Your memorable kiddy show hosts of childhood?

Andy’s Gang was a trippy 1950’s kiddie show hosted by Andy Devine, who had appeared as sidekick Jingles with Wild Bill Hickok. Performed before a live audience of screaming kids, Andy would summon a trouble-making, obviously rubber frog called Froggy the Gremlin with the immortal words, “Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy!” Said frog would then appear in a puff of smoke and say “Hiya kids, hiya hiya hiya!” Regular characters also included Midnight the Cat, who would play musical instruments and dance around a bit, and a mouse called Squeaky. It was strange, low-budget and low-tech stuff, kind of like a drug trip without the illegal substances… 🙀

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In Chicago we had Bozo the Clown. I couldn't stand it....don't like clowns. I guess that's where the term "being a bozo" came from. I kind of aged out of that show anyway. I much preferred the Lone Ranger, My Friend Flicka, Fury, Lassie, the Cisco Kid, and Flash Gordon.

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Yes, Froggy the Gremlin and plucking (or plunking) his Magic Twanger were on an actual kiddie show, although all kinds of things were read into it. I doubt that it would pass muster with network censors today… 😳

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Anyone remember Zoobilee Zoo (sp?)
We didn't have t.v. for a long time when I was a child, so, I'm recalling shows from when my brother was little .. and my daughter (80's).
 
moviequeen1 said:
The ones I remember are:
Howdy Doody Time with Buffalo Bob{who was from my hometown Buffalo,NY}
Capt Kangaroo
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Yes, and Rin tin tin, umm, capt Kangaroo, Micky Mouse Club and Sky King.
Leave it to Beaver, Gidget, American Bandstand my favorite. The Flying Nun was not one of my go to.
 
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OneEyedDiva said:
Beanie & Cecil was my favorite cartoon. I noticed in one of the episodes though, there was a distinctly adult double entendre.
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I remember the puppet show, poor Cecil wasn't expected to stay, then they realized everyone loved Cecil and he kept trying to fall apart. I was 10 the first TV I ever saw, that would have been 1949. My father who lived downtown got one and for some reason I was staying with him for a couple of days. It was halloween, but he wouldn't let me trick or treat, so the only thing on that night I guess before my bedtime, was Kukla, Fran and Ollie. I hated them ever after! A bit later I fell in love with Space Patrol, I'd hurry to finish the dishes so I could watch it.
 
mrstime said:
I remember the puppet show, poor Cecil wasn't expected to stay, then they realized everyone loved Cecil and he kept trying to fall apart. I was 10 the first TV I ever saw, that would have been 1949. My father who lived downtown got one and for some reason I was staying with him for a couple of days. It was halloween, but he wouldn't let me trick or treat, so the only thing on that night I guess before my bedtime, was Kukla, Fran and Ollie. I hated them ever after! A bit later I fell in love with Space Patrol, I'd hurry to finish the dishes so I could watch it.
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I'm not aware of Beanie & Cecil as a puppet show. Or was Cecil a puppet in Kukla, Fran & Ollie? I used to watch that too.
 
OneEyedDiva said:
I'm not aware of Beanie & Cecil as a puppet show. Or was Cecil a puppet in Kukla, Fran & Ollie? I used to watch that too.
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Actually Time for Beany was a puppet show......adults liked it too . It was a puppet show before it became a cartoon.
Time For Beany is an American children's television series, with puppets for characters, which was broadcast locally in Los Angeles starting on February 28, 1949 and nationally (by kinescope) by the improvised Paramount Television Network from 1950 to 1955.
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OneEyedDiva said:
How do you turn the links into names like you did here?
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First I type the name, then highlight by holding left mouse button and then right mouse clicking the highlighted text, which offers a "search Google" option. That opens in a different browser tab. Then choose the desired search result, open that web page, then highlight and copy the location in that tab's address window. Then come back to the original text highlighted, and use the little chain icon in the message text box to "paste" the web page address. Lol, sounds pretty lengthy but only takes a couple seconds. ;)
 
Nathan said:
First I type the name, then highlight by holding left mouse button and then right mouse clicking the highlighted text, which offers a "search Google" option. That opens in a different browser tab. Then choose the desired search result, open that web page, then highlight and copy the location in that tab's address window. Then come back to the original text highlighted, and use the little chain icon in the message text box to "paste" the web page address. Lol, sounds pretty lengthy but only takes a couple seconds. ;)
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Thank you. It's intimidating for sure. LOL :eek: I'll copy and past the instructions in my notes because maybe I'll try it at some point.
 
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