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Help me find a specific Children's TV show.

jeffkramer — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:11:12 -0800

Tracking down a pre-2000 children's TV show with a female presenter in a fairy tale style magician's house. Back in 2000 or 2001 while flipping through late night TV I remember stumbling upon a children's TV show with a female presenter. I thought the show was on PBS, but I contacted my local station and they didn't have any ideas. The presenter was an apprentice or a friend of a wizard or magician. For some reason I remember it being a math magician, but Google doesn't return anything for that. The live action segments took place inside a large house set, like a thatched roof Fairy Tale house. I can't remember if they cut to cartoons or not. There might have been a door on the upper right side of the set, ala Mr. Rodger's Neighborhood. It's been 12 years so some of these details could be wrong. I looked through the Wikipedia list of Children's TV series, but nothing popped out as having wizards or magicians.

Mr. Rogers on children and learning

tizzie — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 12:44:08 -0800

Can anyone find an article that Mr. Rogers wrote about how children learn? Wish I had more clues, but I read it in print years ago.

Remember "Our End of the Attic"?

jayder — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 10:52:05 -0800

Anybody recall a children's show called "Our End of the Attic," from the seventies or eighties? There seems to be no trace of its past existence, anywhere on the internets. I remember the show as a sort of grungy, low-budget version of Mr. Rodgers' Neighborhood, except without the puppets, and it also aired on PBS affiliates. At the beginning of the show, you'd follow the host up a dusty, old flight of wood steps (for some reason that sequence always delighted me) and the rest of the show took place in what appeared to be an attic room. During the show, viewers were treated to little educational documentaries. I seem to recall one about an urban factory.

I am pretty sure it was called "Our End of the Attic" ... but maybe it was "My End of the Attic." How can a show like this just disappear without a trace?

meow meow

pieoverdone — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 19:32:17 -0800

Once upon a time in the early 80s we were shown these videos in grade school. I believe this show was also on PBS occasionally, but no one else remembers it. The host was a woman, and I believe she had long blond hair and may have had them in braids. Her companion was this white puppet cat. There was also a song at the beginning of the show and the only one I specifically remember watchine was one about the 4th of July. The whole series may have been about holidays. I don't know. What is the name of this show? Does anyone else remember it?