5 AWFUL kids' shows from CANADA
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- We all like Mr. Rogers, but have you heard of Mr. Dressup, Today's Special, Fred Penner, The Friendly Giant, or The Polka Dot Door? These are five really dumb kids shows that used to be popular in Canada. Or maybe... not popular.
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These may be bad, but at least it's not like those spiderman elsa youtube videos
ikr. sheesh
oh yes
Benny Boy . Bun not
pretty sure h3h3 made a video on that
I agree Benny Boy
"Fred Penner was basically the Canadian version of Raffi..."
Psst! Raffi *is* Canadian too! 😂😂😂
i swear theyre the same fukkin person bro
Technically Raffi is Armenian.
No, never born in Armenia, and doesn’t have Armenian citizenship. Technically he’s Canadian.
Holy crap. I thought he was Egyptian or Armenian or something, but nope! He's Canadian.
@@knightwing5169 Well, he is Armenian, he was born in Egypt to Armenian parents fleeing the Armenian genocide. Just because he's not an Armenian citizen, doesn't mean he's not Armenian. I know that it can be easy to confuse ethnicity and nationality, but they are different things. So, you could say he's ethnically Armenian and his nationality is Canadian.
Talking smack about Mr. Dressup? Bite. your. tongue.
Yaroslav Broda I know right?
TAGGART & TORRENS are gonna be pissed at you for the MrDressup negative review
I saw this and I was like, I loved Mr. Dressup as a kid, also what's with this guys accent, is trying to be stereotypical Canadian, I'm on the east coast and I'm trying to figure out this
I agree. I loved Mr. Dressup, but I watched in the early 70s, so by the time J.J. watched, maybe he was past his prime. My older sister is old enough to remember Butternut Square, but I've never seen it.
J.j McCough mr. dresser is dead give him some respect
This is the only time I ever heard any Canadian dis Mr Dressup. 🤔
I don't think he's actually Canadian. He just insults us.
Plus Fred Penner is awesome.
daverdal1 *he is talking about Canadian shows he watched as a kid. CANADIAN.*
daverdal1 also have you heard his accent?
Yup, this fellow is a tool.
Omg. Dude, how can you insult Mr Dressup? It was my favourite show as a kid. And I liked Today’s Special. As a young kid I would often knock my own hat off and stand completely still like a mannequin when I was out with my grandparents and I made them put my hat back on and say whatever magic word before I would move again. Lol
I forgot today’s special! Yes!
yup, did that too
@Brian D omfg, that's so precious!! 😍
How would someone insult Mr Dressup
It was beloved by a lot of Canadians 😢
The 0 stars for Mr Dress-up, Polka Door, and The Friendly Giant made me have to re-evaluate my regard for your taste levels, JJ. I have fond memories of these shows; even though they weren't groundbreaking, they had a wholesome feel, and didn't encourage kids to grow into self entitled little arses like Caillou. Also, why am I only seeing this suggested two years later??!!
Look at his hair...enough said.
Best part of the video: J.J. presenting us one of his childhood crushes
Online Soup Jeff looks very much like Justin Trudeau, doesn't he?
George Doty-Williams whoa, you're right... could it be that JJ has a secret crush on Justin Trudeau even though he hates Justin's political ideals
Fagism?
gump Say what?
Just homosexuality, please ¬¬
Mr. Dressup and Mr. Rogers actually worked together before branching off into their own shows in Canada and the US respectively, but it's always been clear to me that they shared a very similar philosophy as it relates to children's programming, and while Mr. Rogers had a bigger audience thanks to the US' much larger population, I feel both deserve equal praise for their contributions to children's programming.
Mr Dressup deserves equal praise to Fred Rogers?? In what fucking universe?
@@BoJangles42 in this and every other universe. At least Mr. Dress up didn't give off pedo vibes like Fred Rogers. Not saying he was a pedo, just saying he creeped me out bad enough that I would never watch him.
I grew up near Detroit and PBS often played Canadian programs so I grew up with all of these except for the last one.
DetroitBORG Mike!
DetroitBORG YOOOOO MIKE, I didn’t expect to see you here.
DetroitBORG KEEP UP WITH THE GREAT VIDS!!!
They did that when I grew up (I'm still 11) idk if they still do
Same here, I always wondered why everytime a show ended and the credits included government of Canada logos.
