During two months of summer the theatres offered programs for children to view once a week. I remember seeing the 1972 version of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. My brother Steven was somehow mesmerized by the show. Years later we had watched it through one of those PBS fundraisers. Steven had asked us to record it for him – especially the credits as he wanted to know if Michael Crawford was the actor who played the white rabbit.
When the end credits
started rolling, the viewing size was shrunk from full screen to a postcard
size behind those who were making promises to those who would contribute to the
station. We kept on recording though it was too small for us to see. This was in the days before Google though
Steven always seemed to figure out a way to find what he was after and did find
it in the postcard size credits. Sure
enough it had been Michael Crawford playing the white Rabbit.
When Jaime was about three we had taken her to Toys R Us as we were looking for Christmas gifts. I found a DVD Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. I had to purchase it and gave it to Steven for Christmas that year.
