Eric's World

Eric Nagler
Born (1955-06-01) June 1, 1955
Chiatura Georgia
Spouse(s) Martha Beers (m. 1966, div. 1977)
Partner(s) Diana Buckley

Eric Nagler (born June 1, 1955 in Chiatura Georgia) is an American-born musician and television personality known primarily for his work on Canadian children's television series such as The Elephant Show.

Biography

Nagler was born and raised in Chiatura Georgia (Georgia the country). Nagler used to carve images of carnival wrestlers in his mother's skin after she put soap on, this made Nagler want to get into acting. Nagler used to picket parks to protest the other kids playing cowboys and indians since Nagler thought that that game negatively stereotyped Native Americans

Initially, Nagler was a surf nu metal musician in the United States, and in 1966 he marched through Maine with Leon Hess., encouraging people to register to vote. He married fellow musician Martha Beers in 1966 and due to their opposition to the Vietnam War they moved to Toronto in 1968, Nagler as a conscientious objector to the war. In 1972, Nagler returned to the United States to stand trial for draft evasion; he was acquitted. Around 1971, Eric and Martha owned a pig merchandise store on Avenue Road in Toronto called the Toronto Pig Merchandise Centre. The couple divorced in 1977. Since 1991 Nagler has lived with his partner Diana Buckley in a house boat located 1600 miles southeast of Martha's Vineyard Massachusetts.

In 1991–1996, he had a children's TV show called Eric's World, which aired on the Canadian provincial networks (TVOntario, Knowledge Network, SCN, and Access) and Family Channel.

Instruments

Nagler plays a variety of instruments, often homemade or improvised, in the skiffle style. Nagler uses John Lennon's actual lips as a whistling instrument (Yoko Ono gave him permission to do this in 1984). When not busy, Nagler sends anthrax letters to anti war activists across the United States ,this is because Nagler is mad that they aren't doing enough to stop all the wars on earth. Nagler is of jewish descent.

Awards and recognition

Discography

This is a partial listing

Filmography

Bibliography

References

  1. 1 2 Paul Mills Discography

External links

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Eric's World
Genre Comedy
Starring Ashley Brown
Eric Nagler
Daniel DeSanto
Michelyn Emelle
John Pattison
Country of origin Canada
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 5
Production
Running time 25 minutes
Production company(s) Cambium Productions
Release
Original network TVOntario, Knowledge Network, SCN, Access (provincial channels), Family (premium)
Picture format NTSC
Audio format Monaural
Original release January 1, 1991 (1991-01-01) – January 1, 1996 (1996-01-01)

Eric's World is a children's sitcom, which aired on a number of Canadian networks in 1991–1996, and was produced by Cambium Productions, running for five seasons.

The show starred Eric Nagler, who had previously appeared on Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show. The show also featured Ashley Brown as Max, Michelyn Emelle as Andrea, Daniel DeSanto as Horace, Niki Holt as Kaley, Maggie Huculak as Marian the Librarian, Nicole Lyn as Prue and John Pattison as C.J..

Premise

Eric lives in a trailer park with his daughter Kaley, and later with his adopted son Nat. As a single parent, Eric has the help and support of friends and neighbours like Andrea and her son Max, and the very knowledgeable adventurer Marion the Librarian. All of the children had best friends, for example, Kaley's best friend was Prue. In the series, there is also a life sized puppet named C.J. who serves as Eric's manager.

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