Hey DU! Tell us your favorite puppet character on TV as a kid.

[rzemanfl]

Mine was Phineas T. Bluster, which I admit is odd. Ollie was a close second. Garfield Goose thought he was "King of the United States"-which took him out of the running-we have another silly goose like that now.

Some of you will know this is the second in a series. Have fun.

[TEB]

1. The Swedish chef

[Glamrock]

19. Bort bort bort

[FoxNewsSucks]

2. Cookie Monster

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Geeba-Geeba on Sandy Becker (WNEW-NYC)

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LcQV3UBXn44/SyUiRxDPpRI/AAAAAAAABNA/uLdRSfL2K0s/s400/Sandy+%26+Geeba.jpg

[Zoonart]

11. Loved Sandy Becker

Also Sonny Fox and Wonderama.

[rzemanfl]

12. Had to Google that one. The Dumont network. n/t

[pressbox69]

84. Wish they had

a video of the Sandy Becker Christmas Carol with Mr. Geeba-Geeba. It was my first exposure to the classic, 58 years ago.

[CincyDem]

4. Garfield Goose.

[rzemanfl]

6. When I was a pre-schooler my mother helped me make a

Valentine for Garfield with my picture on it. Frazier Thomas showed it on the air.

[Harker]

13. I had my own.

Clack clack clack.

[rzemanfl]

15. Lucky you. n/t

[Harker]

74. Yes. Very lucky.

Having Frazier Thomas air your card is pretty cool.

[rzemanfl]

88. I was about four. n/t

[GoCubsGo]

106. That clack-clack-clack was why he was my favorite, too.

These days, my favorite is Gonger from Sesame street.

[TruckFump]

5. Howdy Doody. EOM

[rampartc]

7. topo gigio

[customerserviceguy]

79. Yep

Every appearance of Topo Gigio on the Ed Sullivan Show would conclude with the puppet asking, "Eddie, kiss me goodnight!" And a chuckling Ed Sullivan would do just that to the laughs and applause of the audience.

No meanness, no controversy, just good family fun.

[Zoonart]

8. Lamb Chop

[FM123]

16. I loved Lamb Chop too!

[ariadne0614]

46. I love lamb chops too!

Sorry!

[rzemanfl]

49. Omnivore. n/t

[BlancheSplanchnik]

21. Me too, Lamb Chop was my fave too.

[emulatorloo]

26. Another lamb chop fan :)

[ploppy]

60. Lamb Chop!

[Va Lefty]

9. Mr. Moose on Capt. Kangaroo

[IADEMO2004]

10. Lamb Chop/Shari Lewis

[El Supremo]

14. White Fang

From Soopy Sales

[mithnanthy]

63. ....and Black Tooth from Soupy Sales

But I really loved POOKIE the best! opps..I forgot HIPPY too!

[nocoincidences]

17. H R Pufnstuf

Except I wasn't really a kid when I watched it, since it came out the year I got my Bachelor's degree.

[applegrove]

75. That is one of the earliest memories I have of watching tv. He used to come in and dance

to the song.

[sinkingfeeling]

18. Howdy Doody.

[Glamrock]

20. Statler and Waldorf of course!

[ProudLib72]

70. Why don't you get things started?!

Damn straight, dude. They were the bomb!

[sakabatou]

105. Agreed

[ariadne0614]

22. Does the Kukla, Fran and Ollie show count?

That’s two.

[rzemanfl]

23. I suppose, if you want to be difficult. n/t

[ariadne0614]

32. Only sometimes. n/t

[Harker]

95. I was fine with Fran and Ollie...

but Kukla creeped me out.

[greatauntoftriplets]

24. Garfield Goose because he had attitude.

I despised Howdy Doody. Such a phony.

[rzemanfl]

25. Yeah, but he was a monarchist. n/t

[greatauntoftriplets]

27. He was usually off his meds.

[rzemanfl]

28. That long neck made them hard to swallow. n/t

[greatauntoftriplets]

30. Exactly. And there were a LOT of them.

[Butterflylady]

29. Why Howdy Doody, of course.

Guess that dates some of us.

[tymorial]

31. Grover.

[oregonjen]

36. Loved Grover! And Kermit, too!

[tymorial]

39. I have been reading monster at the end of the book to my daughter

That was my favorite golden book when I was her age (3)

[oregonjen]

52. Awww, love it! I had a Super Grover book I loved when I was little.

[eShirl]

93. Same.

[femmocrat]

33. I don't remember if she was a puppet, but....

Princess SummerFallWinterSpring on Howdy Doody. Or maybe I just liked her name.

I wasn’t much for puppets. I liked cartoons better.

