JamesSmith
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Dear Guys:
I've been doing research on "older" children's tv and films that came out in the 60's and 70's. Some of these ran under the ABC Afternoon Specials or NBC's Special Treats.
One of these was For the Love of Fred, a bittersweet tale involving the Ritts Family puppets about a caterpiller who's having trouble changing into a butterfly. Another one is "Papa and Me," about an Italian young boy, who's losing his beloved grandfather, who he shares a special relationship with.
Believe it or not, Joseph Mascolo, aka Stephano Dimeara from Days of Our Lives is in it.
Than there's the late sixties tv version of The Enormous Egg, that I have vague memories of.
What my question is, do you think today's modern kids audiences who are used to a more fast paced action adventure, heavily laced with humor, would care to warch these somewhat more slower paced, more straightward typies of shows? I don't know. I guess I'm just being somewhat similar. But when I watch certain networks: The Disney Channel, Nick at Nite, The Family Channel--they keep rerunning the same programming over and over again. It would be nice if they showed some older material with a bit more variety.
James
I've been doing research on "older" children's tv and films that came out in the 60's and 70's. Some of these ran under the ABC Afternoon Specials or NBC's Special Treats.
One of these was For the Love of Fred, a bittersweet tale involving the Ritts Family puppets about a caterpiller who's having trouble changing into a butterfly. Another one is "Papa and Me," about an Italian young boy, who's losing his beloved grandfather, who he shares a special relationship with.
Believe it or not, Joseph Mascolo, aka Stephano Dimeara from Days of Our Lives is in it.
Than there's the late sixties tv version of The Enormous Egg, that I have vague memories of.
What my question is, do you think today's modern kids audiences who are used to a more fast paced action adventure, heavily laced with humor, would care to warch these somewhat more slower paced, more straightward typies of shows? I don't know. I guess I'm just being somewhat similar. But when I watch certain networks: The Disney Channel, Nick at Nite, The Family Channel--they keep rerunning the same programming over and over again. It would be nice if they showed some older material with a bit more variety.
James