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Once Upon A Hamster
Storyman returns in this series to tell entertaining stories about the adventures of Hammy the Hamster and his Riverbank pals including Martha Mouse, GP Guinea Pig, Turtle and many more.
G.E. Puppet Commercials on Showtime
Richard Williams and Richard Brown's Cartoon Marionettes had made a couple of appearances on "The Big Revue." The exposure led to the people from McLaren Advertising to commission them to build two special puppets (a housewife puppet and a professor puppet) to do TV commercials for General Electric on Sunday night's "Showtime."
Each Sunday for three ...
Lost Satellite, The
Two hour-long episodes of the SCTV-like The Lost Satellite were broadcast on Superchannel, and on the U.S. pay-TV network Showtime. The premise of the show was that an alien civilization found a lost telecommunications satellite and programmed back to Earth what they saw fit. The result was a series of unrelated sketches, including parodies of pay-TV. O ...
New You, The
The New You was a nationally syndicated beauty show which, every weekday, took one ordinary woman and subjected her to a makeover. The program also featured interviews with experts in many areas, including nutrition, photography, jewelry, cosmetic surgery, reflexology, astrology, fitness and relationships. The show was originally hosted by 1982 Miss Uni ...
Peter and Pooch
Peter and Pooch was a weekly children's show and one of the first programs to air on Saskatchewan's first television station, CKCK Regina. The show featured a diverse cast of marionettes created by Freda Newman and Shirley Fraser. They also wrote the scripts and voiced and operated the puppets.
Dog House
In Dog House, Shelley Peterson starred as single mom Helen Underwood, whose brother-in-law Digby was a police detective who, when killed in the line of duty, had his personality transferred to his police dog partner, a St. Bernard. In his will, Digby left the dog to his nephew, Richie Underwood, Helen's son. The series detailed the wild adventures o ...
ROQ
For 13 Saturday nights, the CTV television network present ROQ, a half-hour musical show, featuring Canadian rock groups from across the country. Each week ROQ host Terry David Mulligan introduced musicians in a concert setting with lots of music and little talk. Mr. Mulligan, involved for many years in the rock scene both in Toronto and on the west coa ...
Special Place, A
A Special Place was a children's series produced in Hamilton by Bill Lawrence who also created and acted in the show. Lawrence pre-recorded voices for the two puppets (one of which was named Penny) and conversed on-camera with them. Sandy Hoyt appeared on the show as the elderly Mr. Nickel. The program aired in reruns on CHCH-TV until the mid 70's.
Going Places
Going Places was a travel quiz show in which contestants competed for fabulous trips to world-wide destinations of their choice and an array of other prizes. In the game, two couples played for travel miles, but only the winning couple got the mileage. At the end of the show, they could triple their mileage on a final question. The program started ai ...
Pick a Letter
Pick a Letter was a series produced by Screen Gems (Canada) Limited which was syndicated to television stations in Canada and the U.S. In the series, animator George Feyer would tell a story through drawings starting with letters of the alphabet. The series was directed and produced by Jean-Claude Tramont.