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'''''Gerbert''''' is a show about a chicken-nugget-shaped puppet child that teaches life lessons for children.<ref>[https://dove.org/review/514-gerbert-series/ "Gerbert Series | Dove Family Friendly Movie Reviews"]</ref><ref>[http://www.tv.com/shows/gerbert/ "Gerbert"]</ref><ref>[https://ovguide.com/ "OVGuide | Online Video Guide"]</ref> In its first season, it was Christian themed, however, a secular version, without religious content, was syndicated to public television stations from 1993 to 1997. The show aired on the Freeform channel (which has now rebranded to the Christian Broadcasting Network) from February 15th, 1988 to December 25th, 1991 for 50 episodes. The show was distributed as a direct-to-video series in various shopping and book stores. | |||
A secular version of the series was briefly aired on PBS around the early 1990s. It is currently unknown if it has aired since then. | |||
==Episode List== | ==Episode List== | ||
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|<span style="font-size:80%">Pilot | |<span style="font-size:80%">Pilot | ||
|<span style="font-size:80%">"In the World Around Us" | |<span style="font-size:80%">"In the World Around Us" | ||
|<span style="font-size:80%"> | |<span style="font-size:80%">n/a | ||
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | |<span style="font-size:80%">[https://youtu.be/EwRv-QZvpyA <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>] | ||
|<span style="font-size:80%">June 7, 1987 | |<span style="font-size:80%">June 7, 1987 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|<span style="font-size:80%">1 | |<span style="font-size:80%">1 | ||
|<span style="font-size:80%">"Surprise Party" / "Love Your Neighbor as Yourself" | |<span style="font-size:80%">"Surprise Party" / "Love Your Neighbor as Yourself" | ||
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | |<span style="font-size:80%">[https://youtu.be/cpNN8TtQ2wQ <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>] | ||
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | |<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|<span style="font-size:80%">May 1, 1988 | |<span style="font-size:80%">May 1, 1988 | ||
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|<span style="font-size:80%">"A Clean Sweep" / "Created for Good Works" | |<span style="font-size:80%">"A Clean Sweep" / "Created for Good Works" | ||
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | |<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | |<span style="font-size:80%">[https://youtu.be/kdYu_4Pa2qY <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>] | ||
|<span style="font-size:80%">May 7, 1988 | |<span style="font-size:80%">May 7, 1988 | ||
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|<span style="font-size:80%">4 | |<span style="font-size:80%">4 | ||
|<span style="font-size:80%">"The Cat's Meow" | |<span style="font-size:80%">"The Cat's Meow" | ||
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | |<span style="font-size:80%">[https://youtu.be/j9jTMQMgu_A <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>] | ||
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | |<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|<span style="font-size:80%">May 21, 1988 | |<span style="font-size:80%">May 21, 1988 | ||
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|<span style="font-size:80%">"Things Are Looking Up" / "Little Ones to Him Belong" | |<span style="font-size:80%">"Things Are Looking Up" / "Little Ones to Him Belong" | ||
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | |<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | |<span style="font-size:80%">[https://youtu.be/nT6kLrIVlv8 <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>] | ||
|<span style="font-size:80%">May 28, 1988 | |<span style="font-size:80%">May 28, 1988 | ||
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|<span style="font-size:80%">"I'm All Right" / "The Doctor" | |<span style="font-size:80%">"I'm All Right" / "The Doctor" | ||
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | |<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | |<span style="font-size:80%">[https://youtu.be/moRiDSyoIgo <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>] | ||
|<span style="font-size:80%">June 11, 1988 | |<span style="font-size:80%">June 11, 1988 | ||
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|<span style="font-size:80%">"Some Days Are Like That" / "God Knows My Feelings" | |<span style="font-size:80%">"Some Days Are Like That" / "God Knows My Feelings" | ||
