I have fond memories of coming home from school on rainy days in the mid 1990's and watching PBS from about 4:00 until 6:00 when the news came on.  They had some great shows on during those years.  I distinctly remember my favorites being Arthur, Magic School Bus, and Wishbone, which all appeared in succession.  Some other good ones were Kratts Creatures, Carmen Sandiego and Reading Rainbow. 

Unfortunately, I think most of those are off the air now, although I have caught some new episodes of RR recently.  Lavar Burton is one dedicated man to stick with the show all these years; a great guy.   

Anyone else care to share thoughts on these shows or others?

I have fond memories of coming home from school on rainy days in the mid 1990's and watching PBS from about 4:00 until 6:00 when the news came on.  They had some great shows on during those years.  I distinctly remember my favorites being Arthur, Magic School Bus, and Wishbone, which all appeared in succession.  Some other good ones were Kratts Creatures, Carmen Sandiego and Reading Rainbow. 

Unfortunately, I think most of those are off the air now, although I have caught some new episodes of RR recently.  Lavar Burton is one dedicated man to stick with the show all these years; a great guy.   

Anyone else care to share thoughts on these shows or others?



I was born in 1982, so when kids shows in the 90s were popular, I was too old for them.  I never watched Barney, or any of the other shows you mentioned.  The only PBS kids show I ever remember watching was Sesame Street, but then who didn't watch that as a kid?  My sister though, she was into Wishbone and Barney and Arthur, seeing as she was  born in 1987.

You just triggered another 90's memory attack. LOL ;D

Anyway, believe it or not, I like Barney when it came on in the 90's. I can't stand him today, but I was the oposite back then. Another good one was Mr. Roger's Neighborhood. Every episode was beautiful except those opera ones. How about Lamb Chop's Playalong? Remember that one?

I love these 90's trips.

Lambchop's Play Along was good.

I watched PBS in the early 90's so I remember all this stuff. I used to watch Barney religously in '92-'93 but after that I out grew him and I pretty much outgrew watching PBS all together by '94. I do remember that we used to watch reading rainbow in our 3rd grade class back in 1995. What about Shining Time Station? I used to love that show.

Shining Time Station was an interesting one, too.  I don't remember it as much because it was on when I was younger, but I recall I was always fascinated by the tiny conudctor man who lived in the cupboard. 

Lamb Chop had the best ending song ever.  "This is the song that never ends, it just goes on and on my friend...."  Hahaha, Sherry got so mad at the puppetts by the end.  ;D 

WISHBONE!!!!!

I was obsessed with Barney until I got to Kindergarden('94) when suddenly he was uncool(anyone remember the "Tic tac toe, three in a row. Barney got shot by a G.I. Joe." song?). But before that I had everything Barney. I also remember watching Seasame Street, Thomas the Tank Engine, and of course Lamb Chop. I even have a Lamb Chop keychain on my purse right now. And then as I got older I loved the Magic School Bus, Wishbone, and Bill Nye the Science guy(heck, I still miss this show!).

Favorites were Lamb Chop, Sesame Street, Carmen Sandiago, Magic School Bus, Kratt's Creatures, Zoom (which I don't think came till about '99, so just barely considered 90s).  I thought Shining Time Station was depressing, felt the same way about Reading Rainbow and Barney....oh dude does anyone remember "The Puzzle Place"? 

http://dollmamasden.com/vhs-pplace.jpg

(It went from 1994-1998).  It was like my all-time favorite!  I used to go to my Grandma's house, watch The Puzzle Place and eat Spaghettios....awesome times.


anyone remember the "Tic tac toe, three in a row. Barney got shot by a G.I. Joe." song?

TOTALLY  8)

I was born in '76 so I was definitely too old to be watching these shows, but somehow I remember watching some of them I guess through my younger cousin and with babysitting.

shoot, I still love watching Arthur with Vaughn....it's one of my favorite cartoons! ;)

hey guys!

I've been racking my brain trying to remember this old show that used to come on pbs.
the intro was kind of cartoonish, with a guy playing a flute, and wearing green tights.
also, he had a fox that was fallowing him. the show seemed to have a few short stories that made up the show.
hope somebody can remember this. :-\\

I was born in 1983, so I was too old to like Barney or any of the PBS shows in the '90s.  I do remember watching Sesame Street, Reading Rainbow, and Mr. Roger's Neighborhood in the late '80s however.  I can remember one episode of RR where Lavar Burton dressed as Dracula.  I do remember Bill Nye the Science and Carmen San Diego, however.  I think we watched Bill Nye in my science class around 1995.  I used to think up a parody of Bill Nye in middle school called Bill Nye the Militia Guy, where he's an anti-government extremist showing kids how to make pipe bombs and fire semi-automatic rifles in the coming war against the NWO. This was in the mid '90s when a lot of news coverage of anti-government militias in the wake of the OKC bombing.  My sense of humor at the time was very much influenced by Mad TV, which liked to take kids' shows and do edgy and outrageous parodies of them.

My faves are Carmen Sandiego, Ghost Writer, Square One, and Puzzle Place. I used to have a crush on Carmen host Greg Lee when I was 12. He only looked hot in the first and second seasons, though. I would watch Carmen Sandiego religiously back in '92. If I had known, I should've recorded every Carmen Sandiego episode there was.

Does anybody remember that show that came on like 5 am and it was people dressed up as animals. there was a lady who was dressed as a parrot and a guy dressed as a tiger I think. I can't remember. Any help please?

Does anybody remember that show that came on like 5 am and it was people dressed up as animals. there was a lady who was dressed as a parrot and a guy dressed as a tiger I think. I can't remember. Any help please?

Was it The New Zoo Revue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE1ctCtjzoA#

I believe this was in the 1980's

Anyone remember Dr. Ticktock's Ticktock Minutes? They used to come on back in the 90's after shows and teach safety through catchy songs like "Stranger Danger". They still show the original Ticktock Minutes occasionally to this day! (I know because one came on before Scholar's Bowl, which I am hooked on."

Am I the only one who thought it was a little creepy calling sheep puppets "lambchops," like calling cow puppets "hamburgers"?
http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/03/cowsleep.gif http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/03/couto.gif

Am I the only one who thought it was a little creepy calling sheep puppets "lambchops," like calling cow puppets "hamburgers"?
http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/03/cowsleep.gif http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/03/couto.gif


:o i never thought of it like that. i always thought "lambchop" was a term of endearment. like, "oh, you're my little lambchop." you know, "cutie." now that i think about it, though, that sounds silly. so i'm probably wrong.

Favorites were Lamb Chop, Sesame Street, Carmen Sandiago, Magic School Bus, Kratt's Creatures, Zoom (which I don't think came till about '99, so just barely considered 90s).  I thought Shining Time Station was depressing, felt the same way about Reading Rainbow and Barney....oh dude does anyone remember "The Puzzle Place"? 

http://dollmamasden.com/vhs-pplace.jpg

(It went from 1994-1998).  It was like my all-time favorite!  I used to go to my Grandma's house, watch The Puzzle Place and eat Spaghettios....awesome times.

TOTALLY   8)


Oh yes. I remember The Puzzle place.

I watched Arthur religiously until I was about 13... :-[ Loved that show and when I was even younger, I read the Arthur books in class.

