tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365564334433777661.post7958924444144812656..comments2024-03-25T17:18:56.205-04:00Comments on Saturday Morning Archives: It Should've Been on a Saturday: Gettin' To Know Me (1979-80)hobbyfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08089664500077967952noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365564334433777661.post-31882591795361386052017-07-22T19:42:13.554-04:002017-07-22T19:42:13.554-04:00I've heard of the Letter People. I'm going...I've heard of the Letter People. I'm going to be looking for that real soon.hobbyfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089664500077967952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365564334433777661.post-13685539396393277002017-07-22T02:13:47.288-04:002017-07-22T02:13:47.288-04:00In TV Guides, these programs were typically listed...In TV Guides, these programs were typically listed as "Instructional Programming", because they were meant to be played during class in school. Most of these shows were 15 minutes in length and covered different subjects from kindergarten to high school years. I've saved a number of these myself. One best remembered by name is "The Letter People" a puppet show featuring characters representing different letters of the alphabet. Another familiar one was "Demonstrations in Physics with Julius Sumner Miler" who played Prof. Wonderful in a series of experiments shown on Mickey Mouse Club, but otherwise more well known in Australia for a similar program aired on ABC down under.<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN2oALaRfL4Chris Sobieniakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09838106041175506925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365564334433777661.post-76461579200771016262017-07-03T18:19:39.832-04:002017-07-03T18:19:39.832-04:00I'll look it up, and see if it was regional or...I'll look it up, and see if it was regional or national.hobbyfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089664500077967952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365564334433777661.post-30574729739951569292017-07-03T13:41:35.805-04:002017-07-03T13:41:35.805-04:00What Silverstar said. I do hearing recall that tit...What Silverstar said. I do hearing recall that title, but not much else. I tend to forget that PBS, while publicly funded, is indeed a broadcast network, and like all broadcast networks, it has local affiliates. So it could be a regional thing. A show that aired primarily in some states, but not in others.Goldstarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09846460632113045285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365564334433777661.post-3533807181846682302017-07-03T13:33:16.360-04:002017-07-03T13:33:16.360-04:00The title sounds familiar, though my memory on it&...The title sounds familiar, though my memory on it's a little fuzzy. It's possible I might have seen it and not known what it was. We watched a lot of PBS as kids.Silverstarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01280038939450999273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365564334433777661.post-14357308719778275282017-07-03T13:14:03.893-04:002017-07-03T13:14:03.893-04:00I remember hearing of Owl TV, but didn't see a...I remember hearing of Owl TV, but didn't see any of the shows, though my brother would regale me with tales of mocking Uncle Smiley's slapstick antics. Have to see if those shows are also on YoUTube.<br /><br />You guys remember the Righteous Apples? That's going up soon.hobbyfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089664500077967952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365564334433777661.post-60694064698525984682017-07-03T11:54:24.008-04:002017-07-03T11:54:24.008-04:00Addendum: I now remember the full lineup I referen...Addendum: I now remember the full lineup I referenced earlier (actually, Goldstar reminded me of it):<br /><br />The Adventures of Paddington (introduced by Joel Grey) aired on Mondays, Bean Sprouts on Tuesdays, Freestyle on Wednesdays and Fridays and Rainbow's End on Thursdays. Now that I recall, Gettin' to Know Me wasn't part of that block, but it did air on weekday afternoons on our local PBS affiliate.Silverstarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01280038939450999273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365564334433777661.post-44991931278499328072017-07-03T09:00:09.222-04:002017-07-03T09:00:09.222-04:00IIRC, "Gettin' To Know Me" was part ...IIRC, "Gettin' To Know Me" was part of a chain of shows which (in my area, anyway) aired later in the afternoons and were aimed at 'big kids' (i.e. tweens who were same target for the McDonald's commercials which would later in the day and didn't feature any McDonald Land characters) that also included "Bean Sprouts", "Freestyle" and later "Owl TV".<br /><br />I preferred the antics of Uncle Smiley, myself.Silverstarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01280038939450999273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365564334433777661.post-6465641333366326012017-07-03T08:58:22.889-04:002017-07-03T08:58:22.889-04:00Here in Baltimore, Maryland, out local PBS affilia...Here in Baltimore, Maryland, out local PBS affiliate (which at the time was channel 67, but is currently channel 22) used to air "Gettin' To Know Me" weekdays at 5 PM, after Sesame Street and The Electric Company. I don't remember much about it, except that this was one of the few kids shows at the time to focus primarily on African American characters. They basically... did stuff.<br /><br />And yes, during the 1980s, PBS would generally run all kinds of educational programming of varying lengths throughout the afternoons during the week. Occasionally, we'd see a few of them being shown in school for educational purposes.Goldstarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09846460632113045285noreply@blogger.com