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The Metric Marvels
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TV Show
First Air Date: September 9, 1978
Last Air Date: September 9, 1978
Genre: Family, Animation
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 7
Episode Runtime: 3 min
Rating:
Network: NBC
Overview
The Metric Marvels is a series of seven animated educational shorts featuring songs about meters, liters, Celsius, and grams, designed to teach American children how to use the metric system. They were produced by Newall & Yohe, the same advertising agency which produced ABC's popular Schoolhouse Rock! series, and first aired on the NBC television network in September 1978. Voices for the Metric Marvels shorts included Lynn Ahrens, Bob Dorough, Bob Kaliban, and Paul Winchell.