Does anyone else remember Little Witch and Jackalantern?

It's kind of an obscure show.

Most of the people I've mentioned it to have never heard of it and can't find a shred

of information about it online.

But I know that it existed, so I remembered it so vividly.

For the uninitiated, which I assume do most of you, the show aired sometime in the mid-80s.

Must have been sometime around 1987.

I'd compare it to the stuff like Polkadot Door with a big comfy couch or Peebe's playhouse,

although this show had a distinct hollow-in aesthetic to it.

Despite that, it didn't just play around hollow-in.

Episodes aired all throughout the year on one of the local channels in my hometown.

The main character was this young witch named Melanie.

She was about seven or eight and was always dressed in a purple and gold dress with striped

stockings in a typical witch hat.

She was the only character in the show who was completely played in live action.

They switched out her actress once or twice during the run of the series because I remember

a couple of different faces playing the role, but the outfit was always the same.

And the little witch was always named Melanie.

It's been so long though.

I don't entirely remember.

Anyway, Melanie lived in the castle of the great Jackal Antoin, the most powerful wizard

in the world.

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