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unusual facts about Uncle Croc's Block


Uncle Croc's Block

The series was cut in half for a 30-minute format, then scrapped on February 14, 1976 after half a season on the air.


Bishop's

Bishop's Block, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Dubuque County, Iowa (USA)

Commercial buildings in Sycamore Historic District

It stands close to the George's Block and across the street from the Waterman Block and the National Bank & Trust Co. Building, all significant structures within the historic district.

Downtown,the George's Block, once known as the James Block, is another 19th Century structure located in Sycamore, Illinois along Illinois Route 64 (State Street) as it passes through the DeKalb County seat.

Fred Silverman

During Silverman's time at ABC, he overhauled the network's Saturday-morning cartoon output, dumping Filmation (which had produced the failed Uncle Croc's Block) and replacing it with content from Hanna-Barbera, including a continuation of Scooby-Doo.

George's Block

The George's Block, once known as the James Block, is a 19th Century structure located in Sycamore, Illinois along Illinois Route 64 (State Street) as it passes through the DeKalb County seat.

Sheri Martinelli

In recent years, she has appeared under the pseudonym "Sheri Donatti" in Anatole Broyard’s Kafka Was the Rage, under her own name in David Markson’s novel Reader’s Block, as "Lady Carey" in Larry McMurty's 1995 novel Dead Man's Walk, and she was anthologized in Richard Peabody’s A Different Beat.

Sputnik Sweetheart

This meeting and the ensuing relationship between the women leads to Sumire changing: she starts wearing nicer clothes, gets a better apartment, and even quits smoking; however, she also develops a writer's block.

Thomas Detre

While completing his medical studies in Rome in the early 1950s, Detre counseled a small American expatriate clientele which included the writer Claude Fredericks and his 25-year-old friend, the poet James Merrill, who sought Detre's help for writer's block.

Uwe Johnson

In 1974, he moved to Sheerness on the English Isle of Sheppey; shortly after, he broke off work on Jahrestage due partly to health problems and partly to writer's block.

Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down

As with all of their wilder comedies, such as those mentioned above and later shows like Uncle Croc's Block and The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty, Filmation stuffed the episodes with slapstick jokes, and the rubbery, gangly animated version of Lewis was well realised.


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