The program started in 1953 on Madison, Wisconsin, radio station WHA, a station owned by the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Shortly thereafter, the show was moved to its sister television station, … See more

The short, 15-minute show was perhaps most famous for its opening sequence. Each episode would begin with the camera panning to the right over a detailed model of part of a village, farm, harbor, city, etc as Friendly co… See more

In 1985, The Friendly Giant was cancelled. The show's replacement, Fred Penner's Place, has been referred to by some people as "the Giant Killer". By the time The Friendly Giant ended, more than 3,000 episodes o… See more