The Adventures of Snelgrove Snail (partially lost Canadian puppet TV series; 1979-1980)

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Cover of the TV series.

Status: Partially Found

The Adventures of Snellgrove Snail is a 1979 Canadian puppet TV series.[1] This series was created by D.W. Reid Film Company and was voiced by Helene Buwalda, Joyce Clarke, and Barrie McLean.[2] It originally debuted in Canada on CHCH-TV from September 22, 1979 until at least April 5, 1980[3][4], but it also aired in New Zealand on TVNZ and Untied States on syndication.[5] The series follows the underwater village of Snailsville and its gastropod inhabitants.[6]

On June 12, 2018 a user by the name of AH2 AH2 on Youtube uploaded two eight minute low quality recordings of two segments from the show, being "Nose for News" and "The Truth About Gossip". A poster on eBay reveals that there were a total of 40 half hour episodes made, 10 of which being specials. The entire show is currently lost, except for the two eight minute rips, and the VHS rip of the intro sequence mentioned earlier.

In 2017, I (Spacegerbil) tried to play the tape of the show, titled "Too Many Cooks" in my old VHS player, which unfortunately broke the tape. This is what spawned this whole search for this show, after I found no information about the show. I recently remembered the show and decided to start do more digging.

On August 17, 2018 (the day I'm writing this) I got into contact with the head puppeteer and puppet builder for the show, Tom Vandenberg. As I get more information on the topic, I will add more information to this page. Sorry this is a different format that what's usually on this website, but I want to make it known what's going on now.

Gallery

A VHS-rip of the show's opening sequence.

References

  1. ↑ IMDb page Retrieved 12 Mar '17.
  2. ↑ TVArchive Canada article on the show Retrieved 12 Mar '17.
  3. ↑ The Ottawa Journal from Ottawa, - Page 93 Retrieved 15 Mar '17.
  4. ↑ The Ottawa Journal from Ottawa, - Page 89 Retrieved 15 Mar '17.
  5. ↑ Titusville Herald, October 11, 1980, Page 11 Retrieved 15 Mar '17.
  6. ↑ BuddyTV overview Retrieved 12 Mar '17.
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