Osbert & Cush (lost Treetown spin-off)
Oct 14, 2020 23:38:31 GMT
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Post by canadianchildhood on Oct 14, 2020 23:38:31 GMT
So, longtime Treehouse TV viewers may remember "Treetown", which was the name of the interstitials played in between shows that acted as network hosting, starring the sisters Tansy & Rosabelle, as well as their Treetown toys, and occasionally special guests. There was also a half-hour show too.
What you may not know of is something called "Osbert & Cush". This was a two-in-one interstitial spin-off series that aired on Treehouse from Apr. 2003 to Sep. 2008, and was available on the Treehouse website until about 2013 (could've been earlier, but I think it was 2013) (This sorta makes me wonder if they offered "My Special Book" clips on the website, because they had this one and "Ask Me!"). I believe they produced this because "Treetown" had stopped producing new content in 2001, and they wanted to keep the brand alive.
One of the segments was called "Animal Chat with Osbert Plunky". In this one, Osbert Plunky, the talking ball from "Treetown", visited a petting zoo and talked about a different animal in each one.
The other was called "Cush at the Library", which featured Cush's escapades at a real public library co-starring a librarian called "Librarian Lady". Some segments include Cush getting a library card, learning about braille, not having to whisper, what makes librarians smile & frown, different versions of "Cinderella", and other stuff too. This was the stronger of the two, in my opinion. Maybe I was just more interested in it as a kid and watched it more because I had the freedom to choose which episodes I wanted to watch.
Each episode was only about a minute long. I'll try to find an episode list with the CRTC logs.
Anyone remember this or have it?
What you may not know of is something called "Osbert & Cush". This was a two-in-one interstitial spin-off series that aired on Treehouse from Apr. 2003 to Sep. 2008, and was available on the Treehouse website until about 2013 (could've been earlier, but I think it was 2013) (This sorta makes me wonder if they offered "My Special Book" clips on the website, because they had this one and "Ask Me!"). I believe they produced this because "Treetown" had stopped producing new content in 2001, and they wanted to keep the brand alive.
One of the segments was called "Animal Chat with Osbert Plunky". In this one, Osbert Plunky, the talking ball from "Treetown", visited a petting zoo and talked about a different animal in each one.
The other was called "Cush at the Library", which featured Cush's escapades at a real public library co-starring a librarian called "Librarian Lady". Some segments include Cush getting a library card, learning about braille, not having to whisper, what makes librarians smile & frown, different versions of "Cinderella", and other stuff too. This was the stronger of the two, in my opinion. Maybe I was just more interested in it as a kid and watched it more because I had the freedom to choose which episodes I wanted to watch.
Each episode was only about a minute long. I'll try to find an episode list with the CRTC logs.
Anyone remember this or have it?
) Unless, there's someone out there who preserved the videos from the Treehouse website a long time ago.
