''Alphabet Soup'' is a

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children's television series Children's television series (or children's television shows) are television programs designed for children, normally scheduled for broadcast during the morning and afternoon when children are awake. They can sometimes run during the early evenin ...

which aired on

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between October 5, 1971, and December 4, 1973. Each week,

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, Marc Stone, Lynn Griffin and puppet Arbuckle the Alligator would invite a guest who would talk about a subject beginning with a letter of the week. Occasional guest Mavis Kerr, a science educator/entertainer at the

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in Toronto, joined the team when Lynn Griffin became ill.

External links

Queen's University Directory of CBC Television Series
via archive.org)
Alphabet Soup at TVArchive.ca
1970s Canadian children's television series 1971 Canadian television series debuts 1973 Canadian television series endings Canadian television shows featuring puppetry CBC Television original programming Canadian preschool education television series {{Canada-kids-tv-prog-stub