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4	''Gerbert'' is a show about a chicken-nugget-shaped puppet child that teaches life lessons for children. In its first season, it was ReligiousEdutainment, however, its second season was a secular EdutainmentShow. It aired on the Creator/{{Freeform}} (then the Christian Broadcasting Network) from February 15, 1988 to December 25, 1991. The secular version also briefly aired on Creator/{{PBS}} during the early 1990s.
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6	Gerbert originated as a pitch for a Christian Kids music album, before CBN took interest and decided to make Gerbert become a live-action series. Prior to becoming a TV series, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwRv-QZvpyA Gerbert's first debuted]] in the 1987 direct to video film ''Gerbert in "The World Around Us" - A Musical Adventure'' which was originally sold to hospitals across the United States.
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8	!!''Gerbert'' contains examples of:
9	* ArtEvolution: In the 1987 direct to video film, ''Gerbert in The World Around Us - A Musical Adventure'' from 1987. Gerbert's had a notably different design (such as his head not resembling a chicken-nugget) and looked like a generic puppet.
10	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first Gerbert project ''Gerbert - The World Around Us'' featured Gerbert living in a different house which was notably bigger than future Gerbert projects post-1988 alongside having a different format for musical numbers and it's teaching on biblical stories. Gerbert was also less whiny compared to the TV series and future home video projects.
11	* CompanionCube: Justified. Gerbert, a child, talks to his toy bear, Rory.
12	* LiteralMinded: Justified with Gerbert being a child. In a segment about friends having to go away for long distances, when asked what biblical figures Jonathan and David were doing in a picture, Gerbert responds "I put them there". It has to be explained to him that he was asked to describe the scene.
13	* NoAntagonist: Gerbert is something of a slice of life show, and has no antagonists.
14	* NoFourthWall: In segments without other people, Gerbert talks to the audience.
15	* PreschoolShow: Gerbert is an EdutainmentShow example of this.
16	* ReligiousRedub: Inverted. Gerbert was a ReligiousEdutainment show in its original run, but was then turned into a secular EdutainmentShow for its second airing.

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