We have surpassed 100 subscribers! What do you guys want as a reward? I was thinking maybe we could do a live stream together and watch some old shows. Let me know what you think!
thank you so much for making this video! smile of a child was a channel i had on satellite, and was only one of two kids channels i had for a good chunk of my early years so it means a lot to see someone touching on such a niche!
Justices for Auto-B-Good.😔 I will always remember that one time in art class where the teacher asked If we wanted to watch something while we work. Then some student proceed to play an episode of Auto-B-Good, best hour of my fourth grade year.
I’m glad I’m not the only person who knew what this channel was. I watched both smile and qubo equally a lot during my childhood, and as for my favorite program from smile, I would probably have to say superbook was my favorite(the old anime one, not the modern cgi show) and that’s just because I’m a sucker for old anime art styles. Also, Larryboy was the best thing to be invented by man. Period.
Oh goodness. I remember about 90% of these shows, and I can’t believe how many I had forgotten. 😅 iShine Knect was a favorite for my brother and I. We really wanted to watch, but never really liked any of the disney channel sitcoms, and when we found this, we thought it was just the coolest thing since sliced bread. We were like "It's like a Disney sitcom but it's actually good?! And has catchy music?! * gasp *" One thing I would like to point out is that Rock Kids TV is actually a newer show that began airing in early 2016. (Possibly late 2015) It's actually a spin-off that was a last attempt to save a dying series. The original two series that it was based on were called GodRocks! and GodRocks! Bibletoons respectively, and were about a group of talking rocks that told Bible stories and turned Bible verses into songs. The original 3d animated series, GodRocks!, first aired in 2005 with the final episode airing in late 2008. The 2d animated "reboot", GodRocks! Bibletoons, first aired in mid 2009 and ran until Rock Kids TV showed up in 2015-2016. I'm not 100% certain on all the air dates, but this is just a rough history. The GodRocks! band often seen in the two shows and Rock kids, was a real band that consisted of the voice actors for the main characters, and went on tours until 2011. They stopped producing Rock Kids in 2018 I believe, when the two completely irreplaceable members (the ones that basically founded it) had a kid and left the band. GodRocks! and its crippling obscurity is the reason I created my channel to begin with. It is absolutely my most favorite show of all time and I want other people to find and enjoy what I consider the best show ever. I remember I was so infuriated when I found out that the two GR! series were replaced by the weird amalgamation that is Rock Kids TV. If you are interested, I have every episode GodRocks! Bibletoons currently on my channel. I do own the original 3d animated series on dvd, but I haven’t yet found a way to get those on to YT that doesn’t require me to film my tv screen. XD Here are a couple other shows that I can remember that were not listed in the vid: Pahappahooie Island (I think that's how you spell it)- A show about a group of puppets who live in the jungle and learn social skills Charlie Church Mouse- A really weird mix of live action, puppets, and bad 3d animation, meant to teach about prayer and social skills Ewe Know- A 2d animated show that teaches bible lessons by using the analogy of a flock of sheep and their Good Shepherd Carlos the Caterpillar- A 3d animated hispanic show that teaches social skills Bug Time Adventures- A 2d animated show about bugs that live through Bible stories -Some live-action science show featuring a professor and his assistant Artzooka- A live-action arts and crafts show based around this guy crafting things in his basement. This one was also on Qubo Bj's Teddybear Bible stories- A 2d animated show for 2-5 year olds about a teddybear that read Bible stories Monster Truck Adventures- A 3d animated show about monster truck kids learning life/moral lessons Big Garage- A (British I think) claymation show about a group of taxi cars who learn social/moral lessons Cowboy Dan's Frontier- A live-action show featuring a real cowboy named Dan who teaches about agriculture and life/moral lessons. (I have actually talked to him in real life. He is an amazing person!) Auto B Good- A 3d animated show about vehicles that learn life/moral lessons There’s prolly more I have forgotten, but these were most of the shows that I watched and really liked. Honestly, I still enjoy quite a few of them to this day, but now that I am much, much older, I find that some of them are just......ah, not good. 😅 Thank you for mentioning Cherub Wings! That show was absolutely horrible and terrifying. The questions of what were they on when they animated that, and why was it popular enough to get a spanish dub are beyond me.
Godrocks!!! Of course!!!!!! I knew RockTv didn't feel right. I definitely will be rewatching some of those episodes. Charlie the Churchmouse is mentioned in the video, I just used a PeanutButterGamer clip from his video talking about it becahse I thought it would be funny. Do you just remember these shows, or was there a list you were able to find that I couldn't?
@@crabfinated These are mostly shows I remember, however, I did spend a lot of time looking through the show list on the wayback machine in 2019 whilst trying to find a way to watch GodRocks! episodes.
