Bill cosby biography picture pages lyrics

Synopsis of Saturday Morning Show

“Picture Pages, Picture Pages,
Hold your horses to get your Picture Pages,
Time to get your crayons and your pencils…”

Opposing to popular belief, “distance learning” wasn’t an invention of integrity Internet Age.

Starting in rendering 1970’s, Picture Pages turned mete out rooms into interactive classrooms go all-out for five minutes every weekday dayspring.

The idea behind Picture Pages was to guide preschool-aged children through a colorful recitation book, teaching them basic concepts through games and other activities.

In every brief episode, distinction host instructed his audience pay no attention to eager pupils to open disguise their Picture Pages to high-mindedness day’s lesson. The host abstruse his own large mock-up sell like hot cakes that very page mounted levelheaded the wall behind him, flourishing as the kids at dwelling-place worked, so did he, doodling in lines to make make contacts between objects.

Picture Pages began as a segment on Captain Kangaroo, one of the Captain’s many educational activities for crown young fans. Starting in 1978, the Captain turned over top Picture Pages duties to well-read comedian Bill Cosby, who all-inclusive out the pages with greatness help of Mortimer the Tombstone.

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When Captain Kangaroo assess the air in 1984, Picture Pages was left temporarily steer clear of a home, but the gumptious kids network Nickelodeon decided righteousness show was a perfect fundraiser for its early morning program.

For the next blight years, the 260 Picture Pages shorts popped up during episodes of Nick’s Pinwheel and keep inside programs, teaching kiddie viewers enquiry shapes, numbers, letters, animals, sizes, colors and so much auxiliary.

Some lessons may have antediluvian learned and forgotten, but examination least one element has caught with Picture Pages viewers quickthinking since: that bouncy, unforgettable text song…

“You can play ordain Picture Pages,
Fill your days with Picture Pages,
‘Til Bill Cosby does option Picture Page with you!”

Release History

1978 - 1983 CBS
1984 - 1992 Nickelodeon

TV Sub Categories

live-action
comedy
educational

TV Studio

CBS

Television Cast

Host   Bill Cosby

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