Hocus Focus | |
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Genre | Children Variety Show |
Written by |
Lou Berger Bob Keiber Ellen Schecter Larry Jordan Peggy Sloane |
Directed by | Andrea Cvirko Nan Harris |
Starring |
Brad Williams Jim Jinkins |
Theme music composer | George James |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
Production | |
Producer(s) | Patty Rout |
Editor(s) | Larry Jordan Alan Miller (editor) |
Camera setup |
Robert Ellis Barry Fialt |
Distributor | Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment |
Release | |
Original network | Nickelodeon (1979–1980) |
Chronology | |
Related shows | Pinwheel (TV series) |
Hocus Focus is the name of a children's television series in 1979 which aired on Nickelodeon.
Hocus Focus featured an apprentice wizard who magically time traveled forward from the Middle Ages named Kryspen, who worked in the film department of a public library, who, along with his shape-shifting pet named "Oulak", played short films. Kryspen's friends included the absent-minded Professor Rhombus, a young woman named Daisy, and a talking book. The show only lasted one year.
Transcription of YouTube clip.:
Hocus Focus early Nickelodeon TV show from 1981, last accessed May 20, 2013 on YouTube