![]() While recovering from a heart attack in 1981, Keeshan received over 5000 get well cards from fans (both children and adults). Spock) appeared in one episode the show to wish the Captain "good morning".Īnother children's television icon, Fred Rogers, visited the Captain in 1975. William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy (as Captain Kirk and Mr. Schwinn Dealer, was a shill for one of the Captain's sponsors, the Schwinn Bicycle Company. One of the show's lesser know character's, Mr. The title of the show's familiar theme song is "Puffin Billy". Prior to his role of Captain Kangaroo, Keeshan originated the character of Clarabell the Clown on The Howdy Doody Show. Post-Captain Kangaroo, Keeshan hosted CBS Storybook, wrote his memoirs ( Good Morning, Captain) and spent the remaining years of his life as a children's advocate. This guy was sophisticated and knowledgeable about local culture.In 1984, tired constant changes to the program's format and recovering from a heart attack, Keeshan left the show months short of it's 30th anniversary. Was his first name Pat? And no, it wasn't Pat McCormick. I think he was a known personality in SF, maybe a critic or journalist, who started doing this. This is the full classical recording of puffin Billy which was used for Captain kangaroo TV show in the states as we. Haven't a clue anymore as to what he said, but at the time I would tune in every week to watch the show. It was a crazy but very unique show and I loved his commentary. But I do remember writing in and becoming a member of his "Thunder." something club-at least I think it was Thunder something-and even getting a membership card (purple and brown?). I don't remember the music but kind of can visualize the Golden Gate bridge backdrop. He showed episodic series like Flash Gordon and Rocket Man. Buckley persona) sitting in front of the camera and talking about various esoteric subjects. ![]() I remember watching in the early Sixties, maybe 1964-66 time frame, a tall, lean male host with dark hair wearing suit and tie (sort of a West Coast William F. Hi There Boys and Girls! America's Local Children's TV Programs by Tim Hollis.California Room Clipping Files Television Stations.I called Bob March to thank him personally, and enjoyed an interesting chat about his career. They all very kindly responded, and I framed the photos and hung them near the television to share with my son. In 1977, Wilkins launched an afternoon kids show called Captain Cosmic, which ran various science-fiction serials like Ultraman and Buck Rogers.Īfter the birth of my son in 1990, I wrote to Art Finley, Bob March, and Pat McCormick for autographed photos. The program featured 1950s horror classics like Teenagers from Outer Space, and was hosted by Bob Wilkins (1971-79) and John Stanley (1979-84). In 1971, KTVU began airing the very popular Creature Features, which was a Saturday night staple for many of us teenagers throughout the 1970s. Carl was a native of Denmark, and had been the first Santa at Santa’s Village in Scott’s Valley. ![]() Another popular local kids show was Hocus Pocus with Carl Hansen (KNTV ch. My cousin and I were on the Mayor Art Show about 1964, sitting in the front row so that he could share his hat collection. 2 in Oakland), and Charley & Humphrey with Pat McCormick (KTVU ch. 4 in San Francisco), Captain Satellite with Bob March (KTVU ch. 5 in San Francisco), The Mayor Art Show with Art Finley (KRON ch. Many of my fellow "Late" Baby Boomers will recognize some of the shows I grew up with like Romper Room with “Miss Nancy” Besst (KTVU ch.2 in Oakland), Marshal J with Jay Alexander (KPIX ch. The earliest commercial I can recall ended with the image of a cup of coffee (in black and white of course) being stretched along with the jingle, "Strrrrrretch your coffee break, top it off with Juicy Fruit gum!"īesides airing network programs, San Francisco Bay Area stations also produced their own programs for the local audience. My memory reaches as far back as two years old (I recall my third birthday very clearly), and the first program I remember watching was Captain Kangaroo. Though I wasn’t allowed to sit in front of the television all day as a child, watching programs in the morning and evening was pretty routine. Marshal J photo by John Shurtleff Stevens, courtesy of Anne Stevens.īy the 1960s, television technology and programing had come quite a ways. Photo: Collage of Bay Area kids shows in the 1960s and 1970s.
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