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Albertosaurus
Since: Jan, 2001
17th May, 2017 09:34:14 AM
That has to be Jim Button. The woman who wanted to learn to laugh was also a dragon by the way.
Stillalive
Since: Aug, 2010
17th May, 2017 10:12:24 AM
Just checked. Yes, that's the one. Thank you.
I have this semi-vivid memory of this kids show from my childhood about a young boy and an old (or at least adult) man (might be his grandfather) sailing the seas that ran in Israel in the late 90's or early 00's.
I remember the first or so arc being about rescuing the boy's love interest, who was trapped with some other children in a classrom held by a grumpy old woman (a witch?) who wants the children to teach her how to laugh again.
I also remember there was some later episode where there was a man who seemed larger from far away and average height from close by. And the boy had him come to a nearby seaside town so that he can work there as their lighthouse.
I may be wrong about some of these plot points, and if the origin of the show is from outside Israel, it might have been subject to macekre. But do any of these plot points seem similar to anyone?