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The Friendly Giant

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CBC (ended 1985)

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The friendly giant introduces children to books and helps them see how books can enrich their everyday lives. With the help of puppets Jerome the Giraffe and Rusty the Rooster, the friendly giant teaches children to love reading.

Episode Guide

S 5 : Ep 8	The Honker Visits the Island	Aired 5/24/63
S 5 : Ep 7	Elephants	Aired 5/20/63
S 5 : Ep 6	Another Day	Aired 3/6/63
S 5 : Ep 5	Around And Around	Aired 3/4/63
S 5 : Ep 4	Fairy Tales	Aired 12/7/62

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Bob Homme	The Friendly Giant
Rod Coneybeare	Rusty the Rooster (voice)

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Any Canadian over the age of 30 will remember The Friendly Giant and the thought will bring a smile to their face.

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By Hoeech, May 12, 2011

Before Mister Rogers Neighborhood, The Electic Company and Sesame Street, there was The Friendly Giant. Every Canadian kid who was around prior to 1985 watched the show with a sense of wonder. A definitive children's show. Charming, calming, full of stories and music. There is virtually nothing in the current selection of children's programming that matches it for pure quality. I cannot understand why this isn't showing in reruns. There is an entire channel dedicated to children's programming, and CBC itself still has shows geared for children in the morning. After being invited into the Giant's Castle, the audience would spend a 15 minute, commercial-free visit chatting with the most calming fellow since Fred Rogers who would talk to kids as though they were people, not idiots. He didn't talk down to his audience. He treated them with respect and we loved him for it. If any show deserves to be brought back in reruns (Bob Homme, the man who played the Giant, passed away in 2000) it's this one. Until they do, I'll just look up....look waaaaay up.moreless
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