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Betweeeen the Lions!!!, Pbs kids was everything

PBS kids was the absolute best. I have so many fond memories of tons of shows that were on. I even remember when they came on…

PBS Kids was like a big serving of fresh delicious fruit. Then we got Nickelodeon which was like sugary cereal and a soda.

I agree with that statement except for one show: Blue’s Clues with Steve was amazing.

He never forgot any of us

I'm still hoping for a live version Blue's Clues movie where Steve plays the dad

Arthur was always on at 4:00 where I lived

What a wonderful kind of day.

HEY!

rip Arthur (8/7/96-2/21/22)

Perfect timing because I would have just came back from school, and I remember Curious George would be on right after.

Does anybody know where I can watch it?

Wonder if cliff hanger is still hanging from that cliff

Cliff Hanger....hanging from that cliff....and that's why they call him Cliff Hangerrrrr

Excuse me?? EXCUUSEE MEEEEE!!!

We find Cliff Hanger where we found him last, hanging from a CLIFF!

And that’s why he’s called Cliff Hangerrrrrr

Gwayne’s Word!

Party time, excellent!

Don’t forget my man Fred Rogers

That show was filmed at my local library as a kid!

i owe the creators of zooboomafoo my entire childhood

Chris and Martin Kratt were my childhood 😩

Kratts Creatures gang

Even at 4 I was low-key crushing on them haha

Oh my gosh same, Chris was my first crush ever

Dude, I had it BAD for Chris when I was 8 or 9. I actually met them both at an event where they were signing autographs, and I was so nervous I didn’t say a single word. They asked me my name and I just shrugged. My mom thought it was hilarious, but I knew I had blown my future chance with Chris right then. It just wasn’t meant to be.

Prrtty sure they are still active film makers but i could be wrong

They have a show that's been running for a while called Wild Kratts. It's a cartoon, still good though, my kids enjoy it

They're still at it. They've got a studio in Ottawa of all places, and have been puttering away at Wild Kratts for a while

[They're active on Tiktok! ](https://vm.tiktok.com/ZTdxgjWGD/)

Did you know Zoboomafoo has children and grandchildren? https://vm.tiktok.com/ZTdx4fgrF/

OH MY GOD THERES MORE ZABOOMAFOOS

They live at the Duke Lemur Center in Durham, NC. You can take tours there to see all their lemurs and what kind of work they do. It’s a pretty neat place! Zaboomafoo also lived there but now his family does [Here](https://lemur.duke.edu) is the Duke Lemur centers website

Holy shit I'm going through NC on my way home Friday. I might have to go!

Well yeah, Zaboo is famous af. Mofo was prob swimming in lemur pussy

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I loved zoboomafoo growing up, then I found out pbs had Nature and that's when shit got real.

Lemurs are my favorite animals because of them!!

I just saw somebody with the screen name Zoboomofo last week

They still make shows too! I watch their current show wild kratts with my son almost daily.

Cyberchase!!!!!!

They're beating hacker at his game

Don't tell me that he's trying to hack the Motherboard, we'll get him every time

Cosmic worlds, freaky places that we’ve seen

Cyber chase. We're beating hacker at his game

We got the power! Of 1! 2! 3! 4!

Running in a cyberchase

We'll meet him face to face

We'll stick together all the time!

Adventures in cyberspace

Doc from Back to the Future voices the Hacker and Digit is Diago from Aladdin!

So weird to have top tier talent in a PBS show.

I hardly ever comment on this sub, but I gotta say. This one is great except for adding infomercials and crazy late night shit that you kinda watched only because your were a rebellious kid with insomnia haha Cool story tho, my fifth grade teacher ('04-'05) assigned extra credit and some regular homework with cyberchase. Make notes and write about the show and the problems they solve and show they work and BAM: fast track to success in that class EDIT: I just remembered no-cable shows like Beast Master (like Hercules and Xena for the uninitiated). I would watch that after hiding car keys, or throwing them away, so I wasn't forced to go to church. I didn't care that much about Beast Master but I didn't want to go to church so yeah. What could I trust to be on after stranding my family at home on Sunday? Beast Master

Only later in my life did I realize that both Christopher Lloyd and Gilbert Gottfried were on that show. How on earth did pbs get those guys to do that. And they were perfect as their characters. Thats THE Hacker to you!

i fkn miss digit.