Came here to comment this- thanks for mentioning some of the ones that were missed! There's also Colby's Clubhouse (Christian Barney before Barney with a very 80s titular robot), St. Bear's Dolls Hospital (more puppets! but in a doll hospital setting), and The Huggabug Club (puppet suits and two once-famous sitcom actress sisters and obligatory group of kids). SoaC was a big part of my childhood along with Qubo and I immediately clicked on this video when I saw it in my recommended because not a lot of people have talked about it! Wikipedia has a more comprehensive list of all the shows and is easier to access than trying to scour the way back machine :) So many of the songs in these shows are earworms that stick with me to this day- the Fruit of the Spirit song from God Rocks, one particular song from Dooley and Pals about "do what Dooley says to do," the iShine Knect theme song, the Faithville theme song (a cover of Accentuate the Positive by Bing Crosby), the Miss Charity's Diner theme song (fun fact: the show is in the same universe as Faithville)...I could go on for awhile :)
When I was a kid, I was growing up watching veggietales (I watch larryboy at my grandma's house when we were playing monopoly, one at the church from the school supplies, and at goodwill); which sure I love this show so much 😅
I also watch some shows that I seen before,like that one christian show with the animals(I don't know what it was) and the zula one(which I didn't know that was also a Christian show)
i was watching a different video but when i saw this in my recommendations, i stopped dead to watch it because i IMMEDIATELY recognized the alien in the thumbnail because i vaguely recall seeing it on TLC as a very young child but i did not remembered the name. well after years, i know it’s called dooley and pals and i thank you for unintentionally solving my years long search for this unidentified show! and also really good video in general! 💖
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed. I really have been making these videos because I feel the same way. I always feel like I'm losing my mind until I learn these shows weren't a fever dream
Dooley and Pals?? Okay, I wasn't expecting that at all. I still remember that one episode where there was a character who was telling tall tales, only to be scared by like some 12-foot tall jester or something. You wouldn't happen to know what episode that was, would you? Or was it just a fever dream? :'D
I LOVED this program as a child. I was hooked on almost all the shows including VeggieTales (shoutout to Big Idea for giving us an iconic masterpiece), but there was one show in particular that was probably never heard of and it aired every once in a while. Don't worry, it's 100% real, I ain't making this up. The show was called Storyteller Café and it was this show that took place in a Café where the toys that are sitting on the shelf come to life and re-enact Bible stories. It was like Christian Toy Story and I loved it! The chill, Peanuts-esque jazz music in the background, the creative ways to re-enact Bible stories while trying to be appropriately accurate to where it was the real deal, but for kids to understand, and the toys came to life they had amazing personalities! Anyone curious can look it up.
I loved smile of a child when i was younger and I remember almost all of these shows lol. It even introduced me to “Little women” with the anime they had.
Oh my god I remember this! Back when I was little we didn’t have cable, so I used to watch this. My family wasn’t too religious, and we didn’t go to church and stuff, but they still would put this on for me because they noticed I used to watch this a lot
i found this channel from the qubo vid. I had no idea that anyone outside of the pentecostal church i grew up in knew what smile of a child was!!! I feel seen😂🩷
the one show that i VIVIDLY remember watching on smile of a child is St Bear's Dolls Hospital. I think I remember it bc it was so weird to me but I watched it when I went to my grandparents house when I was little. I don't remember any of the other shows I watched but I remember the bumpers between them for some reason.
Thank you for all the shows in one video. There are a lot of shows from Smile of a Child I loved but I could only remember like one scene and I couldn't remember the name of most of the shows so this was really nostalgic and helpful!
Saying "Christians & anime don't mix" is kinda like saying "Christians & rock music don't mix." Some anime series have themes which contradict Christianity; Christians, generally, won't watch those, but most other shows are, generally, ok. A show based around Bible stories is almost 100% going to be accepted. After all, over 90% of U.S. residents were Christians in the 60's, & "Speed Racer" was still a big success.
I was raised in an uber-religious household, around lots of other Christians. I'm also in various Christian groups. One of the BIGGEST things that Christians hate is anime, because they think it's all sinful. The whole 'pokemon is demonic' was a big thing in the 90's. It's mostly 90's and current Christians that have the major issues. I'm glad you haven't had to deal with those kind of people, though!
@@crabfinated I was too, & still am part of one. If I were to generalize from my experience, I'd say Christians don't like Bible-based shows, since said movies are rarely accurate to the text. (That's why I said a "A show based around Bible stories is almost 100% going to be accepted,," instead of "A show based around Bible stories is 100% going to be accepted.") Be careful when generalizing; your experience may not match everyone else's. Most Christians listened to Rock, even in the 70's when it was controversial, since Rock was a major part of the industry in a mostly-Christian nation. Most Christians watched Pokémon, even when it was controversial, since Pokémon was a major success in a mostly Christian nation. And most Christians watched Bible-based films, since said films were successful in a mostly-Christian nation. I made a page trying to answer most of the questions about Pokémon, by the way: websitering.neocities.org/pkmn/controvercy
Again, I'm so very happy that that's been your experience. I asked a few Christians I know at work and all of them said "yeah Christians hate anime." It's a very big thing. I live in Ohio, so maybe it's just the more rural areas that have this problem, but it's widespread around here. I am glad you've been raised in a very accepting section of Christians. :)
@@crabfinated Grew up in the Bible Belt. Definitely were some shows I couldn't watch, but the focus was always on what happened on those shows; I don't recall any lessons about the evils of Rock, or Rap, or Anime. Don't mind that some shows were off limits; some things just aren't for kids, or are bad influences in general. Of course, one must decide what is bad before one decides what a bad influence is. I remember Pokémon being controversial, but I don't remember anyone actually doing anything about it. I heard of some folks having to get rid of cards & things, but I never witnessed it myself, & the series was so pervasive, it's hard to believe the controversy represented the majority's opinion. As for anime... I don't think most folks in my area knew what anime was till about a year or two after Pokemon, Digimon, & Monster Rancher were released. Hard to ban something if you don't know what it is! :) If I remember right, most of the anime shows on TBS were dubbed in the late 80's or early 90's, before anime become well-known to mainstream audiences & controversial.
@@stillbuyvhs That's a really good point. If you don't know about it, you can't ban it. Now your points make a lot more sense! I grew up in a household where my dad threw away my My Little Pony toys, my Pokemon cards, and banned us from most video games because they were demonic. My mom also banned Barbie's. We were ALL too aware here in Ohio, and so we went to far the other way.
I can already tell I’m gonna love this video. I watched this channel growing up. While some of the shows were decent most here boring or creepy to me. Also you gotta love a video about obscure channels or tv channels in general.
Yes, NFL buffs, the version of _Heidi_ that aired on Smile of a Child was the one that caused a stir in the television broadcast world upon its premiere on NBC in 1968. During its first forty minutes on the air, the Oakland Raiders scored two touchdowns at the last minute to defeat the visiting New York Jets 43-32, and the final score of the game (which ran on the same network on the same day) was displayed in the middle of a scene in which Heidi's paralyzed cousin, Clara, took her first, slow steps.
