Underplayed Gems

A Walk In Your Shoes (1999)

A Walk In Your Shoes poster
Genre
Reality, Children
Country
United States
Length
3 seasons, 45 episodes
Elsewhere
IMDb
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

Two different people switch places for a day to learn how the other lives. The show documents their experiences and helps viewers understand perspectives different from their own.

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What happens

A Walk in Your Shoes is an American educational television series that aired on the Noggin channel. The show documents the experiences of two different people who switch places for a day and learn how the other person lives. The show started out as a series of three shorts, which premiered on October 25, 1999, as part of Noggin's variety series Phred on Your Head Show. The first half-hour episode premiered on April 30, 2000, and the last episode aired on October 18, 2005. The show was originally aimed at pre-teens. By its third season, it had become a "serious-minded teenage documentary," with episodes about topics like homelessness, teen pregnancy, living with HIV/AIDS, and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. From 2002 to 2005, the show was a fixture of Noggin's nighttime programming block The N. Noggin called A Walk in Your Shoes "The N's signature series." The show was critically acclaimed. The episode "Living with HIV/AIDS" won a Peabody Award and a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Award. The episode "Teen Parent" won a Sexual Health in Entertainment Award. The third season was also the recipient of a Parents' Choice Award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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