Were You Here In The 70's? (Austin, Hudson: to live, clubs, electric)

[mrstxcop]

omg --- i would have NEVER remembered this show had you not mentioned it --- i really remember more the little theme song than i do the actual show itself ---

[TexandCajun]

That is awesome! I love hearing that some people remember it. I'll have to pass that on to my brother. :-)

[SnappyBob]

Originally Posted by StanStelle

In the 70s, I was a little kid living in Laredo, but we used to get Carrascolendas. I don't know what channel/station used to broadcast it, but it was on in the morning along with other shows like Electric Company and Captain Kangaroo. Ah, great summer morning memories.

I have been buying DVDs of all those old shows, but Carrascolendas has proved elusive. Here's a link to a book that was written about the show:

Amazon.com: Looking for Carrascolendas: From a Child's World to Award-Winning Television (Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Series): Aida Barrera: Books

Do they have Captain Kangaroo DVD's? I gotta go google that right now. I'll bet my little grandson would love Captain Kangaroo. They just don't make them like that anymore.

[mexicajun]

Originally Posted by TexandCajun

Do you remember a television show called 'Carascolendas'? It was like an 'Electric Company' but bi-lingual?

Wow. I remember this show...sorta. It's been a very long time since I even thought about this. I believe it came on KLRN during the afternoon. I want to say there was a dog as one of the main characters in the show, but I'm not sure. Carascolendas = Mexican Sesame Street.

The Electric Company is another I definitely recall. "HEY YOU GUYS!" Spiderman was on that show. He never actually spoke except in comic-book word bubbles. Whenever he'd nab somebody he shoot out his web and they'd get tangled in a rope netting.

[Willsatx]

How about the local favorite Captain Gus.

[Blue Dog]

KLRN is a public television station in San Antonio, Texas, broadcasting locally on VHF channel 9 as a PBS member station. It is operated by the Alamo Public Telecommunications Council (formerly the Southwest Texas Public Broadcasting Council). It signed on in September 1962, serving both San Antonio, and Austin, Texas, from a studio on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin. By 1984, Austin would gain their own public television station in the form of KLRU (which was a KLRN satellite from 1979 through 1984), and KLRN, with its own studios in San Antonio, became fully associated with the Alamo City. Notable programming Some of the notable programs produced by KLRN over the years included Carascolendas and Villa Alegre, both 1970s children's programs about hispanic culture. KLRN also produced Austin City Limits until 1984, when KLRU split off from KLRN.

[Buffyfan]

I remember it, and it had to be on PBS because we didn't have cable out in the country.

[TexandCajun]

MexiCajun, I will never forget the 'Heyyy Yooouuu Guuuuyyyyyss' as long as I live. :-)

[OzzyRules]

"Carrascolendas" (1970)

This link is from the IMDB website.

I used to watch this show after school and I enjoyed it. I watched PBS after school until we got cable and MTV took over my viewing. But I still remember the theme song. I don't remember much else, though.

[Willsatx]

Did you know that Morgan Freeman came out on the Electric Company.