It's almost Christmas, and you know what happens two days after Christmas? I turn 17 years old! Your videos have been so amazing. You're my number one favorite RUclipsr and I have been so glad to discover your videos this summer. Hey, if you come to think about it, maybe make a birthday special for me about Skillet! They're one of my favorite bands (and one of my favorite Christian bands) IN MY OPINION!!!!!!! Thank you thank you thank you @crabfinated////
@@crabfinated Because I sent you the lyrics a while ago, I want you to sing Hero. I think it's a certified banger because it refers to Jesus, as the lyrics say "I've got a hero living in me"
Im going through everything i can i find of this channel to find one show i vaguely remember. Ive been trying to find it for years. All I can remember from it was like a purple blob and the episode i constantly think of was one about the wizard of oz. But instead of it being wizard they replaced it with wizzal or something like that i dont know how to spell what ever it was. But through out the whole episode they would sing " were off to see the wizzal the wonder wizzal of oz" in like a really bad voice. I dont know if it was on SMILE or not but i swear i remember it being there. But this was like around the 2010's and i cant remember that far back. Please help me figure out what it is. Cause i randomly hear that damn little song in my head every now and have been trying to find where it came from for years😢 (sorry for any typos, but typing for a bit and dont wanna read throught it. Hopefully its readable)
I remember watching Lambchop's Play-A-Long, Waldo Kitty, The Mighty Hercules, 3-2-1 Penguins, Mr. Magoo, Harvey Toons(Casper, Baby Huey, etc.), The Archies, Roger Ramjet, the Dick Tracy shorts, and Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids on the channel when it was known as KTV! And yes the channel did air Non-Christian shows at one point!
You DEFINITELY need to make a video on Whirl! It's actually kinda good, despite 90% of the episodes only being 3/4½ minutes long. It's on Sparkhouse Family's RUclips page That, and this other show from 2004-2006 called Hugglers, since it aired on Smile of a Child on 2010, I believe. The Hugglers is about a live action Sunday school teacher named Ms. Sara, and her students; Freddi the teddy bear, Burt the frog, Chip the monkey, Rollie the rhinoceros, and Wanda-Boo the bat who doesn't talk, but draws pictures instead. And no, there are no puppets. There's only three episodes made; the "holiday special" which is actually the first, which is a two-parter about the birth of Jesus and the Wisemen and Shepherds giving baby Jesus gifts, the "first adventure" which is actually the second episode, that's about the good Samaritan parable where the kids get impatient over figuring out what Sara's surprise was by bullying Wanda-Boo (spoilers: the surprise is the Friendship Festival), and finally, their "second adventure" a.k.a. the third and last episode where it's about Jesus blessing the little kids and the plot is about the Hugglers convincing themselves that they're too young to do anything important for the Friendship Festival until they encounter Jesus. The Hugglers DVDs are available to buy on eBay, and I just wanna let you know that the actress who played Ms. Sara, Sue Rogers, is now a teacher for Mohawk College where she's an animation and animation writing professor, plus I spoke with one of the creators of the show! He shared me some information about the show that I'm sure you won't mind me sharing to you, he still looks back fondly on the production of it and how well it turned out in the end. So, you should totally make a video on Whirl and Hugglers, cuz I'm excited about you finding out a lot of stuff about them, like the lost Whirl pilot from 2013 and stuff like that! Also Hugglers is lost media as of right now :')
I am a HUGE fan of LarryBoy: The Cartoon Adventures. I love the fact that Larry works as a janitor for the Daily Bumble, the same with Bob. In the intro, Alfred gets a warning on his calculations: "CONSIDERED ARMLESS AND DANGEROUS". Armless makes sense because the Veggies are without arms or legs. Instead, they bounce
Oh waw I remembered Jay Jay but I totally forgot about Superbook! What I remember most about Smile of a Child was the “Ad Break” message with the jack in the box. This channel was both sensually exhilarating (not like that) and unnerving to my toddler brain.
I remember watching this channel when I was little… I always saw it as.. like Christian PBS kids… which was weird because JJ the jet plane, which is still airing on smile use the air on PBS kids
I remember since I watched This channel And guess what I tried to think what is that tv channel is But since it's already been like years ago I finally know what it is.
i like this video despite never viewing SOAC before but ik it must have been a fun channel but i do know about qubo and how it had shows like the davincibles,but i do remember watching donkey ollie and i felt rlly bad for him when the other donkeys made fun of him. But im really glad that the young girl saved him.
