Post by marvelousfizzy799 on Oct 19, 2021 17:37:53 GMT
On the Lost Media Wiki, there used to be a page for an obscure puppet show known as "The Fixer Uppers". I found an archive of that page on the Wayback Machine that described the series like this:
"The Fixer Uppers (name unconfirmed) was a series of live action mystery videos for elementary schools, released around 2000. In these videos, a group of kids called "the fixer uppers" worked together to solve a mystery and set-up a club house in an abandoned storage closet under the apartment staircase. The kids would be aided by "the girl's" (name unknown) stuffed animals, and faxes from the students who were viewing these videos. Each tape ended on a cliff hanger and it was up to the kids to send in faxes of what they thought the answer to the cliff hanger was (answered in the next tape), with select faxes being shown in the video. The purpose of this series of tapes was to teach children problem solving in a fun and interactive way."
"The story follows the adventures of this girl and her 2 friends as they solve various mysteries in their apartment building. In the first tape, the kids are curious as to who the mysterious lady is down the hall, as well as finding a fax machine they name "faxy." In the second tape, "the girl" discovers a closet under the stairs that is wall papered over, and the group of friends want to turn it into their club house. In one tape, the ending is on water coming out from under a door, and the audience is left to ask "what is causing it?" In another tape, the kids want to paint the new club house, and the fax prompt was "how can we stay clean while painting?" During the series, three of the girl's stuffed animals would help the kids solve each mystery; with them helping in secret for the first half of the series, and coming out as alive in the second half. During the release, there was one "filler" episode where it was just 2 of the 3 stuffed animals trying to figure out what various items were super up close, only for it to zoom out to reveal what the object was."
"Every month, a tape was sent to participating schools for use in the classroom during the year 2000. Episodes were assumed to be made on a month by month basis (due to the inclusion of faxes sent from students). Tapes were only released to participating schools, and were not released elsewhere. There is very little information on this series of classroom videos as no one seems to remember it."
This page is long gone now. I don't know if people deleted it because of the LMW's new look or they thought this show was a hoax. Either way, this is another obscure show I would like to be found.
