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{{quote| ''"Who's our Star Time guest for today, Uncle Croc?"''}}
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Charles Nelson Reilly, already a fixture on the [[CBS]] version of ''[[Match Game]]'', was the crocodile-suited star of this three-month [[Filmation]] series on [[ABC]], a parody of the [[Animated Anthology]] programs with live presenters that were in nearly every major TV market in the 1950s and 1960s. Reilly's co-stars were Alfie Wise as Uncle Croc's sidekick, Rabbit Ears, and [[Lost in Space|Jonathan Harris]] as the director, Basil Bitterbottom.
Charles Nelson Reilly, already a fixture on the [[CBS]] version of ''[[Match Game]]'', was the crocodile-suited star of this three-month [[Filmation]] series on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], a parody of the [[Animated Anthology]] programs with live presenters that were in nearly every major TV market in the 1950s and 1960s. Reilly's co-stars were Alfie Wise as Uncle Croc's sidekick, Rabbit Ears, and [[Lost in Space|Jonathan Harris]] as the director, Basil Bitterbottom.


The three animated segments were:
The three animated segments were:
* "Fraidy Cat", about a nervous alley cat visited by the ghosts of his eight previous lives;
* "Fraidy Cat", about a nervous alley cat visited by the ghosts of his eight previous lives;
* "M-U-S-H", a canine parody of ''[[MASH]]'' whose title expands to "Mangy, Unwanted, Shabby Heroes", and
* "M-U-S-H", a canine parody of ''[[M*A*S*H (television)|M*A*S*H]]'' whose title expands to "Mangy, Unwanted, Shabby Heroes", and
* "Wacky and Packy", in which a caveman and his pet mammoth are transported to 20th-century New York.
* "Wacky and Packy", in which a caveman and his pet mammoth are transported to 20th-century New York.


Live-action segments included [[The Six Million Dollar Man|The $6.95 Man]].
Live-action segments included "[[The Six Million Dollar Man|The $6.95 Man]]".
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=== ''[[Uncle Crocs Block]]'' provides examples of: ===
* [[Animated Anthology]]
* [[Animated Anthology]]
* [[Cats Have Nine Lives]]
* [[Cats Have Nine Lives]]
* [[Talking Animal]]
* [[Talking Animal]]
* [[Two for One Show]]
* [[Two for One Show]]

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Latest revision as of 15:14, 13 September 2021

"Who's our Star Time guest for today, Uncle Croc?"

Charles Nelson Reilly, already a fixture on the CBS version of Match Game, was the crocodile-suited star of this three-month Filmation series on ABC, a parody of the Animated Anthology programs with live presenters that were in nearly every major TV market in the 1950s and 1960s. Reilly's co-stars were Alfie Wise as Uncle Croc's sidekick, Rabbit Ears, and Jonathan Harris as the director, Basil Bitterbottom.

The three animated segments were:

  • "Fraidy Cat", about a nervous alley cat visited by the ghosts of his eight previous lives;
  • "M-U-S-H", a canine parody of M*A*S*H whose title expands to "Mangy, Unwanted, Shabby Heroes", and
  • "Wacky and Packy", in which a caveman and his pet mammoth are transported to 20th-century New York.

Live-action segments included "The $6.95 Man".

Tropes used in Uncle Croc's Block include:
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