Arkady Renko Posted May 7, 2006 Posted May 7, 2006 When I was a young boy, I didn't have much television choice outside of PBS so I watched a lot of shows of suspect quality. I remember this show on PBS, shown on the daytime in the 80s, which seemed to take place in some post apocalyptic earth. There were kids in orange jump suits and weird head bands who I think might have been "aliens." I think there was some educational value in it that involved learning about stuff from a librarian human of some sort. I don't know why I care, but I want to know if this show actually existed and what its name was. Can anyone help?
NYGPopgun10 Posted May 7, 2006 Posted May 7, 2006 Can't be Reading Rainbow, can it? There was some other show I used to watch as a kid. I can hear the theme but can't remember the name.
cantankerous Posted May 7, 2006 Posted May 7, 2006 Holy crap I remember that too! That was a really weird show...I can't remember the name of it though. haha, what made you think of that?
Arkady Renko Posted May 7, 2006 Author Posted May 7, 2006 Holy crap I remember that too! That was a really weird show...I can't remember the name of it though. haha, what made you think of that? 685737[/snapback] It has bothered me for years. And for some reason I thought this board would be my best hope for an answer.
Chilly Posted May 7, 2006 Posted May 7, 2006 I don't know, but I do remember this show on PBS that freaked me out as a kid. It had a mansion, and secret passageways, and I believe there were murders going on. I don't remember much more than that though.
Matt in KC Posted May 7, 2006 Posted May 7, 2006 Can you give me any more hints? I watched a lot of PBS in the late 70s, early 80's (I was born in '69.... At first I thought you were talking about Zoom.
MadBuffaloDisease Posted May 7, 2006 Posted May 7, 2006 Must be an amalgam of Zoom, Dr. Who, Agatha Christie presents, and Reading Rainbow.
ExiledInIllinois Posted May 7, 2006 Posted May 7, 2006 Can you give me any more hints? I watched a lot of PBS in the late 70s, early 80's (I was born in '69.... At first I thought you were talking about Zoom. 685819[/snapback] I don't think it is Zoom... Zoom is still on in a way... That wasn't scary either... Maybe it was the purple blotter or yellow sunshine JohnnyB?
ExiledInIllinois Posted May 7, 2006 Posted May 7, 2006 Must be an amalgam of Zoom, Dr. Who, Agatha Christie presents, and Reading Rainbow. 685824[/snapback] That would be quite a show... Throw in The New Zoo Review for the added surreal twist...
/dev/null Posted May 7, 2006 Posted May 7, 2006 There were kids in orange jump suits and weird head bands who I think might have been "aliens." 685711[/snapback] you sure it wasn't Teletubbies®
cromagnum Posted May 7, 2006 Posted May 7, 2006 I also watched a lot of pbs, I don't remember the show your talking about, as EII said, its the paper
Arkady Renko Posted May 7, 2006 Author Posted May 7, 2006 Holy crap I remember that too! That was a really weird show...I can't remember the name of it though. haha, what made you think of that? 685737[/snapback] I can't think of more hints. Can you describe more of the show?
Arkady Renko Posted May 7, 2006 Author Posted May 7, 2006 I don't think it is Zoom... Zoom is still on in a way... That wasn't scary either... Maybe it was the purple blotter or yellow sunshine JohnnyB? 685832[/snapback] Yeah it was like an education drama or something.
ExiledInIllinois Posted May 7, 2006 Posted May 7, 2006 Yeah it was like an education drama or something. 685877[/snapback] For the life of me I don't remember... Sorry for the LSD crack... I don't know why I flashed back to that old SLN skit with Dan Akroyd...
BillsGuyInMalta Posted May 7, 2006 Posted May 7, 2006 I actually had a similiar problem with remembering a messed up tv show from my youth. I'm 24 right now and up until two years ago I naturally assumed I imagined this one really screwy cartoon show that involved two koala bears, one pink and one blue, who came from another dimension and could stop time with a wrist watch. I was with some friends at a bar in Albany, and just blurted out what a messed up idea that was...and was SHOCKED to find that two people actually remembered that tv show as well...a quick google search when I got home told me the show was called The Noozles and used to air in the early days of Nickelodeon. So I found out I wasnt a total nutjob by imagining a tv show featuring multi-colored koala bears who escaped persecution from a fascist Australian monster government (I'm serious, this was all stuff from the show...a kid's show). Wish I could help you with that messed up PBS show...dont remember that one at all
Arkady Renko Posted May 7, 2006 Author Posted May 7, 2006 I spent a lot of wasted moments trying to discover this through Google but w/ no luck.
Arkady Renko Posted May 7, 2006 Author Posted May 7, 2006 This might be the show: http://jcpenney.imdb.com/title/tt0212687/maindetails
Arkady Renko Posted May 7, 2006 Author Posted May 7, 2006 This might be the show: http://jcpenney.imdb.com/title/tt0212687/maindetails 685899[/snapback] Scratch that. Wrong one.. hmm..
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