Help me find a specific Children's TV show.
March 21, 2012 7:11 PM Subscribe
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.
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.
I remember on FOX's afternoon weekday kids block (around mid 90s) there was a show with a live-action female host. Maybe Fox Clubhouse?
posted by lankford at 12:40 AM on March 22, 2012
posted by lankford at 12:40 AM on March 22, 2012
Best answer: I believe the show you are thinking of is Mathica's Mathshop.
Here's the description of episode 1:
There are very poor-quality videos on YouTube, and some other ones I haven't been able to view, so I can't confirm 100%, but I'm pretty darn sure this is what you mean.
posted by zorseshoes at 9:04 AM on March 22, 2012 [1 favorite]
Here's the description of episode 1:
Mathica is an elf searching for work as a helper, but in the land of fairy-tales when Mathica lives, work is very hard to find. She ends up answering a wanted ad for a job as an assistant to a Mathemagician. To get the job, she must win a mind game against the witch famed for her poisoned apples.I'm glad you mentioned it, because for years, I have been asking people whether they remember a show called Mathica, about a fairy or elf who solves the problems of fairy tale characters using mathematics. Up until now, nobody has been familiar with it, but your description sounds like what I recall.
There are very poor-quality videos on YouTube, and some other ones I haven't been able to view, so I can't confirm 100%, but I'm pretty darn sure this is what you mean.
posted by zorseshoes at 9:04 AM on March 22, 2012 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: Thanks, that has to be it! Here's a pretty good quality episode on Vimeo: Mathica's Math Shop - All Star Elf.
posted by jeffkramer at 9:42 AM on March 22, 2012
posted by jeffkramer at 9:42 AM on March 22, 2012
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