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Thanks for the memories!!❤❤

I also watched The Friendly Giant, though since I was born in 1984, I most likely saw reruns (I'd like to think that at the time, they were recent reruns), I loved that show ♥ I did read stories over the years about the cancellation, budget cuts and whatnot, not sure if that's true as I can't find them now, it'd be a shame if it were because of some fool thinking kids programming wasn't worth investing in.. Bob Homme, the guy who played The Friendly Giant, was given the Order of Canada, so I'd like to think the guy got some love ♥

Loved watching The Friendly Giant as a kid & young adult. Still kind of 1/2 to see it air on CBC weekday mornings. Didn't it come on around 10-10:30.

Damn.....I'm old.

When I used to watch this, it was in color, not black & white.

I used to watch this on NET (National Educational Television) in B&W in the US.

When our local NET [National Educational Television] station, today a PBS station, first went on the air, in 1963, in Wilmington Delaware, WHYY-TV, they aired the Friendly Giant just before their local newscast. I remember catching the tail end of the program waiting for the news. I didn't realize it was a CBC program. He had that Mr. Rogers calm and gentle personality before Mr. Rogers did on American TV.

My favourite!!

Pure gangsta shit

I used to watch The Friendly Giant a long time ago when I was a lot younger, I liked it. :)

LOVED that show. Was born in 1964......so yeah, i started to watched that show and for some reason, i was just taken by this show. And i was looking Waaayyyy Up😍. Loved it when hé would place those roching chair in front of that foyer.......so many Wonder full memories

The format of Friendly Giant didn’t change much during its run. It was a comforting, timeless and reliable one - and a testament to the old truism, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”

Your making me cry..

I watched The Friendly Giant W-a-a-a-y Back in 63-64, then we moved away. My earliest childhood.

Vintage CBC, eh?

I was in northern ontario at the time. 2 tv stations, lol, one in english, one in french. The "must have" instrument at the time was a recorder. 😍🥰

It just occurred to me that Rusty was a monster chicken.

I thought I had remembered all my childhood idols. Sally Starr, Pixanne, Gene London, Uncle Pete, Wee Willy and Happy the Clown. But this show I had completely forgotten about. What a flashback I just had. Thank you for uploading this wonderful video.

Thank you for posting this. I loved this show when I was a child. When I was home sick my mom would let me lay on the couch and watch this show. I love the opening of the show and the friendly giant himself. They just don't make shows like this anymore😢

Did they save these on video? There's obviously a market for them!

I remember watching this on PBS KCET, Channel 28 , Los Angeles in the late 1960s and early 1970s.👍

Lovely memories- lucky to be a Canadian kid and watch this

I used to see this playing on Channel 13 in New York City back when I was a young cub living in Brooklyn in the late 50's early 60's provided or black & white portable TV set wasn't in the shop. Arund 1965-66 when we were getting ready to move from Brooklyn I was kind of sad because I knew I'd miss the old neighborhood when we left and I would watch this show in the afternoons as it would help to cheer me up. At that time I felt that the show was mainly meant for children younger than I, but I still enjoyed it and would watch it every day. Seeing these old clips brings back many fond memories of those days when worries and troubles were few ad there were nice shows like this to keep you company.

0:14, is that Alex Lifeson from Rush?

Watched this on channel 9 Windsor Ontario, in Detroit !

Best kids show ever!!!

Can someone answer me this: I am positive that when I was younger there was an episode of Mr. Dressup that worked as a crossover with The Friendly Giant. Casey and Finnegan fell asleep and dreamed they were on The Friendly Giant. Does anyone have a copy of that episode or clip?

I've got goosebumps. Grew up on the Freindly Giant in the early 60's, Im sure it molded my nature for the good. I still play the simple tune on the piano when I need a fix of peace. My mom sang the song, will have to ask her if she still remembers it. I sure do.

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Wow, brings me back to another time.

I miss Howard the turtle.

I was a cameraman on this show about 1962,

I ran across this by accident on PBS and looked for it here. Ah....sigh. I now totally remember watching this on TV when I was a child in the (shhhh...she looks around and whispers) 50s. It brings back a feeling of happiness and calm.

What a nice looking show.

...Many FOND memories when I was little....A True Classic Children's show......Unlike the Garbage of today...

I watched this when I was little. I still love this. Brings back memories of time with my mother and I drinking enjoying milk and cookies together. I loved my child hood.

I only watched Friendly after its production switched to color. Unlike the high concept, flashy shows that my niece and nephew now watch, the stuff that I watched back then were low key, imaginative, and didn't rely on fluff and puff to be popular. I still learned a lot.

I only watched Friendly after its production switched to color. Unlike the high concept, flashy shows that my niece and nephew now watch, the stuff that I watched back then were low key, imaginative, and didn't rely on fluff and puff to be popular. I still learned a lot.

I claim BS I've never seen a humidifier you could remove any part of that won't drop & being that I've had two strokes and can't walk smoothly I can say without question- I don't buy that this is as maintenance free as it claims

There is no other children's show that was as original as The Friendly Giant. I truly believed he was a giant had a castle and had cats a rooster and a giraffe as friends.

This show wasn't available where I grew up, but when my daughter was little, I stopped whateverI was doing and watched it with her every morning. It really was a good show. It exposed kids to good music, good books, and kindness.

This was a great show. The man who did this show said he paced the show to help kids build their attention spans. It was something he did with his own kids. I remember watching this when I was way outside the target demographic. It was a sweet show. Done by a man that obviously loved kids. He never did any public appearances. He wanted to maintain the illusion. He was a good man.

"What a nice children's show! I used to watch it back in 60's on CKLW from Windsor, ONT. Just a nice show that had no agendas or indoctrination about anything. Letting kids be kids and using their imaginations. Too bad the world today is jaded & cynical and kids today seem to be 6 going on 38." That's how I feel about it as well.

WTF are you talking about

This is so endearing for me-I loved watching the show as a young child in the mid to late 1960s. I found out decades later that one my Dad's best friends, and whom I was named after, the late Doug Davidson, was Producer/Director of the show from 1960-1965. This old clip brought tears to my eyes. I remember my Mom staying home all day and I would watch TFG-she would then watch Elwood Glover's Luncheon Date-anybody remember that?

ok please tell e when this show started and then endned?

wow...out of the blue today I thought of this old favorite show and found it hear, does this ever take me back...I loved these!!!!

I was just reading on Wiki that TFG stopped being telecast in the US when NET became PBS. Why was that and is this the only pre 1980's piece from the show?

Was that the last episode of Friendly Giant?

This, Sesame Street, and Mr. Dressup were my go to shows as a kid. Thank you for the nostalgia.