Old time local kiddie shows
Jay Smith
I'll bet everyone remembers growing up watching some of the homegrown
kids' shows.
A couple I remember, - early 1960's, in the Flint/Saginaw, Michigan
area:
"Captain Muddy" An "old sea captain" introducing cartoons.
"Mr. Magic" I think you can guess this one. Magician introducing
cartoons and old Republic serials.
"Mr. Hot Dog" This one's a little strange. Host wore a hot dog suit.
It tied in with the sponsor, a local chain of drive in restaurants
called, you guessed it, Mr. Hot Dog.
What was weird about these shows is that the hosts, Captain Muddy, Mr.
Hot Dog, etc, were also the local news anchormen, weathermen, and
sportscasters. These days I just can't imagine putting a high-profile
anchorman in a hot dog suit.
So does this still go on? Kid show hosts who are also the local news,
sports and weather announcers?
A side note:
Back in 1979, I was working for a Saginaw radio station. One day
while we were just wrapping up a remote broadcast from the parking lot
of a local mall, I spotted "Captain Muddy." Actually his name was
Chuck Waters. The man had to be in his late 50's then.
Chuck walked up to me, asked what station I was from, and then started
to introduce himself. Without thinking, I blurted out, "You're
Captain Muddy! I grew up watching you!"
I don't think he appreciated that remark.
D Lewis
Jay Smith <j...@cybergate.com> writes:
>What was weird about these shows is that the hosts, Captain Muddy, Mr.
>Hot Dog, etc, were also the local news anchormen, weathermen, and
>sportscasters. These days I just can't imagine putting a high-profile
>anchorman in a hot dog suit.
on WSOC-TV in Charlotte, Jimmy Kilgo did the weather, hosted "Kilgo's
Kanteen" (a teen dance show *very* similar to "The Corney Collins Show" in
"Hairspray"), and also hosted an after-school cartoon show that featured
Quick Draw McGraw, Snagglepuss, and the other Hanna-Barbera characters that
I thought were the max in entertainment back then. The sad thing for Kilgo
is that he wore all three hats for what probably was the equivalent of one
salary (and probably at a fraction of what media stars get today); the sad
thing for school kids today is that, when they turn on WSOC (and any other
network station in a major city) after school, instead of Snagglepuss and
Huckleberry Hound they get an "early-early" report of the news. Great for
adults who get off work early, I guess, but today's kids will have fond
memories of watching Nickelodeon and TBS in the afternoons, not their local
hometown network stations.
--Dennis
Jesse Groth
j...@cybergate.com (Jay Smith) wrote:
>I'll bet everyone remembers growing up watching some of the homegrown
>kids' shows.
>A couple I remember, - early 1960's, in the Flint/Saginaw, Michigan
>area:
>"Captain Muddy" An "old sea captain" introducing cartoons.
>"Mr. Magic" I think you can guess this one. Magician introducing
>cartoons and old Republic serials.
>"Mr. Hot Dog" This one's a little strange. Host wore a hot dog suit.
>It tied in with the sponsor, a local chain of drive in restaurants
>called, you guessed it, Mr. Hot Dog.
>What was weird about these shows is that the hosts, Captain Muddy, Mr.
>Hot Dog, etc, were also the local news anchormen, weathermen, and
>sportscasters. These days I just can't imagine putting a high-profile
>anchorman in a hot dog suit.
>So does this still go on? Kid show hosts who are also the local news,
>sports and weather announcers?
>A side note:
>Back in 1979, I was working for a Saginaw radio station. One day
>while we were just wrapping up a remote broadcast from the parking lot
>of a local mall, I spotted "Captain Muddy." Actually his name was
>Chuck Waters. The man had to be in his late 50's then.
>Chuck walked up to me, asked what station I was from, and then started
>to introduce himself. Without thinking, I blurted out, "You're
>Captain Muddy! I grew up watching you!"
>I don't think he appreciated that remark.
Hey, I remember those shows! Do you remember "Hoss 'n Stuff" ? I
remember Jim Adams had some sort of tour where the characters came
even to my little town of Cass City. But for some reason, I don't
recall Hoss (Adams' horse puppet) being there, but do recall Kenny
Roberts, a country singer who had his own short-lived show there.
The oddest show that Jim Peyton (Mr. Hot Dog) probably did was "The
K-Mart Kid", co-starring a Cousin Itt-lookalike puppet called Daddy
Cool. Strange stuff.
