Who here remembers, when Captain Kangaroo was on TV and occasionally would have a large Lionel train layout on his show. He would operate all the new Lionel accessories for that year, I was in grade school at the time. We lived about about four blocks from the school. I would run to school and get there just before the bell.
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Remember the Captain, but don't remember ever seeing the Lionel layout.
Henry, It was shown in the fifthies.
I was born in 1958-- and I very well remember that large Lionel layout on Captain Kangaroo. It made me want a train set so badly. I don't know how many times a year it was on-- but not many, and it seemed like an eternity between showings. As you mentioned-- it had every Lionel gizmo a young chap could dream about, and it had several layers, and tunnels and wig wag crossing signals....! I never got a Lionel set-- but did a nice Marx set that I wore out....
I remember his Schwinn bicycle ads...
Having born in '47, I remember the Cap and the L trains. Jimmy Sutter....weren't you already a senior curizen by then? My one room grade school house was 6 blocks away and we always cheerfully ran and skipped to the old wooden room...with fireplace roaring away. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all !!
Anyone remember a Lionel train bringing out a drink for Jacky Gleason? Don
Yep. He had a commercial where the Lionel train had a flatcar with a bowl of Rice Krispies on it. The train would pull the bowl under a water tower and milk would pour out the spout and onto the cereal. Then the Captain would put his ear up to the bowl and listen to the "Snap- Crackle-Pop" !
@jim sutter posted:Who here remembers, when Captain Kangaroo was on TV and occasionally would have a large Lionel train layout on his show. He would operate all the new Lionel accessories for that year, I was in grade school at the time. We lived about about four blocks from the school. I would run to school and get there just before the bell.
Most certainly. There was an article about the Captain and his trains many years ago in CTT. I'll see if I can find it. I wrote the guest editorial for that one.
Lou N
I remember those Capt. Kangaroo episodes. his helper, Mr. Greenjeans was always there to help with the trains. I wish I could see a track plan for that layout.
Jeff
September 2001 CTT. I couldn't find the issue with my guest editorial in it.
The layouts were factory display layouts. One exception is in the article listed.
Lou N
@scale rail posted:Anyone remember a Lionel train bringing out a drink for Jacky Gleason? Don
Jackie said: "Booze goes swell with Lionel" or something like that
I certainly remember the CK episodes with Lionel trains. Those episodes really would wet my appetite for Lionel trains every time I'd see them for sure. If my memory serves me correctly those episodes would open with the trains running and of course the Captain at the throttle .... a ZW of course. I was always so bummed because I could only watch 10 minutes of the show before my Mom would force me out the door to school. I think the episode would run twice per year; one during the regular season and secondly the same show during summer re-runs.
Lou N. - I'd love to read your guest editorial in CTT. Unfortunately I don't have any train mags lying around that go back that far.
There used to be a weekday kids show broadcast from Baltimore on one of the local network affiliates ( I think WJZ TV ) called the Early Riser with Stu Kerr as the host. This show was on just before Captain K. He would sometimes ( once a year ) have a set of trains on that show. I don't recall if they were Lionel or American Flyer.
Searching the internet I found that the April 8, 1958 episode of Captain Kangaroo, Season 4, episode 189, featured the Captain and his toy trains. BUT, I can't find the actual video. It was deleted from YouTube as the person who posted it no longer has a you tube account. Easy to find is the episode where he was reading "The Little Engine That Could"
Can anyone here find it?
Did you know that Capt. Kangaroo was Clarabell on the Howdy Doody show?
I recall sending away to CK for a clear plastic lens that stuck to your TV screen. They would put something up on the screen so you could copy/drawn it on the lens. Then they would play a cartoon and what you drew appeared to be part of the cartoon. Not exactly PlayStation quality, but we thought it was pretty neat.
If anyone finds the trains that would be a cool video for sure.
The "Capt", attended the same college I graduated from. Many years ago, they granted him an official honorary diploma.
