The Fit Stop

The Fit Stop is a Canadian children's physical fitness television series which aired on CBC Television from 1974 to 1975.

The Fit Stop
Genre	children's physical fitness
Presented by	Jan Tennant Clarke Wallace
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
Production
Executive producer	Ray Hazzan
Producer	John Ryan
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	CBC Television
Release	5 February 1974 (1974-02-05) – 15 April 1975 (1975-04-15)

Premise

This series promoted physical activities for children featuring guests from the sports and fitness fields. Inexpensive sports were featured during the series, and a course of increasingly strenuous exercises was introduced in the second season. Episodes included talking puppet characters by Noreen Young such as a football helmet, hockey helmet, a knapsack, a linament bottle and an old shoe.^[1]

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast Tuesdays at 4:30 p.m. (Eastern) in two seasons, from 5 February to 4 June 1974 and from 31 December 1974 to 15 April 1975.

References

1. Corcelli, John (August 2005). "The Fit Stop". Canadian Communications Foundation.

External links

• Allan, Blaine (1996). "The Fit Stop". Queen's University. Archived from the original on 11 March 2010.