Um... Mr. Dressup is a national treasure and the Mr. Rogers comparison is kinda rich considering Mr. Rogers started on the CBC
Also I'm pretty sure Mr. Rogers and Mr. Dressup worked together when Mr. Rogers was on the CBC. (From looking this up Mr. Dressup was actually American too and just chose to stay in Canada)
Mr. Rogers was an American produced show by an American named Fred Rogers on his set in Pittsburgh.
It was first picked up by CBC, but later NET(later to become PBS.) Where most of it's iconic mainstays were added and when most of the notoriety of Mr. Rogers began.
So it is misleading to say it had any Canadian roots outside of having it's first production deal there.
@@crypticcorgi8280 Canadian rivalry towards US must be the most entertaining country beef to us foreigners
Mr. Rogers was kind of like that father or grandfather figure who explains life's lessons, sometimes painful ones like divorce, in terms a child could understand from someone they trust and did so with conversation, music, and theater with king friday etc.. Mr. Dressup was more about arts & crafts and dressing up and playing make believe and pretend - I don't recall him really talking about anything serious - Both kids shows but both really different.
@@skybananaqueen4051 It is not reciprocal is the weirdest part. In fact Americans often find it Hilarious that canada is constantly trying to prove itself "better" and find asinine arguments for why stuff produced in the usis actually Canadian. Meanwhile I think the only canadian kids series i ever saw that is even slightly good is Total Drama... Edd ed and Edy and Paw patrol are also from canada but I am too young and too old respectively to have ever actually seen them.
Lil J.J is a great rapper name
A rapper name can't be great. :)
Can my DJ name be DJJJ?
And your personal McDonalds meal is McJJ.
@@013aanikhfds McLilDJJJ
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Dude...Mr. Dressup was awesome.
He was my favourite 😩
He is awesome. I loved him
He was, I was in love with that one time he crossed over with Fred Penner.
American here and I absolutely loved Mr. DressUp! The show was awesome and taught me how to be creative. I also loved Sharon Lois & Bram & Today’s Special!
My favorite part of the Friendly Giant (early 60s)was watching him rearrange the miniature furniture around the fireplace for us to imagine sitting in. I will always remember the theme song.
The theme song for Friendly Giant was Early One Morning, an old English folk song from the 1700s.
a rocking chair for someone who likes to rock
@@cmhealy14 And a big chair for two of you to curl up in.
I loved the big chair for two to curl up in!
I can't remember any of the content of Friendly Giant, but the words "Look up. Waaaaaaay up. " are burned into my brain.
Okay, this is going to make me sound completely nuts. The tune to “I am Slowly Going Crazy” has been stuck in my head for like 15 years. I never knew where I heard it or why I knew it. It’s been in the back of my mind for a very long time. This is the FIRST time I remember hearing actual lyrics to this tune. I feel like an era of my life has ended now that I know where it is from.
So thank you for that honorable mention, JJ. You have no idea how much you’ve helped me.
And I’m not making a joke. I am being completely serious.
Ginny Caudill That’s wild, glad to help.
Looks like you're.. *slowly going crazy.*
I personally would be interested in seeing Drake sample that song ;)
I still sing that song to kids
Also, I have had this tune in my head. Thanks for solving this JJ
Damn i just searched up mr.dressup and i think its probably the longest running tv show ever lol... from 1967 to 1996 with 4000 episodes
Guiding light I think holds that distinction
Sesame Street has been running for longer.
Mr. Rogers ran for 5 more years.
@@davidwood2831 I think it might be last of the summer wine
@@aaleyah3082 Yeah, It's literally half a century old!
So my countryballs- map made it to your wall? Wow thats kinda awesome
My mother used to rave about Mr.Dressup nostalgically and was crushed when you trounced it. She grew up in Vermont so got a lot of Canadian tv.
I’m in the US (Vermont) and I definitely watched these shows when I was a kid (except the Polka Dot Door, that seems nuts). When I was in college (pre UA-cam) I kind of thought “Today’s Special” was just an insane fever dream I had, because no one else seems to remember it. So thanks for bringing that back to my memory. Fred Penner was decent, if low budget. It’s entirely possible I watched these on CBC or CTV as a kid, since that was 2 of the 6 channels I got, but I think they did receive some play time in the US.
