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 What is Nina’s Crystal Palace Comedy Hour™?

Each televised episode contains portions of the following segments:

Nina’s Crystal Palace Comedy Hour™ opening  consists of a parody comedy song sung by Kareena (Nina), the host of Crystal Palace.  She is a cool, hip-hop fairy that wears purple hi-top tennis shoes and plays basketball.  Each episode she welcomes the children in the studio audience, then introduces the magic “Crystal Cluster” word of the day to the viewers.  If the magic “Crystal Cluster” word of the day is said, someone from the studio audience is turned into a frog.  One studio audience member gets to sit on a giant lily pad during the show, just waiting to be turned into a frog.  Children develop great listening skills waiting to hear the "magic word."  Click on Kareena's picture to learn more!

Kareena checks in with Marrianne (Nina) in each episode.  Marrianne lives upstairs in the Crystal Palace.  She is a 5 year old that loves to tell nursery rhymes, but she always changes the words.  She is surrounded by dozens of over-sized toys to accentuate her small size.  She is very imaginative and keeps Barbie Doll heads on her toes inside her shark slippers.  Her shark slippers open at the toes so that the “girls on her toes” can easily come out and play with her.  Marrianne is always willing to share her life-time lollipop with everyone!  Click Marrianne’s picture below to see her in action!!

Grandma Tessie (Nina) comes to the Crystal Palace each week to clean.  She is great at teaching children good manners and social skills through comedic examples.  Tessie also instills a sense of caring for the elderly.  The kids love to visit with her because she always says or does something funny, whether she knows it or not.  She may walk around with toilet paper stuck to her shoe just to teach the children a lesson about life.  She always has a positive point to communicate in an entertaining message.  Be sure to click Grandma Tessie’s picture to watch her wacky antics!

Eartha Cave Woman (Nina) is stuck in time.  She lives in the past, but she knows about all of the inventions to come in the future.  She shares lots of facts about inventions through her monologues.  On many occasions, Eartha Cave Woman receives visits from her favorite inventor, Thomas Edison (Drew Wilson).  Their chemistry on camera is incredible.  Click on Eartha’s picture to see true love!

Tina Tells (Nina) gives the children entertainment news about their favorite stars.  She researches and shares interesting facts and photos of stars that appeal to children.  She tells the scoop about the stars hobbies, charity work, or where to write to their favorite stars.  She uses lots of funny word plays, making these segments filled with rich language for children to learn from.

Eaaars Vanessa (Nina) lives in the Crystal Palace mailbag where she reads actual mail that is sent in by the viewers.  She has over-sized ears and uses these to express to children that being different is O.K.  Eaaars Vanessa has a great deal of self-esteem, which comes across clearly on camera.  Eaaars Vanessa ends each weekly segment with a poem that she creates specifically for the viewer who wrote.  Most of the poems sum up what she was trying to say when answering the mail.  Click on Vanessa to hear the latest mail!

  

Big Toe (Nina) lives in a giant tennis shoe at Crystal Palace and is always getting into some kind of unpleasant situation.  Big Toe always sings a short, hilarious song about his experience.  Some upcoming song titles are “Big Toe Needs a TOE Truck,” “Big Toe Meets Paul Bunion,” and “Big Toe Falls For the Door Mat.”  Click on Big Toe’s picture to see and hear a few wacky Big Toe tunes!

Head Concoctions is a high-energy game that Kareena plays with children from the studio audience to stimulate creative thinking.  A few studio audience children are shown a shape on a large piece of art board.  The selected children have 30 seconds to write down what they think the shape could be.  There are no winners, only fun, creative, zany ideas.  

Home Spun is a televised field trip.  Kareena does the voice over of the video footage to tell the story of the field trip.  Examples of places to be visited for upcoming episodes are, Krema Peanut Butter Factory, The Ohio State University Dairy Barn, The Columbus Dispatch Newspaper, and The American Whistle Factory.

Louis the Toy Inventor (Louis Pemjean) visits Nina’s Crystal Palace Comedy Hour™ in each episode to shar

e a toy or game that he has invented.  His toys and games are very colorful, original, extremely hands on and camera friendly.  Kareena, or a few children from the studio audience, to try the game out for a few moments.

Goofy Face of the Day Display gives studio-audience members who would like to be on camera that opportunity.  Each participant is shown for about 10 seconds with their face pressed up on a clear plastic screen sliding it around making the weirdest, funniest faces possible.  These clips are edited together and put to wacky music.  The children love being silly and seeing themselves on T.V.

The show ends each week with a segment called Honest Angels.  Kareena invites the youngest member of the studio audience to sit upon her Crystal Throne and answer serious questions in the tradition of Art Linkletter.  Some examples of upcoming questions are, What does the president of the United States do?  Where does money come from?  How much money does it take to buy a house?  What is the best way to eat peanut butter?

At the close of every Nina’s Crystal Palace Comedy Hour™, Kareena invites all the children in the studio audience to join her in a Dance Party.  Kareena and the children dance as the closing credits roll.