First Steps to Learning (partially lost animated educational series; 1990-1991)

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Clearvue's Laugh and Learn was an American direct-to-video series created by Clearvue, Inc., which ran from 1990 to 1991. Though the official name of the series is simply Laugh and Learn, it is nicknamed Clearvue's Laugh and Learn to differentiate between other series with similar titles.

The series was originally released for classroom use under the name First Steps to Learning, before being released on home video by United American Video Corporation in 1994 under the name Fun to Learn Video Series. The videos were re-released in 1997 under the name Laugh and Learn. Six of the videos under the Laugh and Learn name were also released in the United Kingdom by SlamGold (which was the UK brand name of UAV Corporation), before being released on two three-in-one DVDs in that country. The 123s video and two shorts from the Time video were also released on a single VHS tape by Sterling Entertainment Group and SVE and Churchill Media in 2004.

Findings

So far, only three of the videos are found in their entirety, with one available partially. Six of the videos are entirely lost.

OCTOBER 4, 2016 UPDATE: The ABCs video is now uploaded to YouTube!

JANUARY 19, 2016 UPDATE: Robert Coates Animation uploaded all of the videos to YouTube! Big thanks to him for tipping us off!

Photo Gallery

Cover Art


Video

"123s"

"Time" (partially)

"Shapes"

"Big and Little"

"ABCs"