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Posted by Orko on Jun-15-2006 15:39:

Mr. Dressup to go off the air

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The tickle trunk will be closed for the last time in September, as CBC officially retires Mr. Dressup.
Ernie Coombs with Casey and Finnegan � no more reruns for the much-loved show.

As of July 3, the show moves from every weekday at 11 a.m. to Sunday morning only and the last broadcast of the much-loved children's show takes place Sept. 3.

The late Ernie Coombs began the show in 1967, delighting children with puppets Casey and Finnegan and a tickle trunk full of costumes and intriguing objects.

The last episode of the show was made in 1996 and it has been rerun ever since. Coombs died in 2001 of a stroke.

The gentle pace of the show is falling out of favour with Canadian children and ratings have been in decline, said Jeff Keay, CBC's head of media relations.

"The thinking is that 11 years of reruns is enough. We have to think about other things to do with our children's programming," he said.

The show enchanted 500,000 preschool children daily in the 1970s. Coombs and puppeteer Judith Lawrence wrote and performed the show until 1990.

Coombs, trained as an artist, led children in arts and crafts, accompanied by two puppet companions, the inquisitive orange-haired Casey and Finnegan, his grey, floppy-eared dog. Finnegan never spoke except to "whisper" in Casey's ear.

New puppet friends Granny, Annie, Truffles and others joined the show in 1990 when Lawrence retired.

Episodes will continue to be available on DVD.

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I used to love this show, and I actually liked the slow pace!

Its pretty sad that this is being taken off the air, but I guess if kids are not watching any more, it doesnt make any sense to keep it up.

RIP Mr. Dressup

Posted by NuERA on Jun-15-2006 15:48:

i have ag reat pic of me and ernie when i met him at the oCBC open house. I was like 15 by then, but who cares, it was wicked!

Posted by Cosmic Fur on Jun-15-2006 15:54:

Now who's going to help me get dressed in the morning?!

Note that I have never seen this show, nor have any idea what it's about.

Posted by Platipus on Jun-15-2006 16:15:

as soon as wife passed away serveral years ago, i knew it was only a matter of time..

*hunts through the tickle trunk*

Posted by MarkT on Jun-15-2006 17:09:

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Originally posted by NuERA
i have ag reat pic of me and ernie when i met him at the oCBC open house. I was like 15 by then, but who cares, it was wicked!

nice!

having watched the show when I was young, I was honoured to be able to get my pic taken with him at a book signing...except that I was in my mid-20's at the time, LOL

kinda sad that today's ADHD generation needs mile-a-minute stimuli to keep their attention for more than 3 minutes...

Posted by Jayx1 on Jun-15-2006 17:30:

first saturday morning cartoons and now this.

Im so lucky to have grown up when i did. Kids today are being robbed of their childhood.

Posted by DigDeep on Jun-15-2006 17:32:

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Originally posted by Jayx1
first saturday morning cartoons and now this.

Im so lucky to have grown up when i did. Kids today are being robbed of their childhood.

Posted by Vivid Boy on Jun-15-2006 17:34:

an upside for jeff tho is, they become sluttier at a younger age

Posted by DigDeep on Jun-15-2006 17:35:

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Originally posted by Vivid Boy
an upside for jeff tho is, they become sluttier at a younger age

i retract my original statement.

Posted by MarkT on Jun-15-2006 17:38:

LOL

one day the two of you will end up in court...and Swamper is going to have to turn over these threads as evidence against you

Posted by Orko on Jun-15-2006 18:16:

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Originally posted by Jayx1
first saturday morning cartoons and now this.

Im so lucky to have grown up when i did. Kids today are being robbed of their childhood.

I agree. The cartoons and children's shows these days seem so over the top. I understand that I cannot fully appreciate them having grown up in a different time period, and being of a mature age now, but I do infact love cartoons.

Kid's shows these days are so fast paces and incoherent. I will surely buy Mr. Dressup on dvd so if I do one day have kids, I can show them a real children's show. Something that taught you to be yourself, not to get caught up in trends, and one that really stimulates creativity instead of force feeding stimulation.

Posted by Jayx1 on Jun-15-2006 18:54:

there is something wrong when 8 year olds are watching things like bratz and 16.

Posted by nadezhda on Jun-15-2006 19:49:

Aw. mr. dressup was my favourite show. i'm pretty sure we went to go see him at copps colisseum or somewhere in hamilton when i was little.

mr. dressup rocked!

Posted by Subey on Jun-15-2006 20:48:

Children's television never recovered once they replaced the dolls on the Polka Dot Door with people in suits.

Posted by *~LiSa-LoO~* on Jun-15-2006 20:55:

Even though I don't watch the show anymore that's sad. I used to love it, and used to watch reruns once in awhile for years when I was still in high school in the morning!

Mr. Dressup was by far my favorite kids show. I'm glad it was Canadian.

I wish I had taken the oppurtunity to go meet him when I was younger - or even older - when he was visiting Windsor. Did you guys ever have that? He used to come down so you could meet him every so often and there would be signs everywhere. I never ended up going, and wish I had before he passed away.