Maybe you can refresh my memory about one show I've been wondering
about - on WJRT-TV 12, before they picked up a Bozo franchise, they
had a puppet show of the samw type as "Kukla, Fran and Ollie", but I
can't recall anything more about it. Don't think I'm confusing that
with Mr. Magic, though he may have also appeared.
carb...@voicenet.com
On Sun, 18 Aug 1996 14:11:26 GMT, j...@cybergate.com (Jay Smith) wrote:
*
*I'll bet everyone remembers growing up watching some of the homegrown
*kids' shows.
Funny you should bring up this subject! Lately I have been
wondering what ever happened to GENE LONDON. He had a show that I
LOVED on a local Philadelphia station (sheesh I can't even remember
which channel) he told wonderful stories and he had the most soothing
voice. I think he might have been my first childhood crush. Anyone
out there know what became of him? Did anyone else watch his show?
Jayne
Marlene Blanshay
>
> What was weird about these shows is that the hosts, Captain Muddy, Mr.
> Hot Dog, etc, were also the local news anchormen, weathermen, and
> sportscasters. These days I just can't imagine putting a high-profile
> anchorman in a hot dog suit.
>
> So does this still go on? Kid show hosts who are also the local news,
> sports and weather announcers?
>
> A side note:
I remember on WPTZ Plattsburgh New York, they used to have all kinds
of Kiddy shows in the early 60s. I remember that the weatherman,
Bird Berdan used to host them. I can't remember their names at
all,but there was one where they would take off in a rocket, and
shake the camera and use roaring special effects to show we were
"taking off." If anyone ever saw that show, they might remember what
I'm talking about. This would have been around 1964. I think they
used to do stuff like that in smaller TV stations at the time, where
they operated on small staff, so they'd use whoever was right for
kid shows.
Sally Waters
The one in Florence, SC was "Spaceship C-8", and I was on there with my
Brownie troop in 1963 - we got to watch Felix the Cat cartoons and each
took home a bag of Jack's Cookies. And got interviewed on the air - my
big public moment! The Captain of the Spaceship (can't remember his name)
asked everyone what they wanted to be when they grew up, and I said I
wanted to be a librarian - he said I'd have to read lots of books to do
that. So, here I am, now the Queen of Reference - guess I got my start on
the Spaceship!
--Sally
carb...@voicenet.com wrote:
Joann Taylor
Funny you should bring up this subject! Lately I have been
wondering what ever happened to GENE LONDON. He had a show that I
LOVED on a local Philadelphia station (sheesh I can't even remember
which channel) he told wonderful stories and he had the most soothing
voice. I think he might have been my first childhood crush. Anyone
out there know what became of him? Did anyone else watch his show?
-----Reply
You bet! Gene London was on WCAU (at the time, CBS but now currently
NBC). He was on in the 60's when I watched him. He did have a
memorable speaking voice. He was roughly around the same vintage
as Pixanne - also on WCAU. She was the vertically-challenged
Peter-Pan type lady - She was always hawking Oscar Meyer hot dogs as I
recall... There is a great blooper of this women that is shown on a
lot of "classic blooper reels" She was demonstrating how to use a
fire extinguisher by lighting this large metal ring that was coated
with rags/kerosene. This fire refused to go out - mostly since it was
circular, the thing kept reigniting. Pixanne simply prances around
while some big guys come in and TRY to put out the fire. No dice.
She prances faster and faster as the flames get higher. It was
hilarious! They set part of the studio on fire.
I recall Gene London doing some local commercials into the early 70's
but then he seemed to evaporate. I'm guessing that if you call WCAU
and speak to a news intern, they can give you some info on him.
If that is a dead end, I'm betting that the Annenberg School of
Communications (at Temple University) has kept good records on Philly
TV folks.
Another well known "Kiddie TV Host" in Philly was Sally Starr. She
used to dress like the Cattle Queen of Montana - she was on WFIL (The
predecessor to WPVI (Ch. 6-ABC).) Do you remember her? (Who could
forget the music by Larry Ferrrari ??? Blechh! )
Joann
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Michael Grimes
Love this topic! Anyone else from the Tri-State area of
Ohio/W.Va./PEnnsylvania?
Who remembers Six O'CLock Adventure TIme with Paul Shannon from Pittsburgh?
LIttle Rascal episodes; Three Stooges; Popeye cartoons; Rocky and Bullwinkle..
Hank Stohl's puppets : Rodney (the crabby old man ) and KNISH !...the mophead
puppet with a big nose!
