The Mr. Potato Head Show (found Fox Kids puppet series; 1998-1999)
The Mr. Potato Head Show is a children's television series featuring Mr. Potato Head. It first aired on Fox Kids on September 12th, 1998. The series ran for a single season of 13 episodes and was then cancelled on February 16th, 1999. After the series had been cancelled by Hasbro for not selling enough toys, the creators made a direct-to-video movie that depicts the show's cancellation from the perspective of the characters. The movie is mostly just clips from the television show, usually depicted as flashbacks. While the first episode of the series and the movie can be found online, the rest of the series was nowhere to be found. Due to the show being incredibly obscure, there was very little chance of there being a home video release of any kind. Though bits and pieces of the missing episodes can be seen in the direct-to-video movie, until December 18th, 2016, when the full series was found.
The series was copyrighted in 1998 by Film Roman, and the records on Copyright.gov do not indicate this cartoon got transferred to Disney after they acquired Fox Kids.
List of Episodes
| # | Episode Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aliens Dig Baloney | Found |
| 2 | Royal Pain | Found |
| 3 | The Thing in the Microwave | Found |
| 4 | Secret Agent Mania | Found |
| 5 | Cheap Shots | Found |
| 6 | Potato Verite | Found |
| 7 | Forsake Me Not | Found |
| 8 | Equal Writes | Found |
| 9 | Robotato | Found |
| 10 | Pillow | Found |
| 11 | Smart Attack | Found |
| 12 | Not With a Bang (1) | Found |
| 13 | Not With a Bang (2) | Found |
Availability
On December 16, 2016, all 13 episodes were uploaded to Dailymotion and Vid.me by Lost Media Wiki users Paroos, and Luray after obtaining them from an anonymous crew member.[1] There was a story going around that a YouTube user found the episodes on page 50 of Google from a sketchy website, however, this story is false.
Gallery
See Also
- The All New Captain Kangaroo (partially found Fox Kids reboot of CBS children's series; 1997-1998)
- Cybersix (partially lost Fox Kids version of animated series based on comic; 2000)
- Detective Conan (lost unaired Fox Kids English dub pilot; existence unconfirmed; 2000)
- The Fox Cubhouse (partially found Fox Kids preschool anthology series; 1994-1996)
- Fox Kids "Bartcasting" (found "The Simpsons" promotional event on children's program block; 1996)
- Fox Kids (partially lost animated "Frankenfox" bumpers from children's channel block; 1991-1992)
- Little Shop (partially lost Fox Kids animated series based on horror comedy film; 1991)
- The Slayers (lost Fox Kids version of anime series; 2001)
- Toonsylvania (partially found Fox Kids animated series; 1998-1999)
- The Vision of Escaflowne (partially lost Fox Kids dub of anime; 2000-2001)
- Youngblood (partially found production material for cancelled Fox Kids animated series based on comic; 1995)
- Zazoo U (partially found Fox Kids animated series; 1990-1991)