Old kids show on WGN
John C Edie
to run every weekday morning (haven't seen it on in about 10
years)? It was sort of like Captain Kangaroo. There was a
host who would show some cartoons in between talking, but the
real trademark bizarre thing he did was that he had a pet duck,
and every day he would bring the pet duck out onto the stage
in front of his desk, and he would let it walk around while
the camera followed it, and in the background they would play
Billy Joel's "It's Still Rock 'n Roll To Me". Only someone who's
ever seen it could possibly understand what I just tried to
describe. If you know the name, please let me know. It's
bugging me.
Michael David Stailey
Of course... you are talking about the one and only...
RAY RAYNER SHOW
Ray's pet duck was named Chelveston.
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Todd Liebenow
>|> Does anyone remember the name of this WGN kids show that used
>|> to run every weekday morning (haven't seen it on in about 10
>|> years)? It was sort of like Captain Kangaroo.
> Of course... you are talking about the one and only...
> RAY RAYNER SHOW
I'll never forget the Ray Rayner show. It was one of the highlights
of my childhood growing up in the Chicago Suburbs.
I used to love the way he'd sign off every morning:
Bye Bye Bye.....
or something like that.
About a year and a half ago I saw Ray Rayner on the Bozo show
anniversary special. He used to be one of the orignal clowns
back when it was Bozo's circus. I didn't start watching that
show until after Rayner got his own show. I am old enough to
remember Ring Master Ned though. Bozo was the highlight
of lunchtime in the Chicago Suburbs. By the way, anyone familiar
with this stuff know how Cookie's doing? I heard he was really
sick for awhile. Is he alright?
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Todd Liebenow
>> I'll never forget the Ray Rayner show. It was one of the highlights
>>of my childhood growing up in the Chicago Suburbs.
>> I used to love the way he'd sign off every morning:
>> Bye Bye Bye.....
>> or something like that.
>Wasnit this show filmed on the "Bozo" set?
>I remember his Umbrella Hat and the way he
>would tape notes to himself and everything..
>What's this guy up to nawadays?
Last I heard Mr. Rayner is enjoying his retirement in Arizona somewhere.
Michael David Stailey
|> Last I heard Mr. Rayner is enjoying his retirement in Arizona somewhere.
Actually, Ray lives in Albequerque, New Mexico.
He was also a part time weather man for one of the
local tv stations down there.
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I think you might mean Ray Rainer. I remember when the weather was
supposed to be rainy, he would wear a combination hat-umbrella.
He showed cartoons, and when he talked about the Cubs and the White Sox,
he put on a two-billed hat, one side was Cubs and the other side was
White Sox; it looked like two baseball caps sewn together back-to back.
This show was on in the 70's and I was in the first or second grade
when I last seen this show...(I am a junior in college now.)
Jeff Ochs
Louis Koziarz
>>I remember his Umbrella Hat and the way he
>>would tape notes to himself and everything..
Don't forget when he would put on the majorette uniform (I'm not kidding
people), and parade around the studio to marching music. And Chelveston
the moody duck, the one who would never eat the corn flakes Ray tried to
feed it.
BOZO Tie In: Ray was originally one of Bozo's sidekicks, Oliver O. Oliver
or something like that. It was a little before my time. I think there were
lots of connections to WGN's Bozo show, considering Ray ran in the morning
and Bozo came on at 12 noon. When Ray retired Bozo moved to early mornings.
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Garfield Goose or Fraizer Thomas...
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Todd Liebenow
>I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Garfield Goose or Fraizer Thomas..
I never like Fraizer Thomas as much as Mr. Ned. Fraizer could
get kind of annoying sometimes, especially when someone would
miss the bucket on the Grand Prize Game and he would say "Oh
Pshaw."
Personally, I always like Cudley Dudley and his joke mail. Cudley
originally started on the Ray Rayner show and moved to Bozo when
Rayner retired. Did you know that Cookie performed Cudley? Bozo trivia.
Larry Miller
|> In article <C4vL4...@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>, ed...@author.ecn.purdue.edu (John C Edie) writes:
|> > Does anyone remember the name of this WGN kids show that used
|> > to run every weekday morning (haven't seen it on in about 10
|> > years)? It was sort of like Captain Kangaroo. There was a
|> > host who would show some cartoons in between talking, but the
|> > real trademark bizarre thing he did was that he had a pet duck,
|> > and every day he would bring the pet duck out onto the stage
|> > in front of his desk, and he would let it walk around while
|> > the camera followed it, and in the background they would play
|> > Billy Joel's "It's Still Rock 'n Roll To Me". Only someone who's
|> > ever seen it could possibly understand what I just tried to
|> > describe. If you know the name, please let me know. It's
|> > bugging me.
|> >
|>
|> I think you might mean Ray Rainer. I remember when the weather was
|> supposed to be rainy, he would wear a combination hat-umbrella.
|> He showed cartoons, and when he talked about the Cubs and the White Sox,
|> he put on a two-billed hat, one side was Cubs and the other side was
|> White Sox; it looked like two baseball caps sewn together back-to back.
|>
|>
Ray Rayner also a kids show on in the afternoon after school. I barely
remember but it had a motif of a police communication center. I think
he also an old bassett hound for a sidekick. He used to show a lot
of Dick Tracy cartoons.
Anybody remember this show? This had to be in 60's.
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> to run every weekday morning (haven't seen it on in about 10
> years)? It was sort of like Captain Kangaroo. There was a
> host who would show some cartoons in between talking, but the
The show you're think of was "Ray Rayner and Friends". He used to show
Warner Bros. cartoons. It was taped in Chicago in the same studio that
"Bozo's Circus" was taped in.
