The Gobble Project : Intro and Miss Peach of Kelly School

 As a kid, I really geared up for the holidays internally.  There was a sense of anticipation that began in mid-October and ran until New Year's Day.  When I reminisce on it, I get a warm fuzzy feeling, and visual images that aren't unlike being pulled into a time machine with the air swirling with Life Saver's Books, Holiday Specials, and the smell of Turkey.  

Nothing exists like bringing all those family members together.  As I got older, the heartwarming nostalgia became even stronger as family members began to live further apart and the re-connection created a real strong heartstring pull.  Besides family connecting and the dinners, the TV Special was a huge deal as a child of the 70's.  With the advent of cable and the addition of streaming, television has become so watered down, it's hard to know what's on, much less when.  This was not the case in those days.

   

Now, mind your reactions, the explosions of channels has caused cable services to really have to work at it to create a quality product to bring in and sustain an audience.  Quality has suddenly become a commonality, if you want people to watch what you're making.  Cable saved us from the onslaught of endless trashy reality shows, and streaming returned the cinematic feel to television.  

Still there's something to be found in the network and syndicated originals of the 70's.  Before frickin' Survivor and American Idol came along and ruined scripted material by washing it away. 

I was a huge reader of the comic strip in the Sunday papers.  Miss Peach was one of my faves as there was great wisecracking humor from the kids, and some nice life lessons that could be derived. 

Miss Peach made a minimized leap to television with some slight regularity and the occasional holiday specials.  My fave being Miss Peach and the Turkey Raffle. It aired at least once on WFLD 32 out of Chicago on Thanksgiving Day, and to see those characters come to life from newsprint to puppetry (Miss Peach was live action however herself) was kind of a revelation.  Here's a little history on how that happened: Flexitoon

I don't remember it with great clarity, but I couldn't wait to watch it.  And it carries with it a great air of nostalgia to this day.