After finding a firework called "Screecheroo", my sister and I decided that would have been a much more awesome character on the show than the Polkaroo... All the kids would have been completely traumatized by its sould-shattering high pitched screech. Oh, to have been a children's TV producer in the 80s.
You know what bugged me? Bear doesn't have a real name. The eggs were Humpty and Dumpty, the ragdoll was Marigold, but Bear was BEAR?? Even the mouse was STORYTIME MOUSE!
The closing song always made me sad, because the show was over and it was time to go to school.
Dulcimerist 1 year ago
He was looking for his hash.
micr0cosm 2 years ago
After finding a firework called "Screecheroo", my sister and I decided that would have been a much more awesome character on the show than the Polkaroo... All the kids would have been completely traumatized by its sould-shattering high pitched screech. Oh, to have been a children's TV producer in the 80s.
klaatu42 2 years ago
yes he does his is name Bear
Jennennett 3 years ago
You know what bugged me? Bear doesn't have a real name. The eggs were Humpty and Dumpty, the ragdoll was Marigold, but Bear was BEAR?? Even the mouse was STORYTIME MOUSE!
alumnagirl 3 years ago 2
the good ol days when childrens television shows were actually good
swiff302 3 years ago 7
Polkaroo was actually a British Creation. I know, I work there!
indianhead66 3 years ago 3
LIES.
TheChangeling9 3 years ago
Nope, I work at TVO, and it's true!
indianhead66 2 years ago
i loved bear.
koala371 3 years ago
That TV Ontario logo is probably the coolest thing ever.
BradJamesBroncofan 4 years ago 3
Funfact: Polka Dot Door was a Canadian adaptation of the Australian kids show, PlaySchool, which still goes on to this very day.
One of the changes? We had Humpty AND Dumpty, instead of just Humpty Dumpty, and the original version had two bears, Big Ted, and Little Ted.
LondonOntGuy 4 years ago
That was way before my days then. There was one bear, one girl, and those two eggs.
martif84 3 years ago
That's what I was saying.
Australia had a (I'm pretty sure) Marigold, Big Ted, Little Ted(bears) and Humpty Dumpty.
Canada had Bear, Humpty, Dumpty, and Marigold.
LondonOntGuy 3 years ago
oh man memories
Mack1121 4 years ago
Was that Patrick Duffy?
nevmiles 4 years ago
Does anyone know if they ever sold these toys in stores?
thekingof8 4 years ago
Yes, they did. I had the Teddy for a long time in the early 80s.
WNED17 4 years ago
@thekingof8 I actually found a Polkaroo hand puppet at a Value Village a few years ago :)
captainwacky45 1 year ago
The bear was the best... Very incompetent
Stuart750 4 years ago
OMG...I loved Marigold!!
socialg 4 years ago
Very cool WNED. Keep it coming. :)
CelesteK 4 years ago