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | |<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | |<span style="font-size:80%">[https://youtu.be/mvi8HkmkDao <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>] | ||
|<span style="font-size:80%">June 18, 1988 | |<span style="font-size:80%">June 18, 1988 | ||
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|<span style="font-size:80%">"Forever Friends" | |<span style="font-size:80%">"Forever Friends" | ||
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | |<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | |<span style="font-size:80%">[https://youtu.be/57qzQ9kZsDU <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>] | ||
|<span style="font-size:80%">June 25, 1988 | |<span style="font-size:80%">June 25, 1988 | ||
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|<span style="font-size:80%">"Look Before You Leap" / "Safe in His Arms" | |<span style="font-size:80%">"Look Before You Leap" / "Safe in His Arms" | ||
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | |<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color: | |<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|<span style="font-size:80%">July 9, 1988 | |<span style="font-size:80%">July 9, 1988 | ||
|- | |- | ||
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|<span style="font-size:80%">"Listening Is Loving" / "Listening Skills" | |<span style="font-size:80%">"Listening Is Loving" / "Listening Skills" | ||
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | |<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | |<span style="font-size:80%">[https://youtu.be/ae4DF3ljzSs <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>] | ||
|<span style="font-size:80%">May 24, 1989 | |<span style="font-size:80%">May 24, 1989 | ||
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|<span style="font-size:80%">26 | |<span style="font-size:80%">26 | ||
|<span style="font-size:80%">"Wrongfully Blamed" | |<span style="font-size:80%">"Wrongfully Blamed" | ||
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | |<span style="font-size:80%">[https://youtu.be/7emlMLVatMY <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>] | ||
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | |<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|<span style="font-size:80%">May 31, 1989 | |<span style="font-size:80%">May 31, 1989 | ||
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|<span style="font-size:80%">29 | |<span style="font-size:80%">29 | ||
|<span style="font-size:80%">"Being Franklin" | |<span style="font-size:80%">"Being Franklin" | ||
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | |<span style="font-size:80%">[https://youtu.be/MV5hkS-FlL8 <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>] | ||
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | |<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|<span style="font-size:80%">May 8, 1991 | |<span style="font-size:80%">May 8, 1991 | ||
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|<span style="font-size:80%">"The Gift of Giving" | |<span style="font-size:80%">"The Gift of Giving" | ||
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | |<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | |<span style="font-size:80%">[https://youtu.be/CVJlNtD908Q <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''] | ||
|<span style="font-size:80%">December 25, 1991 | |<span style="font-size:80%">December 25, 1991 | ||
|} | |} | ||
== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | |||
[[Category:Lost TV]] | [[Category:Lost TV]] | ||
[[Category:Lost puppetry]] | [[Category:Lost puppetry]] | ||
[[Category:Partially found media]] | [[Category:Partially found media]] | ||
Revision as of 04:12, 18 February 2024
Gerbert is a show about a chicken-nugget-shaped puppet child that teaches life lessons for children.[1][2][3] In its first season, it was Christian themed, however, a secular version, without religious content, was syndicated to public television stations from 1993 to 1997. The show aired on the Freeform channel (which has now rebranded to the Christian Broadcasting Network) from February 15th, 1988 to December 25th, 1991 for 50 episodes. The show was distributed as a direct-to-video series in various shopping and book stores.
A secular version of the series was briefly aired on PBS around the early 1990s. It is currently unknown if it has aired since then.
