- CBS Storybreak
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show_name = CBS Storybreak
caption = CBS Storybreak logo, as seen on the show's opening sequence.
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presenter =Bob Keeshan
country =United States
language = English
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network =CBS
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first_aired =1985
last_aired =1993
imdb_id = 0272370
tv_com_id = 2673"CBS Storybreak" is a Saturday morning anthology
television series that originally aired on theCBS network during the 1985 season. Hosted by "Captain Kangaroo 's"Bob Keeshan (and in its 1993 return by "The Cosby Show 's"Malcolm Jamal-Warner ), the episodes are half-hour animated adaptations of some of the most belovedchildren's book s published at the time of airing, including "How to Eat Fried Worms ". Other episodes included "Dragon's Blood" and "Ratha's Creature ".Unique for an American television series, the series featured
open captions for the hearing impaired during its 1993 reairing, instead of the usualclosed captioning .The episodes were produced by
Australia 'sSouthern Star Entertainment and America'sHanna-Barbera Productions for CBS Entertainment.One of its crew, Sander Schwartz, [http://www.worldscreen.com/interviewsarchive.php?filename=schwartz.txt ] would go on to become the president of
Warner Bros. Animation in 2002.Select episodes were released on
home video in 1992 under the title "Video Storybreak".CBS' first in-house cartoon series since their original
Terrytoons , it was nominated for anEmmy for Outstanding Animated Program in the 1985-1986 season. It continued in reruns until 1988 and returned to air in reruns during the 1993 season.ee also
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The Pagemaster ", a film with a similar premiseExternal links
*http://www.retrojunk.com/details_tvshows/381-cbs-storybreak/
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