I watched Arthur religiously until I was about 13... :-[ Loved that show and when I was even younger, I read the Arthur books in class.


No need to be embarrassed! I still love Arthur :) My favorite episode has to be the library card one: "♫ Having fun..isn't hard..when you've got a library card ♫" and Brain singing, "♫ Jekyll Jekyll Hyde Jekyll Hyde Hyde Jekyll, Jekyll Jekyll Hyde Jekyll Hyde ♫"  ;D

Reading Rainbow, Magic School Bus, Bill Nye the Science Guy

David the Gnome!  (It was on Nickelodeon during the day)




hey guys!

I've been racking my brain trying to remember this old show that used to come on pbs.
the intro was kind of cartoonish, with a guy playing a flute, and wearing green tights.
also, he had a fox that was fallowing him. the show seemed to have a few short stories that made up the show.
hope somebody can remember this. :-\\

:o i never thought of it like that. i always thought "lambchop" was a term of endearment. like, "oh, you're my little lambchop." you know, "cutie." now that i think about it, though, that sounds silly. so i'm probably wrong.


No, I think you're quite right about the intentions of endearment, I'm just a twisted soul!
http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/14/sad11.gif

Favorites were Lamb Chop, Sesame Street, Carmen Sandiago, Magic School Bus, Kratt's Creatures, Zoom (which I don't think came till about '99, so just barely considered 90s).  I thought Shining Time Station was depressing, felt the same way about Reading Rainbow and Barney....oh dude does anyone remember "The Puzzle Place"? 

http://dollmamasden.com/vhs-pplace.jpg

(It went from 1994-1998).  It was like my all-time favorite!  I used to go to my Grandma's house, watch The Puzzle Place and eat Spaghettios....awesome times.

TOTALLY   8)



Hell freakin' yes I remember The Puzzle Place! I was just watching the intro to it on Youtube a few days ago.

Holy s***, does anyone remember Kidsongs on PBS?! :o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeXpwFNLOAU

Does anybody remember that show that came on like 5 am and it was people dressed up as animals. there was a lady who was dressed as a parrot and a guy dressed as a tiger I think. I can't remember. Any help please?


I am no help there, but I remember a show that took place in a castle with a story teller that used chalk drawings to tell his stories.  Does anyone remember the name of it?

Thanks!

Was it The New Zoo Revue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE1ctCtjzoA#

I believe this was in the 1980's


Or it could be Zoobilee Zoo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5A2DpRoeN0

It was a good show!

I also liked 3-2-1 Contact and Owl TV.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxyXKCNKyqs&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOqq3TfpFxY

I remember KidSongs now.

Does anyone remember a show I think it had "attic" in the title and there was a lady who did all these crafts?

This is goin to sound weird. What was the name of that show that had two little things one was blue and one was pink. There was like a tv studio in it and they would sing different songs. They dressed up sometimes. I remember them being on like a porch singing the songs. The pink and blue things were really small and they were around kids. Can anyone help???

I miss Degrassi Junior high but i think that was on in the late 80's early 90's..that show was true to how school is and how teens look and act...not like the teen shows today...with the perfect clothes and make-up...and don't even mention how they talk...i dunno if im getting to outta sync with what it's like to be 14 but i remember being pretty naive to everything..and i definitely didn't dress like i was 25..we wanted to look different and act different then adults..but get the privileges of being an adult

Dude, I was wondering the same exact thing! I just found out like a minute ago, it's called KidSongs.


This is goin to sound weird. What was the name of that show that had two little things one was blue and one was pink. There was like a tv studio in it and they would sing different songs. They dressed up sometimes. I remember them being on like a porch singing the songs. The pink and blue things were really small and they were around kids. Can anyone help???

Does anybody remember that show that came on like 5 am and it was people dressed up as animals. there was a lady who was dressed as a parrot and a guy dressed as a tiger I think. I can't remember. Any help please?


Could it be "Zoobilee Zoo" you're thinking of?

http://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/telefilm/zoobileezoo.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoobilee_Zoo

Man, I loved that show.

Could it be "Zoobilee Zoo" you're thinking of?

http://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/telefilm/zoobileezoo.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoobilee_Zoo

Man, I loved that show.


I agree, it was a great show.

Other great shows....

The Friendly Giant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV2P6P4p6Hg

Mr. Dressup

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5LGYTzBavM

Under The Umbrella Tree

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkBkR5jb6u0

Favorites were Lamb Chop, Sesame Street, Carmen Sandiago, Magic School Bus, Kratt's Creatures, Zoom (which I don't think came till about '99, so just barely considered 90s).  I thought Shining Time Station was depressing, felt the same way about Reading Rainbow and Barney....oh dude does anyone remember "The Puzzle Place"? 

http://dollmamasden.com/vhs-pplace.jpg

(It went from 1994-1998).  It was like my all-time favorite!  I used to go to my Grandma's house, watch The Puzzle Place and eat Spaghettios....awesome times.

TOTALLY   8)


Does anybody remember a pbs show from the '90s where there was this music video with the locomotion and there was this other song called bear fotted where the kids had their feet painted with those words???? its been racking my brain to try and figure it out

Watching PBS in the Early 90's, I saw a lot of good shows such as "Sesame Street", "Square One", "Zoobilee Zoo", "The Letter People", "Square One", and "Carmen Sandeigo".

There were also bad shows such as "Barney and Friends" and "Teletubbies".

And there was a TV Show that was about science that was Cleveland-based and it had two talking fishes, but I wish I knew the name because my name was actually said on the air when it was on! :-\\

I was born in '86 so I know about all of these shows as well but I wonder......does anyone... and I mean anyone remember Gerber? It was the show about the little puppet with the round face that looked like his cheeks were always filled with donuts and he had a stuffed lion named rory and was a major fan of Mark Twain and he used to ride the boat named after him. Please tell me someone remembers....?

Does anybody remember that show that came on like 5 am and it was people dressed up as animals. there was a lady who was dressed as a parrot and a guy dressed as a tiger I think. I can't remember. Any help please?


it wasnt called new zoo review, it was called zoobilee zoo. it was one of my faves. i have it on vhs

I miss Square One...

I miss Square One...


Me too.

This was an awesome show!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVZDbHUG-_0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNTxr2NJHa0&feature=related/youtube

Charlie Horse and Lamp Chops were my favorites!

does anyone remember a show with chinese cats? its been killing me trying to remember it.   Anyone?

does anyone remember a show with chinese cats? its been killing me trying to remember it.   Anyone?


Sagwa, The Chinese Siamese Cat?

http://ts4.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=227799011923&id=8af2b8198dc0ec233017037abddd3d5c&url=http%3a%2f%2fpbskids.kids.us%2fimages%2fsub-square-sagwa.gif

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2cvyOnEsJw

Zoobilie zoo was the name of that show. I found them on tape a few years back for my daughter at Big Lots.

Sagwa, The Chinese Siamese Cat?

http://ts4.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=227799011923&id=8af2b8198dc0ec233017037abddd3d5c&url=http%3a%2f%2fpbskids.kids.us%2fimages%2fsub-square-sagwa.gif

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2cvyOnEsJw


I thought that came out in the early 00's? :-\\

I thought that came out in the early 00's? :-\\


It did but that's the only PBS show about Chinese cats that I know of. 

