Adventures with Kanga Roddy (partially found PBS children's series; 1998-2000)

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Tangle Bear, Chaka, and Kanga Roddy; three anthropomorphic characters from the series.

Status: Partially Found

Adventures with Kanga Roddy was a live-action children's television created by martial arts masters George Chung and Anthony Chan and executive produced by former San Francisco 49ers Joe Montana and Ronnie Lott for American Champion Entertainment and PeopleNet and broadcast on PBS via a distribution deal with KTEH.

Premise

Each episode of the Kanga Roddy series focuses on a group of children at a community center and their teachers, working on activities such as reading, physical fitness and arts and crafts. During these activities, the children encounter an ethical or social problem, which cause uneasiness or unhappiness among some of the children. The teachers suggest that the children seek help from their friend Uncle Pat, the proprietor of a rare bookstore, played by actor Pat Morita. Uncle Pat, with the assistance of his pet bookworm, Shakespeare, magically transports the children to the land of Hi-Yah where Kanga Roddy lives. Once in the land of Hi-Yah, Kanga Roddy and his friends help the children solve their problem by giving examples presented through songs. Kanga Roddy gets inspiration for a proper solution to the problem through flashbacks to lessons learned from his martial arts teacher Zatochi or parallels drawn from encounters with his buddy Tackle Bear. The children and the costumed cast present the answers in song and dance routines. When the children return to the community center, they review what they have learned with their teachers.

VHS Compilations

The series had the following VHS releases:[1]

  • Honesty is the Best Policy (S1E9 'Honesty is the Best Policy')
  • Daddy Doesn't Live Here Anymore (S2E11 'Daddy Doesn't Live Here Anymore')
  • Please Don't Tease (S2E7 'Please Don't Tease')
  • Adventures With Kanga Roddy Vol. 1 (S1E6 'Try, Try Again' & S1E3 'Facing your Fear')
  • Adventures With Kanga Roddy Vol. 2 (S1E2 'Promises Promises' & S1E5 'Hard to be Humble')
  • Adventures With Kanga Roddy Vol. 3 (S1E4 'I Like You Just The Way You Are' & S1E7 'Everybody Do Your Share')

Episode List

Season 1

# Episode Title Original Air Date Status Comment
1 It's Cool To Be Kind April 12th, 1998 Lost No surviving footage or audio.
2 Promises, Promises April 11th, 1998 Lost No surviving footage or audio.
3 Facing Your Fear April 5th, 1998 Found On YouTube (poor quality).
4 I Like You Just The Way You Are April 18th, 1998 Lost No surviving footage or audio.
5 It's So Hard To Be Humble April 25th, 1998 Partially Found One minute song sequence found on YouTube. (YouTube video deleted)
6 Try, Try Again April 4th, 1998 Lost No surviving footage or audio.
7 Everybody Do Your Share April 19, 1998 Lost No surviving footage or audio.
8 Just Want To Be Me April 26, 1998 Lost No surviving footage or audio.
9 Honesty Is The Best Policy January 2, 1999 Partially Found 1 minute 20 second song sequence on YouTube. (YouTube video deleted)
10 Grandpa Is Cool Unknown Lost No surviving footage or audio.
11 Equal As Can Be January 9, 1999 Lost No surviving footage or audio.
12 We Are Family January 3, 1999 Found On YouTube.
13 Sharing Can Be So Easy" January 10th, 1999 Lost No surviving footage or audio.

Season 2

# Episode Title Original Air Date Status Comment
1 Yummy, Yummy Food unknown Lost No surviving footage or audio.
2 Sibling Rivalry unknown Lost No surviving footage or audio.
3 Friends To the End unknown Lost No surviving footage or audio.
4 Try To Remember unknown Lost No surviving footage or audio.
5 I Want To Be Big unknown Lost No surviving footage or audio.
6 Winning Isn't Everything unknown Lost No surviving footage or audio.
7 Please Don't Tease unknown Lost No surviving footage or audio.
8 Visit the Dentist unknown Lost No surviving footage or audio.
9 The Music Lesson unknown Lost No surviving footage or audio.
10 Be Flexible unknown Lost No surviving footage or audio.
11 Daddy Doesn't Live Here Any More July 1, 2000 Lost No surviving footage or audio.
12 Money Doesn't Grow On Trees unknown Lost No surviving footage or audio.
13 A New Baby July 8th, 2000 Lost No surviving footage or audio.

Production

The show was created by martial arts masters George Chung and Anthony Chan who wanted to change the perception of the arts as form of violence and instead wanted to focus on the philosophical elements of martial arts (Honor, Integrity, etc.).[2] Initially 13 half-hour episodes of the Kanga Roddy series were produced. One month after its debut, KTEH ordered 26 additional episodes and two one-hour specials however only 13 additional episodes were produced.[3]

The final broadcast of Adventures with Kanga Roddy occurred March 31, 2001, with an airing of the episode 'We Are Family'; the following month, the show was dropped from KTEH's broadcast schedule.[4][5]

Gallery

  • Cast of the series.

    Cast of the series.

  • Newspaper snipper of the series.

    Newspaper snipper of the series.

See Also

Bumpers

PBS

PBS Kids

References

  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20000817062233/http://www.kangaroddy.com/bazaar/videos.html
  2. ↑ https://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/morgue/listings/1998_Aug_21.WNDART21.html
  3. ↑ https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/containers/fix033/1034840/000114590601500002/body10sb.htm
  4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20010418064254/http://www.kteh.org/programs/monthly/mar01-25-31.html
  5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20010413020945/http://www.kteh.org/programs/monthly/apr01-1-7.html

External Links

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