Jabberwocky - Machines #J40

Date1972

Can DescriptionsJabberwocky J40 "Machines"

AbstractCarl and Trina introduce the episode, while Mr. Buchanan works on a new invention. Title sequence: ‘Jabberwocky’. Mr. B leads a group of children at the Worcester Science Center [Now the EcoTarium]. The children try using simple machines. The cast talks about inventors and fame. Dirty Frank imagines a world without various inventions. Animation of a caveman inventor. Dirty Frank and Mr. B talk about machines. Footage of Robert Goddard and people identified in narration as the “German Rocket Society” [Verein für Raumschiffahrt?], and other rockets propelled vehicles, including the Opel RAK 1 and a (nonfunctioning) jet pack.

OtherCredits: Cast: Carl Thoma, Joanne Sopko, Peter Johnson, Bob Prosky; Executive Producer: Fred Schilpp; Producer: Gail Frank; Director: Dave Gosey; Associate Producers: Carol Lawrence, Michele Connors; Writers: Dewey Bergman, Jr., Adam Villone, Fred Schilpp; Consultants: Jerome Kagan, Ph.D., Marshall Haith, Ph.D., Harvard Social Relations; Animation Director: Tom Jurkowski; Jabberwocky Theme: David Lucas; Special Thanks to Worcester Science Center