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'Romper Room' host Mary Ann King dies at 82
L A Times ^ | 06/18/2016

Posted on 06/18/2016 5:28:56 PM PDT by BenLurkin

King locally hosted “Romper Room” from 1966 to 1976. The program aired worldwide with different hosts in each locale.

During the show, King played learning games with children and urged them to be “Do Bees” who behaved well, not “Don't Bees” who played in the street or failed to clean their plates.

Each episode ended with King holding up a mirror-like frame and looking through it to name child viewers.

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To: BenLurkin

“Do Bees.” Hey,. who doesn’t like a doobie, am I right?


81 posted on 06/19/2016 10:45:09 AM PDT by DPMD (o)
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