Ricki and Copper (Copper was an Irish Setter...Ricki also hosted Junior HIgh
Quiz and in her early days.....SLEEPY TIME GAL....giving the weather report
in her nightgown while sitting in a bed! This is true.....someone else must
remember her! :-)
Popeye Playhouse from Wheeling with Seaweed Sam !!
^^^^^^^^^^^
not a kiddie show, but how about NINE TEEN TIME...Channel 9 in
Steubenville..hosted byStan Scott...now an evangelist!!
Larry Bromley
I spent my first years in New Bedford, Ma., then at an early age came to
the Ft. Lauderdale-Miami TV market. That means I have a sizeable group of
memories.
This post concerns New Bedford, Mass. In Part II I'll have Miami.
This area drew stations from Rhode Island, Boston as well as New
Bedford's own WTEV, Ch. 6.
On Ch. 10, we had Salty Brine with Popeye cartoons and an
apparent ripoff of Maurice Sendak's "Really Rosie and the Nutshell Gang"
books (with a talking pterodactyl instead of a gator.
Channel 6 had Pat McCormick (not the comic) with his puppets on
"Funtime." He was replaced by some twit named "Uncle Bruce."
Channel 7 had "The Red Baron."
Channel 4 had the most kids' programming. Monday -Friday had "Small Frys"
with big Brother Bob Emery. He also had an afternoon show. Weekends were
really full. Rex Trailer started both days with "Boomtown" showing film
shorts and cartoons on Saturday, and featuring Art Clokie's "Davy and
Goliath" plus other religion-oriented features on Sunday. Later on
Saturday, Captain Bob and his puppet pals, Jasper and Grampa Jinx told
stories using pictures drawn as Bob spoke, conversed with a creature
rescued from a rubber tree, and showed "Ruff and Reddy" cartoons.
BTW, didn't Bob Emery get into some type of scandal?
--
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"I'd like to stay...but I don't want to."
Amy Verhelst
>
> >A couple I remember, - early 1960's, in the Flint/Saginaw, Michigan
> >area:
>
What about Run, Joe, Run?
Anyone remember FURY?
CAM
Does anyone from the Hartford, CT area remember the Ranger Andy Show?
I believe it was on his program that "Tales From the Riverbank" was
shown. "Tales.." was all live animals, mostly rodents, with voiceovers.
Because they lived near the river, they spent a lot of time on little
rafts floating around. Sometimes they wore clothes, too.
You just don't appreciate shows like that when you're young. :D
Larry Bromley
(Plese see Local kiddie shows Part I:Boston for those shows)
When I arrived in Florida in 1965, the era of local kid shows had little
time left. Still there were quite a few.
Someone else talking on this subject commented on hosts also doing
newscasts. This was true for Miami of the 60's. This was not major TV
market.
WTVJ,Ch. 4 (now 6) had the best of the bunch: Popeye Playhouse, with
Skipper Chuck Zink. He also hosted P.M. and midnight movies. Now his
audience may be the parents of those 60's kids, with retirement community
commercials. Bob Weaver, a longtime weatherman, gave voice to some
characters on the show.
Channel 10 had Captain Jack (why so many sea-farers?) in the A.M. with
Banjo Billy. In the P.M., the one who played Banjo Billy was known as
Jumping Jack (were we not to notice this?). He was a weatherman and
hosted movie shows.
Channel 7 had horror movies for kids with M.T. Graves, played by
weatherman Charlie Baxter. Publicity man Charlie Folds was a robot on
another show, where kids read comics.
Rosemarie Ventura
On Sun, 18 Aug 1996, Jay Smith wrote:
>
> What was weird about these shows is that the hosts, Captain Muddy, Mr.
> Hot Dog, etc, were also the local news anchormen, weathermen, and
> sportscasters. These days I just can't imagine putting a high-profile
> anchorman in a hot dog suit.
>
> So does this still go on? Kid show hosts who are also the local news,
> sports and weather announcers?
I believe it's still going on here in Buffalo, NY. Weatherman Tom Jolls
was "Commander Tom" up until a few years ago. He passed the role on
to a fellow anchorman with less seniority, and I think the/a Commander
Tom is still introducing the cartoons.
