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'''''Puttnam's Prairie Emporium''''' is a half-hour Canadian children's television series created and produced by Bruce Edwards. | '''''Puttnam's Prairie Emporium''''' is a half-hour Canadian children's television series created and produced by Bruce Edwards. It originally debuted in Canada on CTV for two seasons from 1988 to 1990 with a total of 52 episodes were made, but it also aired in the United States on syndication.<ref>[http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84031170/1989-03-17/ed-1/seq-13.pdf The Journal, March 17, 1989 - Page 13.] Retrieved 05 Jul '17.</ref> The plot involved that when the daughter Ellen (Coral Crum) and grandchildren Katy (Brandie Mickleborough) and Mark (Jeremy Drummond) have moved in a long-standing general store run by eccentric owner Mr. Puttnam (George Alexander).<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puttnam%27s_Prairie_Emporium Puttnam's Prairie Emporium at Wikipedia.] Retrieved 24 Dec '15.</ref> | ||
The other cast of the show are Ivan (Billy Morton), a scientist who developed a Time Closet in the confines of the store, Caldicott C. Cat (voiced by John Wilson), a saxophone-playing cat who lived in a basket on the store's counter and Benjamin (voiced by Rosco Bell), a talking beefalo head hanging on the wall behind the counter. | The other cast of the show are Ivan (Billy Morton), a scientist who developed a Time Closet in the confines of the store, Caldicott C. Cat (voiced by John Wilson), a saxophone-playing cat who lived in a basket on the store's counter and Benjamin (voiced by Rosco Bell), a talking beefalo head hanging on the wall behind the counter. | ||
Sometimes in the | Sometimes in the 1990s, the master tapes were wiped by CKCK-TV. Only 7 episodes and a few minutes from one other are known to survive. | ||
According to [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQaHRsdoyOWdHSD3iAwM6Og John Wilson's daughter], | According to [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQaHRsdoyOWdHSD3iAwM6Og John Wilson's daughter], she claims that they have all 52 episodes on tape and has no intention of making them public.<ref>[http://puttnamspe.forumotion.net/t14-raging Puttnam Central forum thread.] Retrieved 24 Dec '15.</ref> | ||
==Episodes== | ==Episodes== | ||
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! '''Episode #''' !! '''Title''' !! '''Description''' !! '''Status''' | ! '''Episode #''' !! '''Title''' !! '''Description''' !! '''Status''' | ||
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| 1 || "Origins" || Ivan works with a fellow scientist. || <span style="color: | |1||"Origins" ([https://youtu.be/LXOF_jaU-II 1] <nowiki>|</nowiki> [https://youtu.be/Leb_4WHi6aY 2])||Ivan works with a fellow scientist.||<span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 2 || "Beefalo's Lament" || Benjamin the Beefalo Head bemoans his future on the wall. || <span style="color:red;">''' | |2||"Beefalo's Lament"||Benjamin the Beefalo Head bemoans his future on the wall.||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 3 || "The Time Closet" || Ivan's Time Closet accidentally sends Mark to 1905. || <span style="color:red;">''' | |3||"The Time Closet"||Ivan's Time Closet accidentally sends Mark to 1905.||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 4 || "Young Puttnam" || Ivan's time closet turns Puttnam into a 13-year-old. || <span style="color:red;">''' | |4||"Young Puttnam"||Ivan's time closet turns Puttnam into a 13-year-old.||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 5 || "The Reunion" || Ellen prepares for the arrival of the children's grandparents. || <span style="color:red;">''' | |5||"The Reunion"||Ellen prepares for the arrival of the children's grandparents.||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 6 || "Behind the Scenes" || Alistair Pinch reveals how the series is made. || <span style="color:red;">''' | |6||"Behind the Scenes"||Alistair Pinch reveals how the series is made.||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 7 || "Nothing But the Truth" || A time closet experiment forces everyone to tell the truth. || <span style="color:red;">''' | |7||"Nothing But the Truth"||A time closet experiment forces everyone to tell the truth.||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 8 || "Practical Jokes" || Mark gets carried away with his practical jokes. || <span style="color:red;">''' | |8||"Practical Jokes"||Mark gets carried away with his practical jokes.||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 9 || "He's a Wonderful Cat" || Caldicott meets his guardian angel. || <span style="color:red;">''' | |9||"He's a Wonderful Cat"||Caldicott meets his guardian angel.||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 10 || "No Time Like the Present" || Adult Mark visits from the future via the Time Closet. || <span style="color:red;">''' | |10||"No Time Like the Present"||Adult Mark visits from the future via the Time Closet.||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 11 || "The Christmas Visitor" || Ellen plans an old-fashioned Christmas. || <span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | |11||"The Christmas Visitor" ([https://youtu.be/u38OzmD-HD0 1] <nowiki>|</nowiki> [https://youtu.be/lC4i8pKR6Uw 2] <nowiki>|</nowiki> [https://youtu.be/zzTWjFn9kLE 3])||Ellen plans an old-fashioned Christmas.