Curiosity Shop Introduction

The opening credits for early 70s educational series created by Chuck Jones.

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• Chuck
• Jones
• 70s
• Saturday
• Mornings
• Kid
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[MaxxFordham]

Huh, how come this looks like the color we get when someone tries to shoot at a TV screen with a camera without white-balancing, instead of just capturing directly?

Or... did you transfer a FILM yourself and forget to white-balance?

[70sKidVid]

@MaxxFordham

I'm not positive, but I think I got this from someone who has the show on film and did their own transfer.

[zkg]

Peter Frampton called. He watched the opening credits, and he wants his voice back.

[Kqvic]

As a kid, I was very disappointed when this show went off the air. The first animated segment of what became known as "Schoolhouse Rock" aired on this show (it was "Three Is A Magic Number").

There were three kids, two boys and a girl, and they were always looking for the proprietor of the shop but never could find him. His name: Mr. Jones.

At one point, one of the kids was wearing a sweatshirt with the message "Mr. Jones, Where Are You" on one side and a big "?" on the other.

[MaxxFordham]

@70sKidVid

...and maybe just forgot to white-balance and move in all the way (to cut off the rounded corners) while doing it.

Yeah, because if it had been a camera shooting a CRT screen (a tube), we'd see the scrolling bar effect. So it's not a CRT. But if they had been newly shooting at an LCD or DLP, we wouldn't see that either. But that wouldn't explain the rounded corners very well. So yeah, I could see how it might be their own transfer of a film. Interesting that they would have it.

[loveforlogos]

I used to have the episode about wings!

[inDASHcorrect]

anybody know why the opening is in purple? did they just have bad color film printing?

[inDASHcorrect]

@uselesspieceofsheet It was Henry Mancini, I am sure of it. ...and if it wasn't, it was either Dean Elliott or Ed Bogas.

[inDASHcorrect]

@uselesspieceofsheet It was Henry Mancini, I am sure of it. ...and if it wasn't, it was either Dean Elliott or Ed Bogas.

[uselesspieceofsheet]

anyone have an idea of who did the music for this show?

[mcatuara1]

I was about 5 years old when this show was on ABC. One of the kids was named "Jerome" . I thought it's was ANOYING the the way his mother was calling him on the shop computer.

[KidCairbre]

One reason this program failed...there was WAY TOO MUCH CONTENT. Trained animals, computerized gizmos, cartoon characters, live-action actors and puppets of all kinds. All sorts of goings-on. VERY busy and utterly confusing. It was hard for a kid to embrace even three characters, much less the dozens "Curiosity Shop" offered!