Rosemarie Ventura
aa...@freenet.buffalo.edu
ah...@freenet.carleton.ca
Dave Mackey
Joann Taylor (joa...@teleport.com) wrote:
: Another well known "Kiddie TV Host" in Philly was Sally Starr. She
: used to dress like the Cattle Queen of Montana - she was on WFIL (The
: predecessor to WPVI (Ch. 6-ABC).) Do you remember her? (Who could
: forget the music by Larry Ferrrari ??? Blechh! )
Every so often, one of the local Philly stations (usually Channel 3, for
some odd reason) does a "whatever happened to" piece on Sally Starr. She's
as much a part of Philadelphia TV/radio culture as Captain Noah, The 950
Club, Bob Horn's Bandstand, Al Alberts, and The Geator.
Larry Ferrari still does his Sunday show on Channel 6, incidentally.
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In Minneapolis, until the early 70's there was a kidie show called Lunch
With Casey. It featured railroad engineer Casey Jones and his sidekick
Roundhouse Rodney. They offered a staple of cartoons (Looney Toons,
Hannna Barbara) and Gumby. Each day Casey would have lunch delivered by a
local restarauntlike Shakey's Pizza or even the local McDonalds. He would
have guests like a animal handler from the St. Paul Como Park Zoo, or
musical guests who would entertain for a while. They would also feature
musical segments where Casey and Roundhouse would perform in what could
best be described as early music videos. One that stands out was a song
called "Onions, Onions."
Every year at Halloween, an evil witch would shrink Roundhouse and trap
him in a pumpkin! I asume this was so Roundhouse would get a vacation!
Anyhow, just in time for Halloween, Casey would carve the pumpkin and
rescue Roundhouse and restore him to normal size
Lunch with Casey aired on WTCN channel 11. It starred Roger Ausumb (sp?)
as Casey and Lynn Dwyer as Roundhouse. For a while there were also
afternoon and morning shows too. I believe Casey now hosts talk radio
somewher in northern Minnesota. Roundhouse went on to have his own show
on public tv in Minneapolis. Sadly, his career was cut short in the mid
70's when he had a heart attack while out jogging.
Casey and Roundhouse were about the biggest stars in the world to a little
kid in Willmar, Minnesota. Casey traveled all over the state entertaining
groups. I first saw him in the late sixties at our hometown winter
carnival called Operation Snowflake. Casey and Roundhouse came and
entertained with music and cartoons. I was so excited. Nothing that big
ever happened in Willmar.
Every year he would also travel to Brainard, Minnesota where there is an
amusement park with a giant moving and talking statue of Paul Bunyan.
Casey would entertain in his usual manner. One of the big highlights was
when Casey would drive the little kiddie train with all us kids on board.
Somewhere, my dad has home movies of us with Casey, waving, and riding the
train!
But perhaps my biggest thrill came around 1972. WTCN was a big sponsor of
Jerry Lewis's MDA telethon. And Casey was always encouraging kids to have
carnivals to raise money for MDA. So I did this a couple times. One day
a letter arrives inviting me to be a guest on Lunch With Casey! I was so
excited. My mother drove us to Minneapolis. Mom hated driving in big
cities so we met an aunt who lived down there and so me. my Mom, my aunt
and a couple cousins all headed down to the WTCN studio at the Calhoun
Beach Manor on Lake Calhoun (Sp?) I was so blown away. This was my first
exposure to the TV indusry and it was like a whole different world.
Everywhere you turned there were piece of sets from the various local
shows produced at WTCN scattered around this humongous studio. It seemed
like the biggest room I had ever been in. (Of course I was just a little
kid.) I was so facinated by the total television process, how it all
worked to make a live tv show happen. Every second was burned into my
memory.
Casey was a shock as he was dressed in his normal clothes and even wearing
glasses. I got to watch him put on his makeup. My mother remebers him as
being "overly friendly" Roundhouse was a wonderful person. He basically
hung out with us kids the whole time we were there. He brought us into
the little control room which remended me of a NASA control room with all
the equipment. Machines and tvs and lights and buttons everywhere
The "engine" casey rode in was nothing more than a large box. Casey stuck
his head out the window ansd waved whicle the cameraman wheeled the camera
to make it look like the engin was pulling out. The show's set was mad of
cardboard on a wooden frame! It totally blew me away. My little segment
came and went quickly. It was such a blur.
I guess that experience somehow affected this little kid. I went on to
major in TV production, and have been working in televison news for 10
years. Not a lot has changed in television in those 20+ years. Much of
what we do is a lot like what i saw in that studio as a kid.
Now that you have stirred up so many memeories, does anyone have any video
tape of Casey anywhere? I would love to relive some of those moments!
