The Metric Marvels

All Episodes 1978

  • Ended
  • #<Network:0x00007f4695a9e600>
  • 1978-09-09T04:00:00Z
  • 3m
  • 3m (1 episode)
  • United States
  • English
  • Animation, Family
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.

7 episodes

Series Premiere

1978-09-09T04:00:00Z

1x01 Meet Meter Man

Series Premiere

1x01 Meet Meter Man

  • 1978-09-09T04:00:00Z3m

Meter Man helps people convert length and distance to metric terms.

1x02 Mara-Mara-Marathon

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Meter Man explains the difference between miles and kilometers.

1x03 I'm Your Liter Leader

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Liter Leader explains gallons and liters.

Liter Leader uses recipies to explain milliliters.

1x05 Super Celsius

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Super Celsius explains the Celsius scale.

1x06 Wonder Gram

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Wonder Gram expresses her weight in grams.

1x07 Wonder Baby

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A young Wonder Gram converts pounds to kilograms.

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