SoCalping
RIP.
“Bend and stretch/ reach for the stars/ here comes Jupiter/ there goes Mars’’. Ah, such simpler times.
I watched the later years of Romper Room in the Early 80s. It’s always sad to see such great ladies fade from the lives of kids, only to be replaced with the pseudo-pervs that have access to them today.
Are Sheriff John and Hobo Kelly still alive?
my little sister and her best friend loved the show. may gods grace fallow you through the doors of heaven. you were a blessing to many a little one as they were growing up.
Ah, I loved that show when I was little. That, and Captain Kangaroo.
By the time my son came along, those wonderful charming shows just weren’t around any more. Instead, there were things like Sesame Street, which I always found condescending and annoying, even as a child. Since I couldn’t stand the selection of “educational programming” available at the time, my son grew up with Ren and Stimpy, and Pinky and the Brain.
RIP, Mary Ann.
I did not know that RR was a franchise. Interesting.
Oh, plus they recited the Pledge of Allegience and said a prayer when they had their snack.
Imagine a children’s tv show trying that now.
RIP, I remember the magic mirror and and do-bee.
Miss Sally. Baltimore.
Loved Romper Room. “Oh and there’s Mike...and Nancy...and David...!”
RIP. Back before LGBT crap was taught to preschoolers.
I’m of the Miss Frances generation.
I don’t remember Romper Room, just references to it.
But what was the show with Diver Dan and “The Barracuda” - a wise talking plastic fish with a cigarette hanging out of its mouth???
Each episode ended with King holding up a mirror-like frame and looking through it to name child viewers.
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She was way ahead of Google in invading our privacy. :)
I was just a kid then, but was she the tv host who got pregnant and took thalidomide?
In all the years I watched the program, she never once said “I see Bridget.” It broke my young heart.
RIP.
Rest in peace.
I don’t know her. I watched way before 1966.
A bunch of the local RR hosts have died in the last few years. Here’s the one from Philadelphia, for instance: http://articles.philly.com/2013-05-06/news/39044131_1_romper-room-mrs-edgar-williams Shared an office with Dick Clark!