Time for Timer
Time for Timer | |
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Written by | John Bradford Larry Spiegel |
Starring | Lennie Weinrib |
Composer | Dean Elliott |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 7 |
Production | |
Running time | 30 seconds–1 minute |
Production companies | DePatie–Freleng Enterprises ABC |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | 1975 |
Related | |
The Bod Squad |
Time for Timer is a series of seven short
DePatie-Freleng Enterprises
.
Timer first appears in the 1973 ABC Afterschool Special "The Incredible, Indelible, Magical, Physical Mystery Trip", where he was voiced by Len Maxwell.[2] In this special, he works inside the body of a man named Uncle Carl.
Timer also appears in the 1974 ABC Afterschool Special "The Magical Mystery Trip Through Little Red's Head", working inside a teenaged
Red Riding Hood.[3] In this special, and in all future appearances, Timer's voice was provided by actor Lennie Weinrib.[3]
Time for Timer ran until 1992 concurrently with ABC's other educational spots, primarily UCLA School of Public Health.
Episodes
- "I Hanker Fer a Hunk O Cheese" - Timer, recast as a cowboy with a thick Western accent, suggests "wagon wheels", sandwiches made with cheese slices and crackers, as an easy and nutritious snack. When Timer prepares one on a kitchen counter, he rolls it down the counter on its edge and exclaims, "Look! A wagon wheel!"[4]
- "Take Care of Yourself" - Timer shows how to brush teeth to protect them from cavities.
- "You Are What You Eat" - Roving reporter Timer is at the digestive system to provide a simplified explanation of nutrients and how the body uses them.
- "Have A Carrot" - Timer, channeling W. C. Fields, assembles some nutritious in-between meal snacks like carrot sticks for a boy. At the end of the short, Timer literally changes the boy into a banana as a gag.
- "Eat Some Kind of Breakfast" - Timer shows that if people don't have time for breakfast, their stomach will be empty and angry; leftovers and other premade foods for breakfast is better than none at all.
- "Sunshine on a Stick" - Timer suggests making ice pops with fruit juice, an ice tray, and toothpicks.
- "Don't Knock It Till You Try" - Timer suggests trying new foods by eating a smorgasbord of smidgens of different foods.
References
- ^ "'Time for Timer!': Saturday morning cartoon PSAs from the 70s". DangerousMinds.net. January 15, 2013. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
- ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ISBN 978-1593931698.