Children's cartoon drawing TV show from early 90s?
June 25, 2023 1:35 PM Subscribe
Looking for the name of a children's TV show from the early 90s that taught cartoon-style drawing. Details inside.
Here are the few details I remember:
- Male host, wore a frayed straw hat, had a fun, goofy, "surfer guy" persona
- Host may have worn an Aloha shirt (not sure)
- Host drew cartoon-ish art on an easel
- Show was from the early, maybe mid 90s
- There may have been animated cartoons and/or intervals during the show
Exhaustive googling using any and all search terms I could come up with has been fruitless. Any ideas are much appreciated. Thank you so much, everyone!
Here are the few details I remember:
- Male host, wore a frayed straw hat, had a fun, goofy, "surfer guy" persona
- Host may have worn an Aloha shirt (not sure)
- Host drew cartoon-ish art on an easel
- Show was from the early, maybe mid 90s
- There may have been animated cartoons and/or intervals during the show
Exhaustive googling using any and all search terms I could come up with has been fruitless. Any ideas are much appreciated. Thank you so much, everyone!
Our PBS's drawing guy was Mark Kistler, but I'm not sure he ever wore a straw hat, he did "Imagination Station" and "Secret City."
posted by drezdn at 1:41 PM on June 25, 2023
posted by drezdn at 1:41 PM on June 25, 2023
Are you thinking of Pappyland?
Secret City was always my favorite in the 80s but that doesn't sound like what you're looking for.
posted by erst at 1:48 PM on June 25, 2023
Secret City was always my favorite in the 80s but that doesn't sound like what you're looking for.
posted by erst at 1:48 PM on June 25, 2023
Timing / shirts are right for Rolf Harris's Cartoon Club on British TV 1989-1993. Harris was convicted and imprisoned for indecent assault on minors in 2014 and died last month.
posted by BobTheScientist at 2:08 PM on June 25, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by BobTheScientist at 2:08 PM on June 25, 2023 [2 favorites]
From the mid 70s until the late 80s, Tom Hatten hosted "Popeye and Friends" which alternated cartoons with drawing lessons like you describe. Could it have been that, possibly in reruns if you're sure about it being 90s?
Here are some images -- though I'm 100% positive he didn't only draw Popeye, and I feel like I remember him wearing an aloha shirt...
posted by BlahLaLa at 3:17 PM on June 25, 2023 [1 favorite]
Here are some images -- though I'm 100% positive he didn't only draw Popeye, and I feel like I remember him wearing an aloha shirt...
posted by BlahLaLa at 3:17 PM on June 25, 2023 [1 favorite]
I laughed out loud when I clicked the Pappyland link and saw the image because it seems like such an on-the-nose match with the first bullet point... he’s literally surfing on a pencil!
posted by staggernation at 3:27 PM on June 25, 2023
posted by staggernation at 3:27 PM on June 25, 2023
seconding BobTheScientist with Rolf Harris, unfortunately. He sometimes cartooned himself as wearing the stereotypical Australian brimmed hat with corks
posted by scruss at 5:12 PM on June 25, 2023
posted by scruss at 5:12 PM on June 25, 2023
Response by poster: Thank you so much everyone. Sadly, I don't think any of these excellent ideas match what I have in my head. Pappyland comes closest. I wonder if I've conflated a few different shows?
Regardless, thank you so much for all of your ideas - excellent as always!
posted by aquamvidam at 5:43 PM on June 25, 2023
Regardless, thank you so much for all of your ideas - excellent as always!
posted by aquamvidam at 5:43 PM on June 25, 2023
Can't link now, but I think it's Mark Mothersbaugh on Yo Gabba Gabba.
Edit: found the link
posted by mefireader at 7:57 PM on June 25, 2023 [3 favorites]
Edit: found the link
posted by mefireader at 7:57 PM on June 25, 2023 [3 favorites]
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posted by LionIndex at 1:41 PM on June 25, 2023 [3 favorites]