The afternoon would start off with Wishbone, a show about a highly intelligent and literate Jack Russel Terrier who has many daydreams about classic literature. He could talk and be heard by humans in his imagination, but not in real life. He would imagine himself as these characters from stories, and it was educational because it explained the plot of the stories. It had a catchy, pun-heavy theme song, and the dog was cute in the hundreds of little costumes they dressed him in..
The next show on was Ghostwriter, a show about a group of kids that solve mysteries with the help of a ghost that can write. The kids can read his messages, but no one else can. Although it is all about a ghost that reads, it seems like the show is more designed to teach critical thinking and problem solving.
Bill Nye The Science Guy was the third show on after school. This was an awesome show that taught science and made it fun. We were lucky when they showed Bill Nye in school. The show had a lot of wacky humor to make the concepts understandable to kids, and each show ended with a music video that was a parody of a song with scientific lyrics. Enjoy this clip from the show:
Finally, there was Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?, a geography game show about catching the criminal Carmen Sandiego and her many henchmen. The show was exciting because of the detective agency theme, but also because of the band Rockapella, who created a very catchy theme song.
That wrapped up the afternoon kids programming on PBS. There was a show about math, but I never watched it. It was never my strong subject, and it was always dinnertime by the time that show came on.
I've been watching PBS since I was four or five, starting with Sesame Street, Reading Rainbow and Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood. I still watch History Detectives, Nova, Frontline, Nature, and Antiques Roadshow all the time. It makes me a little grateful that we never had cable when I was a kid, or I might have overlooked it.
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