Curiosity Shop is an American children's educational television program produced by ABC-TV in 1971, capitalizing on the success of Sesame Street.Sponsored by the Kellogg's cereal company, Curiosity Shop was broadcast Saturday mornings from September 11, 1971, to January 6, 1973. The program featured three inquisitive children who each week visited a shop populated with various puppets and gadgets, discovering interesting things about science, nature and history. Each hour-long show covered a specific theme: clothing, music, dance, weather, the five senses, space, time, rules, flight, dolls, etc.
Bullfrog Films presents the work of famed animator Nick Hilligoss. Brought together in a complete series, these five animated shorts explore the serious and often amusing sides of the relationship between human beings and nature. Not afraid to draw a tear from your eye or a laugh from your belly, Hilligoss explores the effects that cities have on small animals in Bunch of Fives: Lower Orders, the life of a lone sea turtle in Bunch of Fives: Turtle World, the thoughts of an artist confined to prison in Bunch of Fives: Cell Animation, the life of a banjo-playing frog in Bunch of Fives: Banjo Frog, and how a possum survives in the suburbs in Bunch of Fives: Possum's Rest. These films are meant for grades 4-12 and are available only to educational institutions.
Everyone's favorite purple dinosaur makes a friend with the ability to find music in the most unlikely of places. Upon meeting a young girl who longs to play her violin at the local fair, Barney and his new pal Riff teach her all about rhythm and music through a series of educational games and infectiously fun songs.