# childrens television

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childrens-television/87124>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 12, 2001, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childrens-television/87124 "2001-10-12T20:24:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![tom\_servo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@tom\_servo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tom_servo)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2001, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childrens-television/87124/1 "2001-10-12T20:24:40Z")

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does anyone remember/have any information about a show from the seventies called “hot fudge”…consisted of puppets and a guy named larry.

also, any information on how to get copies of the “gigglesnort hotel” (might have been chicago regional)or early sesame street/electric company?

are there websites dedicated to childrens television of the seventies?

any insight is appreciated.

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**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2001, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childrens-television/87124/2 "2001-10-12T20:31:52Z")

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I think Gigglesnort Hotel was a regional thing. I grew up near Chicago. Bill Jackson, the host, had another show before that called Cartoon Town, which had a lot of the same puppet characters.

Yes there are sites devoted to almost any cartoon you can think of. Here’s one for the Electric Company:

[http://www.joerenzetti.com/tec/](http://www.joerenzetti.com/tec/)

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**Author:** ![catmandu42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ab097/32.png) [@catmandu42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catmandu42)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2001, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childrens-television/87124/3 "2001-10-12T20:43:04Z")

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Ah, good old Hotel Gigglesnort… One of my favorite childhood mind-numbers! Blob was my favorite character. 🙂  
Anyway, try this link:

[http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/saturday/sa1386.php](http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/saturday/sa1386.php)

It’s got some good info. The site itself has a ton of things you may have forgotten about, as well. My girlfriend and I have browsed this site with nostalgia running out our ears. 🙂

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**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2001, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childrens-television/87124/4 "2001-10-12T21:01:38Z")

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and for Hot Fudge:

[http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/saturday/sa1757.php](http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/saturday/sa1757.php)

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childrens-television/87124/5 "2001-10-13T00:51:45Z")

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Cafe Society is a better place for this thread than GQ, so I’ll move it.

bibliophage  
moderator GQ