My mom and I would watch Hodgepodge Lodge once in a while, we didn't get to watch it too often as she usually had other plans at the time it was on television, and our signal from the Rochester NY PBS station wasn't that great, especially if it was raining, snowing, or windy. (Back in the old days with the rooftop antennas!)
I don’t know if it was my favorite, but I remember watching “The Land of Play,” a Michigan public TV show, with one lady with a bun (she was like a female Mr. Rogers) who told stories and sometimes pretended to be an elephant or some other animal. She wore a smock. I also still remember the song at the beginning distinctly, sort of a music box theme, so I must’ve watched it a lot (I missed much of elementary school because of various sicknesses).
It was certainly benign, and it encouraged imagination, I believe. Once I get a tune in my head, it never leaves, and that goes for so many of the TV shows I watched as a kid that had musical introductions. I wonder if that’s weird or just because it comes from a different, impressionable part of the brain.
My mom and I would watch Hodgepodge Lodge once in a while, we didn't get to watch it too often as she usually had other plans at the time it was on television, and our signal from the Rochester NY PBS station wasn't that great, especially if it was raining, snowing, or windy. (Back in the old days with the rooftop antennas!)
I don’t know if it was my favorite, but I remember watching “The Land of Play,” a Michigan public TV show, with one lady with a bun (she was like a female Mr. Rogers) who told stories and sometimes pretended to be an elephant or some other animal. She wore a smock. I also still remember the song at the beginning distinctly, sort of a music box theme, so I must’ve watched it a lot (I missed much of elementary school because of various sicknesses).
Now the themes to Gilligan’s Island and The Brady Bunch are in my head!
How about the Beverly Hillbilies, Green Acres and My Three Sons? You are going to think of a ton of them now.
It was certainly benign, and it encouraged imagination, I believe. Once I get a tune in my head, it never leaves, and that goes for so many of the TV shows I watched as a kid that had musical introductions. I wonder if that’s weird or just because it comes from a different, impressionable part of the brain.
Isn’t it funny how we remember songs so well? I’ve never watched the lady with a bun on “The Land of Play” but it sounds wonderful!
There were so many shows that I grew up with, but I didn’t see Hodgepodge Lodge. My favorites were the cartoons, especially Bugs Bunny and Scooby Doo.