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who was a later addition to the characters in the garden). Stories are often acted out using costumes and props provided by the Story Box. In addition to songs, games, and jokes, the characters provide life lessons for viewers, and extend personal greetings to members of their television audience—for
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The show aired on WPIX at various times during the day on weekdays, but only four days a week, from Monday through
Thursday. At some points, it led out of morning cartoons, leading into religious programming. After 1975, it aired afternoons, leading out of religious and public affairs shows into the
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to host an early-afternoon cartoon program. During the audition, Demas suggested an alternative idea. Asking Janis to come with her to a second audition, Demas and Janis presented a slower-paced show designed to avoid overstimulating young children's developing brains. After being hired, the two
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and Paula, the main characters and hosts of the show, sing several songs throughout each episode, often accompanied by Paula's acoustic guitar. The show takes place entirely within the Magic Garden, a colorful set that includes the Magic Tree, which lowers various objects from its branches. Also
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found throughout the garden are swings, a stone path, a shed, and the
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Prairie" (season 3, episode 13) includes a brief sketch titled "Raiders of the Magic Garden"; Carole and Paula open the Story Box, and out come ghosts and destructive energy (like those from the
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Demas is married and appears on stage, television, film, concerts, and cabaret. Janis works in television and has three children. They continue to promote
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metropolitan area. Produced and broadcast in the world's largest television market, the show became popular with millions of children. As characterized by
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is a live-action children's television program that aired
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half-hour show in which Ms. Janis and Ms. Demas sat on giant toadstools, spoke to flowers, sang songs and told stories."
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52 half-hour episodes, a one-hour holiday special (which aired on
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featured on the show came from material that Demas and Janis had created as schoolteachers.
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