What were some locally made and produced children's shows did you have in your area. In Pittsburgh , we had Mister

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Rodgers, Paul Shannon's Adventuretime , Rickie and Copper, and Romper Room, How about you? They were all on Channel 4, except for Mr Rodgers which was on Channel 13 (pbs)

[livetohike]

1. Also the Josie Carey Show , but maybe it wasn't

called that. Popeye and Knish 🙂

[debm55]

3. I love Knish on Paul Shannon's Adventuretime. Did you ever try to make one with a mop and bowling pin?

[livetohike]

12. I forgot that Knish was part of Adventure Time!

We used a mop head and milk bottle .

[debm55]

17. And Rodney the creppy looking puppet.

[livetohike]

23. Oh right!! And Nosmo King! LOL n/t

[debm55]

39. LMAO No Smoking for Nos Mo King. I felt extra smart when I figured that out.

[PittBlue]

35. Paul Shannon brought his show to the Penn Theater in our small town of Mt. Pleasant.

We were in heaven!! I watched his show everyday after school.

[debm55]

63. Yes , I think it ran from 5-6. That was great to see in person, Did you ever go to Idlewild Park and see the Mr. Rodgers

neighborhood?

[Dulcinea]

196. My grandma knew the guy who mowed Mr. Rogers's lawn in Latrobe.

He said Fred Rogers was "the sweetest man he ever knew."

[debm55]

197. Agree, TY

[MyOwnPeace]

205. Knish was a creation of

Hank Stoll (sp?) and he worked for KDKA - at least that’s how I remember them.
But, I could be wrong …..

[debm55]

18. Yes watch Josie Carey Show. She was on Channel 2 KDKA, right after Bill Burns news. The rest was cooking shows.

[FarPoint]

164. Ohhh yes....as a born and raised girl from Pittsburgh area/Mars.

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Josie Carey.....


Pittsburgh was a loving city for children....

[debm55]

171. Thank you FarPoint. Did you ever get jokes when you said you were from Mars,PA? I am from South of the city.

[FarPoint]

184. I always have to explain it to folks...

I get that puzzled face look from folks....now they can look it up on Google...

[MyOwnPeace]

208. A sports connection!

Josie Carie was married to Don Hoak, 3rd baseman for the 1960 World Champion Pittsburgh Pirates!

[Srkdqltr]

2. Lunch with Soupy Sails in channel 7 Detroit.

1953

[JT45242]

4. Uncle Al in Cincinnati...

They did a great job. Great documentary here.

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[debm55]

6. Thank you JT45242 Looks like it was fun except for the clown

[dameatball]

5. "3-D Danny" was a kids show in Tampa in the late 50's. Channel 13.

Danny was sort of a Flash Gordon type character and he had a big robot. I still remember the show vaguely.

[debm55]

8. Thank you dameatball.

[AllaN01Bear]

9. this?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5506064/

[dameatball]

53. I think it was the same show, but we watched it on WTVT channel 13 out of Tampa.

[debm55]

65. Thank you dameatball.

[AllaN01Bear]

7. mr rogers was pbs . capt kangaroo . enginner bill was national sherrif john was local kttv la. rr, we had

that too also. Paul Winchell was national. this was in the los angles market.long b4 i was born there was a captain z r-0 , a 2 market show . produced in sanfransico ca and also aired on the los angles market. went national after syndication. didnt u also have kulka fran and olie ?

[debm55]

10. Mr. Rodgers was Channel 13 (pbs) but was filmed in Pittsburgh studio. Yes , We had it , it was produced

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and made here. .

[AllaN01Bear]

15. mr rogers .long read from wikipedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mister_Rogers%27_Neighborhood

[debm55]

24. Channel 13 (WQED) was PBS, Mr Rodgers Neighhood was filmed and produced in Pittsburgh, I read the link and it says it

filmed in Pittsburgh, moved to Canada and he came back to Pittsburgh. There is a statue of Mr. Rodgers outside of the studio.

[Karadeniz]

11. Pick Temples Giant Ranch !!!

[Mr.Bill]

33. I remember Pick Temple in the late 50s

when I lived in Alexandria, Virginia. I was actually on the show once.

[debm55]

37. That's great Mr. Bill. I know Mr,Rodgers was filmed in Pittsburgh because my Girl Scout troup visited a filming. It was

sent to various PBS stations.

