After that other children's shows would replace The Magic Garden in the Friday slot. On Fridays until 1981, in place of The Magic Garden, another children's show produced at WPIX called Joya's Fun School aired in its time slot. After 1975, it aired afternoons, leading out of religious and public affairs shows into the afternoon cartoons. At some points, it led out of morning cartoons, leading into religious programming.
The show aired on WPIX at various times during the day on weekdays, but only four days a week, from Monday through Thursday. In addition to songs, games, and jokes, the characters provide life lessons for viewers, and extend personal greetings to members of their television audience-for example: "Hello, Judy. Stories are often acted out using costumes and props provided by the Story Box. Many conversations take place at a low stone wall with Sherlock (a mischievous squirrel puppet with a love for peanuts) and Flapper (a colorful bird who was a later addition to the characters in the garden). Also found throughout the garden are swings, a stone path, a shed, and the Chuckle Patch, a giggling bed of flowers that grows leaves with jokes on one side and the punch line on the other. The show takes place entirely within the Magic Garden, a colorful set that includes the Magic Tree, which lowers various objects from its branches. Demas sat on giant toadstools, spoke to flowers, sang songs and told stories." Ĭarole and Paula, the main characters and hosts of the show, sing several songs throughout each episode, often accompanied by Paula's acoustic guitar. As characterized by The New York Times, The Magic Garden "was a cheerful, low-budget, inadvertently psychedelic half-hour show in which Ms. Produced and broadcast in the world's largest television market, the show became popular with millions of children. The Magic Garden was a live-action children's television program that aired Mondays through Thursdays from March 6, 1972, to September 14, 1984, on WPIX-11 in the New York City metropolitan area.
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