{"id":2045,"date":"2011-09-16T14:27:16","date_gmt":"2011-09-16T13:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/?p=2045"},"modified":"2011-09-06T14:38:34","modified_gmt":"2011-09-06T13:38:34","slug":"busters-buddies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/busters-buddies\/","title":{"rendered":"Buster&#8217;s Buddies"},"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;The Buster Crabbe Show!&#8221; \/ &#8220;Buster&#8217;s Buddies!&#8217; reviewed by Kevin Butler<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Local:<\/strong> WOR TV Ch.9 NYC<br \/>\n<strong>Weekday evenings:<\/strong> Monday March 12,1951-Friday\u00a0October 3,1952<br \/>\n<strong>Returned<\/strong>:<br \/>\n<strong>Local:<\/strong>WJZ TV Ch.7 NYC<br \/>\n<strong>Weekday evenings:\u00a0<\/strong>Monday September 21,1953-Friday March 26,1954.<br \/>\n<strong>Host\/Performer:<\/strong> Buster Crabbe<\/p>\n<p>In 1951..former movie serial actor Buster Crabbe made\u00a0his tv debut as the mc of a daily children&#8217;s film wraparound\u00a0series.&#8221;The Buster Crabbe Show&#8221;debuted on NYC based tv\u00a0station WOR Ch.9 on Monday evening March 12,1951.<\/p>\n<p>Set against the backdrop of the porch of a ranch foreman&#8217;s\u00a0bunkhouse and garbed in western duds.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2046\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/busters-buddies.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2046\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2046\" title=\"busters-buddies\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/busters-buddies.jpg\" alt=\"The Buster Crabbe Show\" width=\"500\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/busters-buddies.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/busters-buddies-160x127.jpg 160w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/busters-buddies-300x238.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/busters-buddies-377x300.jpg 377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2046\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Buster Crabbe Show or Busters Buddies<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Crabbe would engage his viewers in games,stories,\u00a0craft-making,\u00a0hobbies, contests, informational segments and interviews with guest\u00a0performers and personalities..inbetween the reruns of old movie\u00a0westerns,serials and comedies.<\/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>The show remained on the air..until..the station execs at Ch.9\u00a0dropped the show following the Friday October 3,1952.<\/p>\n<p>The station execs at WJZ(WABC)TV Ch.7 in NYC revived\u00a0the program for it&#8217;s weekday evening schedule.<\/p>\n<p>The show (which was\u00a0re-titled\u00a0&#8220;Buster&#8217;s Buddies!&#8221; ) returned\u00a0to the NYC airways on Monday September 21,1953<\/p>\n<p>The format was the same..except that Crabbe wanted to\u00a0have a studio audience on the program.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the addition of a studio audience of kids.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Buster&#8217;s Buddies&#8221;was not a hit with NYC&#8217;s young viewers and\u00a0the station execs at Ch.7 closed down Buster&#8217;s tv ranch following\u00a0the Friday March 26,1954<\/p>\n<p>Buster Crabbe would go onto star on one more tv series\u00a0the desert adventure program&#8221;Captain Gallant&#8221; 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