Thanks,
Steve
Steve Iverson
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Derek R. Larson
I've still got a soft spot in my heart for Rablin' Rod, from KPTV 12. I
used to watch him every day, but never got the chance to appear on the
show since we lived to far away to make the drive. I was really surprised
to see him doing car commercials on Portland Wrestling when I grew old
enough to watch late night tv. And of course there was Cartoon Castle
also, with all those old Hanna-Barbera shows like Wally Gator. I wish I
had the Cartoon Channel here!
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Biffan
<<WTVJ,Ch. 4 (now 6) had the best of the bunch: Popeye Playhouse, with
Skipper Chuck Zink. He also hosted P.M. and midnight movies. Now his
audience may be the parents of those 60's kids, with retirement community
commercials. Bob Weaver, a longtime weatherman, gave voice to some
characters on the show.>>
Uncle Don on the Organ, and Scrubby? Oh, yes! I still have my "Skipper
Chuck" "Peace, Love and Happiness" pin somewhere around... But what were
the names of the puppets on the right-hand wall (beside the door)? And
who suceeded Uncle Don? I can't remember his name, but he had dark hair
and a moustache....
<<Channel 7 had horror movies for kids with M.T. Graves, played by
weatherman Charlie Baxter. Publicity man Charlie Folds was a robot on
another show, where kids read comics.>>
I talked to Charlie a few months ago - he'd been in a serious accident,
and a friend of mine hooked us up. He was amazed that anyone remembered
him and Toby the Robot (an obvious take on Robby the Robot). What made ME
so mad with that was that they (of course) read the comics from the Miami
Herald and we had the (at the time) less-expansive Palm Beach Post-Times!
Oh, for those old days...
Thanks for the memories! (Isn't Chuck still doing carpet commercials?? I
don't get Miami stations in WPB anymore....)
Ginny Granucci
carb...@voicenet.com wrote:
>On Sun, 18 Aug 1996 14:11:26 GMT, j...@cybergate.com (Jay Smith) wrote:
>*
>*I'll bet everyone remembers growing up watching some of the homegrown
>*kids' shows.
> Funny you should bring up this subject! Lately I have been
>wondering what ever happened to GENE LONDON. He had a show that I
>LOVED on a local Philadelphia station (sheesh I can't even remember
>which channel) he told wonderful stories and he had the most soothing
>voice. I think he might have been my first childhood crush. Anyone
>out there know what became of him? Did anyone else watch his show?
> Jayne
I think it was channel 10 (CBS????) but don't hold me to it. Every
Saturday morning (I'm certain of that). Unfortunately, I don't know
where he is now or what happened to him.
Ginny
Life is Uncertain, Eat Dessert First!
Randy Meredith
Michael Grimes (mgr...@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu) wrote:
: Who remembers Six O'CLock Adventure TIme with Paul Shannon from Pittsburgh?
: Ricki and Copper (Copper was an Irish Setter
I fondly remeber Paul Shannon's Adventure TIme. I don't rmember it being
on at 6:00, but it could have been. In addition to the cartoons you
mentioned, you left out Beanie & Cecil (cool) and Dodo, The Kid from Outer
Space (God Awful even as a kid). Adventure Time also showed Kimba, The
White Lion, the anime that most belive was the inspiration of The Lion
King.
Paul also was the first to feature Joe Negri on his show. Yo'll remember
Joe as Handyman Negri on Mr. Roger's Neighborhood. Joe took over the show
after Paul retired.
I always wondered about Paul's relationship with the Three Stooges. I
remember them being on live with him many times (Moe, Larry and Joe).
As for Ricki & Copper, not only do I remeber it, I was on it. The show
featured an audience of local kids and my mom and dad got me tickets. We
all got to sit on a wooden bench and wathc the show. I got to tell Ricki a
joke. We got to pet Copper and the walk across The Wishing Bridge at the
end onf the show.
Do you remember Willie the Duck? He worked with Chilly Bill Cardille on
WIIC (now WPXI) and was on a kid's show called CAp'n Jim (I think). I
'loved that duck.
Randy Meredith
Columbus, Ohio
Steve
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Thoughts:
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talking. What do you suppose he says?
POSSIBLE TOP PICKUP LINES OF MATT LEBLANC:
1) "Hi, I'm Matt LeBlanc, the star of Friends. You're looking
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2) "Hi, I'm Matt LeBlanc, the star of Friends. I'd like to get
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3) Matt LeBlanc, Friends. Want to check out the ladies
room? I've never been in one, maybe you could give me the
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4) Matt LeBlanc, Friends. Why don't we take a romantic
walk... to the bathroom.
