History Series / RomperRoom

* TransatlanticEquivalent: The format was exported to various countries, including Canada (first with various local versions in the 1960s as in the U.S., then with a national version on Creator/{{CTV}} from 1972-92), the United Kingdom (Creator/{{ITV}} franchises Anglia, Ulster and Grampian each had their own versions in the 1960s-70s), Australia (who also did local versions as well as a national version on Creator/SevenNetwork from 1974-88), Japan (''Ronpārūmu'' aired on [[Creator/NipponTelevision NTV]] from 1963-79), Hong Kong (''Siusiu Lokyuen'' aired on Asia Television's Chinese channel in the late 60s-early 70s) and Paraguay (a 17-episode run in 1988; see the Trivia subpage for why that run was so short).

* ProductPlacement: As mentioned in the MerchandiseDriven example above, the show had a tendency to promote its Hasbro-produced line of merchandise, which they stopped doing after their run-in with ACT.

* InnocentSwearing: An unintentional example in the Japanese version. In one episode, the teacher asked the children if they know any words beginning with "ki", and a boy responded with "I know: ''kintama''!", which is Japanese slang for testicles. The teacher then asked the boy if he could think of something a bit more ''kireina'' ("nice" in Japanese), prompting the boy to respond with "Kireina kintama!" ("Nice nuts!") Cue the boy being replaced with a teddy bear after a commercial break.

* TransatlanticEquivalent: The format was exported to various countries, including Canada (first with various local versions in the 1960s as in the U.S., then with a national version on Creator/{{CTV}} from 1972-92), the United Kingdom (Creator/{{ITV}} franchises Anglia, Ulster and Grampian each had their own versions in the 1960s-70s), Australia (who also did local versions as well as a national version on Creator/SevenNetwork from 1974-88), Japan (''Ronpārūmu'' aired on [[Creator/NipponTelevision NTV]] from 1963-79), Hong Kong (''Siusiu Lokyuen'' aired on Asia Television's Chinese channel in the late 60s-early 70s) and Paraguay (a 17-episode run in 1988).

* FakeInteractivity: Yup, it used this. In particular, the concept is played with using the Magic Mirror that the teacher would look through at the end of each episode to "see" who was watching. Since 1. this was a show franchise produced by local stations and 2. the teacher named off children who had written to the show, it was likely that she might give the name of a child who was watching.

* FakeInteractivity: Yup.

* MerchandiseDriven: Claster Television, the show's creator, was bought by Creator/{{Hasbro}} in 1969, making ''Romper Room'' merchandise inevitable.

* PhoneyCall: Several local versions have had the teacher receive "a phone call" from a safety officer (usually, "the police chief" or "the fire chief") as part of a safety lesson. Often, these lessons tended to be graphic, even for 4- and 5-year-old kids... such as what happens [[RunsWithScissors when children run with scissors]] or look right at the sun. Usually, a large phone prop was sitting on the desk, and was first seen after a commercial break... letting viewers know that they can expect the phone to ring (obvious sound effects) at any moment.

* WordSaladLyrics: In the theme song used for ''Romper Room and Friends''.

An American educational TV show that was highly influential to the EdutainmentShow genre, ''Romper Room'' aired from 1953 to 1994 and was a rare case of a show being franchised and syndicated (i.e., local affiliates could produce and air their own versions without having to air one single national version, although there ''was'' a national version made for affiliates that didn't have their own local version of the show). The format also was exported to other countries, such as Japan. The show was created by Claster Television.

An American educational TV show that was highly influential to the EdutainmentShow genre, ''Romper Room'' aired from 1953 to 1994 and was a rare case of a show being franchised and syndicated (i.e. local affiliates could produce and air their own versions without having to air one single national version, although there ''was'' a national version made for affiliates that didn't have their own local version of the show). The show was created by Claster Television.

The general premise of ''Romper Room'' was that a woman serving as the hostess of the show would spend about an hour doing various activities with a group of children, such as storytelling, exercising, singing songs, etc. At the end of each episode, the teacher would look into a "magic mirror" and say the names of the children who the magic mirror thinks is having a good day.

* PhoneyCall: Several local versions have had the teacher receive "a phone call" from a safety officer (usually, "the police chief" or "the fire chief") as part of a safety lesson. Often, these lessons tended to be graphic, even for 4- and 5-year-old kids... such as what happens [[RunsWithScissors when children run with scissors]] or kids looking right at the sun. Usually, a large phone prop was sitting on the desk, and was first seen after a commercial break... letting viewers know that they can expect the phone to ring (obvious sound effects) at any moment.

The general premise of ''Romper Room'' was that a teacher would spend about an hour doing various activities with a group of children, such as storytelling, exercising, singing songs, etc. At the end of each episode, the teacher would look into a "magic mirror" and say the names of the children who the magic mirror thinks is having a good day.

* InnocentSwearing: An unintentional example in the Japanese version. In one episode, the teacher asked the children if they know any words beginning with "ki", and a boy responded with "I know: ''kintama''!", which is Japanese slang for testicles. The teacher then asked the boy if he could think of something a bit more ''kireina'' ("nice" in Japanese), prompting the boy to respond with "Kireina kintama!" ("Nice nuts!") Cue the boy being replaced by a teddy bear after a commercial break.