[debm55]

64. Did he have have any horses or people in horse costumes on his show?

[Karadeniz]

73. I dont remember any...

[debm55]

101. That's okay.

[Doc_Technical]

13. San Francisco Bay Area

There was Marshall J on KPIX Channel 5
Later we had Captain Satellite on KNTV channel 2

[debm55]

14. Did the host/hostess dress like one of the characters?

[debm55]

66. Thank you Doc_Technical,

[Mr.Bill]

71. Also Sir Sedley on channel 2,

and don't forget Mayor Art on channel 4.

[Ritabert]

16. Soupy Sales and Chuck McCann in NYC suburbs

[AllaN01Bear]

29. my dad wouldnt let us watch soupy sales , so we had to go to a neighbours house .

[debm55]

67. I think he was before my time. Was Soupy Sales not appropriate for kids? Two cousins were not allowed to watch the

Stooges.

[AllaN01Bear]

90. sorry , i cant answer that .

[debm55]

97. That's okay, Loveya

[Wicked Blue]

122. Semi-appropriate

A lot of his lines went over our heads when we were in 8th grade.
We used to race home from junior high every afternoon to watch.

On Saturdays Soupy had a hilarious show about a detective called Philo Kvetch (himself) and his evil nemesis, The Mask (also played by Soupy). The Mask, who wore a paper bag over his head, had an evil sidekick named Onions Oregano whose breath was allegedly horrendous. The Mask constantly spritzed him with perfume to drown the stink. The characters chased each other around the NJ dockyards, Palisades Amusement Park, Yankee Stadium and other locations. Another character was Bruno, the Killer Ape.

[debm55]

156. Thank you Wicked Blue. It sounds very funny.

[NNadir]

82. The highlight of my life at the age of six or seven was when Soupy mentioned my name on his show.

I had the measles, or chickenpox or one of those things, and Soupy would read "get well" announcements if your parents called into the station and gave them your name.

So my mom did.

I didn't mind being sick after that; Soupy acknowledged my existence on TV!!!!!

I still remember it six decades later.

[debm55]

98. Wow , NNadir, that was nice of your mom. and Soupy.

[debm55]

173. Thank you Ritabert.

[RainCaster]

19. In WA we had Patches & Captain Kangaroo

[debm55]

111. Thank you RainCaster.

[crud]

20. Barnaby in Cleveland

He had the worlds only invisible talking parrot (an empty bird cage) Barnaby was a ventriloquist.

We also had Goulardy. Which stared Earnie Anderson. Tim Conway also got his start on Cleveland local TV.

[debm55]

21. Thank you crud. I like the idea of a "talking" invisible parrot., TY

[Auggie]

85. Plus Captain Penny, Woodrow, and Hoolihan and Big Chuck

[debm55]

117. Thank you Auggie.

[Freddie]

22. Lots here in Philly

Sally Starr’s Popeye Theatre
Chief Halftown
Pixanne
Happy the Clown (I still have my “Happy the Clown Sticks” we sent away for)
Gene London
Captain Noah
Am I forgetting any? I think Philly was the Mecca of local kids shows in the day

[debm55]

25. Thank you Freddie. It sure sounds like it.

[apcalc]

26. Hank Stohl too! With Knish and , was it Rodney Hackenflash?

[debm55]

34. Thank you apcalc. Hank Stohl with Knish and Rodhey. Do you make a Knish puppet?

[Glorfindel]

27. Locally made and produced in Atlanta

I remember two, both on Channel 2, which was NBC at that time, but is ABC now.
"Woody Willow," a puppet show similar to Howdy Doody, and "The Popeye Club Starring Officer Don" (He wasn't a REAL officer!) Both shows were fun to watch but far from educational.

[debm55]

36. You got that right. On Paul Shannon we had the Stooges , Little Rascals and a mix of cartoons.

[MyOwnPeace]

207. Paul Shannon was actually responsible

for the revival of the careers of the 3 Stooges. His use of their films on his show created a new demand for their ‘act’ - and they made appearances in Pittsburgh, either at Kennywood or the county fairs at South Park.😅

[Silent Type]

160. Remember "Office Don," think I might have gone to one of his shows when little.

[debm55]

172. Thank you Silent Type. It was an honor, at the time to be on a live show when you were a kid.

[Different Drummer]

166. I remember "The Popeye Club", but not "Woody Willow."

When did it air?