5) Matt LeBlanc, Friends. I'd like to get to know you better...
why don't we go to the women's bathroom?
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2) If you go to a famous Hollywood restaurant and there is a
long line to get into the women's bathroom, do you suppose
that means that Matt LeBlanc is having a long night?
3) I'm still focused on that time. Seduction in 15 minutes!
How long do you suppose it would have taken other stars?
a) Brad Pitt--2 minutes
b) Sean Connery--4 minutes (9 minutes, w/o toupee)
c) Jim Carrey--6 minutes (12 minutes, after "Cable Guy")
d) Michael Douglas--8 minutes (only if wife is around--
works best under pressure)
e) Madonna--3 minutes (but with guys, 7 minutes)
SEINFELD claims he comes up with his "best
material" in the middle of the night so he bought
his buxom girlfriend SHOSHONNA a life-sized Jerry
doll so she won't get lonely when he gets up at
night.(Globe)
Thoughts:
1) If Shoshonna isn't getting his "best
material", then who is?
2) When the dummy is substituted for Seinfeld,
does Shoshonna notice the difference? Or any
reduction in performance?
2) If Seinfeld is worried that his YOUNG YOUNG
girlfriend thinks him old and lethargic, how do
you think he feels when he returns to the bedroom
and finds SHOSHONNA and the dummy looking relaxed
and each smoking cigarettes?
HEATHER LOCKLEAR makes about $70,000 per
episode of Melrose Place.(Globe)
Thoughts:
1) $70,000 per episode! If an episode
is 44 minutes long without commercials, and
figure that Heather appears in about 30 of those
44 minutes, that's about $2,300 a MINUTE!
That's almost $40 a SECOND!
2) In the time it takes Heather to blink
her left eye on the show, she's already
earned enough for a fancy steak dinner!
3) If HEATHER is paid by the minute, do
you think producers could save money by using
still images of her?
CINDY CRAWFORD's career advice for prospective
models: Know what's expected of you and be
prepared to do it.(Cosmopolitan)
Thoughts:
1) Hm.... but when, where, and how often, and
should you insist that the photographer always
use protection?
X-Files Gillian Anderson, whose first boyfriend was a Neo-Nazi,
said, "I felt if somebody liked me, I was supposed
to sleep with them."(Globe)
Thoughts:
[Gillian sitting around piles of fan mail, two weeks after this is
published]
"Dear Gillian, I really like you."
[opens next letter]
"Dear Gillian, I really like you."
[opens next letter]
"Dear Gillian, I really like you."
Gillian looks around. "Jill? I can't weed out all these letters!
Listen, can you go through them and just save the Nazi ones?"
TORI SPELLING says that she had a nose job when
she was 16.(Star)
Thoughts:
1) What exactly does that entail?
2) Do you think she went to the doctor's office,
and they showed her a book of noses and told her
to "pick one"?
3) What happened to the piece of her nose they
cut off? Do you suppose if scientists find it in
a million years they can clone some cells and
clone a new Tori?
4) Do you think they could clone giant Tori's and
put them in TORIASSIC PARK?
GEORGE CLOONEY paid for NUDE LAP DANCERS at a
strip club.(Star)
Thoughts:
1) I'm confused. A famous star has to pay for nude women?
2) Do you think it would help if Clooney walked around
Rodeo Drive in Hollywood wearing a sandwich board which
read, "I'm George Clooney. I'm playing Batman in the next
Batman movie. Please, someone, go out with me!"
3) Do you think the lap dancers wore high heels? If so, do you
think it could, ahem, hurt when they danced in George's lap?
YOUNG WOMEN camp out on OJ SIMPSON's lawn until
they get invited inside.(Enquirer )
Thoughts:
1) I express no astonishment that young women everywhere
want to flock to OJ's house to make out with the superstar.
Instead, I wonder about the mechanics: Do they just go up to
his house, ring the doorbell, and say, "We're available?"
2) Do you suppose that OJ's house is like a foreign embassy,
with a long line of women snaking around the block, all
waiting for entry visas?
3) Do you suppose that OJ has a hunchback deaf-mute butler
answer the door while OJ views the visitor from the window,
giving a thumbs up or thumbs down?
Prince Charle's mistress CAMILLA PARKER-BOWLES is
dressing up in almost the exact same clothes as Princess Di so
she will LOOK LIKE DI!!! (Enquirer)
Thoughts:
Camilla: "William, Harry, it's me, your mother, Diana."