||<span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 12 || "The Election" || Mark runs for office at school. || <span style="color:red;">''' | |12||"The Election"||Mark runs for office at school.||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 13 || "Bloopers" || Dick Carp and Ed McMud present Emporium bloopers. || <span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | |13||"Bloopers" ([https://youtu.be/7goM6U5Luso 1] <nowiki>|</nowiki> [https://youtu.be/2&v=7PVUr-kH5CQ 2] <nowiki>|</nowiki> [https://youtu.be/m5dmAnJ-F5o 3])||Dick Carp and Ed McMud present Emporium bloopers.||<span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 14 || "Luther" || Ivan's overachieving brother visits. || <span style="color:red;">''' | |14||"Luther"||Ivan's overachieving brother visits.||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 15 || "Changes" || Ellen and her children come to live at the Emporium. || <span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | |15||"Changes" ([https://youtu.be/LXOF_jaU-II&t=4s 1] <nowiki>|</nowiki> [https://youtu.be/Leb_4WHi6aY 2])||Ellen and her children come to live at the Emporium.||<span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 16 || "The Chain Letter" || Ivan tears up a chain letter. || <span style="color:red;">''' | |16||"The Chain Letter"||Ivan tears up a chain letter.||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 17 || Unknown || Unknown || <span style="color:red;">''' | |17||Unknown||Unknown||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 18 || Unknown || Unknown || <span style="color:red;">''' | |18||Unknown||Unknown||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 19/20 || "The Time Blip" (Part 1/2) || Ivan tries to bring Katy back from the time blip. || <span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | |19/20||"The Time Blip" (Part 1/2) ([https://youtu.be/z8Lpp-BC7CM 1] <nowiki>|</nowiki> [https://youtu.be/NhRdMRNfB4k 2]) ||Ivan tries to bring Katy back from the time blip.||<span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 21 || Unknown || Unknown || <span style="color:red;">''' | |21||Unknown||Unknown||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 22 || "Dinosaur Time" || Caldicott concocts a dinosaur-raising scheme. || <span style="color:red;">''' | |22||"Dinosaur Time"||Caldicott concocts a dinosaur-raising scheme.||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 23 || "Origins" || Ivan and the professor time travel to discover origins for common things. || <span style="color:red;">''' | |23||"Origins"||Ivan and the professor time travel to discover origins for common things. ||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 24 || "Asking Questions" || Ivan decides to become a philosopher. || <span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | |24||"Asking Questions" ([https://youtu.be/XoUFH_uuf28 1] <nowiki>|</nowiki> [https://youtu.be/1&v=6_CiLVla3Jw 2] <nowiki>|</nowiki> [https://youtu.be/URAk1_sSb_4 3])||Ivan decides to become a philosopher.||<span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 25 || "The Dating Game" || Katy and Mark think Ellen has been spending too much time with a new beau. || <span style="color:red;">''' | |25||"The Dating Game"||Katy and Mark think Ellen has been spending too much time with a new beau.||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 26 || "Bumps in the Night" || Katy fears thunder and lightning. || <span style="color:red;">''' | |26||"Bumps in the Night"||Katy fears thunder and lightning.||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 27 || "Sparky" || Katy and Mark find an unusual pet. || <span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | |27||"Sparky" ([https://youtu.be/BNILTS5CaSE 1] <nowiki>|</nowiki> [https://youtu.be/01xBLlsDwVY 2] <nowiki>|</nowiki> [https://youtu.be/YFWfDKsVxOg 3])||Katy and Mark find an unusual pet.||<span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 28 || "Remember When" || Ivan's time camera reviews the past. || <span style="color:red;">''' | |28||"Remember When"||Ivan's time camera reviews the past.||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 29 || Unknown || Unknown || <span style="color:red;">''' | |29||Unknown||Unknown||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 30 || "The Promise" || Special episode concerns child abuse. || <span style="color:red;">''' | |30||"The Promise"||Special episode concerns child abuse.||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 31 || "Cycles" || Ivan's experiment produces an instructive tree. || <span style="color:red;">''' | |31||"Cycles"||Ivan's experiment produces an instructive tree.||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 32 || "Illusions" || Ivan shows how the senses can play tricks on you. || <span style="color:red;">''' | |32||"Illusions"||Ivan shows how the senses can play tricks on you.||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 33 || "Never Say Goodbye" || Katy's friend prepares to move to Edmonton. || <span style="color:red;">''' | |33||"Never Say Goodbye"||Katy's friend prepares to move to Edmonton.