For me, it was Dinah Shore
...to the point I named my first cat- a tomcat! after her-- but Shari was up in that female pantheon, too.
Posted on 03/30/2010 9:12:40 PM PDT by TBP
How painful to see "Kukla, Fran and Ollie" consigned to somebody's slapped-together Internet list of "Forgotten TV Shows." Forgotten? Not by untold thousands for whom the adventures of Kukla, Fran and Ollie were once as integral to a day as eating breakfast, going to school or teasing your sister.
For some boomers, "K, F and O" may have been the first television show they ever really loved -- not some prefabricated folly to be lumped in with "Holmes and Yo-Yo" or "Baggy Pants and the Nit-Wits" or others in the ranks of the forgotten.
To help keep it remembered, fans of the show and colleagues of its creator, the gifted Burr Tillstrom, have reissued five episodes from a latter-day revival and packaged them in a five-disc 60th anniversary commemorative-edition DVD set.
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For me, it was Dinah Shore
...to the point I named my first cat- a tomcat! after her-- but Shari was up in that female pantheon, too.
If memory serves, before Andy Devine the host was Charles Laughton, a very famous British actor, who used to present stories to the kids (I'm reaching down into the lizard portion of my brain to dredge this up).
An interesting factis that he developed an artificial heart for placement into patients.
Garfield Goose was great. Who could forget Clutch Cargo? The only cartoon faces with real mouths. Ray Rayner was great too.
“Any New York kids remember Sandy Becker?”
Did anyone ever ‘stump the professor’?
How about Zacherley?
Howdy Doody and his massa did a thing at the Alex Theater in Glendale, and my name was drawn to come up to the stage and receive a beachball.......I was terrified, but Mom got me to do it in the end.
I used to go the Movies there. I think they converted it to a Playhouse years ago.
http://www.alextheatre.org/
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That picture brings back memories. I even had a Garfield Goose puppet.
You must be an old geezer like me. LOL
Back in the ‘60’s, Shari Lewis came to Memphis for a show at the Overton Park Shell. With her was Lamb Chop. I was in the crowd for that show. It was nice to see an icon of my youth when they were at their best.
Hiya kids! Hiya, Hiyah! My memories of the very early days include The Kate Smith Hour. "When the moon comes over the mountain" with the corny backdrop.
I am freaking ancient.
I kept sending “The Professor” the question, “How many angels can dance on teh head of a pin.” He never bothered to try answering that one.
Great picture. Thanks.
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