CFTO Romper Room & Friends intro 1984

[@circusitch]

I worked on most of the animation for that opening. This was done sometime between 1978 and 1981 or so. Paul Fierlinger was the producer/director. Stuart Horn wrote the lyrics. The rotating cube was actually rotoscoped from a computer generated rotating cube I made several years earlier.

[@richardbryant3600]

Thank you for contributing to my childhood ❤️

[@Sabocat]

I worked on the sets and props for the show from 85-92 when it ended. If your name wasn't mentioned that's my fault

[@circusitch]

@@Sabocat Don’t worry. I don’t blame you. At that time I worked for Paul Fierlinger. He was considered the “animator”. He animated the bees, I did the rest of it under his direction.

[@ReturnofTheBunny]

I saw the last few years of the KTVU version of Romper Room and this intro never left my head. 🥲 So cool to see comments from someone who had a part in it. By the way, do you know what Kimble was supposed to be? He looked to me like Grimace's cousin or something (but I know that can't actually be the case). :P

[@circusitch]

@@ReturnofTheBunny I don’t know. I won’t say it was copied, but there’s certainly countless examples in various media of characters “inspired” by other characters.

[@kerryfrance4013]

I remember watching romper room as a child

[@Eurodance90schick]

I miss the days when adults were nicer to children, i loved the host of Romper Room because she was always so cheerful and happy. Teachers back in the 80's were the same way as well i miss these days.

[@Doofus171]

I agree. I dont know and dont understand what happened to people. Its like everyone lost their compassion and caring about everything and now they are just mean and angry all the time.

[@ARon82]

F them kids 😂

[@maxmulsanne7054]

TMI (Too Much Information) induced into society where we, as a species, are not genetically capable of comprehending it all, which leads to a fragment-thought process and frustration. That's the price of living in the convenience of modern technology nowadays.

[@sincerenyc81]

This song goes hard in 2023

[@Eurodance90schick]

I always loved Romper Room growing up and the intro always cracked me up and still does today lol.

[@johnw.3565]

romper room is one of my favorite shows ever

[@bbcritterkeeper]

I LOVED this show as a little kid. I remember sitting there when she looked through the magic mirror and willing her to see me ;)

[@terrymills4474]

When I heard this, I felt like I was five years old, again.

[@MRSmith715]

Brooooo facts

[@MrFox-qb1jx]

When people at work ask or do dumb sh*t, this song always pops in my head

[@RustyMuck]

Romper Room (and Friends) was one of the more successful “franchised” TV shows of it’s kind back in the early days of the medium. This version on CTV likely outlasted them all, most US versions faded away by the mid-1980s.

[@dabunnyrabbit2620]

oh gawd, I remember this on T.V. back when I was three and a half feet tall, now I feel soo old. I still have some of my "Inhumanoids" action figures.

[@lanerussell7958]

I loved this show as a kid; now the intro makes me think of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond."

[@cyberwolf2l967]

It’s been years since I was a child and I still remember this theme song.

[@frschoonover1]

This wasn't just shown in Canada. It was also shown on many syndicated channels in the USA. I remember when WGRZ TV-2 in Buffalo had this on it's station. They showed this on Saturday mornings around 7:30am before the NBC network's Saturday morning cartoons came on. It wasn't the Romper Room from my childhood, but it was still fun themed.

[@jayraewaves7337]

THIS is the theme song I remember as a little girl 🥰

[@bazzerker35s]

Rings me back memories when I used to watch it when I was a little boy

[@NikkiDeJonge]

I remember this show. But I was more into Sesame Street, Reading Rainbow 🌈 And know, this was on long before the 80s (I'm a real 80s fan)..but, in 84..I was 8..& I was getting too old for shows like this..and, I didn't realize it was a Canadian show 🍁 But I did like Mr. Dress up(Ernie Coombes)..However, when he no longer Casey & Finnigan..it wasn't the same..

[@babygiraffe123]

Oh, I LOVED this show when I was a kid!! :D

[@Nightmastercool97]

very cute and adorable lyrics and opening where was i when this show came out and more importantly why don't I live in Canada.

[@ThunderFist1978]

If you live in the United States, that's actually where this show originated. It did make its way into many other countries, though, including Canada.

[@Venkman007]

Wow. There's my earworm for tomorrow. Crap. I forgot how infectious that theme was.

[@selbelis]

That bee was called doobie....

