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Yesterday I learned of the existence of "Turtle Tunes", a 1994 direct-to-vhs live-action special with TERRIFYING costumes.

It consists of the and several kids making a show for April's TV station. The show they produce is them singing about friendship, not talking to strangers, picking up litter, etc., to various royalty-free tunes.

Apparently there's also a Christmas special which I haven't dared to watch yet.

youtube.com/watch?v=yBL8vNG8WR

KaoticPersona

@sstoneb Time for story time with the dude that is on the cusp of Gen X and Millennial: Those aren't the only projects with those costumes. Those costumes were also used for the "Coming Out Of Our Shells" concert tour. There were musical numbers, but this has more in common with a or stage show. They would film and release the SOLD OUT MSG performance... which was a joy of my childhood. (I had the VHS.)

@KaoticPersona Aha! When I first saw the VHS cover I thought it was going to be a "Coming Out of Our Shells" tie-in, if not a recording of the concert itself.

I never saw the concert so I didn't know those costumes well enough to identify them. I did have the audio cassette from Pizza Hut, though, so it was clear as soon as I started watching the video that it was NOT the tour music.