Time for Timer

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Time for Timer
Timer cartoon.png
Timer in "Eat Some Kind of Breakfast"
Written byJohn Bradford
Larry Spiegel
Starring Lennie Weinrib
Composer Dean Elliott
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes7
Production
Running time30 seconds–1 minute
Production companies DePatie–Freleng Enterprises
ABC
Original release
Network ABC
Release1975 (1975)
Related
The Bod Squad

Time for Timer is a series of seven short public service announcements broadcast on Saturday mornings on the ABC television network starting in 1975. The animated spots feature Timer, a tiny cartoon character who is an anthropomorphic circadian rhythm, the self-proclaimed "keeper of body time." [1] The series was produced by the cartoon studio DePatie-Freleng Enterprises.

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Timer first appears in the 1973 ABC Afterschool Special "The Incredible, Indelible, Magical, Physical Mystery Trip", where he was voiced by Len Maxwell. [2] In this special, he works inside the body of a man named Uncle Carl.

Timer also appears in the 1974 ABC Afterschool Special "The Magical Mystery Trip Through Little Red's Head", working inside a teenaged Red Riding Hood. [3] In this special, and in all future appearances, Timer's voice was provided by actor Lennie Weinrib. [3]

Time for Timer ran until 1992 concurrently with ABC's other educational spots, primarily The Bod Squad and Schoolhouse Rock! They generally appeared during cartoon programs at the end of commercial breaks. The shorts included a Consultant credit for Dr. Roslyn B. Alfin-Slater, UCLA School of Public Health.

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References

  1. ↑ "'Time for Timer!': Saturday morning cartoon PSAs from the 70s". DangerousMinds.net. January 15, 2013. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
  2. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 276. ISBN   0-8160-3831-7 . Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  3. 1 2 Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 294. ISBN   0-8160-3831-7 . Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  4. ↑ Arnold, Mark (2015). Think Pink: The Story of DePatie-Freleng. BearManor Media. p. 54. ISBN   978-1593931698.
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