[Glorfindel]

168. "Woody Willow" aired early to mid-50's.

We got our first TV in 1954. I was eight years old.

[snpsmom]

28. In SoCal

we had Sheriff John https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0475478/

"Put another candle on my birthday cake!"

[debm55]

112. Thank you snpsmom

[catchnrelease]

178. Don't forget

Engineer Bill and Skipper Frank!! (Remember Engineer Bill's 'Red light green light game to get kids to drink their milk?) SoCal seemed to like occupation themed hosts, lol.

There was also Tom Hatten who hosted The Popeye Show, but even tho' he wore a sailor type hat, he didn't have a nautical name. I do remember he did drawings or cartoons on his show.

[True Blue American]

30. Uncle Orrie, Kenny Rogers

I took my kids and a group so they could sing a local company song.BHA MEANS BETTER HOME APPLIANCES.

UNCLE Orrie was mean.😂
Anyone remember. Johnny Gilbert? He had a local show. Long time announcer on Jeopardy !BHA was his sponsor.

[Mister Ed]

48. Uncle Orrie? In Southwestern Ohio?

My sister's Brownie troop got to be in the show one day, but Sis came down with the flu and couldn't be part of it.

[True Blue American]

174. Dayton station.

I bet she bought a TV or organ from BHA.

[Mister Ed]

209. Yep. Dayton it was.

I'll tell my sister that Uncle Orrie was mean. Maybe after all these years it will sooth her sorrow over being too sick to go on the show with the rest of her Brownie troop.

[debm55]

118. Thank you True Blue American

[yonder]

31. The Fred and Fay show in the Denver area

was the only locally produced show I remember though there were others. It was on one of the big three network affiliates. NBC maybe?

[Hotler]

89. And Blinkey the clown. nt

[debm55]

136. Thank you , Hotler

[yonder]

167. I remember the name but that's it.

Funny enough, I can still remember the melody for the F&F theme. Similar to a combination of the Beverly Hillbillies theme (the song not the banjo tune) and the Jeopardy tune they play at the end for the big question.

If I recall right.

Edit: the name of the F&F theme just came to me: The TumTum song or TumTumTime.

[debm55]

120. Thank you yonder.

[woodsprite]

32. Mr Rogers, Captain Noah, Chief Halftown, Sally Star, Romper Room, HodgePodge Lodge

Adam Android, Dr. Schock, and Gene London. Yeah, I watched a good bit of tv when I was a kid. I'm not sure if HodgePodge Lodge was local - it may have been a Boston show and not Philly area, but it was my favorite and came on WHYY either before or after Mr. Rogers.

I actually met Sally Star 2 or 3 times. The last time was just a few years before she passed. I introduced her to my kids. I also met Pixanne (forgot about her) and Captain and Mrs. Noah. Captain Noah showed some of my artwork on his "Send your pictures to dear old Captain Noah" segment of his show when I was at home recovering from the Hong Kong flu in the early 70s. I drew him and Mrs. Noah on his Ark along with Maurice the Mouse and Mumwop the monster. Chief Halftown frequented our local bowling lanes where my brother and I were on leagues, and I won prizes from a couple of gerbil/hamster races on Adam Adroid's show.

Deb, Thanks for leading me down memory lane!

[Walleye]

81. I also grew up in Philly kid shows.Chief Halftown was one I remember

[debm55]

121. Thank you woodsprite.

[flor-de-jasmim]

40. Sally Starr, Soupy Sales, Don Ameche,

Captain Kangaroo....this was the Philly-S. Jersey area late 50s and early 60s.

[debm55]

133. Thank you flo-de-jasmin

[Wicked Blue]

41. Sandy Becker on NYC area channel 5

Bozo the Clown
Howdy Doody
Shariland with Shari Lewis
The Merry Mailman
Terrytoon Circus
Wonderama
The Three Stooges Funhouse
Soupy Sales

Much later, the Uncle Floyd Show

[debm55]

131. Thank you Wicked Blue for all your choices.

[LakeArenal]

42. On the Coast of Rhode Island it was The Salty Brine Show

In northeastern WI it was Colonel Caboose.

[debm55]

132. Thank you LakeArenal.

[rsdsharp]

43. I lived between two TV markets.

KGLO channel 3 in Mason City had Bart’s Clubhouse. It was hosted by Bart Curran, who was sort of a utility man at the station. In addition to the Clubhouse, he sometimes anchored the news, or did the weather.

