away to something else. Then, they would give the answer. I remember one asking about the memory span of a goldfish. Then, when the bumper came back, it gave the answer of "three seconds". These were voiced, and I remember it sounding like a male teenager, though it was probably an adult voice actor/actress. I seem to remember a catch-phrase of "Learning is Fun!", but my memory of that is so vague that it may be entirely unrelated.
I also seem to remember some beep and bloop noises from the screens as they operated.
