# Make A Wish **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [January 4, 2023, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-wish/977625 "2023-01-04T04:49:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-wish/977625/1 "2023-01-04T04:49:57Z")
I came home to my wife watching _Wonder Woman 1984_. Apparently, people making wishes that are granted is a bad thing. But that’s not what this thread is about. Every time I heard ‘Make a wish!’ it reminded me of this show from when I was a kid. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/oz9cQOX4X3w/hqdefault.jpg "Make a Wish (Opening and closing)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz9cQOX4X3w) Anyone remember it? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-wish/977625/2 "2023-01-04T04:58:41Z")
It has been a long time since hearing something gave me happy goosebumps. 😀 ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-wish/977625/3 "2023-01-04T05:56:46Z")
My wish after listening to the first fifteen seconds of that song is to be able to sucker punch that guy. Maybe he’s just collateral damage from my reaction to any mention of _Wonder Woman 1984_ which took a perfectly cromulent superhero and taught her to…actually, I couldn’t and can’t make any sense out of what moral lesson the story was trying to present. Anyway, now I’m angry and I’m not even sure why. Thanks for nothing, Johnny. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-wish/977625/4 "2023-01-04T06:04:21Z")
Wow. The OP did say that _WW84_ was NOT what this thread is about, y’know. ---
**Author:** ![alovem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-wish/977625/5 "2023-01-04T07:45:18Z")
It’s vaguely familiar to me. I anticipated some parts of it but have no clear memory of it. From the credits, it looks like the singer is Tom Chapin, whom Wikipedia shows to be the brother of Harry Chapin, who’s also among the credits. > [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > My wish after listening to the first fifteen seconds of that song is to be able to sucker punch that guy. Sucker punch? What’s funny about that? It does seem a bit ingenuous, but it was 1971 fer chrissake, and it looks like it was aimed at (inner-city?) kids for viewing during their morning consumption of cartoons. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-wish/977625/6 "2023-01-04T15:06:53Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Wow. The OP did say that _WW84_ was NOT what this thread is about, y’know. The singer reminds me of [Adam Driver’s character in _Inside Lleweyn Davis_](https://youtu.be/lSwO-k-RqNA) except without the ironic subtext, and any mention of _WW84_ reminds me of how DC Films took their one unambiguously well-developed character and completely trashed it to make some cheap ‘Eighties nostalgia jokes. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Incognito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guy_incognito/32/3920_2.png) [@Guy\_Incognito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Incognito)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-wish/977625/7 "2023-01-04T15:47:43Z")
Wow! That’s a blast from the past! I remember watching this as a kid. Anybody remember CBS’s Children’s Film Festival with Kukla, Fran, and Ollie? Or what about Hot Dog on NBC? Great memories… ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-wish/977625/8 "2023-01-04T15:56:51Z")
> [@Guy\_Incognito](#): > > Anybody remember CBS’s Children’s Film Festival with Kukla, Fran, and Ollie? But of course! Skinny and Fatty, Hand in Hand…I still remember them! Watch out Michael! Dangerous waters ahead! The three things that always told me Saturday mornings were over and I had to go outside: The end of KF&O, the end of Lancelot Link, or the “For Pet’s Sake” end credits of the Monkees, depending what month or what year for what CBS ended Sat mornings with. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-wish/977625/9 "2023-01-04T16:08:19Z")
Yeah, that clip brings back memories. For some reason I associate that ‘Make a Wish’ show with another 70s educational kids show called ‘Big Blue Marble’. I’m guessing they played back-to-back on Saturday (or possibly Sunday) mornings. Anyone remember this? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/G1kkx2m-JSg/hqdefault.jpg "Big Blue Marble - intro") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1kkx2m-JSg) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-wish/977625/10 "2023-01-04T16:24:21Z")
> [@solost](#): > > For some reason I associate that ‘Make a Wish’ show with another 70s educational kids show called ‘Big Blue Marble’. Yes. When I was reminded of _Make A Wish_ and searched for it, I searched on “make a wish” “big blue marble”. I thought it might have been a segment, rather than a stand-alone show. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-wish/977625/11 "2023-01-04T16:30:40Z")
For a minute there, I thought he was going to break into a Badfinger song. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-wish/977625/12 "2023-01-04T16:35:25Z")
Another one of that genre that I remember was “Marlo And The Magic Movie Machine”. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-wish/977625/13 "2023-01-05T15:32:51Z")
_Make a Wish_ always seemed stupid to me, even as a child. If I could make a wish at that time, I would’ve wished to be able to fly or run as fast as a car. The guy on the show was always asking dumb shit like “Did you ever wish to be a button?” “Did you ever wish to be a watch?” I was like, “No Dimtwad, I wanna play piano like Liberace. Why the fuck would I want to be a button?” ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-wish/977625/14 "2023-01-05T23:49:51Z")
Wasn’t the “commercial break” artwork by Peter Max? ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-wish/977625/15 "2023-12-04T14:59:53Z")
Someone else remembers Marlo & TMMM?! Wow! ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2023, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-wish/977625/16 "2023-12-04T19:41:52Z")
I vaguely remembered it, so I did a google search and found the opening on youtube. For a bit of trivia, it looks like the building where Marlo worked was based on the Citigroup Center in New York City, which had to have some structural refitting when an engineering student discovered it might blow over in a strong wind. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2023, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-wish/977625/17 "2023-12-04T23:57:25Z")
I just read an article about that building a few months ago (and the story was fictionalized into an episode of “Numb3rs.”