And Christopher Sarson, "ZOOM"'s creator, while at WGB--excuse me, GBH--was executive producer of "Masterpiece Theatre," and if his voice in the NPR piece sounded familiar, he was heard every week for years saying "'Mahsterpiece Theatah' is made possible by a grahnt from Mobil Corporation."
Mark Jeffries [email protected] <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 3:04 PM Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]> wrote: > Not pre-PBS -- PBS began operations in October 1970, and "Zoom" premiered > in January 1972. > > > On Jan 27, 2022, at 12:11 PM, 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Not the videocon mainstay, but the seminal NET (pre-PBS!) kids series (from > these guys <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUWygGsyCyY> ['toob], no > longer in the iconic ZIP code it also popularized)... altho last night (Jan > 26th) said mainstay hosted a reunion of original cast members > <https://www.wgbh.org/events/come-on-and-zoom-virtual> [link] (some went > on to jobs in showbiz... one's now a psychiatrist!) chockablock with > classic clips (I wonder if that survives on the 'toob...) > > An online exhibit of the show: https://americanarchive.org/exhibits/zoom > (link) > > Article: > https://www.npr.org/2022/01/26/1075531381/zoom-pbs-tv-show-kids-50-anniversary-streaming > (link) > > And IYC, here's the videocon... > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sBCTnA79MA (link)... and the station's > 50th-anny special... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89hx0HvpnUM (link) > > B > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/e9933609-20e3-428f-989c-7efce05944b0n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/e9933609-20e3-428f-989c-7efce05944b0n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CB00EF79-9ED4-42C9-86E8-01B644CF8306%40ellwanger.tv > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CB00EF79-9ED4-42C9-86E8-01B644CF8306%40ellwanger.tv?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi9FRxEe1nj6yzUpHx6WvhCG--krMFAyF50oE7xZm575Lg%40mail.gmail.com.
