I Called Pappyland a Flop… But Was I Wrong??

I loved Pappyland, taught me so much about drawing

I have never seen this before. It looks cute.

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I loved Pappyland! I can still sing the theme. Even though I was ten years old and not in preschool, I still enjoyed learning how to draw.

This was one of my favorite shows as a kid. So many memories. And being able to remember this song word for word over 30 years later gives me all the feels❤❤❤

I grew up in Nebraska and this was one of my favorite shows to watch. It took me YEARS to find out what its name was a decade ago when I was trying to find it.

I still watch it as a comfort watch and do my art to it even now. My kid self loved to draw on paper to it. My adult self now draws digitally and smiles.

This show and Mark Kistler's Imagination Station were the BEST.

I had no idea this was ever on PBS. I watched it on TLC and rented the videos from the library, well my siblings did. If I wanted to watch TV and it was their time to choose a show or video, it was Pappyland. My mom also uded it as art class for my younger siblings whe we home schooled. They definitely sent their drawings too but I don't think they ever got picked, like the comment below, there was a good chance the show was already over bc we watched reruns and vhs tapes. The theme has been an ear worm for my family for 30 years.

I used to love watching pappyland as a kid I distinctly remember watching it on TLC early in the morning and getting ready for school. I did make attempt at drawing along with Kathy once or twice to no success but nowadays when I need a pick-me-up or just something fun to do I'll sit and watch one of the episodes and try to draw along again I may even do that this weekend. Thank you for reminding me of the show again because sometimes the theme song get stuck in my head thank you for your channel and thank you for the awesome continue the Great work.

Pappyland was my jam. Having my doodle featured during the end credits of an episode changed my life.

Pappyland was a good show, and it helped me become fascinated by art and I use it as the basis for teaching kids to keep drawings simple and now with my job as an instructional assistant is to work with children. I often teach them to draw simple things, just as Pappy did for me on his show to help them realize that it doesn't need to be perfect. It was a big inspiration for me, it's what inspired me to work with children. It taught me to draw and believe I could. The biggest payoff about this show was that it wasn't about the money or merchandise, it was what it did for children and how it inspired them. It brought people a lot of joy.

I mean I grew up in the 90s and never saw Pappyland

Ahhh! Omgsh! Core memory unlocked! This video just warmed my heart. I absolutely loved this show and remember drawing along. Loved Pappyland!

I immediately remembered the theme song 🥰

I remember the theme song, but I don't remember seeing this much probably due to the timeslot. But the theme song sticks out to me, it's so strange.

I remember watching Pappyland as a kid, and many years later I actually had the opportunity to meet Pappy personally. He’s one of the most amazing and loving people I’ve ever had a chance to meet.

Pappyland was a great show but it owes its existence to the other show you incorrectly labeled as a flop, secret city. SC was like pappyland in spirit but for older kids. It taught more advanced stuff like shading and forced perspective. The reason it might have seemed like a flop was probably due to the fact that the creator had a set goal for each season with certain episodes teaching certain drawing techniques. Once he taught all he wanted that was the end of the show and he would get to work on a sequel series that taught different things. The only reason you don’t hear as much of a defense of it was due to its age. I’m 47 and it was on when I was very young. It was a big deal though. My elementary school recorded it and required all 4th grade classes and under to watch it as part of art class. It was huge and then it went away after teaching its lessons.

I am SO excited you did this – I was born in ‘88 and every morning when this came on I’d grab a piece of paper and learn to draw with Pappy before getting on the bus.

It gave me some of the very basic formative drawing skills I still use today for fun!

Thank you for bringing back these super early memories 🙏🏼

I remember the lyrics in the inro being something like, "and you, too, can do it, when you're in pappy-land"

And, at age 11 or so, we were already mocking it by sexualizing the, "do it", part.

Pappyland was cool because the drawings were just challenging enough to where you felt accomplished when you were done.

I drew with Pappy!