Jeff
@GVDobler posted:I recall sending away to CK for a clear plastic lens that stuck to your TV screen. They would put something up on the screen so you could copy/drawn it on the lens. Then they would play a cartoon and what you drew appeared to be part of the cartoon. Not exactly PlayStation quality, but we thought it was pretty neat.
If anyone finds the trains that would be a cool video for sure.
I don't think that was Captain Kangaroo, I think it was on the Winky Dink show. A piece of static cling plastic placed on your TV screen.
BUT, it could have been on both
Here you go, from Winky Dink:
My friend's father worked for WCBS television, and his father would take him and his brothers to the studio and got to go on the set of the Captain Kangaroo Show.
Stuart
I remember Captain Kangaroo and Mister Greenjeans in the 1950's on a Chicago television station probably Channel 2, it was on at 8:00AM daily, Monday through Friday, I started grade school in 1955 and had to watch the time the nuns did not take kindly for arriving late for watching this show, the Catholic Grade School was in running distance from my parents house. As for the Lionel trains I remember them being shown in late November and December.
Was not there a train layout that was in a large table with smooth sides? it may have been HO. I vaguely remember it. It seemed to be sunken down and there was a lid on top to cover it up. It was shown maybe at the end of the show each episode or in a commercial during the show. Like I said I vaguely remember it.
I do remember the cornflakes on the flat car though.
I remember the episodes as well. I have searched for the videos of the episodes and have been unable to find them.
@trumptrain posted:I certainly remember the CK episodes with Lionel trains. Those episodes really would wet my appetite for Lionel trains every time I'd see them for sure. If my memory serves me correctly those episodes would open with the trains running and of course the Captain at the throttle .... a ZW of course. I was always so bummed because I could only watch 10 minutes of the show before my Mom would force me out the door to school. I think the episode would run twice per year; one during the regular season and secondly the same show during summer re-runs.
Lou N. - I'd love to read your guest editorial in CTT. Unfortunately I don't have any train mags lying around that go back that far.
There used to be a weekday kids show broadcast from Baltimore on one of the local network affiliates ( I think WJZ TV ) called the Early Riser with Stu Kerr as the host. This show was on just before Captain K. He would sometimes ( once a year ) have a set of trains on that show. I don't recall if they were Lionel or American Flyer.
I found the guest commentary. It was from July 2000. It was about CK and it also promoted Roger Carp's new Display Layout Book (I had contributed a number of blueprints to this book).
Patrick, check your inbox.
Lou N
I always thought it was HO...
Mark in Oregon
When I was 4-5, my dad was the president of the Great South Bay Yacht Racing Association, an alliance of 20-some yacht clubs on the south shore of Long Island. As such, we hosted meetings with the commodores in our living room. Bob Keeshan was the then current commodore of the Long Island Yacht Club. So I got to meet "The Captain" as a Commodore!
Jon
@scale rail posted:Anyone remember a Lionel train bringing out a drink for Jacky Gleason? Don
I remember Gleason as Reggie Van Gleason III bring out a shot on a gondola. I have tried to find video of that without success so far. "Booze is swell with Lionel!"
Hi Jim, YES I remember Bob Keeshan aka Captain Kangaroo. Along with his collection of "friends". Mr. Green Jeans, Bunny Rabbit and Grandfather Clock. When he first started out, The Captain required padding to fill out the costume. Not so much when he was towards the end of the run. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Wishing you and yours a healthy New Year.
@Lionelski posted:I don't think that was Captain Kangaroo, I think it was on the Winky Dink show. A piece of static cling plastic placed on your TV screen.
BUT, it could have been on both
It most definitely was the Winky Dink show and it was hosted by one Jack Barry who later was a noted game show host. I was born in 1947 and I had my plastic cover which fit over our little TV screen and participated in Winky Dik's adventures every Saturday morning. I also watched good old Captain Kangaroo as well but for the life of me I can't recall the Lionel Trains. Great memories from a a simpler childhood time.
The Captain had Tom Terrific and Manfred his wonder dog and lets not forger Mr. Moose.
Jim D
My Mom was positive that we'd receive radiation burns from doing Winky Dinks on the TV screen...