I have been racking my brain for years.  I remember a show where there was a man and woman who are decorating a home.  They go shopping for shapes/colors to match what is in their home.  For example there is a blue circle on the wall, so they end up buying a blue clock, or there is a red rectangle on the floor so they end up buying a red rug.  I am not sure if this was a PBS show or movie but if someone knows what I am talking about... please give me the name.... I want to buy it so bad!

Thank you in advance :D

Could it be "Zoobilee Zoo" you're thinking of?

http://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/telefilm/zoobileezoo.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoobilee_Zoo

Man, I loved that show.


I remember a video on YouTube that had the RickRoll playing during the Zoobilee Zoo theme song.

Everyone up! Everyone in! Time for the fun to begin! NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP! NEVER GONNA LET YOU DOWN!


OMG I watched the theme song for the heck of it and it says it guest-stars Bubbles the Chimp..... MICHEAL JACKSON'S MONKEY!!!

What was the pbs show that went off air where a boy and a girl went looking for (i think) their father in history. And I think the boy was in a wheelchair but then had his legs when he went into the past. It happened through the tv or computer or something...Does any one know what show this was?

I used to love watching Arthur and Barney when I was about 7 or 8!

I was born in 1992, so I didn't really watch the shows for school aged kids but remember them being on. I do remember watching Barney, Arthur, Puzzle Place, Lamb Chop, shining time station( during my very early childhood), and Noddy. I'm sad that most of those shows are off the air now and kids these days don't get to enjoy them like I did. Now they have new technology these days and the programs are garbage. Just because technology has improved doesn't make it better. I also wish they would have had the block for school aged kids when I was that age and right now. I just missed Bill Nye, Carmen San Diego and Magic school bus adn the other shows for older kids. Now all they have is show for preschoolers. it supposed to be PBS KIDS! Not PBS Toddlers. And that sprout channel is just as bad. I think itnstead of wasting their money on Sprout, PBS should have made a channel with all the older shows and the p-pals. That way kids these days could enjoy the great 90s programs.

Arthur is still on my local PBS station.  My kids watch it ever afternoon.

My so was born in '91 so I got to watch them.  Those infamous Teletubbies weren't bad, and I loved Shining Time Station, can you imagine, Ringo Starr and George Carlin as Mr Conductor!  The Flexitoon puppets were my favorites, and the theme song,loved the theme song!!! We have lots and lots of Thomas stuff, but Henry is his favorite.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyVjLVKQ6WQ&feature=related

I liked the Puzzle Place. I thought it was great that they showed kids that diversity is fine.


Cat

I watch the Electric Company now.  It is a lot of fun, and very diverse  ;)

I was born in 1992, so I didn't really watch the shows for school aged kids but remember them being on. I do remember watching Barney, Arthur, Puzzle Place, Lamb Chop, shining time station( during my very early childhood), and Noddy. I'm sad that most of those shows are off the air now and kids these days don't get to enjoy them like I did. Now they have new technology these days and the programs are garbage. Just because technology has improved doesn't make it better. I also wish they would have had the block for school aged kids when I was that age and right now. I just missed Bill Nye, Carmen San Diego and Magic school bus adn the other shows for older kids. Now all they have is show for preschoolers. it supposed to be PBS KIDS! Not PBS Toddlers. And that sprout channel is just as bad. I think itnstead of wasting their money on Sprout, PBS should have made a channel with all the older shows and the p-pals. That way kids these days could enjoy the great 90s programs.

My son was born in 89 and my daughter was born in 91 so I did a lot of watching PBS with them. They both liked Barney, Arthur, The Magic School Bus and Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego. I liked Shining Time Station more than they did. My grandson is 23 months and he just loves Barney, so I get to watch it all over again.

Does anybody remember that show that came on like 5 am and it was people dressed up as animals. there was a lady who was dressed as a parrot and a guy dressed as a tiger I think. I can't remember. Any help please?


I remember that!  In fact, that was my reason for reading through this - to find out what that show was.  I used to get up really early with my dad when he was getting ready for work and watch that show until I fell back to sleep before getting up for school.

Does anyone remember a PBS show where there was a lady who taught you about nature and science?  I think the lady lived on a farm or near a forest in a cabin or a little house, and every show she would catch some worms or turtles or something and teach you something about nature.  I seem to remember her being kind of a hippy type.  It probably aired in the 80s or early 90s.  Anyone know what it was called?

Under the Umbrella Tree was on the Disney Channel. I had kinda forgotten about that show.

Anyone remember that shameless Canadian Barney ripoff Dudley the Dragon?

http://www.stills.ca/Various/slides/Dudley.jpg

One of Canada's trippiest exports since... The Safety Dance?  ;D It seems like Daniel DeSanto was on every PBS and Nickelodeon show -- Dudley the Dragon, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Magic School Bus...

I watched a lot of PBS, but I watched Nick and Fox Kids the most. I remember Dudley the Dragon, Magic School Bus, Barney (I did eventually grow out of it), Reading Rainbow, Sesame Street (watched for a short while), Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, Bill Nye (mostly in science class), Arthur (it was okay)... wow, a lot of shows were on PBS back then.

I loved the PBS shows of the 90's I was born in 86 and we only had 3 channels. Every evening I would watch it. I was obsessed with The Big Comfy Couch, Pappyland (the pappy man taught you how to draw), Sagwa, Kidsongs and one other show that I cannot for the life of me remember the name of. It was on a ranch, there was a man who talked to a prarie dog in the beginning and went to visit a pretty rabbit puppet in a garden on every episode.

I think this was a PBS show because I couldn't think of it being any other type of production.  I was born in 1993 and I barely remember it so its most likely mid 90's and not very popular. It was about a farmer and his animal friends. He sang a song with his horse "Buddy" and had a dog Ol' Blue.  This is killing me!!

What was the pbs show that went off air where a boy and a girl went looking for (i think) their father in history. And I think the boy was in a wheelchair but then had his legs when he went into the past. It happened through the tv or computer or something...Does any one know what show this was?



I think the one you are thinking of is called Mythquest.

I think the one you are thinking of is called Mythquest.


Yep, it was the girl who was in the wheelchair, but that was it!

OH MY GOODNESS!! SOMEONE OUT THERE KNOWS GERBER!!! I have been looking for links to those old shows forever for my son to watch. I used to love those shows as a child and I am 24 now! If anyone has any advice to where I can recover my childhood, please let me know!!! OMG!!!

Does anyone remember the show that had robots made out of pipes and the grandpa rode a harley and looked like elvis...i think it was on pbs can't seem to remember the name though. If anyone can remember i would appreciate it.

I have no idea where this was originally shown or if it was intended for school use only.  But I have been desperately looking for a video that was shown in my library class in elementary school (mid 90s) about an underground/hidden library that was being guarded from a group of bad guys who were out to destroy all books.  I don't remember much about it other than that, but if anyone else remembers this show, I would be forever grateful for some information!

Therebwas a mini show and its killing me and my friend about a blue ostrige thing and he was shot to different lands every episode does anyone know what im talking about

A lot of this stuff is still on PBS kids during the week in the daytime.  And my daughter watches the Magic School Bus on Qubo.  Don't know if there might have been an older version of it though.

