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''Mr. Piper'' is a Canadian children's TV series made in 1963. The series was created by Martin Andrews and Allan Wargon, who was also the producer. ==Overview== The show's host was a large Canadian opera tenor Alan Crofoot, dressed as a Pied Piper with a flower in his hat. He would introduce four segments in each half hour programme: *''Teletune'' - as a narrator of a fantasy stories illustrated with graphics; *''Port of Call'' - presenter of films about children and events in other lands; *''Bag of Tricks'' - Crofoot performs magic tricks; *''Animal Farm'' - many farmyard characters telling the story of the day in miniature barnyard sets, featuring Rupert the Rat, Bessie the Bunny, Kookie the Kitten, Harriet Hen, Freddie Frog, Calvin (Rac)Coon and Charlotte Cow. Thirty-nine episodes were produced. It was originally shown by CBC Television and also became well known in the United Kingdom,〔(Sterling Times )〕 where it was repeated on ITV throughout the 1960s and 1970s, often as part of school summer holiday programming. In May/June 1972, some ''Mr. Piper'' episodes were transmitted, dubbed into Italian, by the RAI-TV network. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mr. Piper」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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