Steve, speaking of old ass shows, do you remember The Great Space Coaster? I would love to get that on DVD, but barely anybody remembers it so I doubt it will ever happen. Also, 321 Contact was one of my all time favorites, but that's another that will never see a DVD release most likely.
That show ruled! I can still sing the theme song, but I'm sure the lyrics are a bit mangled:
"Everybody hop in and __________
We're going for a magic ride
ON THE GREAT SPACE COASTER!!!!!!!!!
come on and ride on
THE GREAT SPACE COASTER!!!!come on and ride!"
Anyway, that show friggin' ruled. The other day I told my daughter about Gary Gnu (who always said "Any news is good gnews?" or something like that). I was never a big fan of that elephant dude with the translucent trunk... but that's because I was distracted by the translucent trunk thing. I'm sure I'm forgetting tons of stuff, but it was like a flashier version of PBS' "3-2-1 Contact" (which was a friggin' great show in itself). Great Space Coaster was like 3-2-1 Contact + Muppets, which is a good thing, IMO. I remember that one of the hosts would pull out a small "televsion" screen (more like an Etch-a-Sketch?) in every episode and then something would happen. I can't remember if there would be a short animation or if there would be a mini-documentary about the theme of the show.
Anyway, I agree with you GUTS. I would love to see this show again. I totally forgot about it. While we are on the subject of semi-educational shows, I think you and I would also love to see Square One (especially Mathnet!) again. IIRC, you liked that show
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MYSTERY TO ME: There was a friggin' awesome show on PBS that starred a young girl with blond hair in pigtails (she reminded me of the girl from Land of the Lost) who had to solve mysteries... with the help of a talking typewriter (it was like a muppet.. with eyes). I *think* viewers had to figure out the missing letters in words, or re-arrange sentences, or something like that. What the hell was the name of that show? It was made in the early- to mid- eighties, but PBS aired it for many years (I guess it was popular). I *think*, but I'm not sure, that the old guy from another PBS show (the show in which our host would read a story, but we watched him drawing pictures with chalk) might also have been on this typewriter mystery show. That dude loved his flannel shirts, by the way, and wore them in nearly every episode of the storytelling / drawing show. IIRC, there was a similar show on PBS that featured an older woman drawing / storytelling as well.
Back on topic: All of the shows I mentioned in this post are on my fantasy xmas list, and will remain there until I convince some PBS stations to give me all of their old videos. These shows should be preserved by archive.org, goddammit!
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