Chicago has always had a rich tradition of children's programming. In the days before Sesame Street and the Electronic Company, as a child growing up in the 60's in Chicago, there were multiple shows to watch when coming home from school in the afternoon. 'The Three Stooges', 'Dick Tracy', 'BJ and The Dirty Dragon', and others would regularly draw us away from our homework to the TV set to fascinate us with cartoons, jokes, skits and the like.
This movie, split up into a serialized segments, was played quite often on the afternoon WGN TV show 'Garfield Goose and Friends'. Host Frazier Thomas would introduce the day's serial by having us look into 'The Little Theatre Screen' and we would sit raptly, following the adventures of four time travelers.
Fun stuff, and the stop-animation is terrific. It's not 'Citizen Kane', but good storytelling nonetheless.
This movie, split up into a serialized segments, was played quite often on the afternoon WGN TV show 'Garfield Goose and Friends'. Host Frazier Thomas would introduce the day's serial by having us look into 'The Little Theatre Screen' and we would sit raptly, following the adventures of four time travelers.
Fun stuff, and the stop-animation is terrific. It's not 'Citizen Kane', but good storytelling nonetheless.