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    Question about Mr. Men and Little Miss books released in 1990

    I can infer from what I read on Wikipedia that thirteen of the following Mr. Men and Little Miss books were not written or illustrated by Roger Hargreaves but written by Viviane Cohen and Evelyne Lallemand and illustrated by Colette David: Mr. Brave, Mr. Grumble, Mr. Perfect, Mr. Cheerful...
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    What Sesame Street book was this?

    I remember seeing a Sesame Street book that opens with a 2 page spread with a picture of Elmo helping his mother make cookies and Elmo's mother is using a rolling pin to roll out the dough. I don't know the title of the book, but from what the art looked like, I bet the book was from the late...
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    Will I.M. Healthy Soynut Butter come back to stores under new ownership of the brand?

    I know that in 2017 The Soynut Butter Company had to recall all varieties of its I.M. Healthy Soynut Butter, all varieties of its I.M. Healthy Granola because of E. coli in the facility where the product was produced. This led to many lawsuits that caused them to have to pay victims millions of...
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    Question about The Coachman in Pinocchio

    Does anybody know why in a storybook version of Disney's Pinocchio (the oversize Disney Classic Series) the Coachman who runs Pleasure Island is referred to as Barker?
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    Does anybody remember this Between the Lions bumper?

    In 2002, my PBS affiliate (WGBH Boston, Channel 2) aired this Between the Lions ad with Cleo and a man in a 2 costume (that Cleo calls "2 Guy" at the main desk in the library singing "Just the two of us...". It has not been uploaded to YouTube. Does anybody remember this ad? Better yet, can...
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    Anybody remember this food group thing from TV?

    When I was little in the late 80s-early 90s I remember seeing something on TV giving ideas about how to eat from food groups. It went like this: "a _____ from the milk group, and an apple from the fruit group." A picture of an apple was onscreen followed by the screen saying "Fruit Group"...
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    Cookie recipe that was originally included with the Cookie Monster's Best Bites VHS

    When Cookie Monster's Best Bites was first released on VHS, copies originally came with a cookie recipe on a card. Can somebody please type the cookie recipe here or upload the recipe card (legibly, please) to the Internet? I want to make the recipe.
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    Do they make windmill cookies without almonds?

    I know almonds were part of the original recipe for windmill cookies, but I also know that almonds and other tree nuts are a common food allergen. I have looked for windmill cookies that don't contain almonds (even on the Internet) but all of them had almonds. Since everybody knows about nut...
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    What was the name of this RoadRunner/Wile E Coyote online game?

    On December 31, 2000 Cartoon Network's website had an online game in which Wile E. Coyote is trying to use a remote-controlled football to catch the Road Runner. It takes place on a football field and has a timer. What was the name of the game? I looked up the aforementioned details on the...
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    Has anybody noticed these coincidences with the networks on which Looney Tunes cartoons were reran?

    Has anybody noticed these coincidences between things that appeared in the Looney Tunes cartoons and the networks they ran on? At one point Looney Tunes cartoons were aired on the cable network TNT, and in the cartoons themselves boxes of TNT (in this case, trinitrotoluene) have appeared. Wile...
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    Queen Rosie of France (Remake of The Alligator King)

    I did this adaptation of the Alligator King a long time ago and somebody suggested it would be better for the Fan Fiction section. What does anybody think of it? The Queen Rosie of France and her Seven Daughters One two three four five six seven! Said the Queen Rosie of France to her seven...
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    Mysterious Theater Fic Idea/Thoughts

    Because of the intro to Mysterious Theater, I want people to tell me what they think of the idea of the first episode containing a picture of Will Lee (who played Mr. Hooper) in Vincent Twice's living room, then in the next episode a picture of Northern Calloway (who played David) would be next...
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    Does anybody remember this cassette? If so, can they upload it to YouTube?

    Does anybody remember the 1985 cassette "The Real Mother Goose: 38 Classic Nursery Rhymes Read and Sung By Barbara Rosenblat, Nigel Pegram and the St. Paul's Girls' School Choir"? It included a board book with a square cutout in which to store the cassette and contained the following nursery...
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    Big Bird and Snuffy vaudeville bumper

    In Season 31 and Season 32, there were transitional bumpers in which Big Bird and Snuffy would perform a vaudeville act that transitioned to the next clip and could be identified by the preceding performer. There are two I can't find on YouTube: 1. A tuxedoed elephant dances to "Tea for Two"...
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    Does anybody remember this commercial?

    When I was a kid in the 90s I remember seeing this commercial in which a woman said "I am a _____, but sometimes I disappear." Then on screen she gets erased from the bottom up against a blue background, until only the blue background is left. Can anybody tell me what it was a commercial for or...
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    Question about major element in Dragon Tales

    Since I first watched Dragon Tales I have wondered this: Because the way the dragons fly does not comply with the principles of science (their wings are too small to allow lift to push the dragons up against the force of gravity or to produce enough thrust to push the dragons back against the...
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    Why did I have this false belief about the song Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious?

    Until I watched one of the Disney Sing-Along Songs videos in my elementary school music class, I incorrectly assumed the song "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" was from Diagnosis Murder, but after I watched a Disney Sing-Along Songs video in my elementary school music class, I realized the...
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    Question about the Hokey Pokey

    I noticed that in all the versions of the Hokey Pokey I have ever seen, the character demonstrating it has never been a pony (because of what Pokey is). Interestingly though, why isn't it called the "Clokey's Pokey"? (That's who created Pokey.) Or the Humby Gumby?
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    Question about the release of "The Lorax" in March 2012

    I have heard there is going to be a new movie of the Dr. Seuss book "The Lorax." I have also heard they will show the Once-Ler's face, but will the Once-Ler still be shown smoking cigars as he was in the 1971 TV special?
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    Questions about the ending to Golden Book Video of "Wanted: The Great Cookie Thief"

    Here are two questions about the ending to the Golden Book Video version of "Wanted: The Great Cookie Thief. It is viewable here at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPUUG4L63ws The questions are: 1) Is Cookie Monster supposed to be running away from the town or towards the town? How do you...
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