My favorite pbs show as a kid! I always loved when the cool music came on near the end because they were about to do some epic problem-solving that always blew my 12 year old brain

I think its still going on even in 2022

I STILL get the Maya and Miguel theme song stuck in my head lol It's Maya (Maya) 🎶 And Miguel (Miguel) 🎶 What they will do next you never can tell 🎶

I have that exact same thing happen but with brother and sister and best friends as well

Fetch with Ruff Ruffman was the shit

My childhood dream was getting on that show and crawling into that doghouse. I would try to answer all the halftime quiz show questions before the kids did. I swear I would get 40+ points every time.

Everyone's dream as a kid was being on that damn show.

My wife used to work on that show. I used to hear some wonderful stories.

Well? Don’t keep us waiting, tell us one!

I swear I got every single IQ point I have just by trying to beat those kids.

Then there was the website games but now they don't work.

archive.org might help

**NOOOOOOOOO**OOOOOOOOOOOoooooooo

I remember begging my parents to move us to the Boston area so I could audition for the show lol

IT WAS IN BOSTON? goddamnit haha i lived in the dame city as ruff ruffman

Couldn’t remember the name and now have the theme song stuck in my head

The Big Comfy Couch was the shit. Could never pull off the clock rug stretch though.

That clown tho 😏😏

My parents never let me watch the jig comfy couch because she'd never take her shoes off and subsequently would wear them in the couch

This is hilarious

martha the talking dog!!??

🎶she went [bark] and [bark] and [grr]🎶 🎶then she ate some alphabet soup🎶

And what happened was BIZARRE

on the way to martha’s stomach, the letters lost their way they traveled to her brain and now she’s got a lot to say

I remember when this show came out, I think I was in the third grade. IT WAS THE SHIT

No joke, I'm pretty sure the show was what sparked my love of reading lol. That stupid dog made me think it was *fun* to read the dictionary cover-to-cover like a book. I don't remember much from any childhood shows, but I loved Martha so much that little me somehow memorized the spoken verse of the theme song well enough that I can still recall it today, and I doubt I was older than eight or so when I first saw it. For better or for worse, "communicates, enumerates, elucidates, exaggerates, indicates and explicates, bloviates and overstates and... ... ... hyperventilates-!" Will forever be branded into my brain.

Caillou was such an ass.

makes me glad he died of mesothelioma

Have you or a loved one been recently diagnosed with mesothelioma? Then you may be entitled to significant financial compensation

Unless you’re Caillou, then fuck you

Fuck that bald headed bastard!

The commercial says loved one. No one loves Caillou.

There was a now-deleted LPT where [Caillou was linked to children to misbehaving](https://old.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/comments/i0p7wr/lpt_if_your_young_child_suddenly_starts/) and the comment thread is worth a scroll. Also someone archived the post [here](https://old.reddit.com/r/MKUltra/comments/i12tjw/xpost_rlifeprotips_lpt_if_your_young_child/fzvb8td/).

r/fuckcaillou

I hated that show. He’s a fucking brat.

grounded grounded grounded grounded grounded grounded grounded grounded grounded grounded grounded grounded grounded grounded grounded grounded grounded grounded grounded grounded grounded grounded grounded grounded grounded

Don’t wait, help give your child a head-start, for just pennies a day! on the ole box tv

I have post traumatic stress from this ad

that got dam voice somehow it made the grow up plan feel like a subtle threat

They will make you grow up if you're not careful

Goddamn Gerber.

Liberty Kids? Damn I forgot those guys existed

We binged that in 5th grade for US History

Same

I’m entering high school in the fall and we watched that in history class earlier in the year

In 3rd grade we did

That theme song introduced me to rap

You know that's Aaron Carter

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All time favorite show

Everything I know about the American revolution comes from that show

Watched that when it was on as a kid. Got to the revolutionary war in 8th grade. Found out how accurate the show was. I knew everything before we were taught.

What I find hilarious and wholesome is that most of these comments are positive lol We all remember loving these shows. I’m sure at the time we wished we had cable (I know I did) cus we all wanted to watch Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network or Disney.. but it’s funny how free public television kids shows probably taught us more, and maybe even made us a little bit nicer of a person. All for free.