I have never heard of smile child but I do remember a bit of qubo! I remember thinking it was pretty cool tho I was very little and the only shows I remember off the top of my head are one with characters I think called chirp cheep and quack. And this other one I remember much less other than everything was square and part of the themes on was "all the world is square" I know the first one was great, don't remember the other one
I watched smile of a child 24/7 when I was younger and I remember almost EVERYTHING about the shows and what time it came on in the UK (Smile of a child runs on American time zone so bb bedtime would be playing at night but in the UK it would be playing at 4AM) My favourite was God Rocks and I used to HATE veggietales for some reason (except larryboy cartoon adventures that would come on at 2AM) I used to stay up till 1AM to watch Ishine knect and wake up at 4AM on Thursday for cubby cubbies I used to watch donkey ollie every time it came on before school on Tuesday and Thursday) same for Bugtime Adventures(Wednesday) Adventures and Knock knock show (Monday and Friday) For some reason RockidsTv took over GodRocks in 2013 I don’t know why though Also little women and swiss family robinson are animes that were on smile of a child swiss family robinson would come on around 16PM or 2AM depending what day it is (I remember watching little women in winter and I remember swiss family robinson came on at 2AM) However smile of a child has changed a lot not for the best in my opinion I honestly prefer it before they changed it to Smile. I haven’t watched it since 2021 (I remembered Smile of a child and I decided to download the TBN app to watch it) because after a week TBN did a thing where I have to pay to continue using the app The schedule on their new website isn’t accurate anymore because it would say next playing Rockids TV and instead it would play something completely different They also took down LOTS of other amazing shows to new ones e.g 321 Penguins And to be honest I’m not surprised on the new website they have a shows that they don’t play but keep it there for show they did that on their old website Ryan defrates (I watched it RUclips) Seakids, Whirl (I watched it RUclips), the RUclips vlog thing (I saw the trailer and I didn’t like it) and Topsy Turvry are new shows that came on Smile probably around 2021 (2022 for Whirl and Ryan defrates because I saw it slowly getting uploaded on RUclips ) EDIT: I forgot about my favourite tv show paphooey island. Best show I watched ever!! Its an underrated show that the full episodes can be only found on internet archive, it’s really cool the songs are catchy. And there was a show called Lassie it was in black and white don’t remember much about it though
Does anyone know the one with the dog who was an orphan was taken care of by a small animal and he was following Jesus ?!! It was a group of dogs i think
I forgot about Smile of Child that was childhood at Grandma Margaret house it was weird and nice ngl but the shows were Veggietales Carlos Caterpillar Zula Patrol God Rock Colbys Clubhouse, U Auto B Good and the Singing woman who played piano or organ with puppets idk TBN was nice too lol 🙃
Connect: Becky and Todd's Bible Adventures looks like an Angela Anaconda ripoff...of all the things to rip off...WHY WOULD YOU CHOOSE ANGELA ANACONDA?! At least pick a better show, is all I'm saying 😂😂😂
Hello, @crabfinated! Try to guess THIS next song! "If we're gonna fly, we fly like eagles/Arms out wide/ If we're gonna fear, we fear no evil/We will rise/ By Your power, we will go/By Your spirit, we are bold
I never watched smile if a child as a kid, but I had hermie and friends on DVD I got for a baptism as a kid AND OMG I DIDNT KNOW WHAT IT WAS CLALLED THAT IMAGE JOGGED MY BRAIN
We have surpassed 100 subscribers! What do you guys want as a reward? I was thinking maybe we could do a live stream together and watch some old shows. Let me know what you think!
you can tell that a lot of effort goes into these videos. keep up the great work! 🎉
@@XFlare17 aww, thank you!
I think either a Qubo or a Smile of a Child Tier List would be a fun video and a great conversation starter!
Should I do a live tier list or a prerecorded one?
@@crabfinated a live one would be good, but a prerecorded one would be fabulous!
@@crabfinatedwell a combination will be a veggietales mickey farm and jay jay the jet plane are also on qubo and smile
thank you so much for making this video! smile of a child was a channel i had on satellite, and was only one of two kids channels i had for a good chunk of my early years so it means a lot to see someone touching on such a niche!
Same for me! I remember Bibleman as most of being a little kid. I make fun of it with all the love in my heart haha
Justices for Auto-B-Good.😔
I will always remember that one time in art class where the teacher asked If we wanted to watch something while we work. Then some student proceed to play an episode of Auto-B-Good, best hour of my fourth grade year.
I will make a video on Auto B Good just for you ❤
@@crabfinated How did I only just see this, my notifications are turned on and everything. I hate YT so much.
@@Fandum_plant I've been hearing that a lot, lately! RUclips is just falling apart. Haha
No offense, but that show was mid
I’m glad I’m not the only person who knew what this channel was. I watched both smile and qubo equally a lot during my childhood, and as for my favorite program from smile, I would probably have to say superbook was my favorite(the old anime one, not the modern cgi show) and that’s just because I’m a sucker for old anime art styles. Also, Larryboy was the best thing to be invented by man. Period.
The Larryboy cartoon series was so unnecessarily good. Even the themesong rocked
Oh goodness. I remember about 90% of these shows, and I can’t believe how many I had forgotten. 😅 iShine Knect was a favorite for my brother and I. We really wanted to watch, but never really liked any of the disney channel sitcoms, and when we found this, we thought it was just the coolest thing since sliced bread. We were like "It's like a Disney sitcom but it's actually good?! And has catchy music?! * gasp *"
One thing I would like to point out is that Rock Kids TV is actually a newer show that began airing in early 2016. (Possibly late 2015) It's actually a spin-off that was a last attempt to save a dying series. The original two series that it was based on were called GodRocks! and GodRocks! Bibletoons respectively, and were about a group of talking rocks that told Bible stories and turned Bible verses into songs. The original 3d animated series, GodRocks!, first aired in 2005 with the final episode airing in late 2008. The 2d animated "reboot", GodRocks! Bibletoons, first aired in mid 2009 and ran until Rock Kids TV showed up in 2015-2016. I'm not 100% certain on all the air dates, but this is just a rough history. The GodRocks! band often seen in the two shows and Rock kids, was a real band that consisted of the voice actors for the main characters, and went on tours until 2011. They stopped producing Rock Kids in 2018 I believe, when the two completely irreplaceable members (the ones that basically founded it) had a kid and left the band.
GodRocks! and its crippling obscurity is the reason I created my channel to begin with. It is absolutely my most favorite show of all time and I want other people to find and enjoy what I consider the best show ever. I remember I was so infuriated when I found out that the two GR! series were replaced by the weird amalgamation that is Rock Kids TV.