WMT, channel 2 in Cedar Rapids, originally had Marshal J, hosted by Jay Alexander. He was 6’6” and played a cowboy. After six years, he moved to San Francisco; same gig, much bigger market. He was also one of the first Marlboro men, a model for Levi’s, and later was the voice of Sea World.

When he left, WMT switched gears and hired local printer and amateur actor Max Hahn to host the Dr. Max Show. He was later joined by Fred Petrick as Mombo the clown, and the show ran for more than 20 years.

[debm55]

140. Thank you rsdsharp. You were lucky as a kid.

[The Blue Flower]

44. Soupy Sales; Howdy Doody; and Kukla, Fran, and Ollie

WXYZ in Detroit in the 50s. I became a lifelong fan of Soupy Sales.

[ificandream]

92. I love the old B&W Soupy shows.

This is especially funny.

[debm55]

137. Thsnk you Th Blue Flower.

[Diamond_Dog]

45. Channel 5 in Cleveland had Captain Penney.

He was dressed as a rail road engineer. He would have a person from the Animal Protective League bring dogs and cats on the show who needed to be adopted. Oh how my sister and I loved to see the dogs and cats! Of course my mother always said no. I even remember the address of the APL because they announced it every time, 1729 Willey Avenue..

In Youngstown - Barney Bean. He basically just hosted a cartoon show, but he did drawings too. If you sent in a card with your name and birthday on it, on your birthday he would draw your initials on a big pad and then make a face out of them, then he would send it to you. I loved how clever he was doing that. He must have been a professional cartoonist at one time. Right up my alley!

[Auggie]

86. "You can fool some of the people all of the time ...

and all of the people some of the time ...

but you can't fool mom."

My mother loved that, obviously.

[Diamond_Dog]

87. YES!!!

Then he’d say, “She’s pretty nice and she’s pretty smart”!

I haven’t thought about that in a long time …. Thanks, Auggie!

[Auggie]

88. Thank you

And thank you for mentioning the Animal Protective League. I had forgotten his association with them. That's where we got our first family dog, named ... Auggie.

[Diamond_Dog]

91. Aww! Did you first see your "Auggie Doggie"on Captain Penney's TV show?

Dick Goddard, another beloved Cleveland TV broadcaster, (weatherman), who is no longer with us, promoted animal welfare and adoption too. Do you remember him? My sister has a photo of him holding her little dog the day she went to pick her up and bring her home.

[Auggie]

93. Yes

Yes to Augie Doggy and yes to Dick Goddard. I remember watching Ghoulardi, Dorothy Fuldheim, and Doug Adair (went to college with and knew his son). I remember the Gene Carroll Show and Polka Varieties on Sunday. Academic Challenge (I attended a taping). Also attended a taping of the Mike Douglas Show when it started in Cleveland. There was Jim Doney's Adventure Road and my favorite guest, Dan Cooper. There was Super Host. The Ghoul. So many others.

Fun days.

[Diamond_Dog]

135. I remember watching every single one of those shows and TV people.

And don’t forget Big Chuck and Houlihan!

[Auggie]

163. They were my favs

Who were yours?

[debm55]

138. Thank you Diamond_Dog

[debm55]

142. Thank you , Diamond_Dog. That was a very different show with a very nice twist.

[JoseBalow]

46. Oopsy Daisy

https://www.oopsytheclown.com/

[debm55]

128. Thank you JoseBalow'

[doc03]

47. We had Seaweed Sam in Wheeling, he was on

Monday through Friday at 5 bells. We also got Mr. Rodgers on 13.

[debm55]

56. Did you pick up Pittsburgh stations in Wheeling? TY

[doc03]

58. Back before cable we lived on a hilltop and had an antennea with a rotor we

got them all but 4 wasn't so good. We got Chilly Billy, Studio Wrestling with Ringside Rosy and Bruno San Martino, Joe Denardo Weather, Bill Burns news on KDKA. We also got channel 9 WSTV out of Steubenville and WTRF 7 from Wheeling.

[debm55]

59. Thanks doc03

[FarPoint]

195. You trigger happy tv memories...

Studio Wrestling....remember Izzy Modle the referee?

