"Make a Wish" opening 70's Saturday Morning TV

If you want it, you can get it, but to get it, you got to want it...

If you were my age and watched Saturday Morning TV, How could you possibly forget this song!?

Make A Wish was an American television series which ran on ABC from 1971 to 1976. Produced by ABC News, it was hosted by musician Tom Chapin and created and produced by Lester Cooper. It replaced Discovery, a similar series for children also produced by ABC News (which began in 1962).

The series, originally broadcast on Saturday mornings but later moved to Sunday mornings, focused on a particular theme. One episode, for instance, was about snakes, another about motorcycles. Chapin would introduce the topic in much the same manner: "I think a snake is what I'll be. Imagine all the possibilities." After that there would be a sort of free association featuring stock footage, animation, and Chapin's music and voiceover commentary.

The series won a Peabody Award for Best Children's Series in 1971.

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[ReddingtonPass]

Wow!!....I haven't heard this in 35+ years, and still remember the words ha ha

[CineGraphic]

@ReddingtonPass

Isn't it amazing how the lyrics come right back to you as soon as you start hearing the song!?

[electronmusicjunkie]

Btw, the guy singing in this film clip is Tom Chapin who is Harry Chapin's brother, incase no one else posted this here already.

[electronmusicjunkie]

Was this the TV show where you heard some guy talking fast and saw alot of photos, films, and animation also going by very fast on the screen? I recall seeing a program of the sort one Sun. morning on ABC TV over WPVI in Philly and for years couldn't figure out what it was since I was very young. No wonder my mind is screwed up.

[amchalmers06]

Here's one maybe most did not know about the man singing, he was a sub. teacher in CA.  He came to my class a few times. Most of us in class watched the show. He would give us sort of a mini concert and talk about the things from the show. You know we were all for that, keep us from doing the regular work. Even though it was only a few days, I still remember from way back then.

[brickthomas]

Great song and memories. What happened to that old stingray of mine?

[RunShawnnRun]

I remember the song, remember the watching the show, but I can't remember what it was about but remember thinking that it was cool at the time!

[emmers57]

You could never get away with building a childrens show around stock footage, these days.

[emmers57]

For years I swore I had imagined watching this hippie orgy, I would describe it, but no one else remembered it.

[eddy909100]

miss that sexy 70's stache, this guy wore it well

[Multi80schick]

@HallofWisdom LOL, I remember having the very same experience. It was always on after we got home from church, and then nothing good as you said! LOL, small world....