Doctor Snuggles (and Nick Jr) - Nick Knacks Episode

[@willmistretta]

My insatiable desire for cheese often has me at odd with my doctor, too.

[@jenniferschillig3768]

:D

[@candidgamera]

O'Kelley : "What if Doctor Who looked liked Bilbo Baggins? I AM THE GREATEST CREATIVE MIND THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN!"

[@themanhattanfoodproject]

I too appreciate the year in review recaps at the start of each new year. It provides useful context (and remind us of what happened which year) and I really like the "what was going on in pop culture, kid-specific TV, and what was going on at Disney/Viacom/Nickelodeon" because I always learn some new interesting detail.

[@freakfoxvevo7915]

You know a year's gonna be big when it takes 15 MINUTES to get to the show itself

[@janedoe3043]

Damn, Doctor Snuggles is in trouble... He didn't keep his promise about making sure water was treated better in the future.

[@darklotus5309]

If I remember correctly they discuss in Rambo 3 the “it all depends on who gets labeled terrorist” issue. Alotta people don’t realize the original first blood film was depicting abusive police causing ptsd on a returning Vietnam vet. The Rambo movies weren’t really about America rah rah. They were telling a story about the challenges faced by Vietnam vets.

[@ricklove6388]

Well the first one. The second was where he got to liberate his buddies, and the third was a very long G.I. Joe episode.

[@earthenjadis8199]

God, Dr. Snuggles. I had totally forgotten about this show for about 32 years until I saw it on this video just now. It played on the ABC in Australia.

[@melasnexperience]

Douglas Adams' 2 stories for this show really fit in with the love of nature/the environment/animals that reached its apex with Last Chance to See. Can't recommend that book enough, since it mixes his humor so well with the sheer awe & appreciation of the animals he seeks out. It's a reminder that Adams was a lot more than "42".

[@golgarisoul]

I really appreciated the history recap at the beginning!

[@JasmineGolphin]

Same!

[@CinnamonGrrlErin1]

Me too. 1988 was a great year to be a kid!

[@only257]

Just showed this video to my dad he heard of this cartoon he said my cousin who is in her 40’s saw it in 1988🥳

[@meyerj75]

There was one other children's show you forgot to mention that debut in 1988. Hey Vern! It's Ernest! Despite winning an Emmy (compared to Dusty's Treehouse's eight), it was Garfield and Friends that prevented it from ever having a second season as they wanted to expand it from 30 minutes to an hour long program. And what about Fun House, The Dr. Fad Show, and Out Of This World?

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

I googled Peter Ustinov because he rang a bell. It turned out it was from him being Hercule Poirot. It turns out he was once the brother-in-law of Dame Angela Lansbury, which is a pretty wild connection in my opinion.

[@jenniferschillig3768]

And danced a tango with Dame Angela's character in Death on the Nile. (I don't know if his divorce from her sister made that at all awkward...)

[@lonedragon3261]

RIP Angela Lansbury :(

[@WillmobilePlus]

I absolutely loved this show. Completely bonkers in hindsight, but it just felt like such a warm, safe, and enlightened program that you just felt good watching as a kid.

[@Hewylewis]

Hooray, 1988 is here! This means you'll eventually review Count Duckula!! :D

[@JimmySand9]

He won't bite beast or man...

[@Hewylewis]

@@JimmySand9 'Cause he's a vegetarian!

[@brianschwartz1372]

@@JimmySand9 hey Count DDDDuckula

[@christopherbubb2890]

Just FYI... Great Muppet Caper was 1981, not 1973. Loving this series!

[@viktoriatheskinnynerd2674]

This is one of the most nostalgic shows for me, i am really glad to see someone talk about it. Thank you.

[@Henshingod]

Oh no, David the Gnome. Can't wait to watch it, and can't wait for everyone to finally learn about its horrifying, child-scarring final episode :)

[@Storyograph]

I was just thinking to myself, "You know, I could sure go for a Nick Knacks episode today" and here it is! Thanks for reading my brain-thoughts!

[@davemooney2075]

I'm so glad that this was a positive review! I LOVED Doctor Snuggles when I was little. I've spent more of my adult life than I care to mention, scouring antique shops, looking for a duck handled umbrella, like the one that he has. I used to have a book with several of the stories in it. It came with a "read-along" cassette tape, narrated by John Craven. Not sure if the audio is available anywhere to listen to....

