Jackson, for some reason the other morning Fred Penner's Place crossed my mind! Of course, Marty had never heard of him or the show, so I found the intro on YouTube. Here's a flashback:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cjgNARNeqk&feature=email
For the others of you that don't know Fred Penner.......he had a show (on Nickelodeon, I think) when we were kids. It was more in Jackson's time than mine, but I watched it with him. Fred would start the show by crawling through a log made into a tunnel that led to his place in the forest. He would sing and had animal friends there. One of his favorite songs to sing was The Cat Came Back. I guess it was kinda like Mr. Rogers. Jackson & I would make our "place in the forest" in Mom & Dad's bedroom using pillows, blankets, & chairs. One time, we even made a place in the real woods behind our house. We found this shady clearing, near an old creek bed I think. Some big stones had been piled up by Daddy's shed, left over from building the house I think, so we hauled them down there. I suppose they're still down there.
Some other Nickelodeon shows we watched were: Doug (with Patty Mayonaise, of course), Eureka's Castle, Denver the Last Dinosaur, Cat-Dog, and Sharon, Lois, & Bram's Elephant Show. What simple times those were!
While I was walking down memory lane with Jackson's shows on YouTube & Google, I remembered some shows I liked. I've mentioned some of these shows over the years, but no one EVER knew what I was talking about. Anyone remember the cartoon Beverly Hills Teens? I found some YouTube videos of it. It now looks horrible, but at the time, I loved it. There was also a "real" (not cartoon) show called Rags to Riches. I think it came on on Friday nights for awhile. It was probably when I was around 9 or 10. It was really good. It was about this group of girls adopted by this rich man. They sang alot because the show was essentially a musical.
Anyway, the internet can provide great trips down memory lane!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cjgNARNeqk&feature=email
For the others of you that don't know Fred Penner.......he had a show (on Nickelodeon, I think) when we were kids. It was more in Jackson's time than mine, but I watched it with him. Fred would start the show by crawling through a log made into a tunnel that led to his place in the forest. He would sing and had animal friends there. One of his favorite songs to sing was The Cat Came Back. I guess it was kinda like Mr. Rogers. Jackson & I would make our "place in the forest" in Mom & Dad's bedroom using pillows, blankets, & chairs. One time, we even made a place in the real woods behind our house. We found this shady clearing, near an old creek bed I think. Some big stones had been piled up by Daddy's shed, left over from building the house I think, so we hauled them down there. I suppose they're still down there.
Some other Nickelodeon shows we watched were: Doug (with Patty Mayonaise, of course), Eureka's Castle, Denver the Last Dinosaur, Cat-Dog, and Sharon, Lois, & Bram's Elephant Show. What simple times those were!
While I was walking down memory lane with Jackson's shows on YouTube & Google, I remembered some shows I liked. I've mentioned some of these shows over the years, but no one EVER knew what I was talking about. Anyone remember the cartoon Beverly Hills Teens? I found some YouTube videos of it. It now looks horrible, but at the time, I loved it. There was also a "real" (not cartoon) show called Rags to Riches. I think it came on on Friday nights for awhile. It was probably when I was around 9 or 10. It was really good. It was about this group of girls adopted by this rich man. They sang alot because the show was essentially a musical.
Anyway, the internet can provide great trips down memory lane!
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