Peppermint Park (found direct-to-VHS puppet series; 1987-1988)

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The Volume 1 VHS

Status: Partially lost


Peppermint Park was an 80's puppet show that was released straight to VHS sometime between the early 80's and early 90's. It had mainly limited releases normally published by low-money companies and was produced by Mark V Productions.

History

The show was a rip-off of Sesame Street featuring doll-headed puppets teaching lessons such as letters, colors and numbers. TV Tropes describes the series "as straight to video and straight from hell" The shows most recent mentioning was by Blameitonjorge on his Top 20 Unintentionally Disturbing Kid's Shows From Around The World.

Because of the shows rarity, only a few clips currently exist on the internet including the opening sequence. The show was produced by Mark V Productions. It is unknown if full episodes exist.

Some known information involves some of the sketches. Ernie loves the letter M and sings a song describing it with words that begin with M. He has a voice that could make ears bleed and the song is poorly written. There is also Manyard who sings about being blue (because he used drugs at one point... But a four year old wouldent know that...) to teach other meanings of the word blue.

There was also a Scarecrow, a video about the gang showcasing bubbles, stoplights, crackers, and little to no information about the show makes it all the more creepier. The puppets look like actors who had their heads removed and replaced with a creepy doll. No one knows what happened with the franchise.

No full VHS copies exist online. Only minutes of clips from random episodes.

VHS

The Volume 1 and Volume 3 VHS tapes of the series are currently available on amazon.

Amazon links: http://www.amazon.com/Peppermint-Park-1-Magic-Moments/dp/B0006V8WI0 https://www.amazon.com/Peppermint-Park-Music-Land-3/dp/B000MTXJ1G/ref=pd_sim_sbs_27_1?ie=UTF8&dpID=71XBafYsK%2BL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR88%2C160_&refRID=8P73Q1R5MWP8FFCKK047

Videos

The Letter M

Bubbles

Blue

Scarecrow

Stoplight

First Five Minutes

Red

Crackers