Your memorable kiddy show hosts of childhood?

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Fyrefox

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On the eastern U.S. coast, we had “Officer Joe Bolton” and his “Fun House” in the 1950’s and early 1960’s. Officer Joe dressed as a cop, and showed cartoons and vintage Three Stooges shorts to his kid audiences, popularizing them and their slapstick hijinks to a new generation. Curly was our favorite!

Did you watch any hosted children’s shows in your childhood?

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Pinky Lee had a live kiddie show. He was frenetic, alway as bouncing around the set. I was watching the day he dropped to his knees and gasped "Help me!"

It took a few seconds before anyone realized that that wasn't part of his shtick and got the camera off him.

He survived his heart attack but I don't remember him coming back. He might have and I probably had passed on to another show by then
 

For my era, it was "Ding Dong School", in the morning at 9. Of course, 4 PM was "Howdy Doody Time". I did not allow any interruptions while my Howdy Doody was on. Come on, it was Howdy Doody!!!!!
BTW, when I was a kid, I never noticed the puppet strings. I knew the characters were puppets, yet I blocked out the string. Now, I wonder how I missed that obvious fact.
 
Captain Chesapeake was a show on WBFF TV when I was a child that showed a variety of cartoons and other shows in the morning and after school. I remember watching these with closed captions and this is what I did for enjoyment after school. It was all hosted by Captain Chesapeake and his side kick Mondy the Sea Monster.

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Howdy Doody was my favorite but I also watched Kukla Fran and Ollie, Captain Video who I saw in person when a new ice cream shop opened near us. He was the guest star.
Sandy Beker was fun to watch, at the end of each show he would say, "that's all folks" just like Donald Duck. I waited for that moment and thought it was hilarious.

There was also Uncle Fred. He showed cartoons and once a week there was a cartoon with sound while they cut a cake for the kids in the audience. One time he didn't know the mike was on and he made a really nasty remark about the kids and it was televised.
That night all the news stations announced the mishap and that was the end of Uncle Fred.
 
Ruth n Jersey said:
Howdy Doody was my favorite but I also watched Kukla Fran and Ollie, Captain Video who I saw in person when a new ice cream shop opened near us. He was the guest star.
Sandy Beker was fun to watch, at the end of each show he would say, "that's all folks" just like Donald Duck. I waited for that moment and thought it was hilarious.

There was also Uncle Fred. He showed cartoons and once a week there was a cartoon with sound while they cut a cake for the kids in the audience. One time he didn't know the mike was on and he made a really nasty remark about the kids and it was televised.
That night all the news stations announced the mishap and that was the end of Uncle Fred.
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Oh my, I forgot about Sandy Becker. I loved him! I listed Wonderama on the other kiddie thread, but forgot it was him.
 
Ruth n Jersey said:
Howdy Doody was my favorite but I also watched Kukla Fran and Ollie, Captain Video who I saw in person when a new ice cream shop opened near us. He was the guest star.
Sandy Beker was fun to watch, at the end of each show he would say, "that's all folks" just like Donald Duck. I waited for that moment and thought it was hilarious.

There was also Uncle Fred. He showed cartoons and once a week there was a cartoon with sound while they cut a cake for the kids in the audience. One time he didn't know the mike was on and he made a really nasty remark about the kids and it was televised.
That night all the news stations announced the mishap and that was the end of Uncle Fred.
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If I recall correctly, what he said was: "Are we off? We're off? Well, that should hold the little b@st@rds for another week."

Pretty mild by today's standards, but enough to get you in deep doo-doo back then.
 
I remember, "it's me, it's me my name is Pinky Lee," too. Didn't know about the heart attack though, poor guy.

I absolutely loved Miss Frances of Ding Dong School. She did girl stuff like wash tiny doll clothes and hang them on a tiny line!:love:

Howdy Doody was must see TV for us and I was a fan of the Princess like, Sassycakes.

I watched shows like Hop-a-Long Cassidy and The Lone Ranger with my brothers. Meh.

The Soupy Sales Show was one that was often over our heads, but we thought he was wildly funny when we could follow what was going on.

One of these shows, can't remember which one, featured a spot called "Old Time Movies," which were just very old black and white movies speeded up so everyone "walked funny." We loved that.
 
Introduction to fake news:

Didn't have a TV so I went to Joey's house to watch Howdy Doody.
Buffalo Bob said a square planet was headed towards earth on a collision course.
I knew it was a factious TV program, still maybe that had inside news.
Payed attention to the sky, no planet arrived the next day.

Never made it back to Joey's house, but earth was not destroyed
 
The late great Soupy Sales entertained kids by acting like them, and started out in radio following service in WWII before transitioning to TV in LA and NYC. He was know for physical comedy, which often included taking a pie in the face. His show had it all, including puppets and large dogs called White Fang and Black Tooth who came to his door, and conversed with Soupy by making spirited sounds…you never saw more of them than their large, gesturing costumed forelegs!

Soupy also did wordplay and delivered homilies, such as “Don’t eat before dinner!” He originated a dance craze called “The Mouse.” He was wildly funny but always sweet, and with others probably inspired Pee-Wee Herman’s demented man-child persona. He would remind us to “Keep our nails clean, and we’d never have a dirty hammer!”

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Grampa Don said:
When we got our first TV in the mid 50's, I was in my teens and not interested in kiddy shows. I did think Beany and Cecil the seasick sea serpent were hilarious though.

Here is a link to an fun article on some early children's shows.
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Beanie & Cecil was my favorite cartoon. I noticed in one of the episodes though, there was a distinctly adult double entendre.
 
Sorry, but only "kids" from Massachusetts, Rhode Island & Conn. will be able to remember WPRO's "Salty Brine". He was a sailor on a local kids' cartoon show. I found videos of part of the show. WOW, Salty, his dog, and his 'shack'. I never thought I'd again see them.
 
Yes, I'm from Rhode Island everyone in my so-called family still live there.
Except for Tammy and Gloria.
One in Florida another in Texas.
Loved Salty Brine.
 

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