Cro (1993)
Cro is an American animated television series produced by the Children's Television Workshop and Film Roman. It debuted on September 18, 1993 as part of the Saturday morning line-up for fall 1993 on ABC. Cro did not do well with the viewers. The show had an educational theme in accordance with FCC-mandated educational/instructional requirements, introducing basic concepts of physics, mechanical engineering, and technology. The premise of using woolly mammoths as a teaching tool for the principles of technology was inspired by David Macaulay's The Way Things Work; Macaulay is credited as writer on the show. The last new episode aired on October 22, 1994. The show was released on video in a total of nine volumes.
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Episode 1 - Just a Stone's Throw Away
Release Date: 1993-09-18After Bobb and Steamer trap themselves on the opposite side of a canyon, a few of Woolyville’s residents band together to find an ingenious way to reach the other side to rescue them. Meanwhile, in the present, Phil helps Mike with his basketball skills with aid of a catapult.
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Episode 2 - No Time For Steamer
Release Date: 1993-09-25Steamer is left behind as the other mammoths leave on vacation. Cro and the Neanderthals come up with a way to balance out everyone's time spent babysitting him.
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Episode 3 - Destroy all Buckies
Release Date: 1993-10-02Og discovers a discarded invention and has to defend it as the rest of Woolyville demands its destruction.
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Episode 4 - It's Snow Problem
Release Date: 1993-10-09Cro invents a way to get everyone up the mountain to enjoy his new sport.
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Episode 5 - Let Me Help
Release Date: 1993-10-16Phil goes a little overboard in his attempts to help the humans create a window in the cave.
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Episode 6 - The Legend of Big Thing
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Episode 7 - A Bridge Too Short
Release Date: 1993-10-30Earl and Mojo have the humans build a bridge for the Grand Medallion of Merit.
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Episode 8 - Pakka's Cool Invention
Release Date: 1993-11-06Pakka helps find a way to keep Esmeralda cool in the summer heat.
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Episode 9 - Here's Looking at You, Cro'
Release Date: 1993-11-13Cro discovers a 'seemyselfer' and uses it to watch Og and Gog compete.
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Episode 10 - No Way Up
Release Date: 1993-11-20Nandy has a final request, to fly.
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Episode 11 - Adventures in Miscommunications
Release Date: 1993-11-27Earl and Mojo's insult war gets mixed up with an important message about the volcano.
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Episode 12 - Escape from Mung Island
Release Date: 1993-12-04 -
Episode 13 - Pulley for You
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Episode 14 - Things That Eat Mung in the Night
Release Date: 1993-12-18