Prince William: "Check her legs, Harry!"
Prince Harry, grabbing Camilla's legs: "Cellulite! This isn't
Mum!"
MADONNA's fathering instrument, CARLOS LEON, has
been spotted with at least two other women.(Examiner)
Thoughts:
1) Do you think he's free-lancing?
2) If he's going into the fathering business, what sort of a
reference do you think he gets from his past employer?
Madonna: "He grunts a lot in bed but is very professional,
gets the job done quickly."
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Tony Calguire
On Wed, 21 Aug 1996, J.H. Vipond wrote:
>
> I also remember a couple of shows on WCCO Channel 4 from that same period.
> One was called "Clancy & Willie," with WCCO newsman Dave Moore in a
> Keystone Kops uniform, and another actor (I forget his name) as a vagrant.
> They showed Popeye cartoons, and Kemps ice cream was a sponsor.
>
Umm, that's John Gallos as Clancy the keystone cop, and Alan Lansberg (I
think that's his name) as Willie Ketchum.
Dave Moore *did* do one kiddie show; it was the Christmas special
"Miracle on Ninth Street".
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Marlene Blanshay
I have to say that I am absolutely fascinated by al these stories of
old local tv shows. It's amazing how much we remember from shows
like that considering it's over 30 years and we were all so young!
It really makes me wish we had VCR's in those days.
One show that was hugely popular here in Montreal was Magic Tom.
Magic Tom (Auburn) was a local magician and would have kids on his
show while he did all kinds of magic tricks. He would also appear at
kids' parties and even appeared at my sister's sixth birthday. Kids
just LOVED him, and he really has a great way with kids. I always
wanted to be on his show, becuase you'd get candy which he'd make
appear in a magic container! Magic Tom died a few years ago and the
TV station had a tribute to him and everything. It was SO sad.
J.H. Vipond
In article <4vbrt2$p...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, cult...@aol.com
(CultTVman) wrote:
>In Minneapolis, until the early 70's there was a kidie show called Lunch
>With Casey. It featured railroad engineer Casey Jones and his sidekick
>Roundhouse Rodney. They offered a staple of cartoons (Looney Toons,
>Hannna Barbara) and Gumby. Each day Casey would have lunch delivered by a
>local restarauntlike Shakey's Pizza or even the local McDonalds. He would
Didn't Underdog also appear on "Lunch with Casey"?
>Lunch with Casey aired on WTCN channel 11. It starred Roger Ausumb (sp?)
>as Casey and Lynn Dwyer as Roundhouse. For a while there were also
>afternoon and morning shows too. I believe Casey now hosts talk radio
I also remember a couple of shows on WCCO Channel 4 from that same period.
One was called "Clancy & Willie," with WCCO newsman Dave Moore in a
Keystone Kops uniform, and another actor (I forget his name) as a vagrant.
They showed Popeye cartoons, and Kemps ice cream was a sponsor.
The other show--a spinoff, I believe--featured Mary Davies as a nurse
named Carmen. Sorry I can't provide any details.
Steve
to...@fred.net
Marlene Blanshay (blan...@vir.com) wrote:
: >
: > What was weird about these shows is that the hosts, Captain Muddy, Mr.
: > Hot Dog, etc, were also the local news anchormen, weathermen, and
: > sportscasters. These days I just can't imagine putting a high-profile
: > anchorman in a hot dog suit.
: >
: > So does this still go on? Kid show hosts who are also the local news,
: > sports and weather announcers?
: > A side note:
:
: I remember on WPTZ Plattsburgh New York, they used to have all kinds
: of Kiddy shows in the early 60s. I remember that the weatherman,
: Bird Berdan used to host them. I can't remember their names at
: all,but there was one where they would take off in a rocket, and
: shake the camera and use roaring special effects to show we were
: "taking off." If anyone ever saw that show, they might remember what
: I'm talking about. This would have been around 1964. I think they
: used to do stuff like that in smaller TV stations at the time, where
: they operated on small staff, so they'd use whoever was right for
: kid shows.
Boston, circa 1968-1973:
Boomtown with Rex Trailer.
Bozo the Clown, played by Frank Avruch.
Major Mudd on the old Channel 7
Willie Whistle on WSBK (played by Dana Hershey?)
Pixanne, Cap'n Bob, Jabberwocky,
And Romper Room, brought to you by Child World.
