Underplayed Gems

Kishkashta (1976)

Kishkashta poster
Genre
children's television series
Country
Israel
Length
121 episodes
Elsewhere
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The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A puppet character named Kishkashta appears in an Israeli children's show that aired in the 1970s and 1980s. The show taught lessons through stories and interactions, broadcast during the early days of black and white television in Israel.

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What happens

Kishkashta (Hebrew: קישקשתא) was the main character in one of the first Israeli Educational Television shows, Ma Pit'om (מה פתאום; "What on earth?" or "No way!"), written by, among other screenwriters, Tamar Adar. The show aired in the 1970s and '80s, when there was only one television station in Israel, TV was still black and white, and there were only a few hours of television a day. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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