>> On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:46:00 -0500, M.J. Sammon wrote
(in article ):

> On 2/15/2011 5:21 PM, Dan Dassow wrote:
>> On Feb 15, 2:43 pm, Joseph DeMartino  wrote:
>>> On Feb 11, 4:42 pm, "Dr Nancy's
Sweetie"
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Maybe it's just "Who's still alive so we can
interview them and they can
>>>> chuckle softly about how 'it was a crazy time back then' ?"
>>> 
>>> The main thing I've learned from watching 3 episodes of this thing is
>>> that Bill Mumy has been in *everything.*
>>> 
>>> He was even a member of the studio audience for the L.A. version of
>>> "Romper Room", for Pete's sake.
>>> 
>>> (The kid's show episode was a hoot.  Although I wish they had spent
>>> more time on the NY figures that I grew up on, like Soupy Sales, Sandy
>>> Becker and Office Joe Bolton, I was glad to see they spent some time
>>> with the underrated Chuck McCann.)
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> Joe
>> 
>> In my humble opinion, the true pioneers of children's programming were
>> the local children's program host. In the Twin City area (Minneapolis
>> and St. Paul, Minnesota) we had "Axel's Tree House",
"Carmen the
>> Nurse", "David Lee", "Clancy the Cop",
and "Casey Jones and Roundhouse
>> Rodney". I lived in the Long Beach, California area for two years in
>> the mid 60s. I remember Jack and Phyllis Spear hosting the "Jack-in-
>> the-Box Show", which later became the "Jack and Phyllis
Show" after
>> they lost Jack-in-the-Box as a sponsor, and "Shrimpenstein".
>> 
>> http://www.mnkidvid.com/twincities/wcco/axel/treehouse.html
>> http://www.mnkidvid.com/twincities/wcco/carmen/carmen.html
>> http://www.pavekmuseum.org/casey.html
>> http://www.shrimpenstein.com/
>> http://latvlegends.com/JP/jackphyllis.html
>> 
>> Dan Dassow
>> 
> Agreed!  Where I grew up (Philly), the hosts of the kiddie shows back in the 
> 60's were regarded as superstars.
> Sally Starr, Gene London, Pixanne, Happy the Clown, Captain Noah AND American 

> Bandstand.
> My family relocated to the suburbs of Trenton, NJ where I could still watch 
> the Philly shows
> and see the NY-based shows that Joe mentioned above (Joe, you left out Sonny 
> Fox -- Wonderama!). <<

Yeah!  Wonderama!  For YEARS, their dance segment was set to "Long Cool 
Woman."  I have that song permanently stuck in my head because of Wonderama 
(both the Sonny Fox and the Bob McAllister versions.  Also Soupy Sales and 
Officer Joe Bolton (already mentioned by Joe), Romper Room, Bozo, Captain 
Kangaroo, and of course Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood.

People here (Philadelphia, where I live now) have looked at me like I have 
three heads when they've mentioned Sally Starr and I had no idea who she 
was...

Amy
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