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[Meesh]

Great Minds 4 Themselves with Robin Williams as the Genie!!

How did I not know this series was a thing?

Susan B. Anthony
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rz9Gmm-GLOg

Louis Armstrong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wClUJRd2Lw

Clara Barton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjsOxrx_ujw

George Washington Carver
(couldn't find it, but I see that it exists)

Caesar Chavaz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLNjcagge-Y

Albert Einstein
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3da_0N4Jjw

Ben Franklin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjsOxrx_ujw

Barbara Rose Johns
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3jgr9z

Barbara McClintock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuXECp4q1HU

John Muir
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCiV38CkzHI

Jackie Robinson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdjfHp1mdFg

Sequoyah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrmkVIj3GTA

Sojourner Truth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4_QNmi3Zfw

Am I missing any, or is there another show I didn't know about that features Aladdin characters?
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[Edward Falcon]

OMG this is awesome! I never knew about these before either! What were these part of?

[Fez_Head]

I've definitely seen that Jackie Robinson and Clara Barton videos on YouTube before. When and why, I don't have the foggiest.

And to answer your question, Edward Falcon, this educational short series, running from 1997-2002 (that's why it's Robin instead of Dan, since KOT came out in 1996), was in the block known as One Saturday Morning, which played shows such as Pepper Ann, Recess, and Doug. I definitely remember those shows, but not this segment. Pity, I know I would have loved it as a kid.
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"You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it." - Robin Williams

[imekitty]

I was never a big fan of One Saturday Morning cartoons (I hated what they did to Doug, ugh!), so I never saw any of these until many years later on YouTube (and I never watched all of them, so thanks for posting them all!). Really fun! I'm glad they could get Robin to record these. I miss him so much. T.T

[Fez_Head]

I don't remember really watching some of those shows, but I loved Recess. I've always seen that show as a parody of the "kid-experience", like mocking the stupid cliques children make or showing characters with totally opposite personalities as best friends. Another show that did that was The Weekenders. It originally aired on the One Saturday Morning slot, so I don't know if you have heard of it, imekitty. Plus, Wayne Brady from Whose Line Is It Anyway? sings the main theme song. It doesn't get better than that!

I'm also glad it was Robin, but I'm sure that wasn't much of a surprise.
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"You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it." - Robin Williams

[imekitty]

I'm familiar with all of the shows that aired during OSM (too much of an animation enthusiast to not be), but I don't know...none of them really grabbed me. Some of them had great humor and music, but I guess overall, the characters weren't that interesting to me? Characters are super important to me.

But I did enjoy Recess and Pepper Ann. I think The Weekenders came out while I was living in Japan, so we didn't have ABC or the Disney Channel there. T.T

[771Wishes]

Yes! I adored this series — used to watch it all the time on “1 Saturday Morning.” Glad to see that folks remember it!