||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 34 || "King for a Very Long Day" || Mr. Puttnam leaves Mark in charge. || <span style="color:red;">''' | |34||"King for a Very Long Day"||Mr. Puttnam leaves Mark in charge.||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 35 || "If You | |35||"If You Could Be in My Shoes"||A magic spell causes everyone to switch bodies.||[https://youtu.be/8rSgkxxqFhI<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 36 || Unknown || Unknown || <span style="color:red;">''' | |36||Unknown||Unknown||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 37 || "Peace Talks" || A new store prompts a discussion about fights. || <span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | |37||"Peace Talks" ([https://youtu.be/MShUCmM79ak 1] <nowiki>|</nowiki> [https://youtu.be/5EBrqjwU9CI 2] <nowiki>|</nowiki> [https://youtu.be/MdeLdon5YuA 3])||A new store prompts a discussion about fights.||<span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 38 || "The Trunk" || Mark and a friend rummage through an old trunk. || <span style="color:red;">''' | |38||"The Trunk"||Mark and a friend rummage through an old trunk.||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 39 || "Dollars and Sense" || Caldicott receives a credit card in the mail. || <span style="color:red;">''' | |39||"Dollars and Sense"||Caldicott receives a credit card in the mail.||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 40 || "Black and White and Read Me All Over" || Katy is bored at the thought of reading. || <span style="color:red;">''' | |40||"Black and White and Read Me All Over"||Katy is bored at the thought of reading.||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 41 || "The UFO" || Ellen thinks she saw a UFO. || <span style="color:red;">''' | |41||"The UFO"||Ellen thinks she saw a UFO.||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 42 || "Changes Again" || Ellen accepts a new job and everyone prepares to move to Toronto. || <span style="color:red;">''' | |42||"Changes Again"||Ellen accepts a new job and everyone prepares to move to Toronto.||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 43 || "That's the Way Life Goes" || The children's father arrives with disturbing news. || <span style="color:red;">''' | |43||"That's the Way Life Goes"||The children's father arrives with disturbing news.||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 44 || "Trouble With Katy" || A genie grants Mark three wishes. || <span style="color:red;">''' | |44||"Trouble With Katy"||A genie grants Mark three wishes.||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 45 || "Everybody Makes Mistakes" || The Time Closet breaks down. || <span style="color:red;">''' | |45||"Everybody Makes Mistakes"||The Time Closet breaks down.||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 46 || "The Clown" || An alienated circus clown responds to the Help Wanted sign. || <span style="color:red;">''' | |46||"The Clown"||An alienated circus clown responds to the Help Wanted sign.||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 47 || Unknown || Unknown || <span style="color:red;">''' | |47||Unknown||Unknown||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 48 || "Mark's Big Brother" || Mark joins Big Brothers Association. || <span style="color:red;">''' | |48||"Mark's Big Brother"||Mark joins Big Brothers Association.||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 49 || Unknown || Unknown || <span style="color:red;">''' | |49||Unknown||Unknown||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 50 || "Call of the Wild" || Poachers kill Benjamin's friend. || <span style="color:red;">''' | |50||"Call of the Wild"||Poachers kill Benjamin's friend.||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 51 || "Heroes" || A down-on-his-luck superhero visits. || <span style="color: | |51||"Heroes"||A down-on-his-luck superhero visits.||[https://youtu.be/aBPUgwuQpmI<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 52 || "Career Moves" || The children ponder their futures. || <span style="color:red;">''' | |52||"Career Moves"||The children ponder their futures.||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
|} | |} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 18:09, 23 March 2022
Puttnam's Prairie Emporium is a half-hour Canadian children's television series created and produced by Bruce Edwards. It originally debuted in Canada on CTV for two seasons from 1988 to 1990 with a total of 52 episodes were made, but it also aired in the United States on syndication.[1] The plot involved that when the daughter Ellen (Coral Crum) and grandchildren Katy (Brandie Mickleborough) and Mark (Jeremy Drummond) have moved in a long-standing general store run by eccentric owner Mr. Puttnam (George Alexander).[2]
The other cast of the show are Ivan (Billy Morton), a scientist who developed a Time Closet in the confines of the store, Caldicott C. Cat (voiced by John Wilson), a saxophone-playing cat who lived in a basket on the store's counter and Benjamin (voiced by Rosco Bell), a talking beefalo head hanging on the wall behind the counter.
Sometimes in the 1990s, the master tapes were wiped by CKCK-TV. Only 7 episodes and a few minutes from one other are known to survive.
