Underplayed Gems

Puffin's Pla(i)ce

Puffin's Pla(i)ce poster
Genre
children's television series
Country
United Kingdom
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 puffin mascot named Oscar hosts a birthday greetings show for a television station. The program ran for 50 years in the Channel Islands.

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What happens

Oscar Grosnez Corbière Claud Puffin, known as Oscar Puffin, is a television station mascot for ITV Channel Television. Oscar was the star of the birthday greetings programme Puffin's Pla(i)ce and was the last remaining ITV regional mascot to have an on-screen presence. His show was on television from 3 March 1963 until 15 September 2013. He was born on the island of Burhou in the Channel Islands. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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