Old Segment - Making Crayons

BigBirdABCDEFGH

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMU-wXsgyR8

I am sure some of you here may remember this segment, what the above link will take you to.

This takes place at the Crayola factory in Easton, PA. This segment would date from no earlier than 1979 and no later than 1984, going by the package design as well as the crayon wrapper design.

Why these two cutoff years? In 1978, Binney & Smith (Crayola LLC since 2007) had changed its corporate logo to the "serpentine" design we fondly remember on the Crayola crayon wrappers, and in 1985 the Crayola name changed to a bold typeset (although the crayon wrappers continued using the 1976 design through 1988).

http://www.crayoncollecting.com/BinneyCrayons.htm
(shows all the Crayola crayon wrapper designs since 1903; the one represented in the video is of the 1976-88 period.)

http://www.crayoncollecting.com/Crayola17-48s037-054.htm
(The second box from top left is the one shown in the video - just look at BS0243.)

~Ben
 

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You know, that machine that packages the crayons looks exactly like the one used to package cigarettes! I wonder if they're really the same thing? :smile:
 

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I remember this clip. It was one of my favorites, I always got so excited when it came on. That's for the history about it..
 

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As a kid, i was actually more fascinated by the girl and how blue her eyes were and how blond her hair was.
 

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As a kid, i was actually more fascinated by the girl and how blue her eyes were and how blond her hair was.
 

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For those of you unfamiliar with the background music, there are two pieces of music heard, both penned by Richard Harvey: The first song heard is "Water Course (A)," and then "Exchange." Both pieces were originally recorded in 1974, released on the album "Richard Harvey's Nifty Digits."

The segment itself first aired on December 11, 1981, within episode #1590.

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I also want to point out this film segment re-appeared on episodes 2484 (1987-88 season) and 3937 (2001 season).

~Ben
 

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Ah yes, this was always a fascinating thing to watch growing up, lol.
 

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The full versions of these pieces sound much better when you get to hear them at length. Especially Water Course A. Very fanciful stuff.

This was a great little factory segment. I liked it more than the Sax one, and I think the ones with narration don't actually need the narration.
 
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