"Pops" (old local TV program), Milw. TV
Chris Roth
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> Anyone remember this? What station was it on? What years did
> it run, and during what time-o'-day?
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Yes, I recall that show when I was a little boy. It ran in the 60s over
WISN-TV, ch. 12. It was a locally produced show and it ran in the weekday
afternoons around 3:30 pm or 4:00 pm. I think he may have had a morning
show, seems like he did. But I recall the afternoon program more so then
a morning show. Didn't he have puppets like "Lippy Lucy", etc. ?
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Another gentleman wrote in and said that "Pops" used to say
"Roll 'em, Lester!" just before a "Three Stooges" short was aired.
This became a catch phrase among kids, as far south as Racine and
Kenosha.
I also remember something called "Cartoon Alley." Was this
on WITI, perhaps? This program may have carried something
that was an animated parody of Batman, circa 1960 ("Courageous
Cat"?), created by Bob Kane (creator of Batman). Was there
a woman named Barbara Becker onscreen?
Anyone remember "Dialing for Dollars" on WISN? Howard and Rosemary?
One big moment was when Gay Talese was sitting there on the plush
set furniture, chatting in dignified tones about sex. Howard
sat there with that strained-charm grin on his face. It was
a study in contrasts. Talese wrote "Thy Neighbor's Wife." A very
good book. Includes a lot of information about Hefner and Chicago
in the 50's and 60's.
A question about VHF channel 6 for anyone with an answer.
Did a weather organization actually complain about the Albert
puppet on WITI-TV? Or is that just another urban legend with
no basis? If you send me an authoritative answer, I'll delete
your name (and repost) if you request anonymity on any of these broadcast
subjects.
I was in Dallas TX in 1990, poking around Oswald's shooting site,
and I turned on a morning TV broadcast. In TX, there's actually
a locally-produced morning show for kids. The onscreen, local puppet had a
big cowboy hat on! If one were to mention that in a novel, readers
would think it's too contrived.
Chris Roth
(not affiliated with WISN-TV, WISN-AM)
Joseph E Boxhorn
From article <4rlrdv$q...@omnifest.uwm.edu>, by cr...@omnifest.uwm.edu (Chris Roth):
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> I also remember something called "Cartoon Alley." Was this
> on WITI, perhaps? This program may have carried something
> that was an animated parody of Batman, circa 1960 ("Courageous
> Cat"?), created by Bob Kane (creator of Batman). Was there
> a woman named Barbara Becker onscreen?
I may be dating myself, but I remember Cartoon Alley from the early
sixties. It was on WITI and hosted by Barbara Becker. She also did
the weather on WITI's news, though I can't remember whether this was
during the same period that she hosted Cartoon Alley. Cartoon Alley was
also the show that Jack DuBlon (sp?) was the puppeteer for. It was the
original home of Albert the Alley Cat, before he went on to do the
weather with Ward Allen. I don't remember what most of the cartoons
were that were shown on this show. The only ones that stand out in
my mind are the old (Max Fleischer) Popeyes.
> Chris Roth
> (not affiliated with WISN-TV, WISN-AM)
>
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Joseph Boxhorn (jbox...@csd.uwm.edu)
Department of Biological Sciences University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee
"But if there's no Silicon Heaven, where do the calculators go?"