[NJARC] Wee Willie Webber, Phila Radio & TV Icon Passes...

[Al Klase]

Hi Mike,

Of course, we did other things.  There wasn't a TV in our house until I 
was five.  However, television is the "wet-ware" equivalent of Direct 
Memeory Access, and I think it had a considerable effect on all of us.

As John R. points out, a lot of programming was local, and TV was 
different in each market,  For instance, children's programs in 
Philadelphia:

     *  Adam Android (Aldo Farnese)
     * Bertie the Bunyip (Lee Dexter)
     * Candy Apple News Company (Matt Robinson)
     * Captain Noah and His Magical Ark (W. Carter Merbreier)
     * Captain Philadelphia (Stu Nahan)
     * Carney C. Carney (Harry LeVan)
     * Cartoon Corners (Gene London)
     * Cartoon Party (Pauline Comanor)
     * Chief Halftown (Traynor Halftown)
     * The Children's Hour (Stan Lee Broza)
     * C'mon to Uncle Pete's (Pete Boyle)
     * Dickory Doc (Aldo Farnese)
     * Frontier Playhouse (Pete Boyle)
     * Fun House (Pete Boyle)
     * The Ghost Rider (Robert Olander)
     * Grand Chance Roundup (Gene Crane)
     * Happy the Clown (Howard Jones)
     * Jack Valentine's T-K Ranch (Jack Valentine)
     * The Lorenzo Show (Gerry Wheeler)
     * Lunch with Uncle Pete (Pete Boyle)
     * Mr. Rivets (Joe Earley)
     * Pete's Gang (Pete Boyle)
     * Pixanne (Jane Norman)
     * Popeye Theater (Sally Starr)
     * Ranger Joe (Jesse Rogers)
     * Romper Room ("Miss Claire" Coleman)
     * Shorty the Clown (Bill Hart)
     * Sidewalk Science (Gerry Wheeler)
     * Surprise Shop (Pete Boyle)
     * Tottle (Jane Norman)
     * The Wee Willie Colorful Cartoon Show (Bill Webber)
     * Willie the Worm (Warren Wright)
     * The World Around Us (Anita Cleaver)

From:  
http://www.statemaster.com/encyclopedia/List-of-local-children%27s-television-series

They missed a couple:  Shock Theater with Roland, a.k.a. John Zacherly 
plus a Saturday AM science-fiction program hosted by The Flying Saucerer.

Al

On 5/24/2010 2:04 PM, Mike Feher wrote
> ________________________________________________________
> Gee - did you guys just watch TV? Even back then I was always playing with
> radios and TVs. That is of course taking them apart :). Although I did build
> several of the HBR series receivers in the early 60's and my main home brew
> transmitter at the same time. I even built a radar out of Popular
> electronics around 1962, and a computer that would add or subtract, in
> binary, using a telephone dial as an input device and light bulbs for
> reading the answer. Who had time for TV? - Mike
>    
>

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Al Klase - N3FRQ
Jersey City, NJ
http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/