> real trademark bizarre thing he did was that he had a pet duck,
> and every day he would bring the pet duck out onto the stage
> in front of his desk, and he would let it walk around while
> the camera followed it, and in the background they would play
> Billy Joel's "It's Still Rock 'n Roll To Me". Only someone who's
The duck was Chelviston the Duck. He also visited with a big orange
dog (a full-bodied puppet) named Cuddly Duddly.
wie...@pa881a.inland.com
> way Ray Rayner would make an occasional craft project?
> His would be based on a sample (already completed) project
> made by Chauncey, one of the show's producers or something.
> The thing is, Ray's project was always sort of slapped
> together and looked really sad, while Chauncey's was perfect.
> Then, about once a year, the show would invite a bunch of
> kids on to pick out their very own project of the ones
> that had been done during the year (of both Ray's and
> Chauncey's). It was at this time that we got to see
> all of Ray's sad projects lined up beside Chauncey's
> perfect ones. What a hoot!
I remember every Thanksgiving when he would carve a turkey. You've never
seen such mutilation! At Easter, he would attempt to hardboil and dye eggs.
Most wound up broken. This was truly a great kid's show that the whole
family could enjoy. My parents used to get the biggest kick out of this
guy. He was funny without even trying! He had this stupid umbrella hat
he would wear whenever rain was in the forecast. He also had two hats sewed
together (one Cubs, one White Sox) that he would wear when giving the sports
scores.
> Does anyone remember the WGN show with Frazier Thomas,
> and his puppet duck?
This show was "Garfield Goose and Friends". This was on in the afternoon,
I think. Maybe it was weekends. WGN had some great kids programs back then.
I wish they would bring some of them back in syndication.
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Michael David Stailey
Larry Miller writes...
|> Ray Rayner also a kids show on in the afternoon after school. I barely
|> remember but it had a motif of a police communication center. I think
|> he also an old bassett hound for a sidekick. He used to show a lot
|> of Dick Tracy cartoons.
I think it was just called DICK TRACY or something like that.
Ray was the police commissioner or something and would do
little skits between the Dick Tracy cartoons.
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Dennis Ward
I remember the duck bit but since I watched in the mid 60s, I can't
believe it was Billy Joel's "Still Rock and Roll to Me". When did Ray
Rayner retire?
Cuddly Duddly was a big hit for a while. My kid brother got a full size
stuffed Cuddly Duddly for Christmas one year; it came with a cardboard
train engine, emblazoned "Cuddly Duddly R.R.", in which Mr. Duddly sat.
Great stuff. I also swear we had a Grafield Goose puppet when we were
small, although WGN claimed no such article was available.
Other posters have asked about Raynor's afternoon show, and I also
remember that it was some sort of police station from which he showed
Dick Tracy cartoons. Did he also show Q.T. Hush episodes or was that on
GG&F? Someone mentioned that he had a bassett hound sidekick but
perhaps they are confusing this show with Garfield Goose, in which
Beauregard Burnsides the Third appeared, usually nodding off and being
awakened by Frazier Thomas lifting one ear and shouting "Hot dogs,
hamburgers, spaghetti and meatballs!" Romberg Rabbit stood by.
Since we're on the subject, let me ask a question I posed the last time
this thread came up - anyone remember "Hardrock, Coco and Joe" which
they showed repeatedly on G. Goose (along with Suzie Snowflake) at
Christmas time? Does any of this stuff survive on video (or on WGN for
that matter)?
Dennis
edward lee
Talk about coincidence! I was just back home over Easter visiting my
folks (Northwest Indiana) and we were discussing some of the old
cartoons on Ray Rayner's show.
Anybody remember "Diver Dan". This one wasn't a cartoon, but some guy
in an old fashion iron pressure suit who would swim down and talk to
this barracuda and a few other fish. Sorry, my memory is pretty
sketchy on this. I'm thinking this was circa 1970.
Another one was a genuine cartoon called "Clutch Cargo". The
hilarious thing about this one was that the bodies of the characters
would remain perfectly still, but then they fuzzed in some blood red
lips that did move as they spoke. Clutch had a little pal named
Spinner who had a dog named Paddlefoot. There was also some old guy
with a grey beard, but I don't remember the name, and the whole gang
would muddle through a continuing series of adventures (usually in the
African jungle or some place like that)..
Does anyone remember when Ray was on Bozo's Circus? He played a clown
(what else), but he left the show (I think) around the same time he
quit the morning cartoon show. He was replaced by some clown named
Wizzo. I don't recall the name of Ray's clown, though. Anyone?
Of course, everyone's favorite cartoons on Garfield Goose's show were
the two Christmas shorts: "Susie Snowflake" and "Hardrock ,Coco, and
Joe". Does anyone remember what studio produced those? It kind of
has a Max Fletcher look, but I don't think it's his.
In addition to hosting the garfield Goose show, Frasier Thomas also
hosted "Family Classics" movies on Sunday evenings. Last time I saw
this, I believe Roy Lenard was hosting it. (I liked Frasier better).
A lot of Lassie movies, Hiedi (with Shirley Temple), some horse
movies, and the occasional full length cartoon. I remember them
showing Max Fletcher's "Gulliver's Travels", and one about a community
of bugs. Anyone have any more details on the bug cartoon? I'm pretty
sure it was Max Fletcher (or Ub Iwerks or one of their
contemporaries), but I don't remember the title.
More memory joggers are welcome? I'm getting to like this!
jane.bomb
memories.
"ta tu tu ta tuu ta ta tu tuh tuh VILLA ALLEGRE!"
...but maybe this show only played in the SF area. Anyone else
remember? Or am I alone with this memory?