Remember The Most Important Person? It was a series of super-short pieces that helped promote cultural diversity and other social topics, using a mix of live-action & animation. These bits usually ran 3 1/2 minutes in length from beginning to end.
Close to home, WTEN (now an ABC affiliate) aired the series on weekday mornings, as part of a children's package leading to their Good Ship News mini-newscast. If memory serves, I believe these bits also aired in New York on either WPIX or WNEW (now WNYW), I forget which one it was for certain. Too bad they're not around on DVD today.
ToonORama uploaded "Oops-I Made a Mistake":
Rating: A.
4 comments:
I remember these shorts! They aied on WPIX - TV.
It was a little like Seseme Street in how animationa nd live action were combined to teach a lesson to young viewers. They were generally good ones, like admitting you made a mistake (That's all!), and health and hygiene (I'm brushing my teeth with a carrot or some other vegetable). IIRC there was also two different catalysts for many of those lessons - Fumble - a green bird like creature and Hairy, a green shaggy dude who resembled Cousin It.
I remember Fumble more than I do Hairy. 'PIX ran them in the afternoons, as I recall, as well as mornings. Pretty cool stuff, but, as I said, it's a pity it's not on DVD.
There was also a little pink bird. In my area (Boston area) I think it aired as part of Captain Kangaroo (or maybe before or after it and I just thought it was part of the program).
In Albany, it was part of the block that aired ahead of Capt. Kangaroo, IIRC, so it was the same in Boston.
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