September 29, 1955(1955-09-29)– June 27, 1962(1962-06-27)
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Maggie Muggins (radio program)
Maggie Muggins was a Canadian children's radio and television series which began on-air live as a fifteen-minute program on CBC Radio on New Year's Day, 1947. The highly popular radio program engaged children's imaginations, with its continuing cast of unique animal puppets and human characters. Maggie Muggins moved to CBC Television to air between September 29, 1955, and June 27, 1962.
Maggie Muggins is a freckle-faced girl in a gingham dress, with her red hair pulled back in two long pigtails who had adventures with many human-like animals and her neighbour Mr. McGarrity, who constantly worked on his garden.
The television series was adapted from previous media including radio and print.
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Maggie and the Ferocious Beast is a Canadian animated children's television series created by Michael and Betty Paraskevas. The program was based on the 1996 book The Ferocious Beast with the Polka-Dot Hide and its sequels, which were also written by the Paraskevas. The show began as a series of shorts aired on the Canadian channel Teletoon in 1998. In the U.S, the first full-length episode premiered on Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block on June 5, 2000, and in Canada, the first full-length episode premiered on Teletoon on August 26, 2000. The series ran for three seasons, airing its final episode on June 9, 2002.
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Merna Pauline Lesauvage, known professionally as Pauline Rennie, was a Canadian voice actress whose career included voice roles on Care Bears. Rennie, who hailed from Toronto, provided the voice of Fizgerald Fieldmouse on Maggie Muggins, as well as voices on Mary Grannan's follow-up 1960 series for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Just Mary.
The following is a list of events affecting Canadian television in 1961. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches.
Maggie Morris Smolensky was a Canadian radio and television personality of the 1960s best known as a panelist on the CBC Television show Flashback and as one of the first women on the CBC English language announce staff.
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This is a list of Canadian television-related events in 1955.
This is a list of Canadian television-related events in 1956.
The following is a list of events affecting Canadian television in 1958. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches.
This is a list of Canadian television-related events in 1957.
Deanne Taylor was a Canadian actress, artist, and performer. At 9 years old, she starred in the television program Maggie Muggins. In 1982, she ran for mayor in the 1982 Toronto municipal election, under the pseudonym A. Hummer placing 2nd, against Art Eggleton. Together with husband Michael Hollingsworth, she founded theatre company VideoCabaret, creating several plays about the history of Canada. She is credited with creating a novel genre of 'stand-up journalism', and contributing to the culture of Toronto, Canada.
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