[rzemanfl]

34. She was a person. She died young in a tragic car accident. On her

honeymoon if memory serves.

[femmocrat]

37. Oh no.

That’s so sad. I bet they never told the Peanut Gallery.

[rzemanfl]

35. She was both says Wiki-

Princess SummerFallWinterSpring - Introduced as a puppet, then played by actress Judy Tyler, who had appeared opposite Elvis Presley in the 1957 film Jailhouse Rock. After she was killed in a car accident on July 3, 1957, at the age of 24, the character was portrayed by a marionette.

[femmocrat]

38. Thank you.

[ariadne0614]

48. I happily defer to your meticulous research.

Nevertheless, it’s all about the name for me. It may have awakened the seed of paganism/feminism in my soul. Goddess power.

[ariadne0614]

40. She wasn't a puppet.

I was going to say she was my favorite too—because of her name. Since I couldn’t remember if she was a puppet, I looked it up. Summerfall Winterspring is my only memory of her, and it’s surprising how often that pagan name comes to mind after all these years.

[rzemanfl]

47. Actually, she was a puppet before 1953 and after Judy Tyler's death in 1957. n/t

[ariadne0614]

53. Please see previous humble deferral. n/t

[Shrike47]

41. Thunderbolt the Wondercolt. On the Howdy Doody or maybe on Sherrif John. Can't remember.

He had this cool blanket/cape with a lightning bolt on it.

[rzemanfl]

43. Found this-

”Thunderbolt the Wondercolt was never released on VHS or DVD. It never had any rerun since it’s original date and never aired outside L.A. Thunderbolt the Wondercolt had a 15-minute show each night at 6."

[Shrike47]

51. Thanks. It's been a long, long time.

[rzemanfl]

56. 47 significant? If so, me too. n/t

[Honeycombe8]

42. Topo Gigio and Ed Sullivan

[rzemanfl]

45. Ed Sullivan did seem like a puppet sometimes. n/t

[woodsprite]

44. Daniel Tiger from Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood. nt

[Freddie]

50. White Fang, Black Tooth, Pookie and Hippy

The Soupy Sales Show. It would come on just as Dad was getting home from work and we’d laugh ourselves silly. Some of the episodes are on YouTube but unfortunately not many of them were taped.

[murielm99]

82. I liked them,

but they were incredibly strange. I sat there dumbfounded by their strangeness. The only TV show more strange was the original gong show. I sat dumbfounded in front of that one, too.

[Freddie]

87. A lot of Soupy's humor

Was over my head when I was a little kid, not just the odd “adult” content but references to old movies and radio shows.

[appleannie1943]

54. Howdy Doody

He was around before Lamb Chop.

[rzemanfl]

57. Phineas T. Bluster was on Howdy Doody. n/t

[appleannie1943]

67. And Princess Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring

And Clarabell before he morphed into Captain Kangaroo

[pressbox69]

86. Right.

I held a long time grudge against Shari Lewis, Lamb Chop and Charlie Horse because they replaced Howdy on Saturday morning. The final episode when Clarabell spoke was heartbreaking.

[revmclaren]

55. Mr. Bunny Rabbit - Captain Kangaroo.

Always the carrot thief.



ONLY!!! 2019 and beyond.

[Cousin Dupree]

58. Winky Dink

[rzemanfl]

59. Cartoon, I think. n/t

[Cousin Dupree]

61. Yeah. I guess I'm not reading so well today!

[rzemanfl]

62. I bestow you a do-over. n/t

[mucifer]

64. I liked Cookie Monster and Oscar the Grouch (Says something about me) and Cuddly Duddly

as my hometown Chicago favorite puppet

[csziggy]

65. Ollie of Kukla, Fran & Ollie and Mr. Moose on Captain Kangaroo

[Wolf Frankula]

66. Mister Moose and Bunny Rabbit

on Captain Kangaroo. As an adult, the original Muppets,

Wolf

[Brother Buzz]

68. Brother Buzz, Baby!

Brother Buzz (Latham Foundation) taught me ecology before they even invented the word.






I wasn't keen on the Latham Foundation's religious slant, but I had no problems with their core beliefs:

- Kindness to animals: Builds compassion and empathy for other living creatures

- Kindness to each other: Guides the interaction between people of the same family or social group

- Kindness in other people: Guides the interaction between people of different families or social groups when they meet in a common place

- Kindness to our country: Encourages national common respect for the laws of one’s own nation, traditions, and political structure

- Kindness to other nations: Encourages respect for other nations and their unique laws and traditions

- Kindness to the world: Shows respect for the whole world, for other nations collectively living their varied lives

[Harker]

96. Ah. Interesting!

Maybe some night there'll be a thread about our favorite characters from "Dracula."

