Editing Time for Timer (section)

{{Short description|ABC series of animated PSAs (1975–1992)}}
{{Infobox television
| image                    = Timer cartoon.png
| caption                  = Timer in "Eat Some Kind of Breakfast"
| starring                 = [[Lennie Weinrib]]
| writer                   = John Bradford<br>Larry Spiegel
| composer                 = [[Dean Elliott]]
| country                  = United States
| language                 = English
| num_seasons              = 1
| num_episodes             = 7
| runtime                  = 30 seconds–1 minute
| company                  = [[DePatie–Freleng Enterprises]]<br>ABC
| network                  = [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| first_aired              = {{Start date|1975}}
| related                  = ''[[The Bod Squad]]''
}}

'''''Time for Timer''''' is a series of seven short [[public service announcements]] [[Broadcasting|broadcast]] on Saturday mornings on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[television network]] starting in 1975. The animated spots feature Timer, a tiny cartoon character who is an anthropomorphic [[circadian rhythm]], the self-proclaimed "keeper of body time."<ref>{{cite web |url= http://dangerousminds.net/comments/time_for_timer_saturday_morning_cartoon_psas_from_the_70s|title='Time for Timer!': Saturday morning cartoon PSAs from the 70s|date=January 15, 2013| website= DangerousMinds.net |access-date=July 8, 2017}}</ref> The series was produced by the cartoon studio [[DePatie-Freleng Enterprises]]. 

Timer first appears in the 1973 ''[[ABC Afterschool Special]]'' "The Incredible, Indelible, Magical, Physical Mystery Trip", where he was voiced by [[Len Maxwell]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher= Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |access-date=6 June 2020 |url= https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/276/mode/2up |page=276}}</ref> In this special, he works inside the body of a man named Uncle Carl. 

Timer also appears in the 1974 ''ABC Afterschool Special'' "The Magical Mystery Trip Through Little Red's Head", working inside a teenaged [[Red Riding Hood]].<ref name= Lenburg>{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1= Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher= Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |access-date=6 June 2020 |url= https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/294/mode/2up |page=294}}</ref> In this special, and in all future appearances, Timer's voice was provided by actor [[Lennie Weinrib]].<ref name= Lenburg />  

''Time for Timer'' ran until 1992 concurrently with ABC's other educational spots, primarily ''[[The Bod Squad]]'' and ''[[Schoolhouse Rock!]]'' They generally appeared during [[Saturday morning cartoon|cartoon programs]] at the end of commercial breaks. The shorts included a Consultant credit for Dr. Roslyn B. Alfin-Slater, [[UCLA School of Public Health]].