![]() ![]() Of course, today Play-Doh Modeling Compound is a playtime phenomenon. That turned the company’s fortunes around.” “Fortunately, the sister-in-law realized it would make a better toy than a cleaning product. “It’s a tale of technological obsolescence with a happy ending,” says Christopher Bensch, vice president of collections at the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York. She told McVicker of her discovery and even suggested a new name: Play-Doh.Ĭourtesy of The Strong, Rochester, New York ![]() Sister-in-law Kay Zufall, a nursery school teacher, tested the nontoxic material with children, who loved molding it into all kinds of shapes. Joseph McVicker was trying to turn around the struggling company when his sister-in-law read an article about how wallpaper cleaner could be used for modeling projects. With the transition from heating with dirtier coal to cleaner oil, gas and electricity, sooty buildup on wallpaper was no longer an issue in many households. Fortunes began to change in the 1950s, though. Kutol Products had become the largest wallpaper cleaner manufacturer in the world in the early 20th century. Fortunately, the sister-in-law of one of its principals had an idea: let kids play with it. Founded in 1912 in Cincinnati, the company’s primary product-a soft, pliable compound used for wiping soot from wallpaper-was no longer in demand and the firm’s future looked bleak. Both episodes featuring Daisy were first released on Daisy and Other Thomas Stories in 1993 and they were aired on Mister Moose's Fun Time in 1998.The handwriting was on the wallpaper for Kutol. The two episodes, Daisy and Percy's Predicament were never aired on Shining Time Station at all, due to co-creator Rick Siggelkow's disapproval of Daisy's design which he considered sexist. Finally, some were episodes that were excluded from being seen on Shining Time Station for content issues. For example, No Joke for James was originally featured on the PBS airing of the episode, Oh, What a Tangled Web, but it was cut from the Fox Family airing and aired on Mister Moose's Fun Time. Others were episodes that were seen on original airings of Shining Time Station on PBS, but were cut for time on Fox Family. The only exception was made was Carlin's dub of A Proud Day for James as it first aired on Mister Moose's Fun Time and wasn't release on home video until Best of James in 2002. Some were episodes that were originally narrated by Ringo Starr that were shown on Shining Time Station, but not re-narrated by George Carlin and only appeared for home video releases. Some of the Thomas episodes that were never shown on Shining Time Station due to the programme ending back in 1996.Whenever Thomas' segment would be coming up next Thomas' chuffing and whistle pattern when he wakes Gordon up for the second time in Thomas Gets Tricked would be heard in the Treasure House as the characters would react to it. ![]() Looking back, Paul says that his favourite segments were Thomas the Tank Engine, I.C.Paul has confirmed that after Disney bought Fox Family, the programme was vaulted by them along with The All New Captain Kangaroo due to the advertising of rival Florida-based theme parks like SeaWorld and Busch Gardens in said programme.As such, they would have possibly had sixty episodes of Thomas within the programme. According to Paul Pistore, who performed as Mister Moose in this series, there have been about sixty episodes made.The shows that aired between it were The All New Captain Kangaroo which was the show it spun off from, Shining Time Station and The Magic Adventures of Mumfie, the latter two both of which being Britt Allcroft's series. When the show aired on Fox Family, it aired on a block called "Captain Kangaroo's Treasure House" which usually aired for two hours before Toon-A-Casserole.When Fox Family was in development, the original title for Mister Moose's Fun Time was supposedly "The Captain's Toon Room", but it was probably changed to include Mister Moose's name in the title.Percy's Predicament ( Art Appreciation Day)įrom Unknown Mister Moose's Fun Time episodes.( Note: * means an episode was confirmed by someone who saw it by memory) Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (United Kingdom). ![]()
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