I recall the 1960's era HO layout. The coal tower dispensed Rice Krispies cerealinto a bowl on a flat car.
How about those in LA and the Engineer Bill show.....all about trains. I was on the show 1962. First time I ever saw a TT scale train!
Eddiem,
I remember the Merry Mailman, too. He came to my grammar school once on a Saturday. My mom took me to see him the auditorium/gymnasium. I guess it was the early/mid-'60s.
Wow, this thread is sure bringing back memories for all of us.
Happy new year, everyone. Be well.
Chris
One of the Merry Mailman's (Ray Heatherton) best claims to fame is that he was the father of actress/singer Joey Heatherton who was definitely not a children's show personality 
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I remember my poor father waiting on line for hours with me to see the Merry Mailman in person at one of the larger New York City theaters one year!
Jim
"One of the Merry Mailman's (Ray Heatherton) best claims to fame is that he was the father of actress/singer Joey Heatherton who was definitely not a children's show personality "
You're on both! I had confused Candice Bergen's father are the Merry Mailman..
Edgar Bergan .. and his 2 friends Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd.
Here in NY we had Officer Joe and the 3 Stooges "Kids don't try this at home the Stooges are trained professionals!
I would like to thank everyone that responded to this post. I hope you all enjoyed a trip down memory lane. Please take care and have a wonderful and safe New Year.
Officer Joe got a promotion to Chief and did Dick Tracy cartoons. Let's not forget Chuck McCann on Sun. mornings reading the comics during the newspaper strike. He would dress up as the characters.
Jim D
As a kid I loved watching Sky King, Fury and all the other shows. Fury actually had one show with a model train. What I really liked were the 30's serials including Flash Gordon. My all time favorite serial was The Phantom Empire with Gene Autry. Gene's two bumbling sidekicks were played by Smiley Burnette and William Moore. It turns out that William Moore is my wife's great uncle. Weird world.
Officer Joe Bolton also showed The Three Stooges on WPIX Channel 11 out of NYC. We also had Sonny Fox doing the Wonderama show on Channel 5 and of course the funny Chuck McCann. I remember he used to dress up as Dondi (cartoon character in Sunday funnies) and tape white dots to his eyelids. Don’t forget Claud Kershner as the ringmaster on, I think, Territune Circus on WOR Channel 9
Here are a couple for all...
Andy's Gang starring Andy Devine -sponsored by Buster Brown Shoes (1955-60)
Captain Jack McCarthy hosting the Popeye Show on WPIX Ch-11 in NYC (1960-72)
Henry Cohen,
What was the gentleman's name that had this show before Andy Devine. Plunk your magic twanger froggy.
Claud Kershner was sponsored by the other chocolate syrup- Cocoa Marsh. Before he did Wonderama, Sonny Fox had a show called, "Let's take a trip", I must be really old, to remember that.
@jim sutter posted:Henry Cohen,
What was the gentleman's name that had this show before Andy Devine. Plock your magic twanger froggy.
Ed McConnell - (1951-55) Died from a heart attack. Don't forget Midnight the Cat along with Froggy!
I think that was Smilin' Ed.
Richard, I don't think that's the gentleman I was thinking about.
@Richard Cuozzo posted:Claud Kershner was sponsored by the other chocolate syrup- Cocoa Marsh. Before he did Wonderama, Sonny Fox had a show called, "Let's take a trip", I must be really old, to remember that.
Sonny Fox also had a show called Just For Fun where the kids would complete for prizes. Remember there was always two kids with piles of keys in front of them and they had to find the right key to open a treasure chest for prizes.
@petrifiedagg posted:I think that was Smilin' Ed.
Yes Smilin' Ed and His Buster Brown Gang
@jim sutter posted:Henry, It was shown in the fifties.
And well into the 60's with the Lionel stuff. The captain ran well into the 1970's also.
@AGHRMatt posted:And we rode Schwinn bicycles exclusively. Yes they were heavy, but they were built like tanks back then.
Schwinn & Lionel.... two of my favorite brand names of all time..... along with Kodak & RCA. Those Schwinns WERE built like tanks.. and like postwar Lionel, many are still around and enjoyed today.
I think you guys forgot about a show dated back to the 50's which was "Sea Hunt" starring Lloyd Bridges as Mike Nelson and occassionally have sons Beau & Jeff Bridges airing on the shows. To be honest, Wonderful World of Trains sponsered by Lionel was the program that got the bug in me started. Got the biggest kick out of Algee Caboose.
