''Mr. Piper'' is a 1963 Canadian children's TV series. The series was created by Martin Andrews and Allan Wargon, who was also the producer. 39 episodes were produced.

Overview

The show's host was a large Canadian opera tenor Alan Crofoot, dressed as a

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with a flower in his hat. He would introduce four segments in each half-hour programme: *''Teletune'' - as a narrator of limited animation cartoons of fantasy stories *''Port of Call'' - presenter of films about children and events in other lands; *''Bag of Tricks'' - Crofoot performs magic tricks; *''Animal Farm'' - many farmyard characters telling the story of the day in miniature barnyard sets, featuring Rupert the Rat, Bessie the Bunny, Kookie the Kitten, Harriet Hen, Freddie Frog, Calvin (Rac)Coon and Charlotte Cow. Thirty-nine episodes were produced. It was originally shown by

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and also became well known in the United Kingdom,Sterling Times
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throughout the 1960s and 1970s, often as part of school summer holiday programming. In May/June 1972, some ''Mr. Piper'' episodes were transmitted, dubbed into Italian, by the RAI-TV network.

Episode list

*Oh My Baby *Ali Baba *Brave Molly *It's A Triple *Touch Me *Hasty and the Princess *The Kindhearted Girl *The Magic Horn *The Three Sisters *The Proud Princess *It Grew Two Sizes *Ahmed the Merchant *Hansel and Gretel *The Wild Swans *The Tin Soldier *The Three Brothers *Hassan the Simple *The Three Soldiers

References

External links

*
Alan Crofoot on ''Canadian Encyclopedia''
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