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"Speak Out!" reviewed by Kevin Butler Local: WNEW TV Ch.5 NYC Saturday Evenings and Saturday Mornings: Saturday September 11,1965-Saturday September 24,1966 Host/Moderator/Creator: Sonny Fox In the fall of 1965, Sonny Fox created and mc'd this panel series for teens. Which was seen saturday evenings on WNEW TV Ch.5 in NYC. Every week the panel would discuss important issues with well ...
"Marx Magic Midway!" reviewed by Kevin Butler NBC TV Network Saturday Mornings Saturday September 22,1962 - Saturday March 6,1963 Ringmaster Host/Announcer: Claude Kirchner Resident Clowns: "Mr.Hocus Pocus"(Doug Anderson), "Boom Boom"(Bill Bailey),"Coo Coo"(Phil Kiley/Paul Dooley). Teenage Baton Twirler:Ms.Bonnie Lee Bailey Musical Director: Lou Stein In the fall of 1962 NBC TV revived the kids circus tv variety show format for their saturday morning schedule. Producer Peter Pieach, the executive ...
"On Your Mark?!" review by Kevin Butler ABC TV Network & Local: WNEW TV Ch.5 in NYC Saturday mornings: Saturday September 23,1961-Saturday December 16,1961 Host/Moderator/Creator: Sonny Fox Announcer: Johnny Olsen The format of this saturday morning kids tv game show has a panel of four kids boys and girls ages 8 to 12..who have genuine ambiitions to become doctors, lawyers, pilots, ...
Zippy the Monkey or Chimp was so weird. I never had one but all my mates did and i have to say they gave me the creeps! I guess it was due to the fact they were so life like and about the same size as the average toddler. They had a red & white ...
"Just For Fun!" review by Kevin Butler Local: WNEW TV Ch.5 NYC Saturday Mornings: Saturday Mornings:Saturday October 3,1959-Saturday September 4,1965. Hosts: Sonny Fox (10/3/59-7/31/65) "Uncle Fred" Scott (8/7/65-9/4/65) In the fall of 1959..Sonny Fox's wife Gloria was expecting another child.Her husband went to the station execs At WNEW TV C.5 and asked them for a pay raise. The station execs refused his ...
Any one remember the Land of the giants? I can remember the episodes being repeated each Sunday in the seventies. Land of the Giants was an hour-long American science fiction television program which was aired in America on ABC and bought by ITV for the UK viewers. Land of the Giants cast Land of the Giants cast ...
Its a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Its a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World was one of my favorite films as a kid.It was a 1963 American comedy about the madcap pursuit of $350,000 in stolen cash by a diverse and colorful group of strangers. Why did I love it so much? Well apart from the fact i ...
Barrel of Monkeys Barrel of Monkeys game is actually credited for its use in understanding structures and particularly viruses. Certainly this wasn't initially in the mind when first created by Lakeside Toys in 1965. MB games currently produce it as a toy barrel in either green, yellow, red, or blue. The instructions on the bottom of the ...
"Let's Have Fun!" Local: WPIX TV Ch.11 NYC Sunday mornings: Sunday September 18,1960 - Sunday June 2,1968 Hosts/Performers:Chuck McCann(9/18/60-8/15/65) Comedy Asistant/Puppeteer:Paul Ashley(9/18/60-8/15/65) "Capt.Jack"McCarthy(8/22/65-8/28/65) Terry Bennett(9/5/65-9/1966) Hank Stohl(9/1966) Bill Biery(9/1966-9/3/67) Head Puppeteer:Tom Tichenor(9/1966) Comedy Asistants:Robert Broderick(9/1966) "Doakey The Clown"(9/19660 "Fireman Frank"(9/10/67-6/2/68) In the fall of 1960..entertainer:Chuck McCann..who had already established himself as a successful comedy performer and puppeteer on such local NYC based kids tv shows as"The Puppet Hotel"(Saturday mornings on WNTA TV Ch.13 ...
The Chuck McCann Show page compiled by Kevin Butler "The Chuck McCann Show!" Local:WPIX TV Ch.11 NYC Weekday afternoons:Monday September 9,1963-Friday July 31,1965 Returned:Local:WNEW TV Ch.5 NYC Weekday afternoons and Saturday mornings: Tuesday September 7,1965 -Friday September 2,1966 Saturday October 9,1965-Saturday April 30,1966 Host/Performer:Chuck McCann Head Pupeteer/Comedy Asistant:Paul Ashley After seeing the success of his sunday morning comedy/ variety kids tv show"Let's Have Fun!"..the station execs at ...