[@TankHammer]

I do not remember this show basically at all, EXCEPT for that pocket-watch for some reason. Also I'm fairly sure the medical doctor has a cobra because it is supposed to evoke a caduceus (a symbol of medicine depicting a staff wrapped with two snakes coiled around it and facing each-other).

[@AarowSwift]

Fun fact, the Caduceus staff, or staff of Hermes with the two serpents twined around a winged rod doesn't have anything to do with medicine. It's the staff of commerce, negotiation, and various other things. The rod of Asclepius which is a simple stick with one serpent twined around it is actually the symbol for healing and medicine. You mostly see the wrong symbol used in the United States and I'm not sure where the mix up started. Of course, with our for profit medical system here, maybe the staff of commerce is more appropriate after all.

[@only257]

Same here i don’t remember watching Nickelodeon until 1991 i was 7 at the time but I do remember watching Sesame Street in the 80s 🤗

[@DocumentMedic]

I absolutely loved Dr. Snuggles when I was little. (I actually watched it before it aired on Nick Jr.) I wish there were more episodes.

[@komojo]

This show has such a relaxing atmosphere, I can use it to help me fall alseep. Something about the muffled audio with the '70s flute music just makes me sleepy.

[@klax001]

18:07 I'm pretty sure the snake on the car is a reference to the symbol alot of countries use on their coat of arms. Doctors use it too. It's from Greek mythology. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caduceus_as_a_symbol_of_medicine

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

Nick Knacks on... heeeyyyyy, Poparena!!!!

[@deeconstruction8163]

I wish I had seen this when I was little! I would have have LOVED it!

[@CaptainBZarre]

The background music in this review is awesome, you have great taste in video game music. :P

[@Valo216]

Wow that brought back memories, I 100% forgot this show.

[@ricklove6388]

Strange stuff. I'm glad someone is keeping it from complete obscurity. I'm itching to see you're review of my favourite Nick Jr. toon Ishiguro's Noozles! A show my peeps still remember.

[@sliders1]

Oh man, as soon as I heard the show’s narrator/voiceover, I immediately remembered this cartoon. Up until now, I thought Dr Snuggles was actually an animated Dr Doolittle adaption (which I guess it kind of was in a sense). As always, thanks for the trip down memory lane

[@jenniferschillig3768]

Yellow Submarine: We're the weirdest, trippiest animation ever! Dr. Snuggles: Hold my beer.

[@DigiRangerScott]

I’m glad Nick Jr. doesn’t have to rely on its primetime specials to qualify for Nick Knacks.

[@technicolordreamer]

I like the Nick at Nite corner segment! I hope that could be a regular thing to see in the Nick Knacks series, or is it possible to do another Nick at Nite video? I enjoyed watching Nick at Nite regularly in the 90s, especially when they showed Block Party Summer. As much as I like to learn about Nickelodeon programming, I am a big fan of what Nick at Nite used to be. I appreciate the obvious time and care you put into researching each Nick Knacks video. I enjoy the nostalgia trip, while also learning about television history. I have been watching this series for a few years now, and I look forward to each new video.

[@TheTVsTim]

I assume the cobra is supposed to represent a caduceus/Staff of Hermes, which would be a pretty clever joke for a kids' cartoon.

[@CrowRider1999]

18:40 Did anyone else hear Wernstrum from Futurama?

[@waffledog]

Saw this episode coming up and was convinced this was another mistaken entry on a Nick wiki, but no - there it is, commercials and everything! Wild - just zero memories of Doctor Snuggles at all. Definitely recall the rest of the Nick Jr inaugural lineup but this was a total blind spot. Maybe 8 AM was just prime school bus riding time for me.

[@pronkb000]

Same. This is right in my wheelhouse--I was consuming EVERYTHING on Nick I could find. I didn't like everything, and I was 6 and getting past the Nick Jr. stage by the time it premiered, but I wanted to at least check out every show that I could on at least a trial basis. Absolutely positively zero memory of this at all. I have more vivid memories of Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea.

[@doryna_sira]

Yeah, this is one I aged out of; I was probably at school when it aired. But my sister might be old enough to remember it. A shame... it's an interesting gathering of talent.

[@only257]

@@pronkb000 whoa you were lucky to see Nickelodeon in 1988 i remember Christmas in tattertown remember seeing it on Nickelodeon in 1991 i was 7 at the time 🦈

[@andymcgowan3862]

14:35 Today’s Special morning and afternoon episodes were the same.

