Top 3 ... Children's Shows I Wish Were Still on the Air

Remember your childhood - that foggy jumble of events all lumped together under the categories: Goodtimes, Badtimes, Embarrassing Times, and Times we won't ever bring up again (aka me getting hit in the back of the head with the ball during a soccer baseball tournament, and falling facedown in the baseball diamond sand - yeah)

Well Childhood Memories have one more thing up their sleeves - TV shows. I have watched a heck of a lot of TV shows, I believe this will be one of the few constants in my life. Some shows remain on the air while other perish and remain only in the memories of the children that loved them. This fact gave me the inspiration for today's Top 3 List: Children's Show I Wish Were Still on the Air


1) Under the Umbrella Tree
Why?
Izzy, Jacob, and Gloria - who would not want to be their friends. I remember wishing and praying that one day I could be as cool as Holly. And I had no idea that the house in the intro was not real. ..


2) The Smoggies:
Why?
This show is why i've always been so gung-ho about saving the environment one recyclable bottle at a time!


3) Today's Special
Why?
A Mannequin that comes to life at night and learns about the world through the teachings of deparment store associate ... um genius! I also longed to live in a doll house like Muffy ... maybe that dream will someday come true.

Because I watched so much TV it was very difficult to choose only three shows I wish were still on - here are the inevitable honourable mentions:

- Polka Dot Door - they split Humpty Dumpty into two separate enteties! This show could be the cause of my obsession with have a specific spot for things - at the end of each show they placed the stuffed animals in their proper position inside the house chest...

- The Elephant Show - I am convinced that this is the reason I love elephants so much - I actually jsut came to that realization now ... wow

- GhostWriter - I never really understood what Ghost Writer was but I knew that I loved it. Inner city kids solving mysteries with the help of poor animated graphics spelling out words in the air - LOVE IT.