But I do agree, most of it these days is like PBS Toddlers.  My ex's kid used to watch it all day, 12 years ago.  Even today it seems the lineup has barely changed.  Gone are the good old shows like 321 Contact, Electric Company, Square One, Mister Rogers, etc.

Gone are the good old shows like 321 Contact, Electric Company, Square One, Mister Rogers, etc

I have to agree with you there Wagon, man it was fun growing up as a kid watching those shows, too bad they shows like that anymore.

Does anyone remember the show that had robots made out of pipes and the grandpa rode a harley and looked like elvis...i think it was on pbs can't seem to remember the name though. If anyone can remember i would appreciate it.

Was it rolli poli oli? that was on disney channel though

I have no idea where this was originally shown or if it was intended for school use only.  But I have been desperately looking for a video that was shown in my library class in elementary school (mid 90s) about an underground/hidden library that was being guarded from a group of bad guys who were out to destroy all books.  I don't remember much about it other than that, but if anyone else remembers this show, I would be forever grateful.

Amy,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-gJr7iU6kI
This movie is called "The Pagemaster."  Hope it is the one you were looking for.  It is one of my favorite movies! 

I AM BEGINNING TO THINK I MADE THIS SHOW UP  :)

Hi guys, great posts and some awesome shows I totally forgot about from the 90's.  I still need your help though.  There is a show that I remember from the late 90's and it starred a man dressed as a conductor (no sadly not Shining Time Station).  He had a map and he would point to a place..for example..the dentist's office, or the post office.  Once the viewer "arrived" there was a large figure in a costume (the size of Barney or thereabouts) and he would explain the duties of the place.  The most vivid thing for me was the ending.  There would be a dance party with about 20 kids and all the viewers at home would join in!  This has really been killing me for about 3 years.  I have asked all my friends...looked endlessly online and asked in forums on Retrojunk.com.  If anyone has any clue please let me know!

Thank you

Favorites were Lamb Chop, Sesame Street, Carmen Sandiago, Magic School Bus, Kratt's Creatures, Zoom (which I don't think came till about '99, so just barely considered 90s).  I thought Shining Time Station was depressing, felt the same way about Reading Rainbow and Barney....oh dude does anyone remember "The Puzzle Place"? 

http://dollmamasden.com/vhs-pplace.jpg

(It went from 1994-1998).  It was like my all-time favorite!  I used to go to my Grandma's house, watch The Puzzle Place and eat Spaghettios....awesome times.

TOTALLY  8)


I forgot about The Puzzle place

would you put Barney in this list?  ???

I think this was a PBS show because I couldn't think of it being any other type of production.  I was born in 1993 and I barely remember it so its most likely mid 90's and not very popular. It was about a farmer and his animal friends. He sang a song with his horse "Buddy" and had a dog Ol' Blue.  This is killing me!!




It's "Imagineland" hosted by Jack Houston!!!!

Does anyone remember a kids show around 1989/1990 with a person who cleaned up a store or attic at night and there were always little mice or creatures that would come out and talk to him and help him.

Does anyone remember a kids show around 1989/1990 with a person who cleaned up a store or attic at night and there were always little mice or creatures that would come out and talk to him and help him.


what you described sounds like Today's Special but I think that was on Nickelodeon

Shining Time Station

I remember most of these shows, but somehow forgot Under the Umbrella Tree and Puzzle Place. For me, I was partial to Wishbone and The Magic School Bus. My sister was more of an Arthur fan. Even my little brother who was born in 2006 took a liking to Shining Time Station.

The Big Comfy Couch

I remember "Zoom" from 1999.  ;D

I remember "Zoom" from 1999.  ;D


I remember the old Zoom from 1978, I was 4 years old.

Zoom, Arthur, Barney, Mr, Rogers' Neighborhood too many to name.

Zoom, Arthur, Barney, Mr, Rogers' Neighborhood too many to name.


There was a newer version of Zoom in the mid 1990's and Mr.Rogers Neighborhood continued to make shows until he passed away in 2003.

There was a newer version of Zoom in the mid 1990's and Mr.Rogers Neighborhood continued to make shows until he passed away in 2003.


Yep and even has a young child I knew Mr. Rogers was before my time, I was sad when I found out he passed on, he was a very lovely man.

I have no idea where this was originally shown or if it was intended for school use only.  But I have been desperately looking for a video that was shown in my library class in elementary school (mid 90s) about an underground/hidden library that was being guarded from a group of bad guys who were out to destroy all books.  I don't remember much about it other than that, but if anyone else remembers this show, I would be forever grateful.

Amy,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-gJr7iU6kI
This movie is called "The Pagemaster."  Hope it is the one you were looking for.  It is one of my favorite movies!


That wasn't "The PageMaster" that movie was about a kid who traveled with three book through Adventure, Horror, and Fantasy. That person is describing some other movie.

Anyone remember a show that started with "down down baby down by the roller coaster"?

I don't remember what channel it was on, but I used to watch a show called "Eureka's Castle". Also the Big Comfy Couch.

I watched all the shows the OP talked about too, but I was more a Nick Jr. Kid.

Muppet Babies
Alegra's Window
Gullah Gullah Island
The Busy World of Richard Scary
Gumby
Little Bear
Rupert

are the ones I remember from when I was really young. I probably left out some big ones. I guess Blue's Clues too, but I was like 6 when that came out I think.

I don't remember what channel it was on, but I used to watch a show called "Eureka's Castle". Also the Big Comfy Couch.

I watched all the shows the OP talked about too, but I was more a Nick Jr. Kid.

Muppet Babies
Alegra's Window
Gullah Gullah Island
The Busy World of Richard Scary
Gumby
Little Bear
Rupert

are the ones I remember from when I was really young. I probably left out some big ones. I guess Blue's Clues too, but I was like 6 when that came out I think.


Muppet Babies had their final episode in 1990/1991 so I guess you were watching when the show was about to near it's end.

They were reruns, to be sure. This was in the mid 90s. But reruns or not, it was definitely my favorite of the ones on that list though! :D The Gumby episodes would have been reruns as well. But let it be known that when I was in preschool, I wasn't thinking about whether things were reruns or not -- I just wanted to be entertained :P

Tots TV

Oh boy do I ever remember this. 

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This is the Canadian Tots TV theme song.  The PBS version Tilley spoke spanish.  :)

Does anyone remember a show where there were little finger puppet like dolls that ran around? There was a little doll house or something that was in the background. I'm pretty positive I always used to see it on PBS at like 10 in the morning. I've been looking it up for a while and I can't remember anything else about it to describe it more. I don't think it was a very well known show, it seemed kind of weird.

I have fond memories of coming home from school on rainy days in the mid 1990's and watching PBS from about 4:00 until 6:00 when the news came on.  They had some great shows on during those years.  I distinctly remember my favorites being Arthur, Magic School Bus, and Wishbone, which all appeared in succession.  Some other good ones were Kratts Creatures, Carmen Sandiego and Reading Rainbow. 

Unfortunately, I think most of those are off the air now, although I have caught some new episodes of RR recently.  Lavar Burton is one dedicated man to stick with the show all these years; a great guy.   

