Mr. Piper

"Mr. Piper" entertained many children in the United States BUT a kid had to live near the Canadian-US border to tune into the CBC, which broadcast it early in the morning. Growing up in Detroit, Michigan, Alan Crofoot could be heard singing in our den regularly thanks to CBC Channel 9. Then there was "The Friendly Giant," "Chez Helene," and "Casey and Mister Dressup." Mr. Piper was the one I crushed on though. He was just so amiably and beaming with a beautiful voice. I was so sorry to read about how Crofoot passed away. He's at peace now; while we have platforms like YouTube to watch him and all the other live action and animated shows we sometimes think we dreamed :)

I stumbled upon a program called Cartoon Classic, on the Bridges TV Channel, and saw several episodes of Mr Piper. As a child of the 60's I found the show fascinating, and enjoy watching them. It's a shame that it never aired in the United States when it ran. I think it would have been a hit. Shame he ended his life early. Rest in peace Mr. Piper. The Cartoon Classic show can be seen Tuesday and Thursday at 10am, and again at 3pm, and on Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 12pm. They show cartoons from the 30's to the 60's. They show cartoons such as some of the very first Popeye cartoons, Harvey Toons (The Talking Magpies, Little Audrey, Little Lu Lu, Baby Huey, etc), Betty Boop, the old MGM cartoons, that are absolutely hilarious. There were cartoon that I had not seen in over forty years. The show is a blast to watch.

Was so happy to find this sweet gentle clever show from an earlier time with clean morals and kindness. No political any thing. Thanks Tubi.

I purchased a DVD collection from the company "DVD Megapacks" a few years ago entitled, "!00 Cartoon Classics." Disk 4 of that collection includes the following Teletunes: Ali Baba, The Magic Horn, Brave Molly, Hasty and the Princess, The Kindhearted Girl, The Three Sisters, and The Proud Princess.

As noted in other comments, the animation is crude but when accompanied by Mr. Crofoot's narration makes them interesting and introduced my children and me to several fairy tales I and they had never heard of. Tales such as "The Three Sisters" have character voicing with little or no narration and they do not fare as well.

If you have young children as I do, these are a decidedly different type of animation than the kids were used to, and generally enjoyable.

Accoring to the IMDb summary of this show "Mr. Piper" had Teletunes which were narrated fantasy stories. Somehow at least 11 of these Teletunes have been available in the American public domain for years. These include: Ali Baba, The Kind Hearthed Girl, The Story of Brave Molly and The Tin Soldier. These Teletunes are drawn with very crude, limited animation. Yet somehow with Alan Crofoot's narration, fanciful stories and good voicing, they are enjoyable enough. Alan Crofoot makes a likable host, the Teletunes are enjoyable stories and one can only wonder what the rest of the program was like.

I have read some sources that say that while this program was syndicated mainly in Canada and Britain it did have some very limited release in America. WGN-TV archival site lists this show on it schedule in 1965.

10 of the 11 available "Mr. Piper" Teletunes are available on a dollar DVD called "Herman and Friends" and The Tin Soldier is usually included in some Christmas Cartoon collections.