Animation cell from the special, with overlays. Apparently just after Edmund stole away to betray them to the witch.
More material relating to the 1979 The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe animated TV special. These releases were made available to teachers and educators who would be using the special as class material. These two press releases detail the involvement of the Children’s Television Workshop, a nonprofit educational television production and media company which was formed to 1968 to produce the world-renowned Sesame Street children’s show. Today the company is known as Sesame Workshop, but the original name had brand recognition among children of a certain generation for its involvement in afterschool TV fare like The Electric Company and 3-2-1 Contact. It also famously launched the career of puppeteer Jim Henson.
More information on David Connell.
Captain Kangaroo was a CBS children’s show that aired weekday mornings from 1955 to 1984. It could be said to be a forerunner of Sesame Street and first cousin to Mr. Rogers. Both had genial, child-oriented hosts (though portly Captain Kangaroo, in his cartoonish red frock coat and Beatle haircut, was more of his time) and combined animation, puppetry, real-life adventures like visiting a farm or crayon factory, and slapstick comedy that was more chaotic than the gentle Fred Rogers show. I was a devoted fan. in my preschool years. I also had some merch from from it, a talking Grandfather Clock. Other puppets were Mr. Moose, Bunny Rabbit, who introduced children to classical music with piano concertos, and a life-size costumed performer called Dancing Bear who did the same for dance.
When I began to write this series I never dreamed of all the various connections I’d find. Whew!