I always found the Canadian shows slightly more relateable because the voices were closer to the people around me and the subtle references to daily life matched better with my day. It's also nice knowing that people in Canada were able to produce shows when they otherwise wouldn't have had a chance.
THAT GIANT CONVERSATION OMG
it sounds like a weird podcast
Ikr like how is it a kids show?
Moulting is my favorite word now.
c00l
Giant don't give a shit at that point. He's just there to collect a paycheck.
I saw "Today's Special" growing up in St. Louis, Missouri. I loved that show probably as much as Sesame Street. It did make me suspicious of the mannequins in the department stores though.
I too saw "Today's Special" in St Louis
4:46 Isn't Raffi Canadian too? Lol
yes, raffi is also canadian. Fred Penner is just less known.
Yup
@@jeffkingma3336 less known and canadian are synonyms
Technically he’s Armenian.
Dude, as a child from New Jersey, I loved Today's Special, Fred Penner and Sharon, Lois & Bram, they were amongst my favorite shows, and alongside You Can't Do That on Television and other shows from Canada, it was very clear to me that Canadian TV was superior to most of the things produced in the US. To this day, Canadian TV shows hold a special place in my heart. And I have definitely introduced my children to many of these precious Canadian cultural nuggets. We all sing the sandwich song on the regular and my kids (7&8) are apt to shout "splash with green slime" anytime anyone says "I don't know."
The only show I needed was Zaboomafoo
TKinfinity the only show anyone needs
considering it was an educational program, you have no excuse for misspelling "zoboomafoo". and furthermore, you're on the internet... couldn't you just fucking google it?
Satan You sure do live up to your name
awww shucks... thanks. lol
Satan I could, but I’m too Lazy. Plus I’ll just wait for someone like you to come along, correct me, then make me able to change it to the correct spelling.
Fred Penner was awesome! Hanging out at a secret spot in the woods, playing guitar, he provided a role model all kids could aspire to emulate.
Also, if somebody had a crush on Muffy rather than Jeff, what should one make of that...? Asking for a friend.
I am saying this since the picture said: "Mr. Rogers", he did get his start on the CBC before moving his show over to PBS
The weirdest part is, I watched Today's Special as an American child. It came on PBS. I thought it was some kind of fever dream until now
Oh! Lil J. J.'s first crush!!! I could not be more proud!!
"Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show" only lasted 5 seasons, but it started a year before "Fred Penner's Place"; also, you do know that Raffi is Canadian..?!
You are a harsh judge JJ.
Dude I’ve watched your videos on bad Canadian TV and I will say - most of these shows were super well-loved by kids in Alberta, and my husband is from Ontario; he says they all were well loved there, too. We had a tickle trunk in our house, I still sing Elephant Show songs to my kids, and my brother and I make Stickin around jokes out of nostalgia. As my husband points out - the friendly giant was produced from 1958 to 1985 (27 years), 3000+ episodes, and aired for years after that. If it were not a good show this would not be the case. Maybe you just have different taste than the vast canadian culture?
Mr. Dressup was one of my favorites, actually
The conversation between the giant and the two puppets had me dying of laughter. I picked a bad time to eat peanut butter.
You must be hated by like all Canadians saying, "Mr. Dressup is stupid." Basically the best and most loved show ever by all kids.
These are all shows my mom still talks about...
It's been a while, but I would say that "Arthur" is a good show for kids to watch. The premise of each episode is relatable for a kid, and the lessons that are taught are valuable as well.
wow! i totally forgot about the Polka Dot Door. That melted my brain seeing those puppets again.
I have been blinded by nostalgia thinking about the BFG, was the bulk of the show just 3 old men talking at each other? or did you purposely find an awful clip?
Can't wait for you to do an episode on Red Green.
It really was.
Andrew Chisholm Actually it was only two people, the giraffe was the puppeteer's right hand and the rooster was his left. And yes, every show was like that
Red Green actually did make its way down to the states. But it was on PBS. Nobody watches pbs mainly because this is tge average american's perception of PBS m.ua-cam.com/video/FT_ZQJ9isOw/v-deo.html our government dosent invest in television like canada does
An old man having something called a tickle trunk is a bit disturbing.
You forgot the “Hilarious House of Frightenstein” and “You Cannot Do That On Television”
I don't think those two made it all the way to BC. Surely JJ would give at least one star for Igor's psychedelic dance segments. Or the water or green slime dumped on the actors when they got tricked into saying "water" or "I don't know".
