From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!houca!hogpc!houxm!ihnp4!ihuxp!irish
Newsgroups: net.games.trivia
Title: Friendly Giant - old Canadian TV
Article-I.D.: ihuxp.411
Posted: Wed Apr 27 10:31:05 1983
Received: Thu Apr 28 06:10:30 1983



For all you Canadian types out there...

My office-mate and I (Detroit and Port Huron, MI, natives) were
discussing TV shows we watched as preschoolers (around 1963-4), and
we both recall a show called The Friendly Giant that aired on
Channel 9 out of Windsor.  We remember a "giant" with shaggy,
sandy-colored hair, who lived in a castle.  At the beginning of
the show, he would invite us to pull up a chair in front of the
fire (at this point, he would move some dollhouse furniture
around), get comfortable, and chat.  He had some kind of puppet
companion - that's where my office-mate and I get stuck.  Was
the companion a giraffe?  What was its name?

Also, there was another show that came on either right before or
right after The Friendly Giant, called Chez Helene or something
like that, with an older lady that spoke only French.  Anybody
remember that show?

Any help in jogging our memories would be appreciated!

					Laura
					...ihnp4!ihuxp!irish