jenny@ucbvax.UUCP (Kathryn Hargreaves) (07/15/84)
On November 19, 1956, "Our Mr. Sun" aired in color on CBS at 10:00 p.m. It was followed in four-month intervals by "Hemo the Magnificent," "The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays," and "Meteora, the Unchained Godess." "Our Mr. Sun" was "he Bell Telephone System's first entry into the TV ratrace," according to Jim Hanna of N.Y. Ayer Agency's TV and Radio division. Jim's company was the one that brought the director, Frank Capra, and A.T.&T. together. The cast of the series consisted of two humans, Dr. Research and a Fiction Writer, and four animated cartoon characters, Mr. Sun, Father Time, Thermo the Magnificent, and Chloro Phyll. The above information is taken from Frank Capra's book, "The Name Above the Title." Elvira