According to John Wilson's daughter, she claims that they have all 52 episodes on tape and has no intention of making them public.[3]
Episodes
Episode # | Title | Description | Status |
---|---|---|---|
1 | "Origins" (1 | 2) | Ivan works with a fellow scientist. | Found |
2 | "Beefalo's Lament" | Benjamin the Beefalo Head bemoans his future on the wall. | Lost |
3 | "The Time Closet" | Ivan's Time Closet accidentally sends Mark to 1905. | Lost |
4 | "Young Puttnam" | Ivan's time closet turns Puttnam into a 13-year-old. | Lost |
5 | "The Reunion" | Ellen prepares for the arrival of the children's grandparents. | Lost |
6 | "Behind the Scenes" | Alistair Pinch reveals how the series is made. | Lost |
7 | "Nothing But the Truth" | A time closet experiment forces everyone to tell the truth. | Lost |
8 | "Practical Jokes" | Mark gets carried away with his practical jokes. | Lost |
9 | "He's a Wonderful Cat" | Caldicott meets his guardian angel. | Lost |
10 | "No Time Like the Present" | Adult Mark visits from the future via the Time Closet. | Lost |
11 | "The Christmas Visitor" (1 | 2 | 3) | Ellen plans an old-fashioned Christmas. | Found |
12 | "The Election" | Mark runs for office at school. | Lost |
13 | "Bloopers" (1 | 2 | 3) | Dick Carp and Ed McMud present Emporium bloopers. | Found |
14 | "Luther" | Ivan's overachieving brother visits. | Lost |
15 | "Changes" (1 | 2) | Ellen and her children come to live at the Emporium. | Found |
16 | "The Chain Letter" | Ivan tears up a chain letter. | Lost |
17 | Unknown | Unknown | Lost |
18 | Unknown | Unknown | Lost |
19/20 | "The Time Blip" (Part 1/2) (1 | 2) | Ivan tries to bring Katy back from the time blip. | Found |
21 | Unknown | Unknown | Lost |
22 | "Dinosaur Time" | Caldicott concocts a dinosaur-raising scheme. | Lost |
23 | "Origins" | Ivan and the professor time travel to discover origins for common things. | Lost |
24 | "Asking Questions" (1 | 2 | 3) | Ivan decides to become a philosopher. | Found |
25 | "The Dating Game" | Katy and Mark think Ellen has been spending too much time with a new beau. | Lost |
26 | "Bumps in the Night" | Katy fears thunder and lightning. | Lost |
27 | "Sparky" (1 | 2 | 3) | Katy and Mark find an unusual pet. | Found |
28 | "Remember When" | Ivan's time camera reviews the past. | Lost |
29 | Unknown | Unknown | Lost |
30 | "The Promise" | Special episode concerns child abuse. | Lost |
31 | "Cycles" | Ivan's experiment produces an instructive tree. | Lost |
32 | "Illusions" | Ivan shows how the senses can play tricks on you. | Lost |
33 | "Never Say Goodbye" | Katy's friend prepares to move to Edmonton. | Lost |
34 | "King for a Very Long Day" | Mr. Puttnam leaves Mark in charge. | Lost |
35 | "If You Could Be in My Shoes" | A magic spell causes everyone to switch bodies. | Found |
36 | Unknown | Unknown | Lost |
37 | "Peace Talks" (1 | 2 | 3) | A new store prompts a discussion about fights. | Found |
38 | "The Trunk" | Mark and a friend rummage through an old trunk. | Lost |
39 | "Dollars and Sense" | Caldicott receives a credit card in the mail. | Lost |
40 | "Black and White and Read Me All Over" | Katy is bored at the thought of reading. | Lost |
41 | "The UFO" | Ellen thinks she saw a UFO. | Lost |
42 | "Changes Again" | Ellen accepts a new job and everyone prepares to move to Toronto. | Lost |
43 | "That's the Way Life Goes" | The children's father arrives with disturbing news. | Lost |
44 | "Trouble With Katy" | A genie grants Mark three wishes. | Lost |
45 | "Everybody Makes Mistakes" | The Time Closet breaks down. | Lost |
46 | "The Clown" | An alienated circus clown responds to the Help Wanted sign. | Lost |
47 | Unknown | Unknown | Lost |
48 | "Mark's Big Brother" | Mark joins Big Brothers Association. | Lost |
49 | Unknown | Unknown | Lost |
50 | "Call of the Wild" | Poachers kill Benjamin's friend. | Lost |
51 | "Heroes" | A down-on-his-luck superhero visits. | Partially Found |
52 | "Career Moves" | The children ponder their futures. | Lost |
References
- ↑ The Journal, March 17, 1989 - Page 13. Retrieved 05 Jul '17.
- ↑ Puttnam's Prairie Emporium at Wikipedia. Retrieved 24 Dec '15.
- ↑ Puttnam Central forum thread. Retrieved 24 Dec '15.