{"id":2034,"date":"2011-09-14T13:46:36","date_gmt":"2011-09-14T12:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/?p=2034"},"modified":"2011-09-06T13:53:06","modified_gmt":"2011-09-06T12:53:06","slug":"hi-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/hi-mom\/","title":{"rendered":"Hi Mom"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"e526d1e761560160a119e3b74cb2a974\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- skool-response -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3558122710\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>&#8220;Hi Mom!&#8221;\/&#8221;Family!&#8217; reviewed by Kevin Butler<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Local:<\/strong> WRCA\/WNBC TV Ch.4 NYC<br \/>\n<strong>Weekday mornings:\u00a0<\/strong>Thursday August 15,1957-Friday September 7,1962.<br \/>\n<strong>Hosts\/Performers\/Instructors:<\/strong> Shari Lewis:Thursday 8\/15\/57-Friday 3\/20\/59,<br \/>\n<strong>Jimmy Weldon:<\/strong> Monday:3\/25\/59-Friday 7\/17\/59<br \/>\n<strong>Johnny Andrews:<\/strong> Monday 8\/17\/59-Friday 8\/29\/59<br \/>\n<strong>Puppeteers:<\/strong> Paul Ashley &amp; Chuck McCann Monday 8\/17\/59-Friday 8\/28\/59<br \/>\n<strong>The Ritts Puppets:<\/strong> Monday 8\/31\/59-Friday 9\/7\/62<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday Morning Aust 15.1959..Local NYC based\u00a0tv station WRCA TV Ch.4 create and produced a series that would\u00a0give advice for housewives and mothers and entertain and educate\u00a0pre school children.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2035\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Paul-Mary-Ritts.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2035\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2035\" title=\"Paul-Mary-Ritts\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Paul-Mary-Ritts.jpg\" alt=\"Hi Mom \/ Family - With Paul and Mary Ritts puppets\" width=\"500\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Paul-Mary-Ritts.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Paul-Mary-Ritts-160x127.jpg 160w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Paul-Mary-Ritts-300x238.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Paul-Mary-Ritts-377x300.jpg 377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2035\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hi Mom \/ Family - With Paul and Mary Ritts puppets<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Hi Mom&#8221; featured cooking and child care tips presented by\u00a0Ms.Josie McCarthy and Ms.Shai Lewis was hired to be the series&#8217;\u00a0first host\/performer and instructor.\u00a0She would engage her viewers in craftmaking,hobbies,\u00a0games,songs,stories and magic and puppet skits..sans the films.<\/p>\n<p>Ms.Lewis would continue to mc the show..until she\u00a0left the program following the Friday March 20,1959 broadcast\u00a0after a creative dispute with the station execs.<\/p><div class=\"e526d1e761560160a119e3b74cb2a974\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:5px 0 5px 0; text-align:center;\">\nskool\r\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3558122710\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Ventriloquist and movie cartoon voice over performer:\u00a0Jimmy Weldon became the series second mc.Weldon and his duck\u00a0puppet:&#8221;Webster Webfoot&#8221;would entertain and inform their viewers\u00a0from Monday March 23,1959 to Friday July 17,1959.<\/p>\n<p>By this time..the show&#8217;s title had changed to &#8220;Family&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday August 17,1959 Singer\/pianist and storyteller:\u00a0Johnny Andrews became the third host\/performer of&#8221;Family&#8221;. He would\u00a0engage his viewers in songs,stories,games,and informational segments\u00a0in between the reruns of tv cartoons.<\/p>\n<p>Andrews would also become involved in comedy banter\u00a0with The Paul Ashley Puppets.<\/p>\n<p>Andrews and The Paul Ashley Puppets would continue to\u00a0host&#8221;Family&#8221;..until they left the series following the Friday August 28,1959\u00a0broadcast.<\/p>\n<p>The Ritts Puppets became the series fourth and last hosts\/performers\u00a0of&#8221;Family!&#8221;..The Ritts Puppets were well known to tv viewers..since the early\u00a01950&#8217;s..due to their appearances on CBS TV&#8217;s &#8220;In The Park&#8221;..which was hosted\u00a0by Philadelphia,Pa based newsman and actor:Bill Sears.The Ritts Puppets began\u00a0hosting &#8220;Family&#8221;on Monday August 31,1959.<\/p>\n<p>Paul and Mary Ritts would perform puppets skits that recreated\u00a0the problems that many children endured in their lives.They would also perform\u00a0original songs and music and engage their viewers in games,stories,informational\u00a0segments and interview guest performers and personalities.<\/p>\n<p>The Ritts Puppets would continue to entertain and inform\u00a0their young viewers..until the station execs at WNBC TV Ch.4 decided\u00a0to end the show following the Friday September 7,1962 broadcast.<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/hi-mom\/\"><img width=\"125\" height=\"99\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Paul-Mary-Ritts-160x127.jpg\" class=\"alignright tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"Hi Mom \/ Family - With Paul and Mary Ritts puppets\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Paul-Mary-Ritts-160x127.jpg 160w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Paul-Mary-Ritts-300x238.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Paul-Mary-Ritts-377x300.jpg 377w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Paul-Mary-Ritts.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><\/a><p>&#8220;Hi Mom!&#8221;\/&#8221;Family!&#8217; reviewed by Kevin Butler Local: WRCA\/WNBC TV Ch.4 NYC Weekday mornings:\u00a0Thursday August 15,1957-Friday September 7,1962. 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