Via Alegre/Carrasolendas

[mikebennidict]

anyone remember these shows?

 

[JaniceFerSure]

I do I do! I've brought both shows up a few times.Got zero responses,guess it's before everybody's time or they never heard of 'em.

 

[mikebennidict]

Don't know of any tribute sites's to either shows but here's an article on 1 of them. http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2003-07-04/screens_feature2.html

 

[mikebennidict]

Found this myspace on 1 of the shows.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=122698937

 

[Son of Enik]

Wow...

You guys are making me smile big and wide over here...being half Hispanic, Carrascolendas and Villa Alegre' were almost required watching in my house!
I absolutely loved these shows, and the fact that I grew up in a multi-lingual home didn't hurt either. I am more impressed by all of you every time I come to this site!
I wish I could remember more about the shows, as I was very young when they aired, but I know I watched them.

 

[The Count]

Yeah... Villa Alegre, I remember that one partially. There was a corner store with soda fountain that rivaled Hooper's Store. There was an animated segment that paralleled the Pinball Number Count, a banner would unfold with the numbers from 1 to 10 and we'd see a polygon equaling that number of sides as the segment ended with a car motoring down a highway or something like that.

 

[sesameguy]

Yep, I remember both shows! But as I recall, Carrascolendas was rather short-lived. I only recall watching a few episodes of that one before it was off the air in my area. But Via Allegre ran for at least a few years, if I recall correctly. Both were actually similar to "Sesame" in many ways.

 

[mikebennidict]

Article on VA

http://web.archive.org/web/20010620115626/http://yesterdayland.com/features/articles/villa/

 

[Son of Enik]

Thank you for the link, mike. I hope that Villa Alegre' comes to DVD someday.

 

[Xerus]

I loved Villa Alegre when I was a kid. I especially liked those opening animation shorts that dealt with topics like energy, communication, nature, zoology, cooperation, and nutrition.