The Peppermint Prince

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The Peppermint Prince
Genrechildren's
Written byKitty Marcuse
StarringJohn Chappell
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
Production
ProducerAndy Snider
Production location Vancouver
Running time15 minutes
Original release
Network CBC Television
Release10 May 1956 (1956-05-10) 
27 September 1957 (1957-09-27)

The Peppermint Prince is a Canadian children's television series which aired on CBC Television from 1956 to 1957.

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Premise

Episodes consisted of cartoons and puppetry as hosted by the Peppermint Prince (John Chappell) Dave Orcutt directed the puppetry for the series. [1]

Scheduling

This 15-minute series was broadcast as follows (times in Eastern):

DayTimeRun
Friday4:30 p.m.10 May 195629 June 1956
Monday5:30 p.m.2 July 195624 September 1956
Monday5:15 p.m.1 October 195624 June 1957
Friday5:00 p.m.5 July 195727 September 1957

References

  1. Corcelli, John (February 2005). "The Peppermint Prince". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.