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CRUMPET CORNERS: CHRISTMAS IN THE COLONIES (TV)
CRUMPET CORNERS: CHRISTMAS IN THE COLONIES (TV)
Summary
This half-hour Christmas comedy special from local station WCVB-TV in Boston, MA, features the Crumpet Corners puppets Leo, Gert, and Alice enacting various roles in a story called "The Case of the Secret Christmas Keepers." The story concerns Puritan times in which the celebration of Christmas is forbidden. The Three Scrooges are hiding the Christmas spirit, and the Governor (Leo) hires sleuth Tolerance Happ (Gert) and her assistant Miss Fitt (Alice) to apprehend the Christmas spirit. The Three Scrooges manage to instill Miss Happ and Miss Fitt with the Christmas spirit. Includes puns, wordplay, and bits of song. Commercials deleted. (Acquired courtesy of NATPE.)
Details
- NETWORK: WCVB-TV
- DATE: March 22, 1983 Tuesday 8:00
- RUNNING TIME: 0:30:00
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T87:0325
- GENRE: Children's
- SUBJECT HEADING: Children's programs; NATPE Collection; Puppets; Christmas
- SERIES RUN: WCVB (Boston, MA) - TV series, 1982-1983
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- William C. Brennan … Executive Producer
- J. Philip Miller … Producer, Director
- Debra Shapiro … Associate Producer
- Leslie Fuller … Composer, Music and lyrics by, Writer
- Robert Bond … Performer, Music performer
- John Hagen … Performer, Music performer
- Gary Posner … Performer, Music performer
- Ariel Powers … Performer, Music performer
- Malcolm Ruhl … Performer, Music performer
- Olga Marin … Cast, Gert
- Craig Marin … Cast, Leo
- William Tost … Cast, Fitz
- Cheryl Blalock … Cast, Alice
- James Kroupa … Cast, Pablo