# ID this show. (Show that read comic books to kids)

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**Created:** [December 13, 2016, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-show-show-that-read-comic-books-to-kids/774617 "2016-12-13T15:55:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-show-show-that-read-comic-books-to-kids/774617/1 "2016-12-13T15:55:44Z")

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I’m just looking for confirmation this show actually existed.  
I believe it was on one of the cable channels in the late 70’s. (It aired during the day)  
Basically, It was just a camera fixated on a comic book. The camera would go frame by frame, while the narrator read each frame to the viewers.  
Does this show ring a bell with anybody?

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-show-show-that-read-comic-books-to-kids/774617/2 "2016-12-13T17:15:14Z")

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I believe _The Electric Company_ (1971-77) occasionally had segments along those lines.

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**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-show-show-that-read-comic-books-to-kids/774617/3 "2016-12-13T17:15:26Z")

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Sounds like [Video Comic Book](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Comic_Book). Early Nickelodeon show, picked up from QUBE in the late 70s.

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**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-show-show-that-read-comic-books-to-kids/774617/4 "2016-12-13T17:25:57Z")

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> [@Student\_Driver](#):
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> Sounds like [Video Comic Book](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Comic_Book). Early Nickelodeon show, picked up from QUBE in the late 70s.

That’s it **Student Driver**! Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-show-show-that-read-comic-books-to-kids/774617/5 "2016-12-13T17:36:17Z")

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Looks like it also went by “Video Comics.”. Found a YouTube [video](http://youtu.be/Hdm0JgM8UYU)… not sure how old it is.