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- ↑ Woolery, George W. (1985). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series. The Scarecrow Press. pp. 92–93. ISBN 0-8108-1651-2.
- ↑ Daily Union Democrat (Sonora, California), Only a Fifth of New Shows Likely to Last, Aug. 1, 1979.
