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RAINSBERRY, Fred B.

1983-0359

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1982-08-27

Fred B. Rainsberry (Interviewer)

interviewer, Fred B. Rainsberry

Interview of Robert "Bob" Gibbons in Toronto by Fred B. Rainsberry about children's programming. Subjects discussed include: his start as a producer during the last two weeks of the CBC children's television series RAZZLE DAZZLE; producing THE FRIENDLY GIANT, MR. DRESSUP and REACH FOR THE TOP; his liking of THE FRIENDLY GIANT for its gentleness, its values and show host Bob Homme; DROP-IN; VIDEO ONE; Sandy Stewart; the CBC children's department as a training ground; the role of parents in helping children to get something out of children's television; how Fred Rogers' television series engages children, unlike the show UNCLE BOBBY; his view that CBC should rerun its preschool programming and make programs available on home video; the need for careful planning to establish a children's television channel; the visit of a blind child to MR. DRESSUP; the VIDEO ONE segment for teenage boys called Project Dare; and leaving children's television to work for CBLT. <51mn>

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The estate of Fred B. Rainsberry, 1982.

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