Episode List
# | Title | secular version Availability | Christian version Availability | Original air date |
Pilot | "In the World Around Us" | n/a | Found | June 7, 1987 |
1 | "Surprise Party" / "Love Your Neighbor as Yourself" | Found | Lost | May 1, 1988 |
2 | "A Clean Sweep" / "Created for Good Works" | Lost | Found | May 7, 1988 |
3 | "The Lost Coin" / "Lost and Found" | Lost | Lost | May 14, 1988 |
4 | "The Cat's Meow" | Found | Lost | May 21, 1988 |
5 | "Things Are Looking Up" / "Little Ones to Him Belong" | Lost | Found | May 28, 1988 |
6 | "Hop to It" | Lost | Lost | June 4, 1988 |
7 | "I'm All Right" / "The Doctor" | Lost | Found | June 11, 1988 |
8 | "Some Days Are Like That" / "God Knows My Feelings" | Lost | Found | June 18, 1988 |
9 | "Forever Friends" | Lost | Found | June 25, 1988 |
10 | "Gerbert Saves His Money" / "Saving Treasures" | Lost | Lost | July 2, 1988 |
11 | "Look Before You Leap" / "Safe in His Arms" | Lost | Lost | July 9, 1988 |
12 | "Forgive and Forget" | Lost | Lost | July 16, 1988 |
13 | "Miles Get Married" / "Wedding Bell Blues" | Lost | Lost | July 23, 1988 |
14 | "Rainy Day" | Lost | Lost | April 3, 1989 |
15 | "The Crush" | Lost | Lost | April 4, 1989 |
16 | "Why Do People Quit Liking Each Other" / "Loyalty Conflicts" | Lost | Lost | April 5, 1989 |
17 | "Broken Promises" | Lost | Lost | April 6, 1989 |
18 | "Roary" | Lost | Lost | April 7, 1989 |
19 | "Overcoming Evil by Doing Good" / "Peer Pressure" | Lost | Lost | May 22, 1989 |
20 | "Jealousy" | Lost | Lost | May 23, 1989 |
21 | "Listening Is Loving" / "Listening Skills" | Lost | Found | May 24, 1989 |
22 | "Little White Lies" | Lost | Lost | May 25, 1989 |
23 | "Boredom" | Lost | Lost | May 26, 1989 |
24 | "Adoption" / "Before My First Day Began" | Lost | Lost | May 29, 1989 |
25 | "Too Much Change" / "Integrity" | Lost | Lost | May 30, 1989 |
26 | "Wrongfully Blamed" | Found | Lost | May 31, 1989 |
27 | "Dreamboat" | Lost | Lost | May 6, 1991 |
28 | "Starlight" | Lost | Lost | May 7, 1991 |
29 | "Being Franklin" | Found | Lost | May 8, 1991 |
30 | "Word Is Worth a Thousand Pictures" | Lost | Lost | May 9, 1991 |
31 | "Big Dreams" | Lost | Lost | May 10, 1991 |
32 | "Pranksters" | Lost | Lost | May 13, 1991 |
33 | "The Garden" | Lost | Lost | May 14, 1991 |
34 | "Medicine Isn't Candy" | Lost | Lost | May 15, 1991 |
35 | "Try It, You'll Like It" | Lost | Lost | May 16, 1991 |
36 | "Giddy Up Pony" | Lost | Lost | May 17, 1991 |
37 | "TV and Me" | Lost | Lost | May 20, 1991 |
38 | "New Beginnings" | Lost | Lost | June 10, 1991 |
39 | "If E'er the Twain Should Meet" | Lost | Lost | June 11, 1991 |
40 | "The Little Star That Twinkled" | Lost | Lost | June 12, 1991 |
41 | "A Lesson Long Overdue" | Lost | Lost | June 13, 1991 |
42 | "Bubble Trouble" | Lost | Lost | June 14, 1991 |
43 | "Thanks, but No Thanks" | Lost | Lost | July 8, 1991 |
44 | "Manners Manor" | Lost | Lost | July 9, 1991 |
45 | "Be Yourself" | Lost | Lost | July 10, 1991 |
46 | "How Much Is That Froggie in the Window" | Lost | Lost | July 11, 1991 |
47 | "Fables on the Table" | Lost | Lost | July 12, 1991 |
48 | "Art From the Heart" | Lost | Lost | September 18, 1991 |
49 | "Fitness Follies" | Lost | Lost | October 17, 1991 |
50 | "The Gift of Giving" | Lost | Found | December 25, 1991 |