I wanted a Mortimer Ichabod pen so bad when I was a little kid. I was convinced that if I had one, I could get on “Picture Pages” with Bill Cosby, and it would make that cool noise as I drew. Sadly, it was not to be. I’ll just have to console myself with clips of the show, and the memories of a Mortimer-less childhood. And let me also take this opportunity to say thank goodness for Captain Kangaroo and Nickelodeon (Pinwheel in particular)- where else could you see Chapi Chapo and Teeny Little Superguy and Picture Pages?

See four different clips, plus a bonus 80s commercial, after the jump…

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