Mucha Lucha
You may not have heard of Mucha Lucha before, but it’s got to have the best music of any kids’ cartoon show currently (or maybe ever) on television.
Fame Moves to TV
Those are some the teachers from New York City’s High School for the Performing Arts, introducing their freshmen wannabe stars to the rigors of the disciplines that they hope will propel them to fame.
Back to Basics, Building with Bob
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Bob-the-Builder.mp3 Author John Cech (read by Fiona Barnes) Air Date 9/5/2002 Back to Basics, Building with Bob Transcript If your youngsters are into building — with blocks or sand or with cardboard boxes or chairs and blankets — then you might want to introduce them to Bob the Builder who’s […]
William Hanna and the Hanna Barbera Story
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/William-Hanna-Yabba-Dabba-Do.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 7/29/2002 William Hanna and the Hanna Barbera Story Transcript Today we celebrate the birthday of William Hanna who, along with his partner, Joseph Barbera, formed the award winning partnership, Hanna Barbera which brought us some of the most popular cartoons ever produced for American […]
Jacques Cousteau
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Jacques-Cousteau-1.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 6/11/2002 Jacques Cousteau Transcript Jacques Cousteau once said, “When one person, for whatever reasons, has had a chance to lead an exceptional life, he has no right to keep it to himself.” And how lucky we were that this underwater explorer, inventor, photographer, environmentalist […]
Morgan Freeman
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Morgan-Freeman-Easy-Reader.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 6/3/2002 Morgan Freeman Transcript For some, Morgan Freeman is best known for his compelling performances in such films as Driving Miss Daisy and The Shawshank Redemption. But for kids who grew up in the 1970s, it is difficult not to first associate Freeman with […]
“Zoo Parade”
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Zoo-Parade.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 5/28/2002 “Zoo Parade” Transcript Over a half a century ago today, in 1952, one of the first wildlife shows for children reached television — NBC’s “Zoo Parade,” which was hosted by the urbane, Marlin Perkins, with his neat, regimental mustache, and was set in […]
“Mission Nutrition”
You’re hearing one of the actresses who belongs to the group that calls itself the Standard Deviants, discussing a point of nutritional information from one of the group’s PBS television programs, “Mission Nutrition.”
Micky Dolenz
Here’s Kevin Shortsleeve celebrating the birthday of Mickey Dolenz, one of the real believers in wonderful entertainment for young people.
Schoolhouse Rock
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Schoolhouse-Rock.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 1/22/2002 Schoolhouse Rock Transcript In the early 1970s, wrapped in blankets and crunching bowls of Trix and Captain Crunch, children all over America gathered, sleepy-eyed on Saturday morning to witness the weekly delights offered by the likes of the Pink Panther, the Road Runner, […]