Jon
In addition to seeing Lionel Trains on CK's program, I also 'vaguely' remember there was another show in the mid to late-50s featuring a guy (I can't recall his stage name) who appeared on a kids' half-hour program that was broadcast on WBEN TV's Buffalo station at around 5:00 or 5:30 pm weekdays which featured Lionel trains in the run-up month(s) to Christmas. That was the Lionel 'hook' for me. Funny thing - I seem to recall that Bosco (a chocolate mix that you added to your glass of milk) was one of the sponsors of the show. Yep, that was many years ago when life was a lot simpler.
@KOOLjock1 posted:My Mom was positive that we'd receive radiation burns from doing Winky Dinks on the TV screen...
Jon
Yes, I remember we had to sit a certain distance from the TV because of the dangerous radiation. Of course the TV was small to start with and the image wasn't so hot, so not the optimal experience. Come to think of it, kind of like looking at a movie on your phone.
@Gilly@N&W posted:I remember his Schwinn bicycle ads...
And we rode Schwinn bicycles exclusively. Yes they were heavy, but they were built like tanks back then.
@Jim D posted:The Captain had Tom Terrific and Manfred his wonder dog and lets not forger Mr. Moose.
Jim D
And don't forget Mr. Green Jeans and that ruthless Maggio Carrot Thief, Bunny Rabbit. Man I'm dating myself.
@GVDobler posted:I recall sending away to CK for a clear plastic lens that stuck to your TV screen. They would put something up on the screen so you could copy/drawn it on the lens. Then they would play a cartoon and what you drew appeared to be part of the cartoon. Not exactly PlayStation quality, but we thought it was pretty neat.
If anyone finds the trains that would be a cool video for sure.
That sounds a lot like a show called Winky Dink.
Brad
I too remember Captain Kangaroo and always looked forward to seeing the Lionel trains. Just don't remember the years I was watching. Seems to me that the trains ran thru book cases too. Am I correct? I also believe one of the things I saw on the show was the #264 fork lift accessory. Good times.
Fun thread for Geezer Nation !
In our TV market, Captain Kangaroo was paired with Romper Room. Miss Connie? Romper, stomper, bomper, boo...
@AGHRMatt posted:And we rode Schwinn bicycles exclusively. Yes they were heavy, but they were built like tanks back then.
Yep, we were lucky kids. Lionel trains and Schwinn bicycles. Durable, reliable, both took a ton of punishment and still lasted a long, long time. I'll never forget my Schwinn heavyweight with the rear coaster brake. Nothing like going full throttle and then slamming on that coaster brake and skidding to the side. The 12 and 13 year old girls loved it. Almost as good as running Lionel's at full speed into a Lincoln Logs barricade on the track. Ah, return with us us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear! Ooops that was the Lone Ranger.
@jim sutter posted:Henry, It was shown in the fifthies.
It's possible that I was watching reruns but I vividly remember those shows from the 1960s also. I was born in 1960 so I know I wasn't watching in the 50s.
My lifelong addiction blossomed while watching a brief clip where the Captain showed the detailed operation of a 364 Log Loader. Holy smokes, did that ever set the hook!
I read somewhere that very few of the original CK episodes were saved. That's a shame.
Steven J. Serenska
I grew up watching Bob Keeshan aka Captain Kangaroo. My Wife lived on Long Island a mile away from his Babylon bricked wall estate near Argyle Park, 20 Melbury Rd. Never seen any trains on his show, they were on a PBS station from a studio I visited in Newark.
Ah the Capt Kangaroo show fondly recall watching in the 60s along with Ray Rayner show.Still have a postcard sent from Ray Rayner who read a joke i sent on his show.
Every Christmas season channel 9 -WGN has a special sowing clips from Capt Kang , Bozo and Ray Rayner show.
How can one forget good old Clutch Cargo !
I well remember watching Captain Kangaroo in the late 50s and early 60s. Sorry to say, but Mr. Green Jeans just creeped me out. He was spooky. He hardly every talked, he stood there like a looming giant, and he did alot of staring straight ahead. Thirty years later, this type of character was cast as the killer in every chainsaw massacre movie.
