Classic Nick Wednesday – Hocus Focus
Wednesday, October 02, 2013
Distributed by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment in 1980
Hocus Focus found it’s home when it aired on Nickelodeon for one season.
Brad Williams, known for his puppeteering on Pinwheel, stared
as Kryspen, an apprentice wizard who magically traveled through time to our
world from the Middle Ages. Upon arriving in the 20th century Kryspen procures
a job in a public library where he works in the film department. Some
descriptions have him working in a museum but either way he uses his job to
watch short videos to learn about our world. The idea being that as Kryspen
learns about the world around him the children watching the show learn as well
much like Jeff in Today’s Special.
But Kryspen is not alone in our world; his shape-shifting
pet, Oulak, accompanies him. His friends included the absent-minded Professor
Rhombus played by Jim Jinkens, who also did puppeteer work on Pinwheel, and a
young woman named Daisy, actress unknown.
Still, it seems like a fun excuse to exhaust through some pointless A/V materials that might never see a single airing on American TV before or afterwards (at least that's how I see it).
ReplyDeleteHocus Focus actor Jim Jinkins created 90s Nick cartoon Doug.
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