Kukla, Fran and Schoolie
For the past year, I’ve been planning on posting this today, but thought about not doing so out of respect for the news. But it’s the episode’s 75th anniversary, and it’s too warm and gentle and endearing – and therefore, perhaps hopefully, all the more reason not to let the occasion pass.
So, to honor what around the world is the first day of school, this episode of Kukla, Fran and Ollie has the Kuklapolitans heading back to class. As it happens, in her early life Fran Allison was a teacher, which get the Kukla and Ollie think about what it would be like having her as their teacher. And so, they and the other Kuklapolitans play “first day at school,” albeit with a log of singing.
And as I said, making it all the more notable is that the episode originally aired on September 6, 1949 – 75 years ago today.
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