I found Miss Connie on Romper Room to be far more endearing.
Oh, Lord! I remember ALL of this - I must be getting old. There was a Super"0" layout that had the tie ejector and ballast tamper running on it, and the track cleaning car was either pushed or pulled by one of the small turbines, and the Minuteman car shot a missile that went who-knows-where - I remember laughing because I heard an off-camera voice asking "Did you see where it went?"
@johnstrains posted:Fun thread for Geezer Nation !
In our TV market, Captain Kangaroo was paired with Romper Room. Miss Connie? Romper, stomper, bomper, boo...
Now you are getting personal. I was on Romper Room, and my mother dressed me in lederhosen. Not only goofy, but shorts! I was mortified and have never gotten over it.
Couple of mine Crusader Rabbit (color version), although I didn't know that, since we didn't have a color TV, with the standard father quote "I'm not buying one until they make a good one".
Sky King out of the blue of the western sky...
But I did get a new Lionel car every Christmas morning. Security car, Bronx Zoo Giraffe, Brake Man.
But soon it went the way of Aurora HO car racing.
Don't have the the racing stuff but I do have the Lionel!
I watched Capt. Kangaroo from the late '60s into the earliest '70s. I remember seeing the trains once, but I couldn't tell you when or what they were.
Does anybody know if there are any video clips out there of Capt Kangaroo running that layout?
The Captain's Super 0 layout had some great operating accessories. Later years were the disappointing HO setups. There was a kid show (maybe local to Boston area) hosted by Big Brother Bob Emery who ran a contest with the winner receiving a Lionel Budd set with Super 0 track. They ran it on the air with an extra passenger car in the consist. RICH
@Jim D posted:The Captain had Tom Terrific and Manfred his wonder dog and lets not forger Mr. Moose.
Jim D
Yeah, Mr Moose and his ping pong balls.
Steve
@johnstrains posted:Fun thread for Geezer Nation !
In our TV market, Captain Kangaroo was paired with Romper Room. Miss Connie? Romper, stomper, bomper, boo...
That would be Miss Nancy with her magic mirror.
I don't remember captain kangaroo so much. In the Cleveland, Ohio tv market in the 1960's we had captain penny on a local channel. Dressed in a train engineers gear,he had a moderate size Lionel layout I always looked for. It was a great time to grow up in.....
This was definitely an O gauge layout. I clearly remember them demonstrating the new Lionel "transfer table" which while really interesting was way too large for my older siblings' home layout. I don't remember any HO in the late 50's and early 60's (though I could have missed it). I do think they stayed with demonstrating traditional O gauge accessories and not the crummy rocket launcher and exploding box car type stuff which were however shown on commercials that aired during the show.
Yes - I do remember Lionel Trains on CK - Also does anyone remember Mister Mayor with Bob Keeshan ? - He had a segment where it was time to play trains - large Lionel Super O layout - probably an 8x8 dealer display layout
@Will posted:Now you are getting personal. I was on Romper Room, and my mother dressed me in lederhosen. Not only goofy, but shorts! I was mortified and have never gotten over it.
Aha! So that was YOU!!! 😉
I was a fan of the Captain but, my personal favorite as a kid was Shari Lewis - my first “crush”! 😍
Curt
@G-Man24 posted:Yep. He had a commercial where the Lionel train had a flatcar with a bowl of Rice Krispies on it. The train would pull the bowl under a water tower and milk would pour out the spout and onto the cereal. Then the Captain would put his ear up to the bowl and listen to the "Snap- Crackle-Pop" !
I remember that.....!
I recall Captain Kangaroo who was nether a captain nor a kangaroo that was shown on Chicago tv in the mid-fifties.
The Lionel layout not at all.
@Will posted:Now you are getting personal. I was on Romper Room, and my mother dressed me in lederhosen. Not only goofy, but shorts! I was mortified and have never gotten over it.
Will , could you post your Christmas layout with you in your lederhosen outfit ?
