I was on Grunches & Grins too... Fast foward to senior year in high school... Another guy and I were bored in 1st period Physics class, so we started a rumor to see how long it would take to get back to us. The rumor:

"Did you know that Miss Sara, host of kid's show GRUNCHES & GRINS was arrested for a DUI?"

I think it made it back to me by 6th period that same day. :)

that's really mean...

i had a broken arm when i was on, and that scary little puppet that was miss sara's side kick couldn't get over my cast. it kept asking us if our white socks were casts too. freak.

An Insider's comment. :)

I took over Miss Sara's position. She retired a year or two ago. She is still involved in storytelling throughout the area.

Miss Patty was the person who was behind the scenes doing the puppet Tyro - an extraterrestrial from outer space. She died of cancer a few years back.

I know this is a really old thread ...but i stumbled upon it looking up grunches and grins....I was on that show too if its the same one were talking bout in the mid 80's Huntsville Alabama? I was on it with three other people for a few episodes including some Christmas ones where they took us to some giant christmas store or something hit me back if anyone ever reads this. That puppet was scary :)

My sister and I just typed in the search words "Grunches and Grins" and this is the only thing that popped up. We were also on the show and we were too excited! I really hate to hear about Tyro. I wonder if there is any way of getting copies of those shows. Keep on grunchin' and grinnin'!

WHAT'S A GRUNCH?!

Yeah...what the hell IS a "grunch"?

does anyone know how to get a copy of the "grunches and grins" show? i also was on it as a child, but i missed getting to see the episode when it aired.

I wasn't on Grunches and Grins, but remember watching it and loved it.

Osbornes ?? This show sux, and any true Punk band
would never be on MTV. What a joke ?? Just goes
to show(like that fat pig Anna Nicole) that money
is all you need. The last thing any osborne did
was Ozzy back in the 1980's....Please...Kelly Osborne couldn't sing her way outta a paper bag.
The only funny thing about this show, is when
Ozzy tries to tell his kids not to party, when
Sharon Ozborne thinks she knows what songs/groups
are the next big thing ( I think she forgot how
many record companies passed on Black Sabbath...all
of them!!!) And those dogs that keep crapping
on their expensive stuff...>That is funny!
There show is going bye bye...CNN just reported
that their viewers used to be like 6 mill, now
down to 3 mill...Bye Bye !!! the sooner the better. I will stick with my sabbath VINYL

I just figured out afeter YEARS of searching what the theme song was to grunches and grins...

It's called AfroCat by Richard C. Saunders (sanders?)

It's been plagueing me since youth...as a young weirdo in Alexander City, AL

Scarred but smarter,

Jason

I, too, was on "Grunches & Grins". I was on a Halloween themed show. Miss Sara, or, Sara McDaris, read a story about pumpkin heads.

I also remember this day, because, my friend, Matthew, had a birthday, and Miss Sara led us in singing, "Happy Birthday", to Matthew.

I was on Grunches and Grins as a kid, then I worked there in high school as a cameraman for the show, I remember both Miss Sara and Miss Patty, (hint she was also the fairy in the forrest, if you catch one of those episodes)
I really loved working there, and it was great for kids, but it was a lot of work.

I was also on the show. I missed seeing the episode I was on, due to a terrible thunder storm and the power went out!
I remember being dissapointed not being able to go into the forest on the show I was lucky enough to be on.
I am thinking of looking into seeing if I could order the episode I was on....does anyone know if they have it archived by date only, not sure that I can remember that. Glad to hear the Grunches and Grins was adored by so many kids! Maybe they should bring it back!

I went online to find the Afrocat song by Richard C. Saunders and it doesn't sound like the Grunches and Grinches theme song....anyone else have any clue?

how cool... i was just talking to a buddy about old 70's tv - hr puffinstuff, sigmund and the sea monsters, the curiosity shop, etc. - and decided to do a search for grunches and grins. we both grew up in huntspatch, btw. neither of us were on the show, but i met "miss sarah, at the library", at the old library, and my buddy went to hear her read at that little bitty library that used to be in the kmart parking lot. i just called the library to find out if miss sarah still had the storyline you could call. it's gone >sigh<