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There were no humans in this show, as far as I can remember. Most importantly, I ONLY want PBS shows.

Bump. The parent creatures were of a species with a really funny name. The show looked a lot like Arthur, but it isn't. The young bear (he looked like a teddy) had Black Bead Eyes. The parents, however, had the generic Black Eyes. The pupils were small. The bear had brown fur. The parents wore button-down shirts and khakis.

Tried http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PBS_Kids#Past_Programs ?

Yes, I looked at the past PBS shows. None of them exactly matched my show.

There's Rupert Bear, but he doesn't wear overalls. Hmmmm....

Cordouroy (im spelling that wrong) bear?

It's neither Rupert nor Corduroy. I've seen both. My bear is brown; Rupert is white. My bear wore a shirt under his overalls; Corduroy didn't.

Bump once again. The exotic parent species sounded German. I have no idea where this show was animated. For all I know, I'm a US native.

Berenstain Bears?

No, it wasn't the Berenstain Bears. I don't remember the main characters living in a tree house. The "parents" never really talked in my show...

Bump. The show was most likely created in the USA, Canada, or France.

Snoozenheimer was the species name, and the show name was My World.:D

Holy hell Gaz Bev Moo! You saw it too! I posted that info on Wikipedia to no avail. You saw it too? Maybe I might remake it into a cartoon!

No I actually never saw this. I posted that info according to what another person remembers. And the Justin Bieber link was a joke, that was the name of his first album.

Oh you were that person. I'm sorry I was confused. I thought this one and the other one you made that didn't mention the name were a different person. I'm sorry.

That's OK.

Did you say in one of your imdb boards that you called PBS and they thought you were making it up as a prank call? I'm unclear on that.

Er, no. My local station (which is no longer a PBS) told me to contact PBS itself, which produced the short.

Did you contact PBS yet?

Yes I have. They haven't replied yet.

The folks on Wikipedia removed my edit to "PBS Kids" about "My World". Maybe I might pitch in an extended remake. More of an "Arthur" meets "Phineas And Ferb".

Can't you just call them? How long ago did you send the message? I'd say it sounds more like a mix of Arthur meets Phineas And Ferb. But do you say that in sense of art style or genre? Also do you remember if the cartoon had more than one episode? And could it have been part of a show with lots of short segments like Sesame Street or Between The Lions or something similar?

I sent the message in August. Maybe I'll send another message.

Yup. I also wrote to PBS Kids tonight.

OOPS! The programmer told me to expand more into info. She suggested a segment of "Africa for Kids" (also called My World), but that was live action.

PBS suggested that I contact something called "American Public Television". This may very well be my last chance at EVER finding the short. Maybe I'll do a loose sketch of a scene, then mail it to PBS.

Did you describe the cartoon in detail to them? If not then you should call them again and do it. There is a chance you misremembered the name.

I might have the wrong name, and I forgot to include details about the character designs. Thank you SO much; you're so helpful.

Was it Little Bear? It was on Nickelodeon, not PBS, though. But I think Little Bear wore overalls sometimes.

No. This couldn't be anything well known.

How about "Corduroy"?

We know it's not Corduroy, Rupert, Little Bear, The Berenstein Bears, or anything else well known.

Yeah, an Australian on the IM Db guessed Rockos Modern Life. I almost fell over, but then I calmly explained that the short was aimed at pre-school age children.

Oh man!XO if I wasn't laying down I would've fell backwards! How dumb can people get? That my favorite show ever and this short sounds nothing like it remotely.

Hi Fifimcleef, maybe I can help. I work for American Public Television, referenced above. The public television system has a number of show distributors for childrens' programming— PBS is one of them, and we are as well. It's a similar situation to public radio, where shows are created by NPR, PRI, APM, etc. So: I checked our archives and I can't find anything for kids named "My World." However, it could've been from another distributor— OR, it could've been created at KCET, the public television station in Los Angeles. But are you sure that's the correct name for the program you're looking for? Otherwise, it's a needle in a very large haystack! Also, a specific year you're looking for will help.

At first they said 1995-1999 then 1997-1998, can't you look through shows and find something obscure that sounds like what they described?

108.20.78.115, I believe that the main major character was a young brown bear wearing a purple shirt and green overalls. The parents inside the house looked nothing like the kid. They were pale, long snout, wore white button-down shirt, and khakis. That should help.

Hi there— unfortunately no, we can't look through actual shows from over a decade ago— especially if there's no accurate program title. As well, with programs this old, the actual tapes have been returned long ago to the original producer if the shows are out of legal rights, which I'm sure these are! But I'll do a little sleuthing with some folks who have been in the system a while. Stay tuned, this may take a bit. I'll try to do what I can to help you.

The legal rights thing is confusing, and I don't know who produced the short. My best guesses are Nelvana, CINAR and Porchlight.

Are you able to look up shows that started over ten years ago but ended less than ten years ago or are still running?

Have you tried contacting the Museum of Television and Radio? Maybe they have archives for this sort of thing?

That museum has been renamed "The Paley Center for Media". I'll also ask U.C.L.A. because they have a large film/television collection. Heh, I'm living in the Los Angeles metro area, so my mom or dad will drive me there.

This is so exciting!

You can also try the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago. You can do an online search of their archives here.

Or I could visit cartoonresearch.com, but that specializes in pre-60s shorts. I'm 100% sure my short was from the 90s.

I'm worried that the footage has been deleted, or maybe it's only my imagination. I'll probably do a loose sketch of the only scene that I remember. (shedding a tear) Maybe its name WASN'T My World.

This weekend I will draw a comic of what I picture it looking like from what you said for you to show them. I don't want you to go to the trouble. Be warned however that my art stinks, but I can probably make it look identifiable to anyone familiar with it.

Main character: the shirt color was purple; the overalls were light green. Dot eyes like in Peanuts. Brown fur. Only had thumbs, don't remember shoe color.

Parents (?): White button-down shirts, brown hair. Khaki pants. Long face, with nostrils. Smiled with the teeth style of a Disney princess movie. Wore shoes.

These details should help with the comic

Thanks for telling me, because I was picturing the parents a lot different than that. I tried to do a comic last night but closed the page without saving when I was almost done. How big should I make the comic? I was just going to do a few big panels and just have the bear introduce himself and show off the alien parents. Is that enough? The shorter it is the better the art will look with me. Also when you put a laconic on that Wikipedia page you called the bear PJ. Can I call him that?

Sure. The character names may be different than what I thought, but I sure hope that works.

Also I've been very busy this weekend and it may be up to a month before I get around to it, but I will.

bump

Anyway, I tried a search, but it didn't work.

I haven't got the chance to make it yet, but I will this weekend or next.

The requesting user was banned. The parents didn't have ears.

How do you know?

It's only a random guess.

This is scary.

Perhaps it was a one-time short. You could try contacting the production companies. Or wonder if the voice actors are alive.