Bruno San Martino stayed in Pittsbugh with retirement...lived in North Hills near Mars....a high school friend shared that he would see him at dinner a few times....up until his death in 2018...

[LNM]

49. Lunch with Casey

Arriving on track 11!!!

It was the show I was watching when JFK was shot.

Local candy was Pearson's Salted Nut Rolls and Nut Goodies. Mmmm.

[debm55]

114. Thank you LNM

[Brother Buzz]

50. The Wonderful World of Brother Buzz

Brother Buzz taught me ecology years before it became a buzz word

[debm55]

55. We didn't get to see that one, but it sounds very interesting.. Did you sign up for the Brother Buzz club? Ty

[Brother Buzz]

57. Yes, my older brother signed me up. He also tagged me with the name Brother Buzz.

My family and a select few of my oldest friends still call me Brother Buzz.

[debm55]

60. Thank you Brother Buzz., very nice of your brother to do that.

[NoMoreRepugs]

51. Bozo the Clown on WGN Chicago - the best.

[debm55]

113. Thank you NoMoreRepugs.

[Yoyoyo77]

158. 1959 to 1962. Bozo the Clown, WRC Washington DC with Willard Scott as Bozo.

[debm55]

202. TY Yoyoyo77

[Cairycat]

52. Betty Lou's Magic Window WOI in Ames, Iowa

She had puppets, including Gregory the Lion and a unicorn. She would show Tales from the Riverbank, shorts with real hamsters and mice in little boats.

I also watched Dr. Max, mentioned above, that was broadcast from Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

[debm55]

109. Thank you Cairycat, That show sounds very interesting.

[PufPuf23]

54. Captain Sacto and King Fud

This was living during school year in the East Bay near San Francisco and were local children shows in late 50s and early 60s.

Here is link to Captain Sacto: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9125296/

"Captain Sacto was a 1950's and 60's childrens' show hosted by Harry Martin as Captain Sacto, for KCRA Channel 3 Sacramento, California (USA) showing such animated show like "Crusader Rabbit)."

Could not find anything about King Fud on a cursory search.

There was a small King Fud amusement park in Concord, CA that was near my doctor's office (circa 59-60). Made it not so bad to go to doctor.

[debm55]

68. PufPuf23 you were lucky.

[mia]

61. In Maryland, we had the Howdy Doody Show and Pick Temple.

My kids watched the "Skipper Chuck" show" in Florida.

[debm55]

62. Thank you, mia.

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[Yavin4]

69. Captain 20 WDCA in the DMV area.

Check out the cool video game. Real high tech stuff

&list=PLaJhh0k4dkH1Mu0JyIouph4oN2xKzTI5R

[debm55]

70. Hey, I had one of those. Just threw it away this last summer.

[OldBaldy1701E]

72. There was one in Raleigh for several years called 'Sparks!'

I was already grown when it came out but I did appear in a few of them.

Here is an episode that is on YouTube. I am not in this one.

The cast did have a few surprises. One of the kid actors became one of Rhea Perlman's kids in a few episodes of 'Cheers'. Another of the kids was in the first 'Men In Black'. You may remember him.

It seems so long ago...

[debm55]

108. Thank you OldBaldy1701E. Your shows sound great.

[Tom Kitten]

74. My pre teen years i grew up in

Fullerton CA, so we got LA shows. In addition to Sheriff John there was Hobo Kelly in the morning and Chuck Jones the Magician who was on every day I think.
Hal Smith who played Otis on the Andy Griffith Show was the Pancake Man on a morning show sponsored by IHOP.
Billy Barty had an afternoon kid's show, he dressed as a ringmaster. The Three Stooges appeared once I remember.
After that the Winchell Mahoney Show would be on channel 11 KTTV with Paul Winchell Jerry Mahoney and Knucklehead Smith. (that one was my favorite)
Soupy Sales and Bozo the Clown had shows but I don't think they were locally produced.
There was a guy on KHJ channel 9 Engineer Bill who had a show with a huge model train set. Later the shows format changed to "9 Island" sort of a sci do/secret agent type of theme. I found an ad for it but I can't say I remember this Zolar fellow at all.
So quite a bit for kids!
When I was 12 we moved to Portland. Talk about culture shock! Only 4 tv stations plus NET (pre PBS).
For kids shows there was Rusty Nails the Clown, who was replaced later by Ramblin' Rod, who was just a guy who wore a vest covered with buttons.
But by that point I was outgrowing all that kid's stuff....