Anyone else care to share thoughts on these shows or others?


My favorite shows to come home and watch after school as a kid in the 90s (most of these were late 90s shows) were Arthur, Dragon Tales, and Zoom. Especially Zoom! I absolutely LOVED Zoom!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJwS1mfj6j4

The Big Comfy Couch.

I have no idea where this was originally shown or if it was intended for school use only.  But I have been desperately looking for a video that was shown in my library class in elementary school (mid 90s) about an underground/hidden library that was being guarded from a group of bad guys who were out to destroy all books.  I don't remember much about it other than that, but if anyone else remembers this show, I would be forever grateful.

Amy,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-gJr7iU6kI
This movie is called "The Pagemaster."  Hope it is the one you were looking for.  It is one of my favorite movies!


I don't know if I'm doing this correctly, but I've been wondering about a similar show that used to come on really late when I was a kid. Finally found out it is called Tomes and Talismans.  It's set in a somewhat apocolyptic time and involves a hidden library.

Muppet Babies had their final episode in 1990/1991 so I guess you were watching when the show was about to near it's end.


Yeah but it started in 1987.

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Was Zabumafu one?! And the big comfy couch! (I think that was PBS). I remember Arthur, Reading Rainbow, Mr. Rogers, Noddy, & Magic School Bus!

I used to LOVE Arthur, Zabumafu, and Bananas in Pajamas, Babar, Adventures of Timmy the Tooth, The Book of Virtues, and Wimzie's house
.......and so much more, ahhhh the memories

Ah, Adventures From the Book of Virtues, the show that got Kevin Michael Richardson's career started....

Yeah but it started in 1987.


I watched them on Nickelodean

Yeah but it started in 1987.


And was syndicated well into the 90's. I would say it belongs to both decades though of course moreso to the 80s.

Oh wait it began in 1984. Still, it was definitely rotated well after 1991.

OH MY GOD I THINK I FINALLY FOUND SOMEONE LOOKING FOR THE SAME SHOW AS ME.  Is there a figure in a costume and he has this big round head? I think I remember clocks


I AM BEGINNING TO THINK I MADE THIS SHOW UP  :)

Hi guys, great posts and some awesome shows I totally forgot about from the 90's.  I still need your help though.  There is a show that I remember from the late 90's and it starred a man dressed as a conductor (no sadly not Shining Time Station).  He had a map and he would point to a place..for example..the dentist's office, or the post office.  Once the viewer "arrived" there was a large figure in a costume (the size of Barney or thereabouts) and he would explain the duties of the place.  The most vivid thing for me was the ending.  There would be a dance party with about 20 kids and all the viewers at home would join in!  This has really been killing me for about 3 years.  I have asked all my friends...looked endlessly online and asked in forums on Retrojunk.com.  If anyone has any clue please let me know!

Thank you

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Thank you


Give me a link to the threads you asked in. "Alphabet Soup"? But that was from the eighties and was a movie...oh well.

I've been trying to remember a show that used to be on PBS in the 90's but I can't think of it for the life of me.  I'm not sure if it was a kids show or not, but from what I remember it was a detective show with a man and a woman as the two detectives.  I know that's not a lot to go on but if anyone can remember any detective type shows on PBS from the 90's can they help me out. 

I've been trying to remember a show that used to be on PBS in the 90's but I can't think of it for the life of me.  I'm not sure if it was a kids show or not, but from what I remember it was a detective show with a man and a woman as the two detectives.  I know that's not a lot to go on but if anyone can remember any detective type shows on PBS from the 90's can they help me out.


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If these two look familiar (more pics), it was the educational programme Mathnet, which aired from 1987-1992.

Wishbone (1995-1998) was my Gramps' favorite show. 
I remember watching it with him at the old folks home.  I liked it too.  It was very nifty and well-crafted.  And who doesn't love a Jack Russell terrier?

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When I was younger it was Sesame Street, Mr. Rogers, I would watch Arthur with my little sister and one show I really miss is Ghostwriter. I've said it in numerous posts but I'm amazed it got the guest stars it did (Samuel L. Jackson, Spike Lee, Julia Stiles as a kid,  etc.)

When I was younger it was Sesame Street, Mr. Rogers

I remember in the 1990's, Sesame Street went a different direction and as for Mr.Rogers Neighborhood, the show was on it's last legs till Fred Rogers was about to retire.

Mathnet looks like it's the right show.  Thanks a lot!

Mathnet looks like it's the right show.  Thanks a lot!


Glad to help, that's what we're here for!

I remember KidSongs now.

Does anyone remember a show I think it had "attic" in the title and there was a lady who did all these crafts?


So what is the name of the show with the lady in it??

I loved the first season of this show.

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Does anyone remember bananas in pajamas?!?!

Does anyone remember bananas in pajamas?!?!


I never heard of it.

I never heard of it.


I have and Bananas In Pajamas were I think a British kids show from the early 1990's.

This is hurting my head! Does anyone remember a show in the early 90s, I believe it was a show to that taught to read or speak english (not reading rainbow). And the host was this older african american guy  with grey hair/beard who would always wear (at least I always remember him wearing) Hawaiin shirts. It's is killing me!

This is hurting my head! Does anyone remember a show in the early 90s, I believe it was a show to that taught to read or speak english (not reading rainbow). And the host was this older african american guy  with grey hair/beard who would always wear (at least I always remember him wearing) Hawaiin shirts. It's is killing me!


Oh yeah it had Famous Amos in it.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWb1Wzc-ZaA

It is called Learn To Read from 1987-2009

Shows that began prior to the 90s but continued and/or repeated:
Sesame Street (1969-Present)
Reading Rainbow (1983-2006)
Muppet Babies (1984-1990 CBS)
Bernstein Bears (1985-1987 CBS)
Shining Time Station (1989-1993)
Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood (1968-2001)

Shows that premiered in the 1990s:
Dragon Tails (1999-2005)
The Magic School Bus (1994-1997)
Arthur (1996-Present)
Barney & Friends (1992-2010)
Bill Nye The Science Guy (1993-1998)
Where In The World Is Carmen San Diego? (1991-1995)
Where In Time Is Carmen San Diego? (1996-1997)
Caillou (1997-2006)
Teletubbies (1997-2001)

Shows that began prior to the 90s but continued and/or repeated:
Sesame Street (1969-Present)
Reading Rainbow (1983-2006)
Muppet Babies (1984-1990 CBS)
Bernstein Bears (1985-1987 CBS)
Shining Time Station (1989-1993)
Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood (1968-2001)

Shows that premiered in the 1990s:
Dragon Tails (1999-2005)
The Magic School Bus (1994-1997)
Arthur (1996-Present)
Barney & Friends (1992-2010)
Bill Nye The Science Guy (1993-1998)
Where In The World Is Carmen San Diego? (1991-1995)
Where In Time Is Carmen San Diego? (1996-1997)
Caillou (1997-2006)
Teletubbies (1997-2001)


I used to love watching Sesame Street, Reading Rainbow, Mr. Rodgers Neighborhood, The Magic School Bus, Arthur and Bill Nye the Science Guy back then! Other shows that I loved: Lamb Chop's Play Along (1992-1997), The Puzzle Place (1994-1998) and Kidsongs (1987-1998).

