Cucumber (1974)

Genre

kids

Country

Canada

Length

2 seasons, 2 episodes

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A friendly moose and beaver live in a treehouse and act as reporters. They present educational segments on science and history, keyed to the Ontario school curriculum. Kids can join by mailing in stories or artwork.

educationalplayfulgentlewhimsicalnostalgicquirkylighthearted

What happens

Cucumber is a TV show produced by TVOntario in 1975, and repeated regularly throughout the 1970s and 1980s during TVOntario's daytime kids' programming block. The show's title was an acronym for Children's Underground Club of United Moose and Beaver for Enthusiastic Reporters. It featured a human-sized moose (played in costume by Alex Laurier) and beaver (Nikki Tilroe) living in a treehouse, and acting as amateur journalists as they present various educational segments on topics such as science or history. Segments were keyed to Ontario's elementary school curriculum, so that the show could be used as a teaching tool in schools. By sending in a story or some artwork to the show (the mailing address was in Toronto), one could become a member of the Cucumber Club. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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