![]() I’ll never forget WGBH’s hypnotic opening logo roll, with accompanying trippy electronic music beaming into my family’s clunky TV, inviting me like a space traveler to explore something new. ![]() Locals may not know that “Zoom” was produced in Boston. The innovative PBS program celebrated its 50th anniversary last month. I’m talking about “Zoom,” the children’s television show that debuted in 1972 and ran until 1980. Bernadette did this magical thing while swinging her arms, a kind of butterfly fluttering effect, that entranced my 7-year-old brain and heart. Most of all, I remember my old friends: Tracy, Neal, Leon, Danny, Maura and especially, Bernadette, my first TV crush, or crush in any medium, real or fictive. I remember the word riddle game called "Fannee Doolee” ("Fannee Doolee likes sweets, but hates candy”) although I never did figure it out. Half a century later, I can still sing the address: "Write Zoom. ![]() (Courtesy WGBH) This article is more than 1 year old. ![]() "Was this the children’s revolution, and was it being televised?" writes Ethan Gilsdorf. ![]()
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