@@bonemar66 Yes, they made it to BC. They definitely made it all the way to BC. You can't do that on television was a tentpole show for YTV wasn't it? Not really a "young kids" show... more elementary school aged.
And "The Raccoons"
Starring Billy Van, Billy Van, Billy Van, Billy Van…
And Vincent Price doing snippets used as bumpers and opening/closing bits. When next you travel to Frankenstone, Don’t come alone (and he’d blow out a candle) bringing the Tv to black Bedford running the final credits…
I love all the old Canadian TV shows . I grew up in the 60's. They were good, wholesome, and entertaining. Just because you don't like them doesn't mean they weren't good.
I grew up in the 80s and agree.
i grew up in the 90's and also agree.
Late 90s and early 2000s. I also agree.
My test of children's shows is this: if they keep the little bastards from bothering me, then they're fine.
As a millennial from the US, we did get some Canadian kid shows on Nickelodeon! Out of the ones you shared, I have vivid memories of Sharon, Lois, and Bram, and vague memories of Today's Special. I also thought the mannequin dude was a hottie 😛
Pokaroo is the canadian Mr Blobby, and by god, was blobby a horrifying amalgamation of nightmare fuel. Cthulu is less horrifying than blobby.
My wife as a child would have nightmares of Polkaroo trying to kill her. Apparently it's a lifelong phobia, as she's still terrified of it.
"Polka Dot Door" was actually the Canadian version of "Play School"; a British children's programme from the BBC which ran from 1964-1988. The Canadians just gave it a different name, switched the formula up a little bit and added Polkaroo into the equation. We still had Humpty, Jemima, Big Ted, Little Ted and Hamble, and we still had a rotating team of two presenters who would change after five days every week. But in sheer honesty, the Canadian version just didn't seem to work. It almost felt like "Play School" meets "Sesame Street" in Canada. The presenters didn't seem honest enough, they talked with a slight patronising tone of voice all the time, and quite a few of them, Cindy Cook is a prime example, addresses multiple viewers as opposed to getting a one on one contact with one individual child. It just didn't have the same magic "Play School" had.
I remember watching Blues Clues back in the early 2000's. It was entertaining and had good jingles and mysteries here and there. I think it legitimately can help young children develop their mind, as, at least for a kid show, the mystery element was well set up for the audience to solve. I stopped watching after the main actor, Steve, left the show "for college", and was replaced by his infinitely worse, uh, brother?
St. 64 have you ever listened to his appearance on “The Moth” talking about what dating was like for him?
I can't say I had. I was under the impression Steve died of a drug overdose, but after looking it up, I guess it was a hoax. That is something I'd have to listen to sometime.
I liked all these shows, except the giant one because I've never watched it. It kinda seems like you hate Canadian content just because it's Canadian...
@@013aanikhfds I'm aware he's Canadian.
Arthur was partly canadian and is also the best kids show of all time
Cameron Ryan And I say hey what a wonderful kind of day where you can learn to work and play and get along with each other
There we go, I was looking for this comment.
@rando I'm not sure if Clone High or Total Drama count, but if they do, then they would be some of the few.
Mr. Rogers and Mr. Dressup actually started out on the same show, BUTTERNUT SQUARE, in the mid-'60s.
There's also CHEZ HELENE and UNCLE BOBBY and PUPPET PEOPLE and WATERVILLE GANG...
Holy Crap Uncle Bobby and the creepy weird clowns! And the Waterville Gang!!! Man... I had forgotten about it completely!
I American and i never hear of any of this shows before
I American and i never hear of any of this shows before too! What a coincidence! Let’s be friends
First of all, Mr. Dressup was on air before Mr. Rogers, though not by more than a year. His puppets were also very simple, just like Casey and Finnegan. Part of your problem is that you weren't around for these shows inceptions. They were landmark children's shows in Canadian broadcasting from a time when we only had a few channels to choose from, when rabbit ears adorned our television sets which had no remotes, and when TV antenna towers were in our backyards attached to our houses. A simpler, more honest time. Trust me, plenty of us learned kindness from Mr. Dressup as well as these other shows and their hosts. Maybe you just didn't catch those episodes or were too self absorbed to notice.
