Poll: Who grew up with PBS in their childhood like myself?

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*bangs head on wall nearby* How could I forget Lamb Chop? (singing)"This is the song that never ends, it goes on and on my friends. Some people started singing it, not knowing what it was. And they'll continue singing it forever just because this is the song that never ends..."

NOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooo...

I've spent the last twelve years trying to wipe that song from my memory AND NOW IT'S BACK AGH

Remember when the Noggin Channel came out several years ago, and they showed old episodes of the Children's Television Workshop programs?
I saw old 70s episodes of Sesame Street, the Electric Company and 3-2-1 Contact.

There was another program that I saw that was called Square One Television which focused on math. I think it was from the same makers of Sesame Street.

Then of course there is Mister Roger's Neighborhood which I last took a peek of a few years ago. I hope there still showing old episodes of the program. The program is a landmark in television history, let alone Public television.

I also watched Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego when I was in middle school, and I was pretty good at answering many of the questions. The theme of the game was pretty solid, I think.

I wish I had that channel in those days. (Well, I still don't have it, but now I don't care as much.)



Yes it was, and I remember that show very fondly.



They are, but only episodes from 1979 on for whatever reason. The "powers that be" claim that it's because the earlier episodes would "confuse" children because of the different looking sets/puppets, different songs used, and Mister Rogers himself looking younger. However, other people theorize that it might be because of copyright issues.



I've never been much of a history buff, but I enjoyed that show nonetheless. Besides it being a solid game format with an excellent host (Greg Lee), I just enjoyed the various quirks of the show, and the fact that it didn't try to be "hip" at all.

The Noggin Channel used to be a joint partnership between Nickelodeon and The Children's Television Workshop, but Nickelodeon ended up buying out the rest of the stakes. They stopped showing the older CTW programs due to ratings, they say. But they still show an old Sesame Street a day and some preschool version in the morning. The rest of the channel is more Nickelodeon-like

The network is called Noggin during the daytime, for pre-schoolers and younger children. and in the later afternoon in becomes the N. Which targets tweenies an teenagers.


In regards to Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego, my favorite skit was "The Chase" which was like a lightning round where the kids saw a highlighted part of the map with spoken clues and they had to guess quickly. That and showing people chasing each other. It was silly, but in a good way though.

Other interesting skit was the "Word on the Street" which featured literally a word on the street in some foreign language. A word that is cultural and educational. Because the game is an educational game not just in geography (which I focused more and too heavily on), but culture, history and even how the police investigating works. If it wasn't educational, then why have it on PBS?

Edit: The preschool show is known as Play with me Sesame for those who want to know. It pretty much shows skits rather than show happenings in the neighborhood.

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I watched a lot of Public Television when I was about 7 or 8 years old during the summertime. I don't know if I learned much from it.

Interesting no one has yet to mention Reading Rainbow
I really couldn't follow it too much. I had to watch it in school when I was about 7 years old, along with the Electric Company. But I never really focused well on them.


Anyone else remeber this one program from Canada? It was called Today's Special. It was learning show that was set at a department store that taught about friendship and everyday life at a department store during closing hours, especially in the toy section.

Oh god yeah! reading rainbow! And wasn't the episode where they looked at the set of "Star trek- next generatino" like Aspie heaven?

How could I forget Reading Rainbow?! I'm still convinced that the host was gay, he always creeped me out when I was little.

Yeah, I'd watch Reading Rainbow but I never really got into it as a kid. Some parts of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood would bore me too - I mostly only watched for the songs and the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.

I remember watching PBS quite well as a young kid.

- I remember watching Sesame Street when Mr Hooper was still alive, and he died in '82
- I remember watching Mr. Rogers when the inside of his house was painted yellow. I also remember his "Friday Opera" shows from around '85 or so where the entire 30 minutes was spent in the land of make believe.
- I remember 3-2-1 Contact.
- I also remember that ID

That was about all I watched on PBS as a kid. Non PBS related, I remember watching the muppet show quite a bit when it was on during saturday mornings.

3-2-1 Contact- THAT was the math show I was forgetting. Wow. I've got wicked early-onset mental deterioration.

Some people say that Sesame Street, and other education shows have been dumbed down, I wouldn't know since I don't watch much and don't have any kids.

But many say Elmo started the fall of Sesame Street. Y'all think the same thing?
I mean that little muppet shouldn't have to have half of the program alloted to him teaching nothing... If that is what the critics really say. That's what I read and heard about.

I agree with many others, Elmo started the downfall of Sesame Street.

C is for carrot, that's good enough for me.

I think Elmo was okay when he was just a supporting character. When he started to become the star of the show, THAT'S when things started going down the toilet. Well, and the deaths of Jim Henson and Joe Raposo didn't help either.

I just had a flashback a few moments before writing this when I was re-reading the thread.

When I was a child, and watched Mr. Rogers, I saw a broad arrangement of episodes and PBS. Some episodes featured him much younger with dark hair. And then I saw some more recent ones (at that time) where he did have salt and pepper, or gray hair. Yeah I did question it a little as a child, but I really didn't care at all. It was the same show, same agenda, same message. And these were all in the same calendar year. Somewhere in the mid-80s.

I probably would've known who the more recent Señor would've been anyways since I, like most, would end up learning the process of aging and seeing what an older person looked like in the past as a younger person. Freaky at first, but interesenting.

So I wouldn't know why they wouldn't show older ones to kids? Do they fear that they would suffer a fear of getting older? Or think that a person can change looks in a snap?

Beats me.

Of course somtime in the 90s, don't know which part. I saw they had shows stating "Copyright 1971 or '72" or something like that.