''Zardip's Search for Healthy Wellness'' was a Canadian educational

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show from the 1980s intended to teach

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messages to children. The show's 13 episode arc featured Zardip Pacific, played by

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, a robot alien from a planet whose robot inhabitants are breaking down as they do not know how to live a healthy lifestyle. In a top-secret mission, he is sent to the planet

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to report the habits of humans to his commander Highship. On Earth, Zardip befriends a group of pre-teens who have a special shed called the Healthy Hideaway, where they hang out and talk about healthy stuff, sports and more. They instruct their new odd and strangely clueless friend Zardip on topics ranging from nutrition, to exercise, to germs all the while unaware of Zardip's true alien identity. The show has a strong cult following around the world for students who attended grade school in the late 1980s and early 1990s, due to memories of watching the

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in class, or watching the shows as they aired on

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Episodes

1. Zardip's Quest 9/1/88 2. The Human Body 9/8/88 3. Food 9/15/88 4. More Food 9/22/88 5. Growth 9/29/88 6. Exercise 10/6/88 7. Sleep 10/13/88 8. Germs 10/20/88 9. More Germs 10/27/88 10. Teeth 11/3/88 11. The Dentist 11/10/88 12. Safety 11/17/88 13. Environmental Health 11/24/88

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1980s Canadian children's television series TVO original programming Television shows filmed in Toronto Health education television series 1988 Canadian television series debuts {{Canada-kids-tv-prog-stub