naitram

I was a Sesame Street freak, but also saw Letter People, Electric Company, and Mr. Rodgers.

I still remember the 3-2-1 Contact episodes vividly for some reason too...the Bloodhound Gang where I learned what a dwarf star was lol...

Anyone else here watch Reverse the Curse, or was that a regional thing only?

starman9000

Not PBS, but if anybody here was from SD or southwestern MN, did you watch Captain 11?

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He just died a few weeks ago

Skoolhouzerok

Thanks for all the great memories - I hope you can all help me. I have been searching for this for months.
There was a show on PBS I believe that was called The Math Factory. It was puppets that worked out math problems on a large computer and the janitor would clean up at the end. The theme song rocked. Any clue?

The Cow

You sure it wasn't called "The Infinity Factory"? I remember a math show from the 70s with that name about math.

Skoolhouzerok

No, that wasn't it. This show had muppets. It may have been a short shown during the Electric Company or Zoom.

Tooltime40

Does anyone remember a show about a snake named Nigel? The themesong went something like this...' Nigel, Nigel, where ya been? '. I believe it was a segment that was played during another show. Please help, it's driving me nuts not being able to remember it. Thanks

Giles

I think you're referring to a segment that was from a series called 'Vegetable Soup'

madcougar

Zoom and the Big Blue Marble are the only ones that I remember. 3-2-1 Contact... that was my show!

scotta1

I remember an nature educational program in the late 70's or early 80's that had a woman as the host or narrator , it was about the California desert. I can't remember what show it was . Can someone tell me please ?

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Jason

And now, a year later, I found an episode posted online

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story

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

scotta1

This was on Pbs here in TN. and it was a "woman" kinda manly voice . I'm sure she was always in the California desert . We watched it in class sometimes . I'm 38 , prob was elementary school . Thanks .

CharlieK

Mr. Goodbody?

I always watched '3-2-1 Contact' and vividly remember a show about weather when there was a storm threatening their clubhouse with that big glass wall. Oh, I was so scared for them.

tonyc3742

4-4-3-2
That's the way for me and you.
Slim Goodbody.
[Mentioned earlier in thread, I think].

And thanks for mentioning Clyde the Frog, he's the one I was thinking of. We used to watch that in school.
[oldmanrant]Even kids educational stuff aren't as good today as the stuff WE had [/oldmanrant]

And not the 70s, I think in the 80s, but I used to get into Square One TV. Mathnet, Mathman. Math based sketch comedy, what could go wrong.

Vanncraig71

Okay. This is a tough one. Not sure if it was zoom or the electric company. But during one program on pbs there was a segment that didnt have any people. It was a time lapsed video of the arrival of spring. There may have been a brook or creek scene to scene. But as that video played out. There was this music. A melody i have not heard since 1979 0r 80. And i cant remember the show or who composed the piece. But like me. If you heard it again and found it. Youd prob burst into teare yourself. Because. Everyone has heard this melody before. Can anyone remember the time lapsed video with some kind of a golden colored flower coming into bloom and the guitar melody that played thru the whole video ??

mrhan

This is probably not the one your looking for but I remember this one from the 70's.

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Why So Blu?

Don't know if it was a kids show but I always dug Que Pasa USA? No, I didn't watch it back in the day, but I did watch it when I was in high school. It's funny. It's 60% in English and 40% in Spanish. Steven Baur (Scarface) got his start on that show before branching out. His name was Rocky Echevarria in those days.

mrhan

One Hispanic series that was on PBS that I liked was American Family with Edward James Olmos. Only lasted a couple of seasons and it was a really good drama. I don't think anyone really saw it.

Why So Blu?

I've never heard of that one.

JimRochester

I was graduating high school in 1977 so I don't know any of those shows either. In my days in the early 60's there was no PBS, at least not that we got on our B&W TV. I think the kid's shows back then were Capt. Kangaroo and a local show Romper Room. On Sunday Mornings there was the SSHHHHH Show. Designed to keep kids quiet so mom and dad could bang away while we watched TV. Showed 3 Stooges, Shirley Temple and Westerns mostly.

Saturdays were the traditional Saturday cartoons; Jonny Quest, Banana Splits, Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, Top Cat, George Of The Jungle.

mrhan

I actually remember that Sesame Street started in 1969. I had just turned 4.

Hokeyboy

I basically grew up on QUE PASA, USA as a kid of the 70s, and a Miami kid at that. My sister had a blonde Gringa friend and my Spanish grandmother (who barely spoke a word of English) used to call her "Sharon".

Andy Garcia also made an early appearance on the show as well, alongside Rocky Echeverria/Steven Bauer.

Neitzl

Another show I thought about was Up and Coming. I loved that show and actually talked about it with a few friends at grade school. I don't remember there being a real ending, it just kind of stopped.

Why So Blu?

I think the Spanish situational humor is way better than the English dialogue subplots, etc. Granted, I think that was the point, but since they were using public/government funds to produce the show the contract stated that the show had to be bilingual.

Ana Margo was cute as hell and I do remember that she used to co-host this gameshow for a few years that was syndicated out of Miami and played on Telemundo here in L.A., with some old dude. She was attractive in that, too. I recently saw a picture of her and she's about 300lbs now and works as at some company as a communications director or something.

willnrva1

Desperately trying to remember the name of an educational PBS show from the 70s and 80s that solved simple math problems using puppets and props such as lengths of string and so on in a workshop setting or something similar. Seems like one of the puppets was named "Cranston" maybe. Please help!!!

thanks
Will in Richmond VA