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'''''Film Fun''''' was a mini-series that aired on Canadian broadcast network CBC. The series focused on the topic of animation, featuring talks with animators and demonstrations of animation's use in films.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100311085754/http://www.film.queensu.ca/cbc/Fab.html Archived Queen's and Film Media webpage listing of ''Film Fun''.] Retrieved 19 Apr '22</ref>


'''''Film Fun''''' was a miniseries that aired on Canadian broadcast network CBC. The series focused on the topic of animation, featuring talks with animators and demonstrations of animation's use in films.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20100311085754/http://www.film.queensu.ca/cbc/Fab.html</ref>  
The show was produced by Brian Frappier, introduced by CBC announcer Brian Smyth, and hosted by young siblings Bryan and Nancy Stoller.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110610114502/http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/programming/television/programming_popup.php?id=1083 Another archived webpage listing of ''Film Fun''.] Retrieved 19 Apr '22</ref> Little is known about the content of this series. One from episode was on the topic of computer animation, and featured a visit to the National Research Council Canada. Guests on the show included Canadian animator Ken Perkins (who worked on animated segments in the CBC airing of ''Sesame Street''<ref>[https://www.queensu.ca/filmandmedia/sites/fmwww/files/uploaded_files/SCTV%20NETWORK_0.pdf More information on the mini-series.] Retrieved 19 Apr '22</ref> and composer Ben McPeek.


The show was produced by Brian Frappier, introduced by CBC announcer Brian Smyth, and hosted by young siblings Bryan and Nancy Stoller.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20110610114502/http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/programming/television/programming_popup.php?id=1083</ref> Little is known about the content of this series. One from episode was on the topic of computer animation, and featured a visit to the National Research Council Canada. Guests on the show included Canadian animator Ken Perkins (who worked on animated segments in the CBC airing of ''Sesame Street''<ref>https://www.queensu.ca/filmandmedia/sites/fmwww/files/uploaded_files/SCTV%20NETWORK_0.pdf</ref>) and composer Ben McPeek.  
''Film Fun'' originally aired every Wednesday from December 4th, 1974 to January 15th, 1975. The following year, the series was re-aired every Tuesday from October 5th to October 26th, 1976. Each of the five episodes were aired in a half-hour timeslot.


''Film Fun'' originally aired every Wednesday from December 4, 1974 to January 15, 1975. The following year, the series was re-aired every Tuesday from October 5 to October 26, 1976. Each of the five episodes were aired in a half-hour timeslot.
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Film Fun was a mini-series that aired on Canadian broadcast network CBC. The series focused on the topic of animation, featuring talks with animators and demonstrations of animation's use in films.[1]

The show was produced by Brian Frappier, introduced by CBC announcer Brian Smyth, and hosted by young siblings Bryan and Nancy Stoller.[2] Little is known about the content of this series. One from episode was on the topic of computer animation, and featured a visit to the National Research Council Canada. Guests on the show included Canadian animator Ken Perkins (who worked on animated segments in the CBC airing of Sesame Street[3] and composer Ben McPeek.

Film Fun originally aired every Wednesday from December 4th, 1974 to January 15th, 1975. The following year, the series was re-aired every Tuesday from October 5th to October 26th, 1976. Each of the five episodes were aired in a half-hour timeslot.

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