[debm55]

107. Thank you Tom Kitten what an array of shows you had.

[Tom Kitten]

110. You're welcome

I have a weird selective memory. I can remember these shows from 60 years ago but was poor at memorizing things like geometry theorems for the big test I needed to pass!

[GoodRaisin]

75. We had two local shows in Roanoke VA - Uncle Looney weekday evening and

Cactus Joe on Saturday mornings. They were in the local Channel 10 studio and had kid audiences where they’d play cartoons or 3 stooges. They’d have Scout troops and stuff like that. On Cactus Joe they gave the audience free Krispy Creme donuts.

[debm55]

106. Thank you Good Raisin. It sounds like fun. and free Krispy Cremes Yummy.

[shenmue]

76. The Uncle Floyd Show

It may or may not have been for kids.

[debm55]

96. HAHAHAH Thank you shenmue.

[Wicked Blue]

115. I watched several episodes of Uncle Floyd being taped

on the set, when I was writing an article about the show.

Some of those cast members were HIGH

[wcmagumba]

77. Freddy Fudd, Major Astro and at Christmas...

Santa's Workshop with his puppet assistant, KAKE Man and later Toy Boy....In Wichita, KS.

[debm55]

105. Thank you wcmagumba.

[Permanut]

78. Three kids' shows in Oregon.

The Addie Bobkins Show, hosted by Bob Adkins, the Ramblin Rod show, and the one I was on when I was about eight years old, The Mister Moon Show.

All had jokes and cartoons

[debm55]

104. Thank you Permanut. Kid shows were very hard to get on in my area.

[mucifer]

79. The Magic Door Chicago Jewish kids show on local CBS station

was on every Sunday morning. They were in the magical land of Torahville. There was a Rabbi puppet and lots of other puppets.

?si=M2wgz9ZOSE23R-RF

Lots of little Chicagoland kids didn't know they were watching a Jewish show. Tiny Tov was played by Rabbi Joe Black.

[debm55]

103. Wow, mucifer that is great. Thank you for posting this.

[rainy]

80. I was on the Poopdeck Pappy show when I was a child

Virginia
Norfolk/Portsmouth
WVEC: Bungles the Clown; "Romper Room" ("Miss Connie&quot
WAVY: Poop Deck Pappy (Mac McManus)

[debm55]

102. rainy, great for you, Those kid shows were hard to get on.

[OldBaldy1701E]

149. We lived close enough to get those stations.

I remember Bungles and Poop Deck Pappy!

(Remember Dr. Madblood? LOVED that show!)

[rainy]

194. I remember that show!

[BluesRunTheGame]

83. Harlow Hickenlooper, Cowboy Bob & Janie (Central Indiana)

[debm55]

100. Thank you , BluesRunTheGame.

[maxrandb]

84. We had "Lucy's Toy Shop" in Ohio

[debm55]

99. Thank you maxrandb.

[Golden Raisin]

94. Ding Dong School with Miss Frances.

I think it started in Chicago but I saw it when it moved to New York.

[debm55]

95. We had Romper Room in Pittsburgh. Do Bees and Don't Bees Thank you.

[randr]

116. Sally Star out of Philly

[debm55]

126. Thank you , randr.

[FalloutShelter]

119. Wonderama with Sunny Fox

on channel 5 in NYC and North Jersey.

Featuring cartoons... silly skits, and marathon, Simon Says.

[debm55]

125. FalloutShelter., thank you, I like the idea of playing Simon Says. Was that with the audience?

[FalloutShelter]

130. Yes, Deb.

He had a live audience of kids, and he would get them all up, about 50 of them, and play Simon Says.
He would first weed out all of the less adept by going slow, and then he would speed it up until there were only about five kids left in a lightning round. It was so much fun to play along at home.

[debm55]

155. Yes, I was wondering if it was the studio or home audience. Thank you, Sounds like fun.

[LisaM]

123. WJIM in Lansing had Mr. Mayor with Alley Cat and Pansy

Mr. Mayor (aka Howard Lancour, later the main news anchor) who wore a top hat and hung out with puppets Alley Cat and Pansy, who worked out of a trash can and were operated by drunk weatherman Dennie Wayne. After the puppet part ended, they would show cartoons. Local kids attended and sat on a riser for that part and some would win giant SloPokes.