[@ivane5110]

These remind me of Silver Age comic book plots--I love it!

[@MrMatteNWk]

1:46 "Keep watching for more updates" I hope one of those updates is an updated flag.

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

Nickelodeon's schedule was finally split up three different ways by 1988... Nick Jr., Nickelodeon and Nick at Nite.

[@bullmonty764]

I never fully appreciated the sheer amount of big developments Nick had in 1988 alone - Nicktoons started to be considered, the KCAs *and* Nick Jr premiered in the same few months, and Nickelodeon Studios began construction! Is it safe to say that 1988 is one of if not the single most important year Nickelodeon ever had because of all this? Also don’t be surprised if the KCAs don’t happen this year, for obvious reasons

[@PinkieLopBun]

They did a virtual show last year, so they might be able to do something this year.

[@Poever]

They’ll happen, and Spongebob will still win Best Cartoon, because fuck you that’s why

[@meyerj75]

Well, at least they got rid of Turkey Television, the most maligned show in Nickelodeon history, FINALLY!

[@Rognik]

I remember the Dr. Snuggles theme very well from it's time on TVOntario. I know I didn't watch it, as I turned it off, but I very much remember that theme tune.

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

At least the song got your attention. I first saw the show on Detroit's WKBD TV50 in the early 80's.

[@Lynn17]

Ah, yes, the "kill 'em offscreen because the actor wanted out" potshot. I think All in the Family/Archie Bunker's Place was one of the only shows to do that with any class or kindness. Usually the reverent tearjerking deaths were reserved for the actors who died. You're getting closer to the Nickelodeon I grew up with, yay! And I was wondering why you were getting to Nick Jr. just now when you'd already covered it, but it seems the naming is everything. The art and animation style reminds me of the CDi Mario and Zelda games, though. YAY, NOOZLES IS UP NEXT! I can't wait for your take on this one and the...interesting turn it goes in.

[@The_CeeJay]

The music from The Goonies at about 12 minutes in...perfect.

[@thesmileyemo]

The Mario Galaxy music during the Douglas Adams part was inspired.

[@ShadowWingTronix]

I saw it in syndication before Nickelodeon picked it up (I don't remember if it was before or after HBO had it) and enjoyed it as a kid. Every now and then I think of it.

[@Musicradio77Network]

WPIX-TV (channel 11) in NYC ran “Doctor Snuggles” every Saturday morning at 8AM back in 1983 right up until about 1984 or 1985 before it moved to Nickelodeon in early 1988 as part of the innargual Nick Jr. block. WFLD-TV (channel 32) in Chicago, and WKBD-TV (channel 50) in Detroit also ran “Doctor Snuggles” as well in the early 1980’s.

[@ShadowWingTronix]

@@Musicradio77Network I may have seen it on Ch. 11 but I also saw it on Ch. 20 (back when it was still WATR I think, before becoming WTXX and now WCCT for some reason).

[@JMein13074]

Jeffrey O'Kelly: I'm one of the most talented and imaginative storytellers on the planet. Akira Toriyama: Hold my Sake.

[@basehead617]

around 14:00 is music from The Goonies score!

[@juliamavroidi8601]

Dr Snuggles was one of my stoner friends' favorite programs to watch while "inspired"

[@mayofthedead6212]

This reminds me a lot of Adventure Time

[@SimianScience]

the first nick show i cam remember watching

[@Hewylewis]

You made a mistake. The Great Muppet Caper was in 1983, not 73.

[@niallwilliamson3540]

It was actually 1981

[@Hewylewis]

@@niallwilliamson3540 Still, he goofed.

[@meyerj75]

I've noticed that. The very first muppet movie didn't happen until 1979 and the Muppet Show began in 1976. So there's no way any muppet based movie would exist in 1973.

[@DigiRangerScott]

Nick Knacks is back to party! PARTY!

[@davidmunns135]

THANKS FOR THIS EPISODE I WAS NOT AWAIR OF THE DOUGLAS ADDAMS CONECTION THOIGH CAME AS A PLESENT SUPRISE THANKS

[@EmmanuelJCruz]

Finally 1988!! The year I was born! Wooo!