The other thing you clearly missed was the beauty in not having elaborate sets and large budgets. Watching these teachers teach us to create something out of very little was a gift to us. A gift that encouraged us to use found or cheap resources combined with our imaginations to create our own play for hours on end, in a time when we weren't sitting glued to a TV all day playing video games or watching UA-cam videos, like todays kids are. The Friendly Giant and Polka-Dot-Door, along with Mr. Dressup were influential to many children in their desire to learn to read, play music, become actors, and other great uses of our imaginations and talent. In fact, many of us Canadians have gone on to work in film and television and the other arts, specifically because of all these shows that you glossed over.
Honestly, I feel kind of sorry for you that you didn't "get it", the same way I feel sorry for kids who are bombarded by todays high paced ADHD TV shows with garbage writing and empty glitz and glamour.
These shows are Canadian history, and it's a testament to their value and power as teaching tools that enabled them to last decades long. You clearly missed that about them too.
Way back before PBS even existed, National Educational Television aired some of the early black-and-white episodes of The Friendly Giant. There was no NET station in our area. Dad put a big antenna on our roof, and we were able to get a (snowy) picture from the station about 100 miles away.
A good Canadian show for children actually came from Quebec, called Passe-Partout. Pretty iconic.
"Basically the Canadian Raffi"
Should we tell him...?
Fred Rogers (Mister Rogers) and Ernie Coombs (Mr. Dressup) worked together for the CBC in Canada in the 1960s on a show called Misterogers. When Fred returned to the US to start his "Neighbourhood", Ernie continued working for the CBC eventually changing the show to "Mr. Dressup". Mister Rogers Neighbourhood and Mr. Dressup were created from the same educational premise with the same philosophy by two children broadcasting pioneers who worked together and inspired each other. I do not understand the love for one program and the hate for the other!
I remember all of these. You gotta remember JJ, that those of us who lived in a rural area in the 80's, only got two channels, CBC and whatever the local TV station was (happened to be BCTV, which is now GlobalTV, but at the time was a CTV affiliate), all the stuff you listed was basically CBC fodder.
Of these, in retrospect, I think childrens programming hasn't improved very much. The replacement for Mr Rogers on TV is "Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood", and basically the thing pre-K kids will pay attention to. Generally anything with music will distract a small child, and with the power of youtube, you can pretty much find more tolerable, better shows that won't give you nightmares. Seseme Street is probably the only childrens show still around that has received a visual makeover (due to HBO), but it's basically the Elmo hour. Pre-Elmo Seseme Street was a lot less ear-bleeding. So I usually skip those parts and show my nephew the Cookie Monster and Grover segments instead.
I give this video 0 stars, as well as all his previous videos too!
Today's Special had made its way to some American stations. I can't remember if it was via PBS or Nickelodeon.
I think Nickelodeon aired a similarly titled show, I think it was called special delivery
When my mom was a kid, she lived in Washington and only had Canadian T.V Channels. She remembers Fred Penner as the singing guy who crawled through a log.
To be fair to those old crappy shows, five random minutes from anyone of them had immensely more intellectual depth than Donald Trump's very best speeches.
TDS. Cry many tears this november.
I remember watching “Today’s Special” while growing up in California. Didn’t remember it’s name until you described it here. None of the others ring a bell.
"The Canadian Raffi"...but Raffi was already Canadian...
Today’s Special was sometimes shown on Australian TV in the late 1980s by our national broadcaster, the ABC. I’d completely forgotten about it until I watched this video. The ABC showed a lot of Canadian kids TV (mainly animated) in the 80s and 90s, including YCDTOT and Degrassi which were both very popular. In late primary school, we’d often watch taped copies of Take A Look. Canada was a bit of a kids and educational TV powerhouse in the 80s and 90s
Today's Special also was aired on Nickelodeon in the US. I wouldn't say it's dumb but certainly enjoyable for younger viewers.
STOP IT MR DRESSUP IS AMAZING!!!
My mom took me to a Fred Penner concert as a kid and hearing sandwiches are beautiful live is the purest of Canadian culture
I’m in the US, (Wisconsin) and remember watching Today’s Special when I was 4 or 5. Nickelodeon (originally called Pinwheel) had aired it when the channel first debuted in the early 80’s. Speaking of Nickelodeon, another Canadian import kids show from my childhood that was actually good, and many Americans have fond memories of is “You Can’t do That on Television” Gen Xers from the States loved that show, much more than Canadians did. There was even a low budget documentary made about the Show and why it was so popular in the US.
