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 - Meal Like a Pig
Release Date: 1994-09-17After 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 - What's That Smell
Release Date: 1994-09-24All of Woolyville is determined to bathe Og.
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Episode 3 - Play It Again, Cro... Not!
Release Date: 1994-10-01Cro practices his violin for the Woolyville marching band.
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Episode 4 - Lever in a Million Years
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Episode 5 - Turn Up the Heat
Release Date: 1994-10-15Cro needs to ride a mammoth for his coming of age ceremony. He hopes that making a new shower for Phil will get Phil to agree to help him.
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Episode 6 - They Move Mammoths, Don't They?
Release Date: 1994-10-22