# 1950's kids series (possibly Disney)

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**Created:** [June 28, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1950s-kids-series-possibly-disney/913578 "2020-06-28T21:17:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1950s-kids-series-possibly-disney/913578/1 "2020-06-28T21:17:09Z")

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Okay, this has been driving me nuts for the past two days, and my Google-fu and Wiki-fu has completely failed me.

I clearly remember watching a show which featured two, or possibly three, boys traveling down a river in a raft or canoe which took them into the past. If I’m remembering correctly, they always went back to pre-historic days (like during the age of dinosaurs). I can’t remember any of the story lines, but I’m associating it as a segment of another show, like _Spin and Marty_ was part of The Mickey Mouse Club.

Has senility finally set in, or does anyone else remember this show or can identify it?

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**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1950s-kids-series-possibly-disney/913578/2 "2020-06-28T21:27:00Z")

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Not a series, but _A Journey to the Beginning of Time_ fits your description:

> **[A Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047930/?ref_=nm_flmg_wr_22)**
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> A Journey to the Beginning of Time: Directed by Karel Zeman. With Vladimír Bejval, Petr Herrman, Zdenek Hustak, Josef Lukás. One day a young boy finds a fossil of trilobite. Together with his three friends they set off on an adventurous journey...

From IMDB:

“The serialized version of this movie was shown on television children shows. The most famous being [Garfield Goose and Friends](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0322367) (1952) would often show this version during its run in five minute increments. This was the version that began with the boys in the USA.”

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**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1950s-kids-series-possibly-disney/913578/3 "2020-06-28T21:40:14Z")

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That’s it! I don’t know why I hadn’t thought of checking Garfield Goose and Friends, as that was one of the shows I watched religiously.

How did you figure it out?

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**Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1950s-kids-series-possibly-disney/913578/4 "2020-06-28T21:47:17Z")

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I know I saw that on telly, but I’d forgotten _Garfield Goose_ was where I saw it. One of the cinemas where I lived had cheap (~half-price) matinees during summer vacation, and I’m pretty sure this was one of them.