Comments on: Vintage TVOntario Images

By: Gord

Gord — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:16:48 +0000

There was a small movie about a boy who decovered a clock that struck 13 and he would go back in time what was the name of it

By: Danielle

Danielle — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 03:21:31 +0000

Can someone tell me the name of the one with the kangaroo? It was something about counting and he was a detective? There is a picture of the beginning of the show above.

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:36:49 +0000

I was trying to describe “Write On” to some friends the other day. I remember the KISS makeup-ed rock star episode and his song about commas splices, and the episode where Mr. Morton was a vampire who always punctuated with colons, with his fangs, and could only be weakened by the sight of a sentence needing a semi-colon, which he couldn’t do.

By: Lisa in Toronto

Lisa in Toronto — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:55:58 +0000

For me the Metric Report with Heather Conkie is the unforgettable 1970s TVO program.
I still don’t really get hectares though … but that isn’t her fault.

By: Light & Dark

Light & Dark — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:57:47 +0000

Oh. My. God.
Billy Van and Bits and Bytes.
Now I know why I ended up in tech!!

By: Keith

Keith — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 04:49:12 +0000

Rebecca: The show in the department store was Today's Special. Readalong was first aired the year I was in kindergarten. They used to show it in the morning and then repeat the same episode in the afternoon. Bits and Bytes was on for the first time shortly after we got a home computer. I remember the content seemed a little Mickey Mouse to me at the time, but I still kinda wish that glowing animation style was available in a user interface--especially with the voiceover.

By: Joey deVilla

Joey deVilla — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:45:09 +0000

@Marion: You're thinking of The Great Space Coaster, which was not a TVOntario show, but a syndicated show that appeared on UHF stations in the early eighties. Here's its intro sequence:

The gnu of which you speak is Gary Gnu, shown below:

And I can't mention The Great Space Coaster without posting the video for the Family Guy parody:

By: Marion

Marion — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:29:35 +0000

I’m not from Ontario, but do remember those puppets, especially the Pierre Trudeau and Rene Levesque ones. Do you remember the name of the show? And was that the show with the Gnu Gnews? (Although some days I worry I imagined the Gnu Gnews.)

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:25:27 +0000

Funny – for reasons beyond my understanding, I had the theme song to Fables of the Green Forest stuck in my head the other day. All of those images remind me of my childhood – the only one missing is that reading program set in a department store after hours (there was an old security guard, a mouse that spoke in rhyme (Muffy?) and Jeff the mannequin.)

By: Joey deVilla

Joey deVilla — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:55:04 +0000

@Jesse: The show with the boot was called Readalong:

There's a site that has more stills from the show here.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:49:29 +0000

Hi! Great memories, but please you have to tell me the name of the show with the boot. I’ve been looking for the name of that show for YEARS. Please email me, or comment back!