Steam Forever
John
@Jim Policastro posted:One of the Merry Mailman's (Ray Heatherton) best claims to fame is that he was the father of actress/singer Joey Heatherton who was definitely not a children's show personality
I remember my poor father waiting on line for hours with me to see the Merry Mailman in person at one of the larger New York City theaters one year!
Jim
I don't know much about the Merry Mailman, but I sat next to Joey Heatherton at a Yankee Game once in the box seats behind the Yankee dugout, Section 13. Had to be in the late 70's or early 80's.
Joey’s brother is Dick Heatherton, who did afternoons for years on CBS-FM in New York.
Jon 
After Sea Hunt on Sat night came "Paladin" with Richard Boone. Claude Kershner had Clownie the puppet. He was on right before the "Million Dollar Movie" on channel 9.
Jim D.
@Jim D posted:After Sea Hunt on Sat night came "Paladin" with Richard Boone. Claude Kershner had Clownie the puppet. He was on right before the "Million Dollar Movie" on channel 9.
Jim D.
I seem to remember Saturday night TV as "Gunsmoke," then "Have Gun Will Travel" followed by "Sea Hunt."
I was motivated to become a certified scuba diver probably as a direct result of watching "Sea Hunt," "Malibu Run" and "Aquanauts" when I was a kid.
Does anyone remember mr.I magination with Paul Tripp as an engineer of a train that could take you to imagination land when he blew a magic flute whistle. (1947-1952). Here’s a link to videos and more:
@Jim D posted:After Sea Hunt on Sat night came "Paladin" with Richard Boone. Claude Kershner had Clownie the puppet. He was on right before the "Million Dollar Movie" on channel 9.
Jim D.
When I was a kid that "Million Dollar Movie" used to come on late at night just as I was going to bed. The theme music and the dark shadowy scenes of New York used to creep me out
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Don’t forget Harbor Patrol and Tugboat Annie!
My Friend Flicka- Series about a horse & a young boy. Ran from the mid 50's to around the early 60's.
Steam Forever
John
Shock theatre, science fiction theatre- lot of good shows.Never did get a decoder ring for Captain Midnight- could not stand Ovaltine.
Skip You are right. I got it backwards.
Jim D.
Yes, I remeber the layout if there was only one. I was a folded dog bone in Super O, similar to D164 display layout I believe. That was in the late 1958 and 1961 I believe. It was the first time that I ever saw the Virginian FM other than in the 1958 catalog
Don't forget Bainter the Painter and Dancing Bear on CK...
Theme song to Million Dollar movie anyone? I know! Hint: Red Butler! Need to get back to trains!!!
@NYC Fan posted:I don't know much about the Merry Mailman, but I sat next to Joey Heatherton at a Yankee Game once in the box seats behind the Yankee dugout, Section 13. Had to be in the late 70's or early 80's.
Well that's at least one time the number 13 was lucky for you.
@N&WY6b posted:Theme song to Million Dollar movie anyone? I know! Hint: Red Butler! Need to get back to trains!!!
I watched million dollar movie over and over and over again. they played the same one for a week.
I think the WWII movie Attack was on every other month
I didn't see GWTW until I was much older and thought hey there is the Theme from Million Dollar Movie!
It was from "Gone with the Wind"
Jim D.
Remember: Zacherly!!! What was his real name? (The cool Ghoul).
@N&WY6b posted:Remember: Zacherly!!! What was his real name? (The cool Ghoul).
I believe his real name was John Zachary but I can't remember the name he used in the show. His side kick was a beast you never saw named Igor. The show, Shock Theater I believe it was called, was telecast in the late 1950s circa 1957 to 1959 in the Philly area late at night after the 11:00 PM news. He even made a 45RPM record entitled "Dinner with Drac" which was something of a hit in the Philly area and was even played on American Bandstand which aired in Philly during that time frame.
Wasn't his mother-in-law a bunch of bones on a string he pulled from a kettle?
@OKHIKER posted:I believe his real name was John Zachary but I can't remember the name he used in the show. His side kick was a beast you never saw named Igor. The show, Shock Theater I believe it was called, was telecast in the late 1950s circa 1957 to 1959 in the Philly area late at night after the 11:00 PM news. He even made a 45RPM record entitled "Dinner with Drac" which was something of a hit in the Philly area and was even played on American Bandstand which aired in Philly during that time frame.
Zack also hosted 'Chiller Theater' in the early 60's on WPIX chan 11 in NYC. He was also a DJ on WNEW FM and later on WPLJ FM in NYC. I thought his 'wife' was in the laundry basket and there was some kind of blob on the table during Chiller Theater.
Here is an off the wall TV show - anyone remember 'The Blue Angles' ran from 60-61? Adventure series about the Navy's Flight Demo Team.
