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   Message 1,741 of 3,290   
   Kevin J. Cheek to All   
   Help Identifying Obscure Science Televis   
   24 Sep 08 23:21:11   
   
   From: keREM0VEvin_c75@yahMUNGEoo.com.bogus   
      
   I'm trying to recall a short series of science programs from the early   
   1970s. These may have went straight to syndication, as they aired as   
   "fillers." These popularized science with skits, song, and satire. One   
   program had the greats of science, with a Sir Isaac Newton who liked   
   to drop fruit and vegetable to watch them burst. One song and dance   
   number had the history of transportation, starting with "We're going   
   to walk, proceeding to a rocket ride to a another planet- where they   
   get around by walking. It may or may not have stared Artie Johnson - I   
   can't it under a list of shows he's appeared in.   
      
   One skit in particular  had the discovery of the bow and the arrow -   
   which promptly went off and killed an innocent caveman. This led to a   
   protest of sign-carrying cavemen singing "Ban the Bow and Arrow" as   
   they danced around a stuffed woolly mammoth.   
      
   Does anyone else remember this show?   
      
   - Kevin J. Cheek   
      
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