Episode 1768
Funday Times
Mon, 2022-Mar-07 01:11 UTC
Length - 2:09
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Welcome to random Wiki of the Day where we read the summary of a random Wikipedia page every day.
The random article for Monday, 7 March 2022 is Funday Times.
The Funday Times was a section of the UK Sunday Times. It was intended mainly for children, and included several comic strips, including Dennis and Gnasher, Rex and Tex, Beryl the Peril, Fans Utd., Scooby-Doo, Space Raoul, The Powerpuff Girls, Creature Feature, Newton's Law, Jarvis, Squirt, The Flintstones, Robot Crusoe, Goosebumps and The Simpsons. Launched in 1989 it originally featured adult cartoons like Modesty Blaise but quickly dropped them in favour of more child friendly fare such as Asterix.
It also included reviews of various toys and songs, interviews with celebrities, including Will Smith, Gail Emms and Matt Groening, and interesting events coming up during the week.
The last printed edition of the Funday Times was published on Sunday 12 March 2006. After that date, it was only available online. The print edition of the Funday Times ran for nearly 20 years before it was discontinued.
The website mostly concentrated on features and games, although there were comic strips on the website that were originally in the printed version.
The Funday Times website was established on 3 September 1997, and closed down on 5 January 2007.
The Funday Times returned for a one-off special on 1 April 2011 to promote the 'Rio' movie. Since then, the section has returned sporadically with themed issues to promote newly released children's films.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:11 UTC on Monday, 7 March 2022.
For the full current version of the article, see Funday Times on Wikipedia.
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