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Walter Janowski
>Marlene Blanshay (blan...@vir.com) wrote:
>
> What was weird about these shows is that the hosts, Captain Muddy, Mr.
> Hot Dog, etc, were also the local news anchormen, weathermen, and
> sportscasters. These days I just can't imagine putting a high-profile
> anchorman in a hot dog suit.
>
> So does this still go on? Kid show hosts who are also the local news,
> sports and weather announcers?
In Chicago in the 60's WGN was the big kid hangout. Bob Bell was the
greatest Bozo ever for the longest time, but he also did the 6:00AM
newscast every day (without the nose). I'm not sure, but I think he was
also Andy Starr (?) on Nickelodeon theatre every afternoon showing old
Three Stooges episodes.
Ray Rayner had the heaviest work schedule. Every morning at 7:00 with Ray
Rayner and friends (where is Cuddly Dudley now?), then on to playing
Oliver O. Oliver on Bozo at lunchtime, then Sgt. Pettibone in the
afternoon hosting old Dick Tracy epsisodes (later also expanding to stuff
like Gigantor and Tobor the Eighth Man, although I think Speed Racer was
on WFLD).
Speaking of WFLD, there was BJ and Dirty Dragon, hawking ancient stuff
like Koko the Klown and Big World of Little Adam.
Others of the era:
- Garfield Goose and Friends with Frasier Thomas (and Clutch Cargo).
- Here's Geraldine with (I think) Jim Stewart (Be kind to your parents,
you know they desrve it...)
Anybody else from Chicago out there?
(Geez, this all was almost 35 years ago?!! I think I'll go sit down and
cry...)
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Walter Janowski
Ringwood, NJ
to...@fred.net
John Saponaro (joh...@village.ios.com) wrote:
: X-No-Archive: Yes
:
: that called STEAMPIPE ALLEY, hosted by a local comedian. The last true
: kiddie show I can think of on a national level is RIDERS IN THE SKY, whose
: stars were a trio of harmony country singers, and they performed skits.
: (Forgot to mention PEE-WEE'S PLAYHOUSE. I've seen an informercial for tapes,
: but am surprised it isn't syndicated -- by now his scandal should be
: forgotten.)
If you have Nick, Weinerville is the closest thing to the kiddie's show
done 90's style. VERY good!!
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rmes...@yahoo.com
> j...@cybergate.com (Jay Smith) wrote:
>
>
>
> >A couple I remember, - early 1960's, in the Flint/Saginaw, Michigan
> >area:
>
>
> >"Mr. Magic" I think you can guess this one. Magician introducing
> >cartoons and old Republic serials.
>
> >"Mr. Hot Dog" This one's a little strange. Host wore a hot dog suit.
> >It tied in with the sponsor, a local chain of drive in restaurants
> >called, you guessed it, Mr. Hot Dog.
>
> >Hot Dog, etc, were also the local news anchormen, weathermen, and
> >sportscasters. These days I just can't imagine putting a high-profile
> >anchorman in a hot dog suit.
>
> >So does this still go on? Kid show hosts who are also the local news,
> >sports and weather announcers?
>
>
> >Back in 1979, I was working for a Saginaw radio station. One day
> >while we were just wrapping up a remote broadcast from the parking lot
> >of a local mall, I spotted "Captain Muddy." Actually his name was
> >Chuck Waters. The man had to be in his late 50's then.
>
> >Chuck walked up to me, asked what station I was from, and then started
> >to introduce himself. Without thinking, I blurted out, "You're
> >Captain Muddy! I grew up watching you!"
>
> >I don't think he appreciated that remark.
>
> Hey, I remember those shows! Do you remember "Hoss 'n Stuff" ? I
> remember Jim Adams had some sort of tour where the characters came
> even to my little town of Cass City. But for some reason, I don't
> recall Hoss (Adams' horse puppet) being there, but do recall Kenny
> Roberts, a country singer who had his own short-lived show there.
>
> The oddest show that Jim Peyton (Mr. Hot Dog) probably did was "The
> K-Mart Kid", co-starring a Cousin Itt-lookalike puppet called Daddy
> Cool. Strange stuff.
>
> Maybe you can refresh my memory about one show I've been wondering
> about - on WJRT-TV 12, before they picked up a Bozo franchise, they
> had a puppet show of the samw type as "Kukla, Fran and Ollie", but I
> can't recall anything more about it. Don't think I'm confusing that
> with Mr. Magic, though he may have also appeared.