We always heard rumors that Dennie Wayne was drunk on air, not just for his puppet show, but during his weather segment (which mostly consisted of photos of the hottest and coldest places in the country, like Death Valley or International Falls) but years later we ran into Howard Lancour at a Fourth of July event and he confirmed it. He also bought my sister and me a bucket of beer.

[debm55]

124. Thank you LisaM------

[bucolic_frolic]

127. Zacherle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Zacherle

[debm55]

152. Thank you brocolic_frolic

[no_hypocrisy]

129. New York Metropolitan area

Wonderama -- Sonny Fox
Sandy Becker
Let's Have Fun -- Chuck McCann
Beach Comber Bill -- Popeye
Officer Joe Bolton -- Three Stooges
Captain Jack McCarthy -- Little Rascals
Winchell-Mahoney Time
Claude Kirschner
Soupy Sales

Back in the Nineties, the Museum of Broadcasting had one special night for the hosts of all the NYC childrens' shows. And we grown-up kids flocked to the show. We cheered, we clapped, we shouted "We love you!" to the stage of hosts. You could see the tears shining in their eyes to receive the love of "their kids."

[debm55]

144. Wow, no_hyprocrisy. What a line up.

[no_hypocrisy]

175. My mother used to tell me that I was watching too much TV as a child.

My response: I'm not watching enough.

These TV hosts were warm and loving. I felt like I knew each of them better than my father. They really really liked children. They didn't talk down to us. They made us feel special.

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176. Agree,I t was a way to escape.

[Prairie_Seagull]

134. Went to a taping of "Wallace and Ladmo. when I was 7 or 8

Phoenix AZ.

Brought to you by Archway cookies.

[ThoughtCriminal]

139. Perhaps the last of it's kind.

Ran for 35 years from April 1, 1954, to December 29, 1989.

[Prairie_Seagull]

151. I had no idea it ran that long.

Thanks.

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150. Thank you Prairie_Seagull. Did they give you a cookie at the taping?

[Prairie_Seagull]

153. In fact they did.

No doubt the only reason I remember that bit. It was a whole package and I ate them all. I even remember they were soft oatmeal. Yum.

[Gimble]

162. Another one for Wallace and Ladmo - Phoenix

I watched it in the 60s. As I recall, it came on right after school. We lived about 80 miles from Phoenix in a little mining town called Kearny. I never got to go to any of their tapings, but they did come to Kearny one year for our annual Pioneer Days parade.

[ThoughtCriminal]

141. Huntsville, Al

Benny Carle and Johnny Evans.

From Birmingham, we got "Cousin Cliff"

As for Romper Room, I'm still waiting for her to see me in the "Magic Mirror".

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148. Thank you ThoughtCriminal. Were you a Do Bee or a Don't Bee? My name was very common at the time, so I was called.

[Goonch]

143. Kukla, Fran, and Ollie

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146. Thank you Goonch. I loved them.

[Cartoonist]

145. Garfield Goose and Friends

Chicago exclusive on WGN

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147. Thank you Cartoonist, That goose is so funny.

[DBoon]

154. Los Angeles - Shrimpenstein

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159. HAHAHAHAHAH, DBoon, were you a member of the Fan Club?

[DBoon]

165. no but I should have been

[brewens]

157. I was on this one. My mom was a Cub Scout Den Mother and her den got to be on the show. I wasn't old

enough but got to go and walk over the bridge too.

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/30/david-cyrus-page-tvs-captain-cy-dies/

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170. Thank you brewens, we had Rickie and Copper that was mostly a birthday show. At the end the show the birthday kids

would walk over the bridge with Rickie and her Irish Setter Copper. I so wanted to be on that show.

[Different Drummer]

161. I'm in the Atlanta TV market (though not Atlanta itself), so these all aired on local Atlanta stations.

The Popeye Club: The host was "Officer" Don Kennedy and he had a puppet sidekick, Orvil the Dragon. In addition to games with the kids in the studio audience, The Popeye Club had Popeye (of course!) and The Funny Company cartoons.