If you are interested, I have every episode GodRocks! Bibletoons currently on my channel. I do own the original 3d animated series on dvd, but I haven’t yet found a way to get those on to YT that doesn’t require me to film my tv screen. XD
Here are a couple other shows that I can remember that were not listed in the vid:
Pahappahooie Island (I think that's how you spell it)- A show about a group of puppets who live in the jungle and learn social skills
Charlie Church Mouse- A really weird mix of live action, puppets, and bad 3d animation, meant to teach about prayer and social skills
Ewe Know- A 2d animated show that teaches bible lessons by using the analogy of a flock of sheep and their Good Shepherd
Carlos the Caterpillar- A 3d animated hispanic show that teaches social skills
Bug Time Adventures- A 2d animated show about bugs that live through Bible stories
-Some live-action science show featuring a professor and his assistant
Artzooka- A live-action arts and crafts show based around this guy crafting things in his basement. This one was also on Qubo
Bj's Teddybear Bible stories- A 2d animated show for 2-5 year olds about a teddybear that read Bible stories
Monster Truck Adventures- A 3d animated show about monster truck kids learning life/moral lessons
Big Garage- A (British I think) claymation show about a group of taxi cars who learn social/moral lessons
Cowboy Dan's Frontier- A live-action show featuring a real cowboy named Dan who teaches about agriculture and life/moral lessons. (I have actually talked to him in real life. He is an amazing person!)
Auto B Good- A 3d animated show about vehicles that learn life/moral lessons
There’s prolly more I have forgotten, but these were most of the shows that I watched and really liked. Honestly, I still enjoy quite a few of them to this day, but now that I am much, much older, I find that some of them are just......ah, not good. 😅
Thank you for mentioning Cherub Wings! That show was absolutely horrible and terrifying. The questions of what were they on when they animated that, and why was it popular enough to get a spanish dub are beyond me.
Godrocks!!! Of course!!!!!! I knew RockTv didn't feel right. I definitely will be rewatching some of those episodes.
Charlie the Churchmouse is mentioned in the video, I just used a PeanutButterGamer clip from his video talking about it becahse I thought it would be funny.
Do you just remember these shows, or was there a list you were able to find that I couldn't?
@@crabfinated These are mostly shows I remember, however, I did spend a lot of time looking through the show list on the wayback machine in 2019 whilst trying to find a way to watch GodRocks! episodes.
@@TheChristianFangirl ohhhhh, so you got ahold of it before flash was demolished. I see
Came here to comment this- thanks for mentioning some of the ones that were missed! There's also Colby's Clubhouse (Christian Barney before Barney with a very 80s titular robot), St. Bear's Dolls Hospital (more puppets! but in a doll hospital setting), and The Huggabug Club (puppet suits and two once-famous sitcom actress sisters and obligatory group of kids). SoaC was a big part of my childhood along with Qubo and I immediately clicked on this video when I saw it in my recommended because not a lot of people have talked about it! Wikipedia has a more comprehensive list of all the shows and is easier to access than trying to scour the way back machine :) So many of the songs in these shows are earworms that stick with me to this day- the Fruit of the Spirit song from God Rocks, one particular song from Dooley and Pals about "do what Dooley says to do," the iShine Knect theme song, the Faithville theme song (a cover of Accentuate the Positive by Bing Crosby), the Miss Charity's Diner theme song (fun fact: the show is in the same universe as Faithville)...I could go on for awhile :)
THEY GOT RID OF “LITTLE WOMEN” AND “THE SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON!!”
8:30 I loved Mustard Pancakes as a kid and watched it religiously (no pun intended) when it came on PBS
I remember when VeggieTales came on after Mustard Pancakes
When I was a kid, I was growing up watching veggietales (I watch larryboy at my grandma's house when we were playing monopoly, one at the church from the school supplies, and at goodwill); which sure I love this show so much 😅
I also watch some shows that I seen before,like that one christian show with the animals(I don't know what it was) and the zula one(which I didn't know that was also a Christian show)
@@AmeliaBerdel-xv3wp Nothing quite like Larryboy and Monopoly. That was the life
It sure was,:)
@@AmeliaBerdel-xv3wp do you mean the zula patrol
@@hbofamilyjamfanatic I think that was it,yeah
i was watching a different video but when i saw this in my recommendations, i stopped dead to watch it because i IMMEDIATELY recognized the alien in the thumbnail because i vaguely recall seeing it on TLC as a very young child but i did not remembered the name. well after years, i know it’s called dooley and pals and i thank you for unintentionally solving my years long search for this unidentified show! and also really good video in general! 💖
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed. I really have been making these videos because I feel the same way. I always feel like I'm losing my mind until I learn these shows weren't a fever dream
Never heard of this channel, but I feel the need to watch all of these shows. They all feel like strange products that must be seen to be believed
Haha, they sure need to be seen to be believed. Its free and you can watch some of the shows on Twitch
Dooley and Pals?? Okay, I wasn't expecting that at all. I still remember that one episode where there was a character who was telling tall tales, only to be scared by like some 12-foot tall jester or something. You wouldn't happen to know what episode that was, would you? Or was it just a fever dream? :'D
I don't remember ANYTHINGGGGGG from Dooley and Pals, just that I liked it a lot. We might have to do a Dooley live stream, haha
@@crabfinated That would be fun! I wouldn't be opposed :P
@@pizzaruby5140 We're doing a Jacob Two-Two live stream this Sunday, but we'll absolutely do a Dooley and Pals live stream sometime next month!
I never really watched Smile of a Child, but I did watch some of the children programs on the TBN channel on Saturday mornings, especially VeggieTales
I LOVED this program as a child. I was hooked on almost all the shows including VeggieTales (shoutout to Big Idea for giving us an iconic masterpiece), but there was one show in particular that was probably never heard of and it aired every once in a while. Don't worry, it's 100% real, I ain't making this up. The show was called Storyteller Café and it was this show that took place in a Café where the toys that are sitting on the shelf come to life and re-enact Bible stories. It was like Christian Toy Story and I loved it! The chill, Peanuts-esque jazz music in the background, the creative ways to re-enact Bible stories while trying to be appropriately accurate to where it was the real deal, but for kids to understand, and the toys came to life they had amazing personalities! Anyone curious can look it up.
I feel like I vaguely remember storyteller cafe!
