Children of the 70/80s, HELP! Saturday Morning Cartoon Question

[Maleficent13]

There was a show on Saturday mornings in the early to mid 80s which either began or ended with a portion of Carroll's The Walrus and the Carpenter:

"The time has come the Walrus said to talk of many things; of shoes and ships and sealing wax; of cabbages and kings..."

WHAT WAS THE SHOW??? It is driving me crazy, and Google is no help. I have found alot of other blasts from the past, like Time for Timer ("I hanker for a hunka cheese", anyone?), but no Walrus.

Help!

 

[momof1princess]

sorry, i looked, but came up with nothing as well. could it have been the krofft super show? that was a pretty far-out show, lol.

 

[Wonders10]

I believe this is actually a portion of a Disney movie...I think Bednobs and Broomsticks?

 

[Maleficent13]

I assume it's in Disney's Alice in Wonderland...but there was an actual show on Saturdays that used the snippet. Others in my family remember it as well.

It *might* have been one of the shorts they used to play between shows. You'd think I'd be able to find it somewhere.

 

[Jennasis]

Tweedle Dee and TWeedle Dum had a short lived Saturday morning cartoon series WAY back when. Perhaps this was part of the opening/closing.

 

[CourtasanSatine]

I'm just as stumped but there might be a clip on youtube?

 

[Maleficent13]

I've looked everywhere. I usually have mad google skilz but this has beaten me.

I'm thinking now it may have been the ABC Weekend Specials...or the CBS Storybreaks. But I don't KNOW.

Are there no TV Geeks who have chronicled this anywhere on teh interwebs???

 

[Maleficent13]

Shameless bump for the morning crowd.

 

[tiggger1]

There was an alice in Wonderland show on Disney back then. Cant remember the name through. It wasnt a cartoon it had people in costumes?

 

[gypsydoodlebug]

There was an alice in Wonderland show on Disney back then. Cant remember the name through. It wasnt a cartoon it had people in costumes?

I remember that!

Wikipedia

IMDB

Wasn't in the 70s or 80s, though, Mal...

 

[WI WDWGIRL]

I lived for Saturday morning cartoons, but the only thing about that line that rings a bell is the sealing wax. In the movie "Puff the Magic Dragon" there is a line in the song that goes: "Little Jackie Draper loved that rascal Puff, and brought him strings and sealing wax and other fancy stuff.."
Sorry best I could do. I'll have to go to THE source and ask my husband tonight.

 

[Maleficent13]

I'm really starting to think it was the Weekend Special. It was definitely an educational-ish show. I even remember it was on at the end of the morning. I can remember all that, but not the name of the show. *sigh*

 

[Hmg9855]

I know exactly what you are talking about. It was not a Disney show. That was three opening sequence, and it was animated with all of those things as they went by, or maybe fell down the screen. I have this feeling it may have been a local show or one that was only broadcast in a few cities. I am not sure if I am conflating 2 shows, but it may have had a human host who talked to a squirrel in a tree. And there were educational segments. But man I have no idea what it was called.

 

[lynxstch]

Zombie thread -11 years old--but welcome to the dis @Hmg9855

 

[BrianL]

Zombie thread -11 years old--but welcome to the dis @Hmg9855

Yeah, but the OP never got an answer it seems, so I think it's fair game. Also, I totally remember this too so I'm in.

I know exactly what you are talking about. It was not a Disney show. That was three opening sequence, and it was animated with all of those things as they went by, or maybe fell down the screen. I have this feeling it may have been a local show or one that was only broadcast in a few cities. I am not sure if I am conflating 2 shows, but it may have had a human host who talked to a squirrel in a tree. And there were educational segments. But man I have no idea what it was called.

I remember this too and you are correct. They showed that here, I always felt like it might be local (Memphis) or regional. They were very short, educational segments. You are spot on the money though - several storybook items kind of fell away from the screen during the recitation of the poem.

 

[bgirldeb]

I know exactly what you are talking about. It was not a Disney show. That was three opening sequence, and it was animated with all of those things as they went by, or maybe fell down the screen. I have this feeling it may have been a local show or one that was only broadcast in a few cities. I am not sure if I am conflating 2 shows, but it may have had a human host who talked to a squirrel in a tree. And there were educational segments. But man I have no idea what it was called.

There was a local children's show in Cleveland OH at that time called Hickory Hideout that had a squirrel character or characters.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2389522/

 

[drbald1]

Yeah, but the OP never got an answer it seems, so I think it's fair game. Also, I totally remember this too so I'm in.



I remember this too and you are correct. They showed that here, I always felt like it might be local (Memphis) or regional. They were very short, educational segments. You are spot on the money though - several storybook items kind of fell away from the screen during the recitation of the poem.

It was in the Memphis area. There are several forums around the internet asking this very question. Everyone remembers some little detail, but none of us can remember what it was. A voice read part of the poem and stuff flew around the screen. That's all I remember.

 

[BrianL]

It was in the Memphis area. There are several forums around the internet asking this very question. Everyone remembers some little detail, but none of us can remember what it was. A voice read part of the poem and stuff flew around the screen. That's all I remember.

Yup. It was local, I feel like maybe on Channel 5. They used to use the steamship whistle in their Station ID - I could be wrong about that. I saw some saying they saw it in Cleveland as well and it was called "Walrus Tales" but I can't be sure. I can very distinctly hear the narration in my head though!

 

[Joe Frye]

Walrus Tales. 2 minute educational shorts run on WMC channel 5 in Memphis. Twice a day. Look on page 76

 

[Joe Frye]

It won't let me post the link. Google walrus tales and WMC or Memphis and you will get a government document that mentions the educational shorts on page 76