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An educational/informative show from the [[Creator/SesameWorkshop Children's Television Workshop]] and Creator/FilmRoman about mechanical engineering and technology. It was based on a children's technology book called ''Literature/TheWayThingsWork'' by Creator/DavidMacaulay. The show ran from September, 1993 to October, 1994 on Creator/{{ABC}} for 20 episodes. The show was also aired on some PBS affiliates (such as KTCA-TV 17 in Minneapolis/St. Paul).

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An educational/informative show from the [[Creator/SesameWorkshop Children's Television Workshop]] and Creator/FilmRoman about mechanical engineering and technology. It was based on a children's technology book called ''Literature/TheWayThingsWork'' by Creator/DavidMacaulay. The show ran from September, September 1993 to October, October 1994 on Creator/{{ABC}} for 20 episodes. The show was also aired on some PBS affiliates (such as KTCA-TV 17 in Minneapolis/St. Paul).
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* EveryEpisodeEnding: Dr. C's always heading into some kind of extremely perilous situation just as the episode ends.
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* EternalEnglish: Phil and Cro speak a version of English that is still in use thousands of years later.
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An educational/informative show from the [[Creator/SesameWorkshop Children's Television Workshop]] and Creator/FilmRoman about mechanical engineering and technology. It was based on a children's technology book called ''Literature/TheWayThingsWork'' by David Macaulay. The show ran from September, 1993 to October, 1994 on Creator/{{ABC}} for 20 episodes. The show was also aired on some PBS affiliates (such as KTCA-TV 17 in Minneapolis/St. Paul).

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An educational/informative show from the [[Creator/SesameWorkshop Children's Television Workshop]] and Creator/FilmRoman about mechanical engineering and technology. It was based on a children's technology book called ''Literature/TheWayThingsWork'' by David Macaulay.Creator/DavidMacaulay. The show ran from September, 1993 to October, 1994 on Creator/{{ABC}} for 20 episodes. The show was also aired on some PBS affiliates (such as KTCA-TV 17 in Minneapolis/St. Paul).
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An educational/informative Sesame Workshop show about mechanical engineering and technology. It was based on a children's technology book called ''Literature/TheWayThingsWork'' by David Macaulay. The show ran from September, 1993 to October, 1994 on ABC. A total of 20 episodes per season. The show was also aired some PBS affiliates (such as KTCA-TV 17, Twin Cities: St. Paul/Minneapolis PBS affiliate).

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An educational/informative Sesame Workshop show from the [[Creator/SesameWorkshop Children's Television Workshop]] and Creator/FilmRoman about mechanical engineering and technology. It was based on a children's technology book called ''Literature/TheWayThingsWork'' by David Macaulay. The show ran from September, 1993 to October, 1994 on ABC. A total of Creator/{{ABC}} for 20 episodes per season. episodes. The show was also aired on some PBS affiliates (such as KTCA-TV 17, Twin Cities: St. Paul/Minneapolis PBS affiliate).
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* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife : Selene is a purple Smilodon.


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* PredatorsAreMean: Played straight. Both the saber-toothed cat Selene and the dire wolves are portrayed as stereotypical villanous predators. Meanwhile the humans show no interest in hunting the mammoths.
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An educational/informative Sesame Workshop show about mechanical engineering and technology. It was based on a children's technology book called [[http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/davidmacaulay/ "The Way Things Work"]] by David Macaulay. The show ran from September, 1993 to October, 1994 on ABC. A total of 20 episodes per season. The show was also aired some PBS affiliates (such as KTCA-TV 17, Twin Cities: St. Paul/Minneapolis PBS affiliate).

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An educational/informative Sesame Workshop show about mechanical engineering and technology. It was based on a children's technology book called [[http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/davidmacaulay/ "The Way Things Work"]] ''Literature/TheWayThingsWork'' by David Macaulay. The show ran from September, 1993 to October, 1994 on ABC. A total of 20 episodes per season. The show was also aired some PBS affiliates (such as KTCA-TV 17, Twin Cities: St. Paul/Minneapolis PBS affiliate).
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* TitleThemeTune: "So listen as Phil takes us back to wonders of long ago / And weaves a tale of Woolyville and ice-age boy named Cro-o-o-o, Cro-o-o-o... ''WesternAnimation/{{Cro}}!''"
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An educational/informative Sesame Workshop show about mechanical engineering and technology. It was based on a children's technology book called [[http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/davidmacaulay/ "The Way Things Work"]] by David Macaulay. The show ran from September, 1993 to October, 1994 on ABC. A total of 20 episodes per season.

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An educational/informative Sesame Workshop show about mechanical engineering and technology. It was based on a children's technology book called [[http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/davidmacaulay/ "The Way Things Work"]] by David Macaulay. The show ran from September, 1993 to October, 1994 on ABC. A total of 20 episodes per season.
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The show was originally on ABC, but was later run on PBS.


An educational/informative Sesame Workshop show about mechanical engineering and technology. It was based on a children's technology book called [[http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/davidmacaulay/ "The Way Things Work"]] by David Macaulay. The show ran from September, 1993 to October, 1994 on PBS. A total of 20 episodes per season.