Alanis Morissette was on "You Can't Do That ..."
"Polka-dot Door" was the Canadian licensed version of a UK show called 'Play School' (that ran from 1964 and that I watched as a very small kid).
I grew up around Detroit in the 1980's and 1990's and got CBC Windsor 9 + PBS so I saw a surprising amount of Canadian television as a child. Other than Mr. Dressup I don't remember these programs that well though. The more memorable ones for me were The Raccoons, Degrassi Junior High, Jonovision, and The Red Green Show along with imports from the UK like Mr. Bean. I certainly remember "You Can't Do That On Television" because even though it started on CTV it was on Nickelodeon all the time in the 1980's.
Fred Penner's not the Canadian Raffi...
Raffi's the Canadian Raffi.
And Fred Penner's about the chillest dude ever.
I haven't seen any of your other videos, but I don't know that you have the right ideas. Growing up in Detroit, we had these shows as well. As an artist and somewhat of a story-teller, myself, I have to disagree. Zero stars says that it can't get any worse. Sharon, Lois, and Bram, as well as Fred Penner were singers. The shows were a nice paycheck for them, I am sure, but singing is what they really do. The Polka-dot Door is pretty much the only one I agree with. But Mr. Dressup was one of my favorite shows as a kid. Partially because my name is Dan, so it seemed like he was talking to me since I have the same name as the puppet boy. But I really liked the costumes and drawing. My wife is a seamstress, and I was just talking about a month ago, about having her make me a dragon costume as Mr. Dressup had. The Friendly Giant and Today's Special were decent shows. They usually told a good story.
As an American, I grew up watching Today's Special and recall loving it. I didn't even know it was Canadian.
I will not allow you to stand there courrupting the wholesomeness of me dress up. That man raised millions of children. And it taught us a lot. I watched every episode. Same with me. Rodgers. Your opinions Alston what kind of childhood you had. Sorry for you.
The Polka Dot Door was best watched while stoned in your teen years. It was hilarious
Although not Canadian, my favourite kids shows when I was young were Reading Rainbow and another show that taught math called Square One. Square One featured Yeardley Smith, the voice of Lisa Simpson. The first time I saw the Simpsons, I immediately recognized her voice as the girl from Square One. Lol
This stuff played on our local PBS in Buffalo NY which broadcast in Southern Ontario and Western New York
I grew up in Detroit and watched all of these shows including “ The Racoons “
Personally as a kid i really enjoyed Mr. dressup and the Friendly Giant
As a kid I thought Fred Penner crawling through that hollow tree trunk with his guitar was the coolest thing ever.
_Today's Special._ Haha, I remember my dad hated the fact that a character was a freakin' rat. One episode, Muffy makes friends with a butterfly, and it dies (supposed to help kids learn about mortality, I guess?) But in the scene when it died, Muffy was standing right by it and my dad was like, "see? God damn diseased rat breathed on it and it died!"
The shows that I really enjoyed as a kid in the 80's were all American and on PBS-- _321 Contact_ (physics and science) and _Square One_ (math.) A Canadian one I really liked was _The Edison Twins_ (more science, and deduction,) and two Canadian shows that I could tolerate were _Camp Caribou_ and _Putnam's Prairie Emporium._
Your dad was awesome
How ironic. Edison himself was American.
The episode where the butterfly dies is literally the only episode of Today’s Special I remember. The death must’ve really made an impression on me. I’m Australian and had largely forgotten about this show until I watched this video. I was under the impression it was a PBS show from the States as well
321 Contact was amazing!
Thumbs up for Square One. That was quality kids programming. That’s where I learned what a palindrome is, and how fantastic the number 9 is. Lol. Those songs still get stuck in my head.
Reflecting on it 25 years later, Mr. Dressup taught me that using my imagination is ok, and that being mean to others is never justified. Reflecting on his outlook can be therapeutic when life gets tough. Mr. Dressup changed my life.
I was a little kid in the 60's and remember watching "The Friendly Giant" in Columbus, Ohio. This is probably the first time in well over 50 years that I've thought about it. The kid's show I remember the most was "Captain Kangaroo". Then we had a local kid's show called, "Lucy's Toyshop" right after that. Our kids' favorite shows were "Barney" and "Xena".