[@Jamessmith-xk3fh]

When I was growing up I actually watched Nick @ Nite

[@alanrobledo1573]

I love the pink panther cartoons. That's were I see the logo for DFE-films at the end of every episode.

[@dantheman8103]

I forgot about that Kids Pick The President thing... I called all night... they were always busy and I never got through. So my vote never counted. Thanks for bringing up such horrible memories I had suppressed ;)

[@RetroFreak35]

The Great Muppet Caper was released in ‘81, not in ‘73!

[@carmineknight9123]

This looks like a show I would love. Though the name alone and seeing all the animals around had me wondering if this was a prelude to Doc McStuffins in some way. Clearly not.(But that show is really cute too.) Also, as always, I completely adore your year-recaps at the start of a new year block. It blows my mind we're already at 1988 honestly!!!

[@pattyofurniture694]

We made it to the year I was born!

[@basehead617]

the description of this show makes me imagine dropping acid to it

[@channelzero2252]

This is the first show I can reember watching. It was on Australia's public broadcaster in the early 1980's. It must have been '83 or '84. I hadn't seen it since around then until I bought the DVD's some ten years ago. And watching it again, wow! I can suddenly see why I don't think any idea on TV (or in movies) is too far out. If this show was "normal" for five year old me, everything thereafter is tame. Because, honestly, this is one of the weirdest shows I have ever seen! But.... I still like it!

[@amovieguy14]

19:50 Um that’s not Jeffrey O'Kelly, that's Dan O'Bannon.

[@Toonrick12]

You know, the "new" Doctor Snuggles could of worked, if they changed the eyes of the Doctor himself. Speaking of which, is O'Kelly still alive? If not when did he die? (Side note about 1988, Garfield and Friends is most likely going to get an episode made of it either when we get to 1997, which is a LONG time a ways or whenever the new Nickelodeon Garfield show will be announced/aired)

[@KaseyWynne]

I assume if he had died, it would've been mentioned in the show.

[@mr.tomraypaz6085]

I don’t remember Dr Snuggles, but I remember that 1988 was around the time I started watching Nick. I vaguely remember that bumper where the two kids were turned animated with that magical paintbrush that came out of the refrigerator.

[@jaydensvhsarchive3.095]

Great muppet caper is not from 1973!!!!

[@MajorOddball]

Can faintly hear "The Goonies" score by Dave Grusin around 14:00 I love that soundtrack!

[@gregf8918]

You know, I've only see this cartoon when I was sick so I didn't know that it was real until now.

[@sebastianmoreno6004]

Doctor Snuggles looks like the trippiest fucking thing I've ever seen. And yet I can see why it can appeal to children. Worked on by a few Doctor Who staff though, huh? That gets my attention. I mean, looks charming. I'm looking forward what you have to say about the following future videos like Nickelodeon Studios and there was a sitcom about a chimp? Jesus, they greenlit anything in those days. Small thing, I'm not trying to be that guy, I promise. Forgive me! But when you were discussing the creator of Doctor Snuggles, at 19:47, you used a picture of Dan O'Bannon by mistake. I recognize him from that Making of Alien documentary that's been on all the Alien DVDs and box sets since 2003. Please don't get angry, it's just something I notice. I'm not trying to be a dick, I swear! :(

[@AlexReynard]

>video about Doctor snuggles >takes fifteen minutes to get to Doctor Snuggles.

[@CinnamonGrrlErin1]

I strongly suspect Pendleton Ward watched this regularly as a child.

[@sandradermark8463]

So Baron von Butcher had a cat like Blofeld... I loved that calico's meow

[@jenniferschillig3768]

I remember watching Dr. Snuggles before it ever debuted on Nick--in the early-to-mid eighties. I think I do remember it being on HBO, but I also believe it was on WPIX Channel 11, a New York syndication station that we started getting when we got cable. And I could have sworn that there were a couple of episodes with an entirely different voice track, without Ustinov and company, where everyone had American accents. IIRC, it sounded newer than the Ustinov voice track...as if they'd re-dubbed a few episodes with a newer track. (In fact, I think I remember seeing one episode with two different voice tracks...it may have been that they showed one on HBO and one on Channel 11.)

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

Some American channels aired it as early as '81 I noticed. A station in Detroit I used to watch had it on back then.

[@alcockell]

I can't remember whether BBC or itv ran it...

[@meyerj75]

Same here. I remember seeing it once on WPIX back around the Sunday after Thanksgiving 1981. They were also the home to the Magic Garden and the Friday offering Joya's Fun School.

