# Help me remember a 70s-80s PBS kids music show

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**Created:** [August 28, 2009, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-a-70s-80s-pbs-kids-music-show/508002 "2009-08-28T05:46:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-a-70s-80s-pbs-kids-music-show/508002/1 "2009-08-28T05:46:23Z")

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I am thinking it was filmed in the late 1970s and used to air on PBS into the 1980s. It was a regular show … half hour I think.

The show had one host who would feature different musical instruments or styles in each episode. One example I recall was where he did a segment on the dulcimer and played it a bit.

The host had a knack for being unintentionally quirky. I think he wore flannel shirts. He had these kinda horn rimmed glasses, and he somehow looked a bit disheveled all the time.

He was a very soft spoken fellow.

I used to watch it, not to learn about music, but to make fun of the guy.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-a-70s-80s-pbs-kids-music-show/508002/2 "2009-08-28T06:19:36Z")

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Oh, and I don’t recall ever seeing any kids on the show.

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**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-a-70s-80s-pbs-kids-music-show/508002/3 "2009-08-28T16:28:23Z")

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A friend of mine came through on email. The guy’s name is Tony Saletan.

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**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-a-70s-80s-pbs-kids-music-show/508002/4 "2009-08-28T19:12:43Z")

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The show was called “Let’s All Sing”

No clips on Youtube, sadly.

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**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-a-70s-80s-pbs-kids-music-show/508002/5 "2009-08-28T19:26:29Z")

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Man, I’m glad one of your friends helped you - I opened this thread assuming I would recognize it, but nope. Thanks for providing the memory-joggers for anyone else who might have read this and started wondering, though.

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**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-a-70s-80s-pbs-kids-music-show/508002/6 "2009-08-28T20:39:14Z")

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[http://www.wgbhalumni.org/people/saletan-tony.html](http://www.wgbhalumni.org/people/saletan-tony.html)