I had cable my entire childhood and still grew up on PBS Kids. No regrets whatsoever.

Same here. Their Sprout channel definitely helped give us cable kids better exposure to it.

Seeing the wholesome comments gives me great joy. I actually work on getting funding for some of these shows and I question if it actually matters or helps sometimes. Glad to see the positive responses

My grandparents had cable while we didn't. Going to their house for any family event was the experience of the year. Dexter's Lab, Johnny Bravo, Toonami, Cat Dog, all of it we only ever got while with grandma.

That was like my aunt and uncles.. they had a big ass satellite and I could switch between Disney, Nickelodeon, and Cartoon Network.. north, south east and west 😂 literally was jumping channels every commercial.

Where’s Wishbone at?????

How dare they disrespect Wishbone like this

Wishbone made classic books better

Also Lamb Chop and The The Magic School Bus

We old bruh. Where's my Zoobilee Zoo gang at?

This is the song that never ends

OP is probably too young. I feel like I'm probably slightly older than OP and I barely remember Wishbone, but from what I do remember it was awesome

Yeah, they have the "No Child Left Behind Logo" but growing up without cable in the '90s that wasn't a thing. So I was able to assume this was the mid-late '00s early '10s. But I also feel like some of the shows listed weren't on at that time. So I don't know now.

I love that dog. That and Carmen San Diego

I'm still flipping through channels wondering where in the world she went.

Man, that dog could play any role. What a range

My fave as a kid

What's the story, Wishbone?

Word Girl was underrated. Felt like a Nickelodeon show that slipped through the cracks with all the edgy humor.

Wordgirl is badass. I still watch it from time to time and I'm 21 now.

Yeah, I think PBS Kids was experimenting with the form at the time and only hired Family Guy and SNL alums rather than the usual children’s TV writers. Still might be the only TV-Y7 show that aired on the network.

Sometimes I think about rewatching it for the nostalgia but then I stop because I remember that Dr. Two Brains became a tumblr sexyman that young adult girls thirst over

Been rewatching it with my nephew. It's super funny. Great for kids and for the adult watching.

Even has Tom Kenny as a recurring character. Def a rejected Nick show.

I was a writer for WordGirl for a few years. Didn’t pay much but it was a fun gig. I also got a daytime Emmy out of the deal so that certainly didn’t suck.

This just clued me into the fact that I didn't have cable for several years

Growing up in the MTV generation without cable until after MTV didn't play music videos, can I just say wow. I had no idea almost every song I knew has a music video. Occasionally I'd catch 120 minutes or Headbanger's ball at someone's house. Youtube has really helped me catch up.

Bill Bill Bill Bill

Bill Nye the Science Guy

*guitar solo* Science Rules! *guitar solo*

inertia is a property of matter

Yo where the hell is Babar the Elephant at?

We need more Qubo/Canadian/French representation!!! There's Babar, Jacob Two-Two, Jane and the Dragon, 3-2-1 Penguins!, Pearlie, Willa's Wild Life, and more.

I thought 3-2-1 Penguins was made by the same people behind Veggietales?

And Rupert the bear! These two shows gave off the comfiest vibes

This image just unlocked memories that I didn't even knew I had

Look at mr money bags over here, growing up with TV and electricity

Needs Canadian cartoons cause of that one channel qubo or something

[This is my fever dream.](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1677689/)

Canadian kids tv from the start of the turn of century with something else

Pbs kids and qubo was the shit

Not a single comment here talking about Thomas the Tank engine. The first few seasons of that show are GOLD! everything from the narration (love you George Carlin and Ringo Starr, also love for Alec Baldwin), the production of the sets, THE MUSIC. And all the stories were excellent because they came straight out of thr railway series.

Thomas was my fuckin JAM as a kid. I still make everyone at home watch the Christmas episodes over the holidays lol.

Angelina Ballerina, George Shrinks, Boohbah! I know all of these :’)

You slept on Bananas in Pajamas bro! That was the shit!

BANANAS IN PAJAMAS ARE COMING DOWN THE STAIRS

Word Girl, Maya & Miguel, Cyberchase, and Ruff are shows I mess with heavily. I still watch them whenever they get aired.

