Uncle Croc's Block (1975)

Genre

live action/animated television series

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 16 episodes

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a short-lived 1970s TV show that parodies live-action children's programming, but with a cynical adult sense of humor. It features a mix of live action and animation and includes an adult laugh track.

satiricalparodicwrybittersweetoffbeatmetacynical

What happens

Uncle Croc's Block is an hour-long American live-action/animated television series produced by Filmation, and broadcast on ABC in 1975–76. The show was a parody of live kids' shows but with (as MeTV would later describe it) a "bitter edge". The series premiered at 10:30 am ET on September 6, 1975. Uncle Croc's Block was up against the second half of the popular The Shazam!/Isis Hour (another Filmation property) and Far Out Space Nuts on CBS and Run, Joe, Run and Return to the Planet of the Apes on NBC. The show, which was fitted with an adult laugh track, was shortened to 30 minutes, then scrapped on February 14, 1976, after half a season on the air. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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