[Karadeniz]

69. Lambchop!!! But also, the fist that senor Winces drew a mouth and face on... "Saright? Saright!"

[ProudLib72]

71. Animal

[TexasBushwhacker]

72. Not as a kid, but I always loved Animal on The Muppets

He reminds me of Dave Grohl on the drums

[Different Drummer]

73. Orval Dragon from The Popeye Club, which was...

a local Atlanta kids' TV show from the 1960's.

[happybird]

76. Gonzo

and Daniel Tiger.

[Laffy Kat]

77. Mister Moose.

I was an avid "Roo" fan. Mister Moose is the only puppet I didn't find creepy.

[RGinNJ]

78. The Friendly Giant

[rzemanfl]

91. Had to look up that show. n/t

[Rhiannon12866]

80. Bunny Rabbit on Captain Kangaroo

I was really little, don't think I was in school yet, when my parents got me my very own Bunny Rabbit, pointy glasses and all! I was thrilled!

[murielm99]

81. Howdy Doody.

[pansypoo53219]

83. oscar the grouch.

[The Figment]

85. Jerry Mahoney and Knucklehead Smiff

Paul Winchell was also the voice of one of my other favorite childhood characters...Dick Dastardly.

[rzemanfl]

89. OMG what a blast from the past!

Thanks!

[NightWatcher]

90. Gordon Shumway aka Alf.

[JesterCS]

92. Fraggle Rock

[yellowdogintexas]

94. The Flub A Dub from Howdy Doody

https://www.justcollecting.com/toys/howdy-doody-flub-a-dub-toy

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

97. Froggie the Gremlin.

Plunk your magic twanger, Froggie. "Hiya, kids! Hiya, hiya!"

This will make no sense to anyone who isn't really old.

[rzemanfl]

99. I have been waiting for someone to name him.

Yes, I am really old.

[oasis]

121. With gravel voiced, Andy Devine. Froggie was my favorite. nt

[Dem2theMax]

98. Everything on Captain Kangaroo,

And Lambchop and Topo Gigio.

After the past few days, I'd give anything to go back to my childhood right now!

[rzemanfl]

100. If you figure out how to do that let me know.

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There are some investments I'd like to make.

[Dem2theMax]

103. I hadn't even thought of that!

I was just thinking about my sanity. But if we could go back in time and make some very strategic investments, then that would mean I am very wealthy in the present time.

Very long vacation, here I come!

I'll get working on that time travel project, and will keep you in the loop!

[rzemanfl]

107. Sorry about leaving out "do." Actually I only had one investment in mind.

As soon as I could talk I would tell Daddy and my grandpas to buy all the Haloid stock they could afford, then borrow money and buy more. Then give me some every Christmas. Haloid became Xerox.

[Dem2theMax]

109. Boy, wouldn't it be wonderful if we could go back and do that?

I'd like to go back and undo a few things as well. LOL!

[rzemanfl]

110. There are a number of things I would like to have done more often, when oftener

was something I could do.

[Dem2theMax]

111. Lol!

I hear ya!

[The Polack MSgt]

101. Sigmund the Seamonster

when I was a kid (11ish) this show was between HR Puffinstuff and the Banana Splits.

It wasn't nearly as manic as Banana Splits and not quite as weird as HR Puffinstuff.

Still weird, don't get that wrong. It was pretty odd, Sid and Marty Croft were twisted dudes

[rzemanfl]

102. I was doing becoming an old man stuff by then. n/t

[JuJuYoshida]

104. King Friday!

[retread]

108. Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Sneard

[Talitha]

112. Lambchop and Topo Gigio

When I was a small child it was Lambchop (Mom bought me the puppet).
Later on, it was Topo Gigio. I loved it when he said "Awwww, Eddieeee!".

[patricia92243]

113. All these years I thought last name was "Buster." Bluster makes more sense.

[rzemanfl]

114. Yes.

[akraven]

115. Howdy Doody............

Heck, I'm OLD!

[rzemanfl]

116. I can remember the day the TV was delivered and I was able to watch.

You?

[akraven]

118. Yep, at my grandmom's house (summertime) - before

that it was all radio!

[proud patriot]

117. Grover

I had an uncle who amazingly could be grover with a puppet for me in real life ..

I loved Sesame Street .. it was simply magical for me ..

and I remind my uncle of this every chance I get.

[JustFiveMoreMinutes]

119. Stingray (1964 TV series) - Wikipedia

Since someone mentioned a ventriloquist dummy..... I'll go for the tangent Marionette.

Stingray (1964 TV series) - Wikipedia

[rzemanfl]

120. Lots of folks mentioned ventriloquist dummies and marionettes.

Puppet seemed to cover them all.