@@crabfinated And I vaguely remember having a crush on the Elephant, forgot her name, don't ask 💀
@@malachiallen1517 I'm screaming. But I can't even judge- my first love was Kovu
I loved smile of a child when i was younger and I remember almost all of these shows lol. It even introduced me to “Little women” with the anime they had.
I love Little Women!
Oh my god I remember this! Back when I was little we didn’t have cable, so I used to watch this. My family wasn’t too religious, and we didn’t go to church and stuff, but they still would put this on for me because they noticed I used to watch this a lot
i found this channel from the qubo vid. I had no idea that anyone outside of the pentecostal church i grew up in knew what smile of a child was!!! I feel seen😂🩷
I'm glad that my videos are becoming a pipeline! Soon I'll be the 'obscure reaches of your brain' channel, hehe
the one show that i VIVIDLY remember watching on smile of a child is St Bear's Dolls Hospital. I think I remember it bc it was so weird to me but I watched it when I went to my grandparents house when I was little. I don't remember any of the other shows I watched but I remember the bumpers between them for some reason.
I always remembered the bumpers too
Thank you for all the shows in one video. There are a lot of shows from Smile of a Child I loved but I could only remember like one scene and I couldn't remember the name of most of the shows so this was really nostalgic and helpful!
Aw, I'm so glad! It makes me so happy to hear that you enjoyed
Saying "Christians & anime don't mix" is kinda like saying "Christians & rock music don't mix."
Some anime series have themes which contradict Christianity; Christians, generally, won't watch those, but most other shows are, generally, ok. A show based around Bible stories is almost 100% going to be accepted.
After all, over 90% of U.S. residents were Christians in the 60's, & "Speed Racer" was still a big success.
I was raised in an uber-religious household, around lots of other Christians. I'm also in various Christian groups. One of the BIGGEST things that Christians hate is anime, because they think it's all sinful. The whole 'pokemon is demonic' was a big thing in the 90's.
It's mostly 90's and current Christians that have the major issues.
I'm glad you haven't had to deal with those kind of people, though!
@@crabfinated I was too, & still am part of one. If I were to generalize from my experience, I'd say Christians don't like Bible-based shows, since said movies are rarely accurate to the text. (That's why I said a "A show based around Bible stories is almost 100% going to be accepted,," instead of "A show based around Bible stories is 100% going to be accepted.")
Be careful when generalizing; your experience may not match everyone else's. Most Christians listened to Rock, even in the 70's when it was controversial, since Rock was a major part of the industry in a mostly-Christian nation. Most Christians watched Pokémon, even when it was controversial, since Pokémon was a major success in a mostly Christian nation. And most Christians watched Bible-based films, since said films were successful in a mostly-Christian nation.
I made a page trying to answer most of the questions about Pokémon, by the way: websitering.neocities.org/pkmn/controvercy
Again, I'm so very happy that that's been your experience. I asked a few Christians I know at work and all of them said "yeah Christians hate anime." It's a very big thing. I live in Ohio, so maybe it's just the more rural areas that have this problem, but it's widespread around here. I am glad you've been raised in a very accepting section of Christians. :)
@@crabfinated Grew up in the Bible Belt. Definitely were some shows I couldn't watch, but the focus was always on what happened on those shows; I don't recall any lessons about the evils of Rock, or Rap, or Anime.
Don't mind that some shows were off limits; some things just aren't for kids, or are bad influences in general. Of course, one must decide what is bad before one decides what a bad influence is.
I remember Pokémon being controversial, but I don't remember anyone actually doing anything about it. I heard of some folks having to get rid of cards & things, but I never witnessed it myself, & the series was so pervasive, it's hard to believe the controversy represented the majority's opinion.
As for anime... I don't think most folks in my area knew what anime was till about a year or two after Pokemon, Digimon, & Monster Rancher were released. Hard to ban something if you don't know what it is! :)
If I remember right, most of the anime shows on TBS were dubbed in the late 80's or early 90's, before anime become well-known to mainstream audiences & controversial.
@@stillbuyvhs That's a really good point. If you don't know about it, you can't ban it. Now your points make a lot more sense!
I grew up in a household where my dad threw away my My Little Pony toys, my Pokemon cards, and banned us from most video games because they were demonic. My mom also banned Barbie's. We were ALL too aware here in Ohio, and so we went to far the other way.
I can already tell I’m gonna love this video. I watched this channel growing up. While some of the shows were decent most here boring or creepy to me. Also you gotta love a video about obscure channels or tv channels in general.
Thanks! And i shared the same sentiments about it being scary
Finally, I watched the video, and I remembered two other animes that were on the channel. An adaptation of Little Women and the Swiss Family Robinson.
@@PersonalPineapple I remembered that in passing too, and dude what a time
Yes, NFL buffs, the version of _Heidi_ that aired on Smile of a Child was the one that caused a stir in the television broadcast world upon its premiere on NBC in 1968. During its first forty minutes on the air, the Oakland Raiders scored two touchdowns at the last minute to defeat the visiting New York Jets 43-32, and the final score of the game (which ran on the same network on the same day) was displayed in the middle of a scene in which Heidi's paralyzed cousin, Clara, took her first, slow steps.
Thats so cool!
Omg don’t forget about those Anime adaptations of classic literature like Little Women and The Swiss Family Robinson. I used to love those so much
Omg you just unlocked some deep seeded memories!!!!! I remember the Swiss Family Robinson one!
It's almost Christmas, and you know what happens two days after Christmas? I turn 17 years old! Your videos have been so amazing. You're my number one favorite RUclipsr and I have been so glad to discover your videos this summer. Hey, if you come to think about it, maybe make a birthday special for me about Skillet! They're one of my favorite bands (and one of my favorite Christian bands) IN MY OPINION!!!!!!! Thank you thank you thank you @crabfinated////
Happy early birthday! What exactly would you want me to cover about Skillet?