Captain Kangaroo's show included Tom Terrific, one of the greatest kids' cartoon shows ever.
Dude looks sooooo uncomfortable talking about "Mr. Dressup" body language says everything
Mr dress up was the under study o f mr Rogers. They were friends. Mr Rogers got his start on CBC. Then moved to Pittsburgh. Mr. dress up was a great artist as well.
There was a show called "The Friendly Giant" on Alabama Public Television in the late 1950's/early '60's. i saw only a few episodes and don't remember much detail about it, but the giant looked vaguely familiar.
U.S. kids' shows in that era were largely things like "Captain Video," "Space Cadet," "Captain Kangaroo," "Circus Boy," "Flash Gordon," "Howdy Doody," and reruns of old 1930's and 40's movie serials. There was also "Commando Cody, Sky Marshal of the Universe," a twelve-episode space-opera series spun off from the 1952 serial "Zombies of the Stratosphere." Some of the special effects were recycled from as far back as the 1930's. I remember the Buster Brown Shoe show with Smilin' Ed and Froggy the Gremlin. That one later morphed into "Andy's Gang" hosted by Andy Devine. There were some syndicated kid shows like "Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney," usually with magicians and/or ventriloquists; and also local shows hosted by local TV personalities, with kids in the studio audience. So you could actually be on television yourself; and I think I was once or twice.
By the late 1950's, there was "The Mickey Mouse Club," which usually had a couple of 15-minute "Mousketeer" segments, a serial chapter like "Spin and Marty," and maybe a ventriloquist or puppet segment. And Annette Funicello, of course.
In the 1960's we got "Rocky the Flying Squirrel," sort of the culmination of a series of cartoon shows like "Tom Terrific," "Ruff and Reddy," etc. "Rocky" had two separate levels of humor, one for kids and one for adults, so sometimes kids and their parents would be laughing at the same joke for completely different reasons. Then you got to high school, and to admit watching any of these shows was to be terminally uncool.
Cheers.
Arthur was such a good show, but in the recent seasons they changed the animation style and it just lost its charm.
Mr dressup was a saint man its hard to understand as an adult but show a kid and he makes them feel like a equal so glad to be able toshow my kids
I feel like this video just insulted my childhood.
does anyone remember watching téléfrancais during French class ahahahahha
Maren Burgoyne No but I remember watching Chez Helene as a kid.
yes and now I have that annoying tellllllll-lay Francis, telefrancais... theme song stuck in my head
Les annanass me parle pas!
“Today’s special” was on a early version of Nickelodeon.
“You can’t do that on television” was a wildly popular iconic Canadian based show. That was Nick’s first hit. (Where green slime came from)
. Though based in Winnipeg, there was a rumor it was more popular in the states than its native Canada.
7:24 um yo gabba gabba was a staple of american generation z
"Gabba gabba one of us!"
As an old dude, one of my favourites was JP Patches on KVOS TV which was transmitted I think from Seattle or Bellingham. I doubt I watched any Canadian offerings as a little kid
Love these old Canadian shows I grew up with. I had totally forgotten about Todays special.
*DID YOU JUST TOUCH MY MR. DRESSUP*
Hey man, these were all a big part of my childhood... Many fond memories.
My mom and uncle watched Today's Special down here in the states, I think the clip from the last show was just like three old guys talking on their porch
Too bad you guys didn't have Passe-Partout, which was our inconic kids show
the kid's shows today is not nearly as good as the shows in the 80s and 90s
Hey!!! I LOVE Mr. Dressup and my grandchildren can't get enough!!! They find Mr. Roger's extremely slow and boring. My granddaughters won't sit and watch Mr. Roger's but request Mr. Dressup ALL the time!!!😊😄👍
The fact that Ernie Coombs worked with Mister Rogers alone should be proof enough not to diss this one hard.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Coombs
I was the weird kid that hated Mr. Rogers Neighborhood but really loved Mr. Dressup and Fred Penner. Mr. Rogers bored me to death, but I remember getting really excited to see what Mr. Dressup would pull out of the chest next.
All of those shows were AWESOME and were a source of great fun and learning for me as a kid. Also, each of these shows is a thousand times better than any of the garbage made for kids these days.
100%! We were lucky!!
I was raised on Canadian television. Heck Many of the shows were better than some shows from the United States.