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I grew up watching Sally Starr every day. Her and Gene London, followed by Wee-Willie Webber.

Adulthood smacked me right between the eyes one day while riding my horse past a very reputable and expensive dry-out farm (before we renamed them rehabs). I was cutting thru the grounds and came upon Sally Starr sunning on her back deck to her villa suite. She looked rough, but was the ever so gracious lady in her warmth and kind words. Considering her situation, I am today so impressed. What an awful thing for her to deal with? I was only 15 and didn't realize her privacy was crucial? She patted my horse in her bath robe and wished me well. I wished her well too. My parents told me to keep it to myself, as she was a great and respected lady.

Philly must have had some decent tv back in the day. Last year, in a USENET group, probably RAT, John Zacherle's passing was noted, along with links to samples of his show.

Growing up, we had Sir Graves Ghastly intro'ing movies.

Great to hear from another Greater Delaware Valley native. No longer there but was born and raised in South Jersey. We watched our gal Sal every day. Went to the studio for her show a couple of times when I was really young. Speking of Wee Willie Weber, my sister won a contest he ran when the Lindenwold High Speed Line opened up. She got to be on his show, her and my dad rode the maiden trip on the Line with Weber (He escorted them to the studio) and she won a $150 gift certificate to Toys R Us. I'm guessing that was around 1970. She got a ton of new toys with that!

Yeah Sally had a drinking problem. She came to our 4th of July Parade and cookout in Merchantville several years in a row. I remember hearing my dad tell my mom after the last one that she was smashed. But she was always a lovely lady. She would pose for pictures with the kids and sign autographs for hours.