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An educational/informative Sesame Workshop show about mechanical engineering and technology. It was based on a children's technology book called [[http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/davidmacaulay/ "The Way Things Work"]] by David Macaulay. The show ran from September, 1993 to October, 1994 on PBS.ABC. A total of 20 episodes per season.
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An educational/informative Sesame Workshop show about mechanical engineering and technology. It was based on a children's technology book called [[http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/davidmacaulay/ "The Way Things Work"]] by David Macaulay. The show ran from September, 1993 to October, 1994 on ABC. A total of 20 episodes per season.

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An educational/informative Sesame Workshop show about mechanical engineering and technology. It was based on a children's technology book called [[http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/davidmacaulay/ "The Way Things Work"]] by David Macaulay. The show ran from September, 1993 to October, 1994 on ABC.PBS. A total of 20 episodes per season.
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An educational/informative Sesame Workshop show about mechanical engineering and technology. It was based on a children's technology book called "[[http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/davidmacaulay/ The Way Things Work]]" by David Macaulay. The show ran from September, 1993 to October, 1994 on ABC. A total of 20 episodes per season.

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An educational/informative Sesame Workshop show about mechanical engineering and technology. It was based on a children's technology book called "[[http://www.[[http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/davidmacaulay/ The "The Way Things Work]]" Work"]] by David Macaulay. The show ran from September, 1993 to October, 1994 on ABC. A total of 20 episodes per season.

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An educational/informative show about mechanical engineering and technology. It was based on a children's technology book called "[[http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/davidmacaulay/ The Way Things Work]]" by David Macaulay. The show ran from September, 1993 to October, 1994 on PBS. A total of 20 episodes per season.

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An educational/informative Sesame Workshop show about mechanical engineering and technology. It was based on a children's technology book called "[[http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/davidmacaulay/ The Way Things Work]]" by David Macaulay. The show ran from September, 1993 to October, 1994 on PBS.ABC. A total of 20 episodes per season.



The series is produced by Sesame Workshop.


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* LogoJoke: After the end credits, a rolling stone square would collide with a stone circle and a stone triangle, causing all three shapes to crumble into the initials "CTW" (short for Children's Television Workshop, the name that Sesame Workshop went by until 2001).

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* HotScientist: Among the cast is a rather attractive scientist. At the start of one episode she's in a bikini much to a blushing Phil's embarrassment.
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Dr. Celia (or Dr. C), and she bore a resemblance rather attractive scientist implied to Cro, implying she might be his descendant.have descended from Cro. At the start of one episode she's in a bikini much to a blushing Phil's embarrassment.
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* DownerBeginning: And how. The opening sequence starts off with the main family of cavemen being saved from reoccurring villain, a purple sabertooth tiger, by Phil the Mammoth. Then the ground underneath Phil's feet collapses and he seemingly dies before the eyes of his friends when he plummets to his [[DisneyDeath "death"]]. This is made all the more depressing by that Phil would not be found for thousands of years, so Cro and company never found out that Phil survived and ended their lives never knowing. Then by the time said Mammoth would be reanimated, everything he knew and loved had long since died, though this never is brought up in the actual series. And if that's not not enough for you, the opening theme song is done to the tune of Paul Simon's "Mother and Child Reunion."

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* DownerBeginning: And how. The opening sequence starts off with the main family of cavemen being saved from reoccurring villain, a purple sabertooth tiger, by Phil the Mammoth. Then the ground underneath Phil's feet collapses and he seemingly dies before the eyes of his friends when he plummets to his [[DisneyDeath "death"]]. This is made all the more depressing by with the knowledge that Phil would not be found for thousands of years, so Cro and company never found out that Phil survived and ended their lives never knowing. Then by the time said Mammoth would be reanimated, everything he knew and loved had long since died, though this never is brought up in the actual series. And if that's not not enough for you, the opening theme song is done to the tune of Paul Simon's "Mother and Child Reunion."
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* DownerBeginning: And how. The opening sequence starts off with the main family of cavemen being saved from reoccurring villain, a purple sabertooth tiger, by Phil the Mammoth. Then the ground underneath Phil's feet collapses and he seemingly dies before the eyes of his friends when he plummets to his [[DisneyDeath "death"]]. This is made all the more depressing by that Phil would not be found for thousands of years, [[TearJerker so Cro and company never found out that Phil survived and ended their lives never knowing. Then by the time said Mammoth would be reanimated, everything he knew and loved had long since died, though this never is brought up in the actual series. And if that's not not enough for you, the opening theme song is done to the tune of Paul Simon's "Mother and Child Reunion."

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* DownerBeginning: And how. The opening sequence starts off with the main family of cavemen being saved from reoccurring villain, a purple sabertooth tiger, by Phil the Mammoth. Then the ground underneath Phil's feet collapses and he seemingly dies before the eyes of his friends when he plummets to his [[DisneyDeath "death"]]. This is made all the more depressing by that Phil would not be found for thousands of years, [[TearJerker so Cro and company never found out that Phil survived and ended their lives never knowing. Then by the time said Mammoth would be reanimated, everything he knew and loved had long since died, though this never is brought up in the actual series. And if that's not not enough for you, the opening theme song is done to the tune of Paul Simon's "Mother and Child Reunion."

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