Re: Drawing is Fun!

[JeAnna526]

how wasnt the suicide rate higher during the time of these dry ass cartoons.

[ironmancwb]

Wow ,  memories

[MultiMuchacho]

OMG! I used to watch this when I was a kid. LOL!

[MrTreez90]

0s0d0pe



[DJstoopnig]

I still say the triangle is for babies.

[MrChickensoup]

I loved this when I was a kid and I still love it.

[stewwalk]

great show, great memories..My mom even remembers this. You dont realize how quickly your childhood passes. Try to let kids be kids. They mess up sure, teach them the right way, but let them be kids.

[7judas77]

I played lead triangle in my old band...

[mjsgrass78]

I used to watch this on Pinwheel on Nick in the 80s

[RaisonDeCalcul]

This boy is not using healthy coping strategies. He has delusions of grandeur.

[gjc82071]

Wow, I just got goose bumps seeing & hearing this. Used to watch it as a kid, on CBC or PBS in WNY. Thanks so much for posting it. Hey, something is driving me crazy. Does anybody else remember Big Blue World? "It's a Bigm Blue World.....after all....". Can't find anything about it anywhere! I think it was just a segment to another show I can't remember.

[debbiemc70]

Thank YOU so MUCH for having this video on here!! Watching Simon on Captain Kangaroo is one of my most

happiest memories of childhood!

I smiled the ENTIRE time I watched this video. :-D

[mickieggie]

My cousin Gem used to sing this song to her son when he was a little toddler back in 1978. She had the words wrong though LOL, but I thought the song, especially the melody, was so precious and pretty. Thanks for posting this!

[1phillygirlInCa]

i have been singing this song for 30 years and no one else ever knows what i'm talking about! thanks so much for posting!!!

[Loakum]

Children of today needs high quality learning shows like this!

[RainNBlood]

wish I had acid

[jajsf]

I watched Simon on KQED SF in the 70's, also with Miss Nancy. This takes me back.

[xpinkgirl991]

i like the saturday night live version with mike myers. well you know my name is simon, and i like to make drawrings!!

[bigdog4400]

Thank you for bringing back one of my favorite childhood memories!

[PapaPantalones]

Thank you, thank you, thank you. The theme song for this show has been stuck in my head for the last 30 odd years and I can finally hear it from outside my head again. Caloo, calay!

[chey5151]

I have been singing this song in my head for years. It is great that my kids can finally see what I've been singing about. I love Simon!!!

[03V3TZ]

Randomness begets randomness.

Apparently this never made it to Australia.

Per Wikipedia:

Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings is a children's animated television programme, featuring the adventures of a young child named Simon, who has a magic chalkboard. Things that Simon draws upon the chalkboard become real in "The Land of Chalk Drawings", which Simon can enter by climbing over a fence near his home with a ladder, interacting with his chalk drawings, including his chalk-drawn friend Henry.

[gavlaing]

not true - i watched this as a preschooler (circa 1992) at my local library in western sydney. it was on an old projector. fantastic to see this quality piece of education online so many years later.

[englishteaboy]

WHAT IS THIS?? lol It was quite funny so i'll keep it on the video response videos...

Steve

[03V3TZ]

Stories often revolve around the unintended effects that Simon's drawings have on the Land of Chalk Drawings, such as when an upset Simon draws a picture of his angry self, which proceeds to go on a rampage.

The programme is based upon the writings of Edward MacLachlan. It was produced in 1976 and was originally a 5 minute programme airing around tea time in England. The programme also became familiar to American audiences in the 1970s when it was featured on Captain Kangaroo.