Mr. O

Mr. O
Genre	children's music
Presented by	David Ouchterlony
Voices of	Len Davidson Pegi Loder
Country of origin	Canada
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
Production
Producer(s)	Bruce Attridge Rena Elmer
Running time	15 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	CBC Television
Original run	5 April 1956 – 4 July 1957
Chronology
Preceded by	Let's Make Music

Mr. O was a Canadian children's music television series which aired on CBC Television from 1956 to 1957.

Premise

This series on classical music was hosted by David Ouchterlony. It was geared towards children aged between five and eight, compared to Ouchterlony's previous series Let's Make Music which was geared towards older children. Episodes featured puppet characters operated by John and Linda Keogh such as Cellini (a cello), Clarence (a clarinet) with Manley and Whisper. These characters were voiced by Len Davidson and Pegi Loder. Games, stories and songs were also featured on Mr. O.^[1]

Scheduling

This 15-minute series was broadcast Thursdays at 4:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 5 April to 21 June 1956. It was then broadcast for a full season on Thursdays at 5:15 p.m. from 4 October 1956 to 4 July 1957.

References

1. ^ Corcelli, John (February 2005). "Mr. O". Canadian Communications Foundation. http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/programming/television/programming_popup.php?id=695. Retrieved 7 May 2010. 

External links

• Allan, Blaine (1996). "Mr. O". Queen's University. http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/Med.html. Retrieved 7 May 2010.