Ok! Real 90's Babies like myself, I need your help with the one show, nobody else seems to know, but i have vivid memories but cant think of the name...It was a Green Frog(a man dressed up) with a cape on, similiar to Barney because it had the kids in the show as well, but he taught spanish phrases and words.. The show would make you think of "Amigos" with "Perro Pepe".. I been trying for years and noone else knows, it was on TV as far as i can remember in 1996 when i was 4 i used to watch it...

Please help me figure this one out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And now, I need help remembering this show. I'll give you every detail I remember.

It was set in a rural area. It looked like Japan, because there was a shrine. The main character was a girl who had purple hair and wore a red bow in her head. Her shirt was white, and her pants were red. She was a maiden at the aftermentioned shrine.

Her friend was a witch. The witch wore a purple dress and a purple witch hat. She had long blonde hair and yellow eyes (but in her first appearences she had short red hair and red eyes). She also used a wand and rode on a magic vine.

The shrine got visited by a female ghost who had long green hair and wore a blue dress and a blue cape with an orange tie on the front of it. She also wore a blue wizard hat which had a yellow sun on it. Her legs were replaced with a ghost tail, everything above it was flesh.


The characters would go on countless adventures. I remember it running from 1996 to 1998. It was anime-like (it was made in the US but the art style looked similar to Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh).

I'm beginning to think I made it up.  :(

I used to love watching David the Gnome, Eureka's Castle, but that might have been Nick Jr. and occasionally The Big Comfy Couch.

Ok! Real 90's Babies like myself, I need your help with the one show, nobody else seems to know, but i have vivid memories but cant think of the name...It was a Green Frog(a man dressed up) with a cape on, similiar to Barney because it had the kids in the show as well, but he taught spanish phrases and words.. The show would make you think of "Amigos" with "Perro Pepe".. I been trying for years and noone else knows, it was on TV as far as i can remember in 1996 when i was 4 i used to watch it...

Please help me figure this one out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That sounds like Gula Gula Island.

Nobody mentioned Mark Kistlers POV; a drawing show. Bannanas In Pajamas was Fox show. Or Big58 in my city, wfte 58 aka UPN. I remember the show with the cowboy/farmer with the horse and the blue dog. I watched just about everything that was on pbs.

I remember I used to watch KERA 13. There once was this completely drugged-up show that aired for a few months in 1995 before being pulled off the air.

The opening sequence had a group of kids (aged about 10-12) at an arcade. The camera would pan over to one of those old-fashioned shock machines. All of the kids would hold on, with each kid holding hands and the kid at either end would hold on to the bars. So, they're getting shocked, and then this creepy computer-animated face would appear on the machine and say the following: "DO YOU FEEL THE POWER OF THE LORD?!?!" in an MCP-like voice. The machine would then buzz "ZAPPP!!!" and all of the kids were sent flying through a portal that had opened at the top of the machine. They would land in a colorful world (IIRC, it was a forest). That was the end of the opening sequence.

The show would consist of games, crafts, and songs. Sounds simple enough, huh? Guess what else it had! The show would often have a skit about militia, similar to the "Bill Nye the Militia Guy" thing someone posted earlier on this thread. The children also encouraged that you should do drugs through some song, I vaguely remember the lyrics:

"Drugs, drugs, everyone does drugs! Drugs make your problems go away, so do them toooodaaaay!"

They did a version of "Stranger Danger" saying that you should talk to strangers.

And what was even worse was the "Porno Flick of the Day". The kids would spin a wheel, and whatever porn movie it landed on would be shown. After the movie, they'd sing a song about it and do a craft related to it.

The kids would also explore the land that they got transported to. It started kid-friendly, until they found mushrooms and one girl had a satchel and she'd collect the mushrooms in it. Then they had a picnic and they ate the mushrooms. A 1-minute drug trip would be shown. They then recovered.

Every episode ended with the kids singing goodbye to the creatures in the land. Then the ending sequence would come on. The kids would all jump into the portal, and they'd fall out of it and land back in the arcade in front of the shock machine. They'd play a few arcade games and then exit the arcade. That was the end of the outro sequence. The credits showed the children skipping down the street, singing happily.


...good God, who in their right mind would even air that on PBS Kids in the daytime? Thank God that it only aired 20 episodes before it got axed. I wonder how many kids were found dead after doing the stunts the children would perform on the show. And trust me, you do NOT want to know what the stunts were.

It sounds more like a parody of a kids' show, but trust me, this was aired on PBS back in the day. I think the name of the show was "Magic Machine" or "Metal Machine"...I really think it was the latter.

Today, this show would definitely air on Adult Swim.  ;D

Does anyone remember the puzzle place? I was very little when they still aired it, but it's probably my favourite PBS kids show. I liked that all the kids were of different ethnicities and from different parts of the US.
Another one I liked was Seven Little Monsters, which premiered in 1999. That show was very underrated sadly.

Yes, XYkid, I do remember the Puzzle Place. In fact, that drugged-up show that I don't know how managed to get past the censors came on before the Puzzle Place!  :o

How about Sonic the Hedgehog? That show kicked ASS!

How about Sonic the Hedgehog? That show kicked ASS!


When was that show on?

When was that show on?

1993-1997.

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Reruns of Today's Special used to come on PBS in 1991.

1993-1997.

Voiced by the guy who played Steve Urkel, whos name I just fudgeing forgot, that quick...

Voiced by the guy who played Steve Urkel, whos name I just fudgeing forgot, that quick...


Jaleel White, of course!

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Jaleel White, of course!

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Right!

Remember the episode where Sonic slowed down?

I do remember Bill Nye the Science and Carmen San Diego, however.  I think we watched Bill Nye in my science class around 1995.  I used to think up a parody of Bill Nye in middle school called Bill Nye the Militia Guy, where he's an anti-government extremist showing kids how to make pipe bombs and fire semi-automatic rifles in the coming war against the NWO. This was in the mid '90s when a lot of news coverage of anti-government militias in the wake of the OKC bombing.  My sense of humor at the time was very much influenced by Mad TV, which liked to take kids' shows and do edgy and outrageous parodies of them.

Did Solid Snake show up in it?

Ok! Real 90's Babies like myself, I need your help with the one show, nobody else seems to know, but i have vivid memories but cant think of the name...It was a Green Frog(a man dressed up) with a cape on, similiar to Barney because it had the kids in the show as well, but he taught spanish phrases and words.. The show would make you think of "Amigos" with "Perro Pepe".. I been trying for years and noone else knows, it was on TV as far as i can remember in 1996 when i was 4 i used to watch it...

Please help me figure this one out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Was it Plaza Sesamo.

I was born in 1996 and watched some of the shows you guys recall in the early 2000s.
Arthur, Barney (my favorite... for some reason), Sesame Street, Teletubbies, Reading Rainbow, Wishbone, Magic School Bus, and Bill Nye... not sure if you remember Between the Lions and Boohbah, but I watched those too.
Sonic the Hedgehog was on Toon Disney, not PBS.
And whoever posted about that weird adult show... you're crazy!
I vaguely remember the show Fiona and Kristy talked about. Yeah, they danced at the end and invited the viewers along to clap their hands, etc. Wasn't there an episode taking place at a construction site?