Mr. Pix: The host of this was Dave Michaels, who was an anchor with a local Atlanta TV station and later went on to be a CNN anchor. The show took its name from Michaels drawing pictures during the show, including drawing pictures using letters of the alphabet. He would pretend to take suggestions from the kids at home (no studio audience) as to what letters to use in his drawings. I remember watching the show one day and yelling "Z!", "Z!" with all my might and I was totally surprised when Mr. Pix said, "Okay, Z", and made a picture out of it. I don't remember what the picture was. I believe there were cartoons on the show, but I don't remember which ones.

Tubby and Lester: Two guys that were Laurel and Hardy imitators. I believe they had a studio audience with games for the kids. Predictably, Tubby and Lester featured Laurel and Hardy cartoons, as well as Abbott & Costello cartoons.

We had a local version of Romper Room, but I can't remember the name of the teacher. She never saw me in her magic mirror. Also, on one of the local PBS stations, we had a show called "Aunt Lollipop." The host was an older lady who, I think was a teacher. She had groups of kids on her show to whom she told stories.

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169. Wonderful Different Drummer.Thank you so much for the overviews of the shows.

[pdxflyboy]

177. The Sandy Becker Show

Also, Officer Joe Bolton, Uncle Fred Scott, Tommy Seven the tv clown, and The Soupy Sales Show, all out of NYC. With Sonny Fox it was Wonderama and Just For Fun.

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179. thank you pdxflyboy

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180. Thank you pdxflyboy

[enid602]

181. LA

Hobo Kelly, and Engineer Bill in Los Angeles.

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182. Thank you enid602

[no_hypocrisy]

183. Connecticut, Channel 8: Mr. Goober

https://www.nhregister.com/connecticut/article/New-Haven-TV-personality-Mike-Warren-dies-at-80-11419169.php

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190. Thank you. no_hypocrisy.

[rzemanfl]

185. WGN Chicago

Garfield Goose, with Frasier Thomas.

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192. Thank you rzemanfl,

[FarPoint]

186. Does " Chilly Billy Cardille" count?

Chiller Theater....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Cardille

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191. I used to watch him and the Wrestling show he did.

[FuzzyRabbit]

187. Seattle

Wunda Wunda (for preschoolers)
Sheriff Tex (Texas Jim Lewis)
Stan Boreson
Captain Puget
Brakeman Bill
J P Patches

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189. Thank you FuzzyRabbit.

[FuzzyRabbit]

188. Seattle

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Wunda Wunda (for preschoolers)
Sheriff Tex
Stan Boreson (King's Klubhouse)
J P Patches
Captain Puget
Brakeman Bill

Sorry about the double post -- internet was not working right.

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193. Thank you FuzzyRabbit,

[yellowdogintexas]

198. Nashville: I only remember one kid's show that was a local production: Popeye Theater

With Captain Bill and Captain Bob. There were two puppets: Bobo the Clown who had a long red nose that would honk and Jingles (maybe an elf?). If you pressed on Jingles' nose it made a jingle bell sound.

They had a studio audience, and at the end of the show the studio audience got to walk past the puppet stage and make the puppets noses do their thing. Someone gave me a trip to the show for my birthday and I decided to annoy Jingles because everybody picked on Bobo.

Captain Bill was actually Bill Jay who did the local news, and Captain Bob was Bob Lobertini who did the weather. Everybody did double duty back in the middle 50s

There were lots of cartoon blocks: Looney Tunes, Tom & Jerry, Woody Woodpecker in the afternoon.

The NBC station in Nashville had a Bandstand style show called The 5 O'clock Hop. Occasionally the show would go on the road, and they came to one of our local high schools. The gym was packed and it was a fun night.

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199. TY yellowdogintexas ,I liked your post about making Jingles nose make a sound

[Darwins_Retriever]

200. Tory and ol' Gus

Gus was a hand puppet. Tory was the human partner.

Funny story. I was attending a ceremony for a college honor society. my older brother was being inducted. During the ceremony one of the inductees was Tory Southwick. When went to the front to accept something, a little kid in the audience yells out "TORY!"

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201. Thank you Darwin's_Retriever. Very sweet post.

[MuseRider]

203. We had only one that I remember

WIB (station was WIBW) the clown an early job for Gordon Jump. The only other show that I recall was Whizzo in Kansas City. He was horrifying.

I HATE CLOWNS

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204. So do I. MuseRider, so do I. Don;t think they are funny. Never did and never will.

[marble falls]

206. In Cleveland - Capt Penny, Barnaby, but in Phoenix there was the absolute best local TV show - Wallace and Ladmo.