Do You Remember Pappyland?

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The good old days - Pappyland - Episode 312 Pappyland was a live action children's television show originally written by Jon Nappa. More than 65 episodes were written by award-winning children's writer, Benette Whitmore. It was originally broadcast on TLC from September 30, 1996 to December 1999. Then, after cancellation, aired reruns until February 21, 2003. The show starred acclaimed cartoonist-artist Michael Cariglio (born in Whitesboro, New York) as Pappy Drewitt, an artist/49er type character who lived in a magical cabin in a bizarre land with many different creatures and people. More than half of the show was shot on bluescreen. During each half-hour segment, Pappy and other characters danced, sang, taught life lessons and other children's television fare but the main focus of the show was watching Pappy draw pictures. The camera was positioned directly above his paper and he would carefully explain the purpose of each technique used. The purpose was for children viewers to be able to follow along with Pappy and create the same image as he did. Viewers who sent in their artwork, had their drawing shown during the "Hall of Frames" segment near the end and the closing credits. When shown on public television, WCNY in Syracuse, New York presented the show, which was produced by the non-profit Craftsmen and Scribes' Creative Workshop and Creative Media Solutions TV, also based in Syracuse, New York. In fact, the P.O. Box plug mentions Syracuse as being the city where home viewers sent in their drawings. Today Michael Cariglio is hosting "Inspiration Station" on Smile of a Child TV. Pappy Drewitt (Michael Cariglio) is an artist who loves to draw. The theme song suggests that he created Pappyland; although the season 2 episode "Grandpappy's Day for Drawing", which aired in 1997, suggests that Pappy's father, Grandpappy Drewitt (who was also played by Cariglio) created Pappyland rather than Pappy himself. He lives in Pappyland and has many friends who live there. A running gag in the series was that whenever he coloured the picture he drew earlier in the episode he would break one of his crayons. This was done so Pappy could teach kids that you don't have to throw away a crayon just because it breaks. On occasion, when he colored in the picture, he also went outside the lines, thus teaching kids that it's all right to go outside the lines when coloring. In season 1, he was portrayed as a hillbilly. Elmer (Joe Cariglio) is an old, wisecracking man who sits in a rocking chair in front of Pappy's desk. He tells a lot of jokes to Pappy. At the beginning and end of mostly every episode, he would shout "Hey, sonny! Don't you know what time it is?", indicating that it was time to say hello to everyone, and that it was time to leave. He smoked a pipe in season 1. Binky is a talking paintbrush that lives in Pappy's cabin. He likes to paint pictures. Lily is a talking flower who originally lived in a flower field, but later lived in Pappy's Cabin. Mailbird (Ted Long) is a bird who appeared in later seasons of the show. He delivered Pappy's mail and often crashed into his cabin when doing so. He was very disorganized, but Pappy later helped him get organized. Sing-a-Song Sam (Michael Curley, born in Syracuse, New York) is a singer who in most episodes sang a song about the lesson learned in the episode. Buddy Bear (Ted Long) is a bear who loves honey. He lives in a cave in Pencil Point. Like Pappy, he likes to draw, and would sometimes draw for the home viewers in situations where Pappy encountered a problem he couldn't get out of. He has a pen pal named Elizabeth who is hearing impaired. Chucky Woodchuckles (Peter Johanns voiced as fill in for a few episodes) is a beaver who wore glasses and a propeller hat (though in the intro [and early episodes], he is seen without them). He lives in a dam. He is very friendly but tended to lose things he borrowed from others, such as Pappy's crayons. Pappy taught him about responsibility. Tree-O are a group of three trees that lived in a forest. They didn't appear in later seasons, as they were replaced by Woody. Woody is a tree that lived at the entrance of Pappyland. He once thought he had no friends, but Pappy cheered him up by drawing a picture of him. He appeared in season 1, and sang the song "Did you ever Wanna be". He is the only character besides Pappy, Elmer, and Grandpappy to appear in the actual show, but he didn't appear until later episodes. Turtle Lou (Gabriel Velez) Pappy called him "Turtle Louie" Doodlebug is a bug who was introduced in later seasons. He tries to stump Pappy by doodling something for Pappy."pappyland on youtube" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q-wppA9H4g