[@Jamessmith-xk3fh]

I grew up with Nick Jr aring Muppet Babies, Gulla Gulla Island, Allegras Window, Eurekas Castle and David the Gnome

[@good03boy]

I turned 12 in 1988 (April 16th) and unfortunately my family only had cable for 1 week that year. I didn't watch Nickelodeon at all after January 7th until February 1989. So I miss the 1st ever Kids Choice Awards. Besides KCAs, the other new Nickelodeon original from 1988 I'm looking forward to is Don't Just Sit There. DJST was hosted by Wendy, Allie, and Matt. The show also had Will Friedle as a host before he was on Boy Meets World (Eric Matthews). I can't wait for Eureeka's Castle on Nick Knacks.

[@lmeeken]

Is that Mario Galaxy music I hear in the background, or have I just been playing too much 3-D All-Stars? 😄

[@PlatformerFan]

Yeah, there was definitely some Galaxy music in the background. Heard a track from Ocarina of Time as well at the end.

[@jenniferschillig3768]

Are you going to do Mad Movies With The L.A. Connection? Wasn't that on Nick in 1987? (It may have been a Nick at Nite show, but I'm pretty sure they ran it on Sunday afternoons/early evenings as well.) I'd love to see you cover that one, especially since it seems to be a spiritual ancestor to MST3K...

[@meyerj75]

I think that was part of Nick At Nite's Sunday Snack Time block that aired @ 7 PM from 1986 to 1988, despite airing during Nickelodeon relevant hours. I doubt if that ever gets a review.

[@Jamessmith-xk3fh]

David The Gnome and Muppet Babies were my top 2 but I enjoyed others. I don't remember most of the original Nick Jr shows but David the Gnome and I was like 4 in 88

[@notovny]

Haven't thought of this show in three decades, yet still recognized that theme song. Which, admittedly, is par for the course for almost every cartoon from the 80's. Remember the theme song, remember the feeling of having watched the show, but no memory of the _actual show_ .

[@madmonkee6757]

I think I remember this from Special Delivery.

[@BattlePark92]

Great start to 1988. Never would I though something as obscure as Doctor Snuggles would have connections to Looney Tunes, Studio Ghibli films and Korra. Can't wait for The Noozles. I never watched the show on Nick, but I STILL have one of the official tapes by Just For Kids. Also, that show does has one Nick connection. Voice actress Cheryl Chase aka Angelica Pickles from Rugrats was on this show.

[@janedoe3043]

"...distinctly upper-class while eager to help out those less fortunate". So completely fictional.

[@marcomacias3960]

so you're saying it went from Junior with some line ups to JR with all line up.

[@TDOTCRFH4]

i seem to remember the morning and afternoon episode of today's special being the same

[@Showsni]

How strange. Whilst I don't remember this show at all I absolutely recognise the theme song. I wonder if it's been used in anything else I would remember, or if I did watch this when I was little? Pretty sure we didn't have Nickelodeon back in 1988-90 (when I was 1-3), but maybe I could have seen it on regular UK TV. Was wondering if maybe my grandparents had the VHS, but it seems the opening theme on that was completely different: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3TGZKSMpbeeiJI Edit: It looks like the Dr Snuggles VHS is by "My-TV". Now I do know that my grandparents definitely had the Deputy Dawg Cartoon Collection VHS, also by My-TV. I wonder if that video had an advert on it for the Dr Snuggles VHS, featuring the theme song?

[@darktetsuya]

not one I was super familliar with, but surprising to learn who tsuguyuki kubo was, sounds like he had quite the career! and that douglas adams was involved for a couple episodes.

[@lorddalek]

Here we go. Six years of OG pre-face Nick Jr. begin now. Edit: ...why is the Goonies soundtrack playing? Edit 2: @19:47 Why is Dan O'Bannon here?

[@NikkiDeJonge]

Would you ever do a "Sum Up" of "A Bear Called Jeremy" I think they were made with puppets.. and, they could cry what looked like, real tears..💦 Hey, i was alittle kid..what do I know? & it was featured on TVO..in the eraly 80's..either, i wasn't in school quite yet..or i was just starting 🐻 :)

[@lamontyaboy718]

Don't know why Nintendo video game music is playing in the background but I like it!

[@moyamedia9]

That song at the end is in like 13/16 and it's tripping me out.

