Mr. Know-It-Owl's Video School was a series of videos released on videocassette, and later repurposed to interactive CD-ROM, and is hosted by a purple owl puppet. The Mr. Know-It-Owl series was copyrighted by Apollo Educational Video (the home video arm of AIMS Media, later AIMS Multimedia). Aimed at younger children, Mr. Know-It-Owl (a play on "know-it-all"), attempts to educate children in safety, health, grammar, and the three Rs. There were over 10 videos released and a series of CD-ROM. The main characters were Phineas (a firefly), Scooter McGruder (a puppet child with red hair), and of course, Mr. Know-It-Owl (the purple owl with glasses). Main characters Mr. Know-It-Owl Mr. Know-It-Owl mostly has purple feathers but has shiny blue ones over his chest area and wears yellowish circular glasses. He lives inside a tree hollowed out to be his home. It includes a bookshelf with several books. He also has a globe, on which the firefly perched from time to time. A chalkboard appeared in one episode. While teaching a lesson, Mr. Know-It-Owl uses "the Window of Knowledge," which is a round window near the top of his tree that opens up before the video tutorial begins. Mr. Know-It-Owl returned in a series of Interactive CD-ROM in 1997 where he was voiced by AIMS Multimedia co-president and an executive producer of the series- David S. Sherman, Ph.D. Scooter McGruder Scooter is a curious young boy with red hair, green eyes, and a yellow shirt with the letter "E" on it in red. He is often the one that is instructed by Mr. Know-It-Owl. Phineas Phineas is a firefly that lives with Mr. Know-It-Owl in his treehouse; his full name is Phineas T. Firefly. Videos Over 10 videos of the Mr. Know-It-Owl series were made. The following video titles are listed below, along with their summaries. African Animals (Animals of Africa) All About Animals Arithmetic for Kids Dinosaurs and Strange Creatures (1988): Mr. Know It Owl introduces dinosaurs, using stop-motion animation dinosaur figures. Among the dinosaurs shown are Allosaurus (seen in the opening sequence), Brontosaurus, Coelophysis, Stegosaurus, Anatosaurus, Corythosaurus, Parasaurolophus, Saurolophus, Pteranodon, Ankylosaurus, Tyrannosaurus rex, Chasmosaurus, Triceratops, Monoclonius, and Styracosaurus. Afterwards is a segment about prehistoric mammals. Once again, stop motion animation figures are used. Some of the creatures which are shown are Deltatheridium (mispronounced as "Deltatherium"), Eohippus, Diatryma, Platybelodon, Baluchitherium, Glyptodon, Megatherium, Smilodon, and the woolly mammoth. Finally is a segment