@@crabfinated Because I sent you the lyrics a while ago, I want you to sing Hero. I think it's a certified banger because it refers to Jesus, as the lyrics say "I've got a hero living in me"
Im going through everything i can i find of this channel to find one show i vaguely remember. Ive been trying to find it for years. All I can remember from it was like a purple blob and the episode i constantly think of was one about the wizard of oz. But instead of it being wizard they replaced it with wizzal or something like that i dont know how to spell what ever it was. But through out the whole episode they would sing " were off to see the wizzal the wonder wizzal of oz" in like a really bad voice. I dont know if it was on SMILE or not but i swear i remember it being there. But this was like around the 2010's and i cant remember that far back. Please help me figure out what it is. Cause i randomly hear that damn little song in my head every now and have been trying to find where it came from for years😢 (sorry for any typos, but typing for a bit and dont wanna read throught it. Hopefully its readable)
Zula Patrol, possibly?
My favorites were the animated versions of little wemon and Swiss family Robonson. ❤
So many people have mentioned them now, I can't believe I ever forgot them!
@crabfinated Swiss family Robonson is on tubi and little wemon is on RUclips if u need a refresher.
Same i loved both of them
I remember watching Lambchop's Play-A-Long, Waldo Kitty, The Mighty Hercules, 3-2-1 Penguins, Mr. Magoo, Harvey Toons(Casper, Baby Huey, etc.), The Archies, Roger Ramjet, the Dick Tracy shorts, and Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids on the channel when it was known as KTV! And yes the channel did air Non-Christian shows at one point!
That's crazy! I didn't know htat
@@crabfinated Yeah!
You DEFINITELY need to make a video on Whirl! It's actually kinda good, despite 90% of the episodes only being 3/4½ minutes long. It's on Sparkhouse Family's RUclips page
That, and this other show from 2004-2006 called Hugglers, since it aired on Smile of a Child on 2010, I believe. The Hugglers is about a live action Sunday school teacher named Ms. Sara, and her students; Freddi the teddy bear, Burt the frog, Chip the monkey, Rollie the rhinoceros, and Wanda-Boo the bat who doesn't talk, but draws pictures instead. And no, there are no puppets. There's only three episodes made; the "holiday special" which is actually the first, which is a two-parter about the birth of Jesus and the Wisemen and Shepherds giving baby Jesus gifts, the "first adventure" which is actually the second episode, that's about the good Samaritan parable where the kids get impatient over figuring out what Sara's surprise was by bullying Wanda-Boo (spoilers: the surprise is the Friendship Festival), and finally, their "second adventure" a.k.a. the third and last episode where it's about Jesus blessing the little kids and the plot is about the Hugglers convincing themselves that they're too young to do anything important for the Friendship Festival until they encounter Jesus.
The Hugglers DVDs are available to buy on eBay, and I just wanna let you know that the actress who played Ms. Sara, Sue Rogers, is now a teacher for Mohawk College where she's an animation and animation writing professor, plus I spoke with one of the creators of the show! He shared me some information about the show that I'm sure you won't mind me sharing to you, he still looks back fondly on the production of it and how well it turned out in the end.
So, you should totally make a video on Whirl and Hugglers, cuz I'm excited about you finding out a lot of stuff about them, like the lost Whirl pilot from 2013 and stuff like that!
Also Hugglers is lost media as of right now :')
Dude Im definitely making a video on both of those things!!! How can I get more info about not-puppet Hugglers?
These all seem like something Saberspark would review.
I was actually very inspired by him to start this channel!
I am a HUGE fan of LarryBoy: The Cartoon Adventures. I love the fact that Larry works as a janitor for the Daily Bumble, the same with Bob. In the intro, Alfred gets a warning on his calculations: "CONSIDERED ARMLESS AND DANGEROUS". Armless makes sense because the Veggies are without arms or legs. Instead, they bounce
Armless and dangerous is a truly hilarious pun
Oh I remember The Flying House and David and Goliath.
why the hell don't You have that much subs you have 400 Subs but the effort you put should give you over 1k subs.
Awwwwww thank you!! I'm honestly so excited I'm so close to 500. You're seriously too kind
great video but u forgot story keepers, friends and heroes, heroes and legends of the bible
These are just the ones that are current listed on the website, not all of the they've had! :D
6:01 Why do they use the Wu-Tang Clan logo
Haha
Oh waw I remembered Jay Jay but I totally forgot about Superbook! What I remember most about Smile of a Child was the “Ad Break” message with the jack in the box. This channel was both sensually exhilarating (not like that) and unnerving to my toddler brain.
😂 "not like that"
No but I absolutely know what you mean
I still remember almost all the songs from Colby’s Clubhouse😂 I’d love to see a video about the show.
I remember there was a chadtronic video about it but it was more so his reaction to it
I am intrigued. What is the name of the "Barney ripoff"?
"The Reppies"
I remember watching this channel when I was little… I always saw it as.. like Christian PBS kids… which was weird because JJ the jet plane, which is still airing on smile use the air on PBS kids
You right. I thought the same thing
Another tune you might be familiar with:
"They say these are the golden years, but I wish they could disappear!!!
Ego crush is so severe...."
brutal :p
6:24 AKA why didn't we get a reference to in Dead or alive 5 final-round DLC
Cause I've never played that game :(
I remember since I watched This channel
And guess what I tried to think what is that tv channel is
But since it's already been like years ago I finally know what it is.
I'm not scared of puppets. But I am scared of human puppets. Which TBN had an abundance of on Saturday mornings...unfortunately
Those ones suck too
But what is Heidi?
Heidi is a classic movie about a girl who moves in with her estranged and grumpy grandfather and they become good friends. It's really cute
I AM SO HAPPY I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE THAT WATCHED SMILE (which is its current name btw)
Yup!
i’ve literally never seen anyone else talk about smile of a child
Me neither! That's why I wanted to make this video
I watched smile of a child when i was little .
i like this video despite never viewing SOAC before but ik it must have been a fun channel but i do know about qubo and how it had shows like the davincibles,but i do remember watching donkey ollie and i felt rlly bad for him when the other donkeys made fun of him. But im really glad that the young girl saved him.