[@EmperorSeth]

I think I remember watching this show, but I remembered it as a literal adaptation of Dr. Doolittle instead of it being its own DOUGLAS ADAMS WROTE FOR THIS SHOW? That's ... amazing. It means I might have gotten some Adams years before I read the books and radio plays.

[@matthewweatherford6566]

The Great Muppet Caper came out in 1981.

[@mightyfilm]

I always found this a weird choice for a children's character. It's like it was accidentally designed to turn off anyone over the age of 3. Dr. Snuggles sounds like a parody of what a preschool show is called, and unimaginative and mean spirited one, at that. Plus, also it invokes "Dr. Giggles" to me.

[@traviskemp5408]

I hope he's going to do a video about the history of "Looney Tunes on Nickelodeon", which also premiered in 1988, I believe.

[@TheEman590]

He will. I'm a big Looney Tunes fan and the history of the WB animation studio is an interesting one. Daffy Duck and Sylvester were my favorites

[@pronkb000]

I'll be interested in seeing how he tackles that. Landing Looney Tunes was certainly a major "get" for Nick (even as a little kid when they announced that they'd acquired the show, I saw it as "big" in a big-picture, adult, business sense) and the story behind its switch from the Turner networks to Nick might prove interesting. On the other hand...in the Star Trek episode he remarked that it was a franchise that almost needed no introduction, and the same is certainly true of Looney Tunes. Doing an all-encompassing history of Warner Bros. animation seems almost outside the scope of the channel and more worthy of an entire Nick Knacks-esque series in its own right. It'll be a tricky balancing act in giving us pertinent info while not making an episode that's 2 hours long.

[@KaseyWynne]

It's on the list of show's he going to cover that was posted to his twitter feed back in august.

[@stephenholloway6893]

Considering the irony on who originally created the channel never aired the Looney Tunes shorts while they owned it.

[@Musicradio77Network]

“Looney Tunes on Nickelodeon” began the same year as “The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show” was in its second season on ABC and other local stations like WWOR-TV (channel 9) ran the pre-48 and a handful of post-48 WB cartoons to the channel and the godawful redrawn “Looney Tunes” shorts from 1936-43 since it was originally in black & white after it moved from WNYW-TV (channel 5) since it had been running WB cartoons for years when it was WNEW-TV. And also, “Steampipe Alley”, hosted by Mario Cantoine also premiered that same year on WWOR-TV and it was one of the last of the local kids shows where it features a variety of skits, games, and throwing in a WB cartoon during each segments. The last segment featured a game show segment and a obstacle course that kinda ripped off “Double Dare”. “Steampipe Alley” was a great show, and it was on Sunday mornings at 10 AM. I missed those days.

[@maxdrive007]

I'm surprised you didn't mention how dr snuggles aired on special delivery as well

[@stephenholloway6893]

He did in the Special Delivery episode.

[@foo2913]

This is the first Nickelodeon show you've reviewed that I completely unfamiliar with

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

I recall the DFE episodes were supervised by Nelson Shin in Korea, Shin was a former animator for DFE before he moved back to Korea and founded Akom Productions. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Shin

[@cheesegod1337]

Can't believe I made it to the end (so far). What am I going to do with my life now

[@basehead617]

i have no recollection of Doctor Snuggles whatsoever and this was when i watched nick all the time.. maybe not enough Nick Jr

[@Musicradio77Network]

“Dr. Snuggles” originally started in first run syndication in 1979 on WPIX-TV (channel 11) in NYC, WFLD-TV (channel 32) in Chicago, and others until the early part of the 1980’s before it moved to Nickelodeon as part of the new Nick Jr. block.

[@tenthz]

I do not remember this AT ALL. I must have switched to PBS before this came on.

[@vgtrp]

While I remember watching most of the shows of Nick Jr., eventhough I was just out that age range, I was 7 going on 8 at the time, I don't remember seeing Dr. Snuggles. While it looks like it has charm, I would think the fact that everything thing is alive and has a face might freak out little kids. Though, it does remind of old Fleischer cartoons of the 30's and 40's in the 'everything has a face' regard.

[@spindalis79]

The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh did not air on the Disney Channel. It was a Saturday morning cartoon on ABC.

[@YouMookSaidOsmosis]

It premiered on the Disney Channel first in January of 1988, and then started airing on ABC in September of that year.