I remember not giving a damn that I was 8 years old and watching Barney, back in like 2003. I grew out of it sometime after... around 2006 or so. I mostly watched it to make fun of it.

I was born in 1996 and watched some of the shows you guys recall in the early 2000s.
Arthur, Barney (my favorite... for some reason), Sesame Street, Teletubbies, Reading Rainbow, Wishbone, Magic School Bus, and Bill Nye... not sure if you remember Between the Lions and Boohbah, but I watched those too.
Sonic the Hedgehog was on Toon Disney, not PBS.
And whoever posted about that weird adult show... you're crazy!
I vaguely remember the show Fiona and Kristy talked about. Yeah, they danced at the end and invited the viewers along to clap their hands, etc. Wasn't there an episode taking place at a construction site?

I remember not giving a damn that I was 8 years old and watching Barney, back in like 2003. I grew out of it sometime after... around 2006 or so. I mostly watched it to make fun of it.


I remember growing out of watching PBS Kids when I was about 7. I never really cared about their shows after that. I do like their older shows from the late 90s up to the mid 2000s, since those were the shows that I grew up with the most.

Did Solid Snake show up in it?

Metal Gear Solid! Holy smokes, I haven't thought about that game in years! I last played it when I was 9. I had the first three.

Born in 1996 and this was my era of PBS (Channel 13 here in the tri state area ;))

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Teletubbies were evil!  :P  :(

Teletubbies were evil!  :P  :(


#FACTS

Born in 1996 and this was my era of PBS (Channel 13 here in the tri state area ;))

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You forgot Cyberchase. It's perhaps the only PBS show that I still watched when I was 7-10 (the others I mostly outgrew past age 6). It had a cool sense of adventure, that their other shows perhaps lacked, and wasn't *too* childish that elementary kids couldn't watch it without cringing, again unlike some of their other shows.

#FACTS


I loved Zoom though! Especially the first cast!  8)

1998-2003 was my main time watching PBS Kids. I watched almost everything on there but I don't remember everything on there. Arthur was my main show on there, I watched many episodes on VHS and the channel itself throughout my whole time watching the network.

I stopped watching Barney and Teletubbies after pre-K.

Mr. Rogers Neighborhood ended after I finished pre-K, and Zoboomafoo ended after I finished Kindergarten.

I mainly watched Sesame Street from age 2 to pre-K but I was only able to watch it on some occasions in Kindergarten due to it only coming on weekday mornings.

I vaguely remember Adventures from the Book of Virtues, one of the forgotten PBS Kids shows of all time.

The PBS Kids shows I still watched in 1st & 2nd grade were Arthur, Cyberchase, Zoom, Dragon Tales, Liberty's Kids, Clifford, Berenstain Bears, George Shrinks, Seven Little Monsters, and Sagwa.

2002-2006 was my main time watching PBS Kids. The first show that I probably watched was Sesame Street.

2002-2006 was my main time watching PBS Kids. The first show that I probably watched was Sesame Street.


Mine was about 1993/1994 to about 2000/2001.

I loved Zoom though! Especially the first cast!  8)


I used to watch Zoom back in the early 80's.

2002-2006 was my main time watching PBS Kids. The first show that I probably watched was Sesame Street.


I grew up with Sesame Street back when it was just PBS.

You forgot Cyberchase. It's perhaps the only PBS show that I still watched when I was 7-10 (the others I mostly outgrew past age 6). It had a cool sense of adventure, that their other shows perhaps lacked, and wasn't *too* childish that elementary kids couldn't watch it without cringing, again unlike some of their other shows.


Yeah I left out plenty of shows, I just listed some of my favorites (also some of the most iconic). I really did like Cyberchase though! Other PBS shows I liked when I was well into grade school were Arthur, and ZOOM. Most of those shows I outgrew around age 6/7



1998-2003 was my main time watching PBS Kids. I watched almost everything on there but I don't remember everything on there. Arthur was my main show on there, I watched many episodes on VHS and the channel itself throughout my whole time watching the network.

I stopped watching Barney and Teletubbies after pre-K.

Mr. Rogers Neighborhood ended after I finished pre-K, and Zoboomafoo ended after I finished Kindergarten.

I mainly watched Sesame Street from age 2 to pre-K but I was only able to watch it on some occasions in Kindergarten due to it only coming on weekday mornings.

I vaguely remember Adventures from the Book of Virtues, one of the forgotten PBS Kids shows of all time.

The PBS Kids shows I still watched in 1st & 2nd grade were Arthur, Cyberchase, Zoom, Dragon Tales, Liberty's Kids, Clifford, Berenstain Bears, George Shrinks, Seven Little Monsters, and Sagwa.


Yeah pretty much this. I would say from Pre School upto 2nd Grade were my main PBS years, so the 1998-2003 era. Perhaps I'm biased, but I feel like that was the best era for PBS in the network's history.

Yeah pretty much this. I would say from Pre School upto 2nd Grade were my main PBS years, so the 1998-2003 era. Perhaps I'm biased, but I feel like that was the best era for PBS in the network's history.


1996-2003 were the best years for PBS, since that's when most of their iconic programming premiered and stayed. Around the mid 2000s, most of their shows went on reruns, while some of them had new episodes until 2006.

Out of the shows listed here I watched Barney, Magic School Bus, Arthur, Caillou and Teletubbies.

I used to watch Zoom back in the early 80's.


I watched the 1990's one!  8)  8)

Born in 1996 and this was my era of PBS (Channel 13 here in the tri state area ;))

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That was my station, too.

That was my station, too.


I grew up with WNET (another PBS station in New York).

I grew up with WNET (another PBS station in New York).

Hmm, WNET was channel 13 in NY. I used to watch WLIW 21 more often though.

Hmm, WNET was channel 13 in NY. I used to watch WLIW 21 more often though.


Well, I grew up in NYC and I mostly watched PBS related stuff on WNET.

I grew up with WNET (another PBS station in New York).


same here, I grew up with PBS WNET Channel 13 where they would show Sesame Street Mr.Rogers Neighborhood and The Electric Company.

Born in 1996 and this was my era of PBS (Channel 13 here in the tri state area ;))

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Born in 1974 and this was my era of PBS: ;)
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Wanna hear something really stupid?
Back in like 2003-4, when Zoom was still on the air, I tried to submit a review of a video game I had called Crash Nitro Kart to their site on PBSKids.org. However, I had sort of a crush on the antagonist of the game, Emperor Velo, and I described his voice as (I KID YOU NOT) "sexy". Needless to say, my review did not appear on the site at all.
I did not contribute anything to the show or the site besides that.

I also credit Zoom for teaching me the dance to "Stop" by the Spice Girls.

I really did like Cyberchase though!

Me too, but I completely lost interest after the chip to cure Motherboard was destroyed. After that it seems the show lost its main "hook".

