The House of Hunt

One of the best things about my job is that I am surrounded by a bunch of amazing people. My coworkers are an awesome and hilarious bunch. Our lunch conversations often leave me in stitches…and today was no different. We’re not all the same age in our department, but our ages and media knowledge are close enough that we all usually stumbled across the same stuff at different points in our lives. We somehow got on the topic of old Christian children’s entertainment. Psalty the Songbook, Superbook, Patch the Pirate…the list goes on. I tracked down a bunch of clips and shared them with the group. I figured some of the House readers might get a kick out of this peek into my childhood.

First up, here’s a Psalty video. I remember listening to this song constantly on a tape, but this is first time I’ve seen it on video. Something about a dog with giraffe appendages is slightly disconcerting.

Next, we travel to the magical place where Jesus and anime meet. Yes, I’m talking about that awesome amalgam, Superbook. I loved this show growing up…though at the time I had no idea what anime was and I wondered constantly about why all the characters had no noses and mouths that were either coin slots or massive chasms of teeth.

I’m not sure if Patch the Pirate ever did any TV shows or videos, but I had a ton of his tapes and a record or two (Patch the Pirate Goes to Space!!!). So this is one of Ron Hamilton, the man behind the Patch, singing one of his songs.

Remember McGee and Me? I sure do. I loved this junk. So much fun…

Anyone ever watch Davey and Goliath? I thought this was the jam back in the day. Gotta love stop-motion animation.

Finally, here’s a random clip from The Wiz. We watched this on laserdisc constantly when I was going up. I loved it then. I love it now. No apologies. Oh for the days when Michael Jackson had a nose and was still black.

PS: I looked high and low for another show that I watched growing up, but I couldn’t find any clips anywhere. You guys remember The Gospel Bill Show? Another terrific bit of nostalgia for me. And here’s a fun fact: April’s youth pastor (and the pastor who married us) is now the Associate Pastor at Church On The Move, Willie George’s (Gospel Bill himself) massive church out in Tulsa, OK. Small world, eh?