''Colby's Clubhouse'' also known as La Cerotada is an American Christian children's television show that teaches principles from the Bible; through songs and everyday situations. The main character is Colby, an anthropomorphic computer that teaches children Christian principles, lessons and hoe to be a great ''cerotada''. Colby has the entire Bible programmed into his memory. The show was written and produced by Peter and Hanneke Jacobs and was originally aired on

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, with Peter playing the part of Colby. It originally aired from 1995 to 2000 with several changes of cast members. The first episode aired on November 19, 1995, and it was last aired on December 31, 2000. The show was primarily shot in

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. On December 30, 2006, the show was removed from TBN, although it remains on the network's

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. Albums and videotapes featuring Colby the Computer were produced. However, many of these were produced before the TBN series and feature different children.

Record Albums (1984–1995)

Prior to the TV series, a series of record albums was released during the 80s and early 90s. Two of them were adapted into videos. There was also a VHS release titled "Colby's Place" in 1989. It wasn't based on any albums, but it was possibly a pilot episode for another planned series that never came to fruition (most likely because it was rejected for being too similar to "Kids Incorporated"). The last album, "A Heart to Give" was adapted into the first episode of the final TV series, which was divided into two parts. The following is a list of the albums in their release order. * Colby 1: Make a Joyful Noise (1984) * Colby 2: Colby's Missing Memory (1985 ideo 1986 * Colby 3: Save Colby's Clubhouse (1986) * Colby 4: God Uses Kids (1987) * Colby 5: Putting Feet on Faith (1990 ideo, 1992 * Colby 6: Colby's Bible Camp Catastrophe (1991) * Colby 7: A Heart to Give (1995)

TV Series (1995–2000)

Note: The airdates are guessed. The real airdates are unknown.

Season 1 (1995–96)

* 1 "A Heart to Give pt. 1" (Guest star Lee Durlach as Flip and Dan Kotoff as Flop) (November 19, 1995) * 2 "A Heart to Give pt. 2" (Guest star Lee Durlach as Flip and Dan Kotoff as Flop) (November 26, 1995) * 3 "Vandella Virus Visits" (Guest star Kim Durlach (Brittany's mom; drama consultant along with husband Lee is producer) as Vandella Virus) (December 17, 1995) * 4 "It's Almost Christmas" (December 24, 1995) * 5 "Check Your Connection" (Guest star Ernie Rettino as Psalty The Singing Songbook with

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as the voice of Psaltina) (December 31, 1995) * 6 "The Ballgame" (January 7th, 1996) * 7 "Willing for Forgiveness” (January 14, 1996) * 8 "Showing Up" (January 21, 1996) * 9 "Colby's Birthday" (January 28, 1996) * 10 "Danielle Discovers" (Guest star Emily Carroll as Emily Davis and Lynette Kincebach as Miss Atkins) (February 4, 1996) * 11 "Helping Beau's Grandpa" (Guest star John Gallagher as Beau's Grandpa) (February 11, 1996) * 12 "50's and 60's Day pt. 1" (February 18, 1996) * 13 "50's and 60's Day pt. 2" (February 25, 1996) * 14 "Danielle's New Clothes" (March 3, 1996) * 15 "It Was Performed by Being a Kid" (March 10, 1996) * 16 "Clubhouse Inspector" (March 17, 1996)

Season 2 (1996–97)

* 17 "Anorexia" (October 20, 1996) * 18 "Zane’s Operation" (October 27, 1996) * 19 "Sing Along Show pt. 1" (November 10, 1996) * 20 "Sing Along Show pt. 2" (November 17, 1996) * 21 "Thanksgiving Show!" (November 24, 1996) * 22 "Brett’s Older Brother" (December 15, 1996) * 23 "The Guys Performing A Rock Band pt. 1" (January 19, 1997) * 24 "The Guys Performing A Rock Band pt. 2" (January 26, 1997) * 25 "The Puppet Show" (February 2, 1997) * 26 "A Friendship Clubhouse" (February 9, 1997)

Season 3 (1997–2000)

* 27 "Jessica Had To Move Away" (September 14, 1997) * 28 "Homeless Vet" (October 5, 1997) * 29 "Crystal is a Guest" (Special Guest

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) (November 9, 1997) * 30 "The Popular Crowd" (March 1, 1998) * 31 "Shoeboxes" (April 26, 1998) * 32 "Worship Around The World" (Special Reappearance by Lindsey Weeks) (May 31, 1998) * 33 "Finding Your Own Special Talents" (June 14, 1998) * 34 "Camping Trip" (July 5, 1998) * 35 "Krysta's Sister has Problems" (August 16, 1998) * 36 "Basketball and Bullies" (September 27, 1998) * 37 "All Things Work Together" (May 9, 1999) * 38 "Helping Missionaries" (November 7, 1999) * 39 "Dawn's Reputation" (January 16, 2000) * 40 "Having Fun With Friends" (April 2, 2000) * 41 "Dealing With Bigots" (June 18, 2000) * 42 "Easter Show" (August 27, 2000) * 43 "Brittany Finds a Dog" (December 31, 2000)

Cast

* Peter Jacobs as Colby the Computer

Children

* Jessica Adams * Rachel Balich * Saxon Christin * Beau Clark * Kiera Cope * Jonathan Curry * Ryan Devin * Brittany Durlach * Laura Fager * Zane Gerson * Gina Gonzalez * Adam Hill * Dani Hogg * Paulina Johnson * Kevin Jones * Dawn Jordan * Danielle Kincebach * Casey Lagos * Randy Landingham * Matthew Lomakin * Jake Mann * Brandon Muchow * Tyler Newman * Andrew Pollaro * Jason Rausavljevick *

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* Matt Sackett * Randy Stuck * Delana Tillman * Brett Traina * Aaron Vaughan * Stephanie Wall * Lindsey Weeks * Christopher Williams * Peter Woo

References

External links

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