I can name most of the episodes before that point off the top of my head; anything after, I never saw. ;D

My PBS days were in the late '80s and early '90s, and I used to watch a lot of it because we didn't have cable back then and it was one of only four channels that we had. These were my favorite shows back in the day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYAJeUaB_RA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuU_mP9iZWY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWIrDST8TcY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYcvyIDrMbI

Wanna hear something really stupid?
Back in like 2003-4, when Zoom was still on the air, I tried to submit a review of a video game I had called Crash Nitro Kart to their site on PBSKids.org. However, I had sort of a crush on the antagonist of the game, Emperor Velo, and I described his voice as (I KID YOU NOT) "sexy". Needless to say, my review did not appear on the site at all.
I did not contribute anything to the show or the site besides that.

I also credit Zoom for teaching me the dance to "Stop" by the Spice Girls.


Yeah, PBS Kids wanted to play it safe back then. Even when they had more mature content back in the 2000s, they didn't try to publish reviews that have bad words according to them (including sexy).

Yeah, PBS Kids wanted to play it safe back then. Even when they had more mature content back in the 2000s, they didn't try to publish reviews that have bad words according to them (including sexy).


Yes, they are kid shows.

My PBS days were in the late '80s and early '90s, and I used to watch a lot of it because we didn't have cable back then and it was one of only four channels that we had. These were my favorite shows back in the day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYAJeUaB_RA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuU_mP9iZWY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWIrDST8TcY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYcvyIDrMbI


That must've been pretty cool seeing these shows! I do vaguely remember seeing reruns of Carmen Sandiago. What was some of your favorite Pre-School shows from when you were a kid?

That must've been pretty cool seeing these shows! I do vaguely remember seeing reruns of Carmen Sandiago. What was some of your favorite Pre-School shows from when you were a kid?


How about Reading Rainbow? I think that show lasted until the early '00s so you might've gotten to see it as well.

As far as my favorite preschool shows, I was a huge fan of Barney, of course. :-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpnZPM99JSM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cjgNARNeqk

How about Reading Rainbow? I think that show lasted until the early '00s so you might've gotten to see it as well.

It lasted even further than the early 2000s; in fact it lasted until December 29, 2006 (A month during the latter half of 2006 has something classic and timeless coming to an end? You all know what that means!).

It lasted even further than the early 2000s; in fact it lasted until December 29, 2006 (A month during the latter half of 2006 has something classic and timeless coming to an end? You all know what that means!).


Alright, I could live with the late 2006 shift so long as it was only killing off y'all '90s babies' corny mid '00s Cartoon Network shows, but now I find out that it claimed Reading Rainbow, too?! I'm officially angry! >:(

My PBS days were in the late '80s and early '90s, and I used to watch a lot of it because we didn't have cable back then and it was one of only four channels that we had. These were my favorite shows back in the day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYAJeUaB_RA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuU_mP9iZWY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWIrDST8TcY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYcvyIDrMbI


I do remember most of the shows.

I liked Reading Rainbow, too, BTW you all should check out the DMX parody of the theme song.

I kinda think Zoom was PBS Kids' dark side. It was a show where kids mostly improvised, and a lot of their interests were revealed (e.g. Spice Girls). Plus, on the website, they reviewed things like Mario and Hamtaro, and kids gave their opinions (honestly when have you seen the PBS Kids site reference freakin' InuYasha of all things?!).

I was obsessed with Barney until I got to Kindergarden('94) when suddenly he was uncool(anyone remember the "Tic tac toe, three in a row. Barney got shot by a G.I. Joe." song?). But before that I had everything Barney. I also remember watching Seasame Street, Thomas the Tank Engine, and of course Lamb Chop. I even have a Lamb Chop keychain on my purse right now. And then as I got older I loved the Magic School Bus, Wishbone, and Bill Nye the Science guy(heck, I still miss this show!).

Oh my god, I remember that Barney song. "Barbie called the doctor and the doctor said: sorry, Barbie, Barney's dead!"
I think we watched Bill Nye in my science class around 1995.  I used to think up a parody of Bill Nye in middle school called Bill Nye the Militia Guy, where he's an anti-government extremist showing kids how to make pipe bombs and fire semi-automatic rifles in the coming war against the NWO. This was in the mid '90s when a lot of news coverage of anti-government militias in the wake of the OKC bombing.  My sense of humor at the time was very much influenced by Mad TV, which liked to take kids' shows and do edgy and outrageous parodies of them.

I used to watch MADtv with my neighbor alot in the mid 1990s, maybe that's why I'm so screwed up nowadays. Public Schoolhouse Rock, anybody?

I don't remember what channel it was on, but I used to watch a show called "Eureka's Castle". Also the Big Comfy Couch.

I watched all the shows the OP talked about too, but I was more a Nick Jr. Kid.

Muppet Babies
Alegra's Window
Gullah Gullah Island
The Busy World of Richard Scary
Gumby
Little Bear
Rupert

are the ones I remember from when I was really young. I probably left out some big ones. I guess Blue's Clues too, but I was like 6 when that came out I think.

I loved Nick Jr., I think I was mostly in it for Blue's Clues, the anime (Littl' Bits and Little Twins), and Face. "Hi there, Face here!" Loved that guy to death. I was more of a PBS kid though... holy carp the Big Comfy Couch! YEAH!!! I had the clock rug, a replica of the couch, and dolls of Lunette and Molly. Who remembers their ten-second tidy LOL "and the clown jumped over the moon!"

How about Sonic the Hedgehog? That show kicked ASS!

That was on ABC in the early mornings. There was another Sonic show I remember being on like WPIX? The one with the Sonic Says. I remember entering a contest and you had to write down those Sonic Says messages for a week, and if you won, you got a thousand dollars at like KB Toys. The winner was an autistic kid like me from Virginia named Christian. I was so jealous of him!!!

Okay, so about PBS, around 5 or 6, they'd air this goddamn commercial where there'd be a black screen, some children laughing softly in the background, and then a door would open and it zoomed in REAL fast to show the mascots of the PBS kids shows, anthropomorphic versions of their logo, blinking between colors at a seizure-inducingly rapid pace while yelling "SURPRISE!!!" and there was confetti and people screaming and laughing at the top of their goddamn lungs. That commercial scared the CRAP out of me every damn time, to make matters worse there was a shortened version that started with the zoom in that scared me EVEN MORE, so after the funding credits of a show would end and the logo that also featured the mascots (which never scared me, I loved it!) ended, I'd pull the covers over myself, plug my ears, close my eyes, and hum loud so if the commercial came on, I'd drown it out and avoid seeing it. I think they stopped airing it because it scared kids.

Also? MAGIC SCHOOL BUS. WAS MY sheesh. That is all.

That was on ABC in the early mornings. There was another Sonic show I remember being on like WPIX? The one with the Sonic Says. I remember entering a contest and you had to write down those Sonic Says messages for a week, and if you won, you got a thousand dollars at like KB Toys. The winner was an autistic kid like me from Virginia named Christian. I was so jealous of him!!!

You're referring to the legendary Chris-chan. Who went on to vandalize a Sonic Boom stand at GameStop and pepper spray an employee all cause Sonic had blue arms.

and i used to watch magic school bus too. the kid named arnold was voiced by danny tamberelli, little pete on pete and pete and an all that and figure it out cast member. nickelodeon aired a show called hey arnold in 96 on the same day arthur premiered and so the connection between magic school bus and hey arnold was hilarious even if danny t wasn't arnold shortman.