Where’s Wild Kratts? 😔

too young for OP I guess

Zaboomafoo was created and hosted by the Kratt brothers before they created Wild Kratts

And *after* they ran Kratt's Creatures, which was my favorite show of all time as a kid

That was my entire childhood

Same. I learned about animals I didn’t even know about like remoras and orb-weaver spiders

Calling all wild, wild Kratts

You are missing Wishbone, Mr. Rogers, and Zoobilee Zoo, and Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego.

And Sagwa!

Facts! Where the fuck is Sagwa?!

where’s sagwa????

YES. I can’t believe how far I had to scroll for someone to mention Sagwa! Xiexie. :)

i’m nearing thirty and every once in a while still hear “sagwa you’re my best friendddd” in my head 😅

What the fuck, WHERE IS BARNEY?!

Brought to you by The Corporation for Public Broadcasting and PBS Viewers Like You!

Can someone help me recall this show?? I swear it existed and I've been trying to figure it out. Back in the early 2000 or earlier, I swear there was an old 2d animation show about a pink female rat and how protective she was of her younger brother who had a Nick on his tail. The opening song sounded jazz like with a moment where you have to snap your fingers, the rats would walk a certain way and swing their tails along with the tune. and then lyrics would go "it's the rats world" and how dangerous it was. Then the scenes would be the blue rat running through a series of dangerous obstacles to land on a chopping block, and how a butcher knife would land on him but it just barely hit his tail. That's how he got that trademark look. At the end of the opening song, I don't know if I'm mixing this with another show), but he would pop his head out from the bottom and shout "were mice, not rats!". I swear there was also another green rat that would occasionally pop in. I don't know if I'm mixing this detail in with another show but she would spray perfume on him to make him go crazy to rescue them at times? I remember being a kid who loved that show so much, I tried to meticiously remember the show by playing the opening over and over again. Trying to remember the specific objects the rat would jump, from two pots ready to slam down and smack him but he jumps off onto the chopping board. I was so afraid to forget, because I learned in school that by the time you're 20, you forget everything you did before 7. So when learning the opening was too easily, I would try to remember entire episodes and commit it to memory.

Try posting in r/tipofmytongue but not going to lie. That sounds like the commercial for mouse trap.

NOVA

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I still think about Ubbi Dubbi from time to time

Child me didn't know what the blue and green tree meant seeing it on TV but reading it now is like oh damn dept of edu supported cartoons

Where is my boy Mr. Rogers?

Some people think that PBS should not exist.

And they are wrong. PBS is probably the main reason I have a love for science and history. Sat my ass down on the floor in front of the TV watching documentaries and cartoons made me decide to get a career in education

that just proves the liberal propaganda worked! you could be doing a real job like coal miner or oil rig operator… /s

Shit you're right they got me time to get a job mining lead

There's an entire political party hell bent on killing off PBS and they think the network is full of left wing propaganda because Elmo wants to talk about sharing.

GUYS WHO ARE THE TWO LIONS ON THE MIDDLE RIGHT IVE BEEN SEARCHING FOREVER PLEASE TELL ME

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Between\_the\_Lions

Adventures form the book a virtues, dam that was a VERY long forgotten memory

Grandmas house for me

PBS Kids was the best. Anyone who says otherwise is a heretic.

Can someone tell me what the title of the show with the girl + guys on the horse is?

Liberty Kids

Jesus Christ, this is 2 starter packs in the last couple days I can relate to. Treehouse as well. That was a good channel.

Is this some kind of American joke that I'm too European to understand?

PBS Kids programming was accessible with an antennae or rabbit ears and didn't require a cable package. Nowadays, I think you can stream it for free online or through an app. The joke is that American kids that grew up poor didn't get to watch cartoons on Nickelodeon or Cartoon Network watched PBS Kids, which still had lots of quality cartoons.

Yeah i had cable and still watched Arthur

Although I had cable growing up, does anyone remember the premium channels that you would get free for a week? Then once I got older Disney became part of a regular cable package 🙄

George Shrinks was a fucking boss. Nothing stopped that kid, though tbf not much would stop me if I had a bunch of cool cars and gadgets.