What the fuck level of cult of personality even is this? They're writing fan fic about their fucking overlords. What the fuck I cannot emphasize enough what the fuck?
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eh, i'm in my 30s and they still showed it when i was in elementary school
feels like the sort of thing that doesn't really need too much updating since it's meant to teach literal children the absolute basics
Damn, they kept it up that long? I'm Canadian so maybe that's why, but it for sure aired on our TV in the 70s cause my dad and uncles are very familiar and have various long running verbal memes about it and this was in the 3 channel days so there was no getting American stations. Probably why it didn't keep airing here, but now that I think about it, it's weird we had it at all.
they did! wheeled out the tv cart and everything.
that does make this all a lot stranger. i never even entertained the thought that it would be played as a regular program on tv, let alone in a different country with an entirely different system of governance. it always had such "made for a specific audience to watch on tape" vibes.
but yeah i wish i knew people younger than me who grew up in the same area, i'd be curious when/if it stopped being a thing.
also i just checked the wiki and apparently it ran for 7 seasons. the only parts i recognize are apparently from the third season: "To coincide with the upcoming United States Bicentennial, a third season, America Rock, airing in 1975 and 1976, had music videos covering the structure of the United States government (such as "I'm Just a Bill") along with important moments in American history (examples include "The Preamble" and "Mother Necessity")." i genuinely thought it was a one-shot special or smth, like a PSA. at least now its reach makes a little more sense? still fucking weird though
I thought it was these a series of shorts used to eat up children's air time back when advertising to children wasn't as allowed
yup that's correct; wiki says it was designed to be put between programs during saturday morning cartoons
i had just never encountered it on the air, only in vhs format. apparently they put more of this shit in 2009(!!!) but it was a reunion style thing.