Uncle Croc's Block (partially found ABC comedy series; 1975)
The show's title card.
Status: Partially Found
Uncle Croc's Block is a 30-minute live action/animated television series produced by Filmation, and broadcast on ABC in 1975–76.[1]
The show was a spoof of live kids' shows, with Charles Nelson Reilly playing the eponymous Uncle Croc, a crocodile that hated his job as the show's host. Also featured were Alfie Wise as his rabbit sidekick, Mr. Rabbit Ears, and Jonathan Harris as Basil Bitterbottom, the show-within-a-show's frustrated director. A motorcycle-riding bird named Koo Koo Knievel (a parody of stuntman Evel Knievel) popped out of a clock to announce when it was "Star Time", and a celebrity "guest" would appear.[2]
Animated segments include Fraidy Cat, Wacky and Packy, and M*U*S*H.
Episodes
Other than clips and the animated segments (all of the latter has been found on YouTube), the entirety of the show is lost.
| # | Episode Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Star is Corn | Lost |
| 2 | Bitterbottom’s Better Bargain | Lost |
| 3 | El Cheapo | Lost |
| 4 | Haunted House | Lost |
| 5 | Inferior Decorator | Lost |
| 6 | It’s Magic | Lost |
| 7 | Mr. Nice Guy | Lost |
| 8 | No Doze | Lost |
| 9 | Oh Unlucky Day | Lost |
| 10 | One Of Our Photo Albums is Missing | Lost |
| 11 | Overworked and Underpaid | Lost |
| 12 | The Big Switch | Lost |
| 13 | The Brat | Lost |
| 14 | The Secret Admirer | Lost |
| 15 | We Try Harder | Lost |
| 16 | You Have No Business in Show Business | Lost |
See Also
- Fraidy Cat (partially lost ABC animated comedy series; 1975)
- ToonHeads (partially lost Cartoon Network animation anthology series; 1992-2003)
- The Archie Comedy Hour (partially found song segments of CBS animated series based on comic book series; 1969-1970)
- Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids "Busted" (found uncensored version of episode of animated series; 1984)
- Will The Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down? (partially found animated series; 1970-1972)
- Bugzburg (lost cartoon spin-off of Pinochio pseudosequel; 1989)
- T'as l'Bonjour d'Albert (partially found Carlos segments from French dub of "Fat Albert & The Cosby Kids" animated series; 1985)
- Filmation's New Classics Collection (Lost Filmation's franchise of pseudosequels from disney movies;1985-1989)