[@christophercoleman3980]

i used to watch this here in canada on cjoh channel 13 ottawa

[@FaytLinegod]

There's a reason why Miss Molly is the most well known and popular of all the Romper Room hosts.

[@chrismulwee4911]

When Molly became host, that's when this new original theme song was written. In pervious seasons various renditions of Pop Goes The Weasel were used. Also in an above stated comment Molly was also Granny Cat's voice. Whether or not she was the actual puppeteer I don't really know

[@andrewanthony3859]

I watched this on ATV when I was little. And ATV aired it after Canada am

[@collectibleasmr]

Sad as soon as I saw this video I COULD SING ALONG...Its weird the things that embedd themselves in your brain...

[@brithgob]

It was Miss Fran (Pappert) for as long as I could remember watching the show, from the late 70s.

[@MattJFisher]

My mom was in the version of Romper Room that aired in St. John's, NL on CJON-TV Channel 6, but I can't find footage for the life of me. Neither can I for when my Uncle Craig did this in the version aired in Grand Falls (now Grand Falls-Windsor), NL.

[@RichardSturtevant]

This was such a cute show. Ring around the Rosey is such a cute song and game.

[@chrismulwee4911]

Molly McCloskey Barber was also the voice of Granny Cat.

[@danielluster732]

I love the intro. B-) B-) B-)

[@128Vicc]

Good old days

[@bradschuh4618]

They don’t make shows like this anymore

[@MeatpiesTV]

Let's all skip in a circle and sing a song about the Black Plague! YAY! This comment is not a negative remark about the clip itself... i just find it amazing that children were taught that song at all!

[@cbanks1980]

Childhood

[@AppreciateMuch]

Who is now in their early 40s?

[@skullguise]

ok im inventing a time machine because i want to be Four years old again. *sigh

[@courtgizzle]

I liked this and zoobolie zoo

[@mrwelch6348]

Zoobilee Zoo and Romper Room were 2 of my favorite shows.

[@REDKLOK_-_The_Original]

GTFO TV?!... I'm losing it and while I got other insomnia suffering viewers attention, WHAT are the actual lyrics to that intro?... Back in my youth I would have this theme song repeatedly play in my head almost nonstop... So I MUST find every lyric to that theme....

[@WayneMediaman]

Fran Pappert is definitely no longer a looker...she converted to Islam, wears a hijab, and would blend in nicely on the streets of Mogadishu

[@gregschneiderhan9117]

reminds me of days i got beat up buy my family and mom watched this Barney was even worse

[@snootzie78]

I'm really good friends with David Spangler, the guy who wrote this Romper Room song. If I ask nicely, maybe he'll send me the lyrics.

[@diyboomboxesintexas2805]

Isn't the song Ring Around Thr Rosie's about a plague?

[@Retrontario]

It is indeed

[@blkjock81]

This is a very onomatopoeic song :)

[@s1rosegoldragonmlrose580]

THE ROMPER ROOM

[@n8tiv355]

god damn im old 😞

[@Ripplin]

@DarthSchwartz I never hated it, but always felt I was too old for it, even when I was right in the proper age range. :p It just bored me.

[@titusmccarthy]

I hated Romper Room when I was a kid.

[@vmelkon]

"what a shock when I found out it is supposed to be "ashes ashes" not "usha" or whatever the crap" There is no reply button for some reason. Yes, you are right. Usha or hasha.

[@jamiekoenigstaff2533]

"Hush-a"... As in.. You have small pox... Little rosies with rings around them... You fall silent.. And die! Yay! Thats the way to play.

[@rentazzo]

Anyone have the lyrics for this lol

[@StanginNbangin]

rare

[@kimberlysimpson3206]

Some need to go back to school!

[@BeeRich33]

Crap. I wasn't ready to skip.

[@chasbot]

it is this crazy woman's fault I mispronounced the words to ring around the rosie for the first 15 or so years of my life, what a shock when I found out it is supposed to be "ashes ashes" not "usha" or whatever the crap she had me singing for the first bit of my life... (if you're gonna do it, at least do it right)

[@Etobeeshawn]

All crap, I guess that means Romper Room will be pre-empted tomorrow.

[@cantryss]

Kids don't understand the meaning to the song, they just see it as jumping around in a circle. Same thing with Jack and Jill I don't understand what part if any has to do with sex but some pissed off lobbyist group thinks a bunch of 3-5 yr old kids are going to decipher meanings in these songs.

[@titusmccarthy]

You're insane.

[@Lilian-cs6on]

What language are they singing the intro in? 😂