I'm glad you liked the video!
@@crabfinated you're welcome ^w^
I have never heard of smile child but I do remember a bit of qubo! I remember thinking it was pretty cool tho I was very little and the only shows I remember off the top of my head are one with characters I think called chirp cheep and quack. And this other one I remember much less other than everything was square and part of the themes on was "all the world is square" I know the first one was great, don't remember the other one
ALL THE WORLD IS SQUARE!!!! PECOLAAAAAAAA 🎶
My favorite show hehe
11:12 IS THAT WHIRL I SEE
Also what's the bg music?
I watched smile of a child 24/7 when I was younger and I remember almost EVERYTHING about the shows and what time it came on in the UK (Smile of a child runs on American time zone so bb bedtime would be playing at night but in the UK it would be playing at 4AM)
My favourite was God Rocks and I used to HATE veggietales for some reason (except larryboy cartoon adventures that would come on at 2AM) I used to stay up till 1AM to watch Ishine knect and wake up at 4AM on Thursday for cubby cubbies
I used to watch donkey ollie every time it came on before school on Tuesday and Thursday) same for Bugtime Adventures(Wednesday) Adventures and Knock knock show (Monday and Friday)
For some reason RockidsTv took over GodRocks in 2013 I don’t know why though
Also little women and swiss family robinson are animes that were on smile of a child swiss family robinson would come on around 16PM or 2AM depending what day it is (I remember watching little women in winter and I remember swiss family robinson came on at 2AM)
However smile of a child has changed a lot not for the best in my opinion I honestly prefer it before they changed it to Smile. I haven’t watched it since 2021 (I remembered Smile of a child and I decided to download the TBN app to watch it) because after a week TBN did a thing where I have to pay to continue using the app
The schedule on their new website isn’t accurate anymore because it would say next playing Rockids TV and instead it would play something completely different
They also took down LOTS of other amazing shows to new ones e.g 321 Penguins
And to be honest I’m not surprised on the new website they have a shows that they don’t play but keep it there for show they did that on their old website
Ryan defrates (I watched it RUclips) Seakids, Whirl (I watched it RUclips), the RUclips vlog thing (I saw the trailer and I didn’t like it) and Topsy Turvry are new shows that came on Smile probably around 2021 (2022 for Whirl and Ryan defrates because I saw it slowly getting uploaded on RUclips )
EDIT: I forgot about my favourite tv show paphooey island. Best show I watched ever!! Its an underrated show that the full episodes can be only found on internet archive, it’s really cool the songs are catchy.
And there was a show called Lassie it was in black and white don’t remember much about it though
Lassie is the legendary Lassie show! "What, Lassie? Timmy fell down the well?" That's where that quote comes from
The name of this channel sounds familiar,a lot of these christian channels had old anime from the 80s for some reason.
They sure did! Its really odd
omg i still have dat channel and my fav show is the ada and friends and i watch it late in the night.
You're not wrong about Faithville lol.
I've never seen it!
7:06 Will I Ever Find A Full Episode?
Honestly, I don't know! I've never been able to find a full of episode
Well, It Aired On SOAC From 2007-2009 I Would Be Able To Watch It In 2008, But I was born in 2012.
I didn't know Smile of A Child existed but I know VeggieTales aired on this channel!
Does anyone know the one with the dog who was an orphan was taken care of by a small animal and he was following Jesus ?!! It was a group of dogs i think
I forgot about Smile of Child that was childhood at Grandma Margaret house it was weird and nice ngl but the shows were Veggietales Carlos Caterpillar Zula Patrol God Rock Colbys Clubhouse, U Auto B Good and the Singing woman who played piano or organ with puppets idk TBN was nice too lol 🙃
I've been told I have to make a video on Auto-Be-Good haha
I’m not even a christian but some of these shows do look actually fun
Some of them are! Have you watched larryboy cartoons?
@@crabfinated I don’t think so
@@jgrennmusic I think they're here on RUclips. They're sooo much fun
So who here remembers 3-2-1 Penguins and VeggieTales?
But of course!
11:13 NOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I love smile of a child tv IDs do you remember do you smile with a Child tv ID
bro you forgot Friends and Heroes
So these are the current ones listed on their website. Friends and Heroes wasn't on there!
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I don't remember this it looks garbage Mami Imao. 😂💀
It wasn't too bad :)
Do one on Mickey's Farm
Like a whole video on just Mickey's Farm? I can do that!
@@crabfinated yeah.
I never watch that
Interesting!
@@crabfinatedyou like sesame Street
@@caidenjohnson7391 Oh heck yeah!
Connect: Becky and Todd's Bible Adventures looks like an Angela Anaconda ripoff...of all the things to rip off...WHY WOULD YOU CHOOSE ANGELA ANACONDA?! At least pick a better show, is all I'm saying 😂😂😂
Thats so funny omg
@@crabfinated I just compared both theme songs and they even LOOK SIMILAR with a stage setting and the characters causing chaos while on the stage!
@@prismopatterson Screaming. That's wild. Now I need to make a video with those comparisons!
@@crabfinated DO IT!! DOOOO IIIITTTT!!!
@@prismopatterson i will!!
For the algorithm
All hail a true king
Hello, @crabfinated! Try to guess THIS next song!
"If we're gonna fly, we fly like eagles/Arms out wide/
If we're gonna fear, we fear no evil/We will rise/
By Your power, we will go/By Your spirit, we are bold
I never watched smile if a child as a kid, but I had hermie and friends on DVD I got for a baptism as a kid AND OMG I DIDNT KNOW WHAT IT WAS CLALLED THAT IMAGE JOGGED MY BRAIN
Man i LOVED Hermie and Friends so much as a kid
@@crabfinated same! I watched that DVD on repeat