CBS Storybreak

1985

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Released: 30 March 1985 Ended
Producted By: Southern Star Productions
Country: United States of America
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Hosted by Captain Kangaroo's Bob Keeshan, the episodes are half-hour animated adaptations of some of the most beloved children's books published at the time of airing, including How to Eat Fried Worms. Other episodes included Dragon's Blood and Ratha's Creature.

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XoWizIama Excellent adaptation.
Brenda The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one
Lela The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.
snkreed99 I remember this show, but i do not remember a cat. I think the other viewer might have gotten this show mixed up with the ABC weekend special, it was hosted by capt. O.G. Readmore. A cartoon cat who in later episodes, became animatronic. the two shows were very similar. the both encouraged children to read, they we both based on books, and they both came on at the end of Saturday morning cartoons. ABC Weekend Special, was on a lot longer than Storybreak, though. I believe it was a spin off of the famous, or should i say, infamous, ABC after school specials. It started in the late 70's. The only difference was that it was more lighthearted.
MIKE OVERALL One of the great things about this show was taking what was tried and true to attract kids (animation) and blending it with education and knowledge. There are a lot of stories kids wouldn't have ever known about had it not been for Keeshan (and later Warner) bringing them to our TV each Saturday morning. Some that come to mind include the boy whose friends made him eat worms in order to get a new bike and a boy who ate so many chocolate chip cookies he woke up one morning with chocolate spots all over him. I would love to see this show updated for the kids of today. Maybe blend a little CGI in there for effect. Not many things make me want to be 12 again but this show is definitely one of them.
Kelex I loved this series growing up. Absolute favorite episode was Dragon's Blood, the first of Jane Yolen's "Pit Dragon Trilogy" of books about the Austarian dragons and the dragon masters who train them for battle.Every episode was a classic. This series was the reason I got out of bed on Saturday mornings! So many of the classic shows of my youth are becoming available on DVD, there's no reason this shouldn't be one of them.Storybreak gave children their first taste of what reading books can be like. Some of these books (like the aforementioned Dragon's Blood) I didn't have available to me at the time, and in fact had never even heard of, but once I knew about them I had to read the full story (no matter how well done, a 30 minute cartoon can't give the entire experience of the book, but it CAN spark the interest to find the book and get the rest of the story for yourself)But the fact of the matter is, these stories WERE well done! Whether it's a story of a boy who ate too much chocolate, or a kid who was transported to a parallel dimension where Dinosaurs evolved and mankind was extinct. Silly or serious, as long as it's entertaining...and it always WAS!
BlazeFox Every saturday morning I would sit and watch this show. Damn I miss the 80's. The show didn't just do kiddy stuff, they did some good animated works of sci-fi as well. I remember when they did an animated telling of a book similar to "Dragon Riders of Pern" where people from outerspace train dragons for riding and battle.Keeshan's book loving cat character influenced kids to read.. no matter how "boring" it seemed.-BlazeFoxKitsune =^.^=

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