Get over it Will . ( " mortified and have never gotten over it " ) As long as you are into model railroading and are still able to remember Romper Room 🤔 your psychological makeup is intact. 🙃
I'm relieved that I am not alone in remembering the trains(vaguely) on CK. The working class family of 5 kids limited the budget to Huffy bikes and used trains but I am thankful for it ALL! Happy New Y'all.
"Sky King out of the blue of the western sky..."
bptBill, you're the only other person I know that remembers Sky King!
We didn't have a color TV, but we had the "next best thing" - a plastic overlay with pink in the middle, blue on top, and green on the bottom... it "colorized" the B&W picture (as long as you were looking at a scene that had grass, sky, and something in between!)
What about the Merry Mailman?
ps. I don't remember all the things you guys remember about Capt. Kangaroo. I'm impressed! Wait - who's that we're talking about?
@eddiem posted:"Sky King out of the blue of the western sky..."
bptBill, you're the only other person I know that remembers Sky King!
We didn't have a color TV, but we had the "next best thing" - a plastic overlay with pink in the middle, blue on top, and green on the bottom... it "colorized" the B&W picture (as long as you were looking at a scene that had grass, sky, and something in between!)
What about the Merry Mailman?
ps. I don't remember all the things you guys remember about Capt. Kangaroo. I'm impressed! Wait - who's that we're talking about?
I remember Sky King. He also had a niece named "Penny" that was in a lot of the episodes.
Jeff
Oh; I remember Skyking too! Particularly the opening credits where the plane does a partial roll and dive with engines increasing in pitch. Made me want to be a pilot so bad I convinced my Dad to pay for flying lessons for me.
I was probably one of the few kids around who were performing aerial stunt maneuvers in a Piper J3 Cub at the age of 12.
Curt
Happy New Years.
I like how additive our combined memories are. Together we can recall everything in the past.
Hi Eddiem! Stay Safe
"Sky King out of the blue of the western sky..."
bptBill, you're the only other person I know that remembers Sky King!
Sky King's Plane...Songbird, What I had for dinner last night I don't remember!
Great thread on the Captain and his trains (plus a good story to add)---I loved Captain growing up and remember so well when he had trains displayed and running in the Treasure House.....for those interested "Classic Toy Trains" issue of September 2001 has a fantastic article on Captain Kangaroo (wasn't afraid of Lions) pages 58-59-60. Readers were also asked previously to write if they had any memories to share and Classic Toy Trains and as part of the promotion promised Lionel Monopoly board games to three lucky readers---I was fortunate to be one of them and still have the letter from Classic Toy Trains dated November 14. 2000 telling me I was one of those chosen and still have the game they sent. The article is really special because of the memories readers shared and information provided. Also many years later I was able to attend a PBS sponsored meet and greet in Portland, Maine with Bob Keeshan in which he spoke about the importance of reading to youngsters (as he always did on his show)---afterwards anyone who wanted to talk to him could meet with him. Naturally I thanked him for the years he had been on the air and how my own children appreciated the show also---THEN I had to ask one question and he said sure go ahead -I asked "whatever happened to those Lionel trains you would show and display" he paused a bit and said he really did not know what became of them or how arrangements were made to have them on the Treasure House.....but he enjoyed them! I am glad I had that opportunity to meet him---very special person. One more thing I also remember Sky King, My Friend Flicka etc ah the good ole days! Honestly try to find and read that article if possible.
Jim
Sky King was brought to you by Nabisco Vanilla Wafers.
All I remember about Sky King was that it was pretty boring and there was a young girl named Penny or something who always wore skin tight jeans.
Sky King's original Songbird was a "Bamboo Bomber" T-50, then he upgraded to a Cessna 310. Penny was cute as I recall.
@Jim Berger posted:I don't remember captain kangaroo so much. In the Cleveland, Ohio tv market in the 1960's we had captain penny on a local channel. Dressed in a train engineers gear,he had a moderate size Lionel layout I always looked for. It was a great time to grow up in.....
Captain Penny with his engineers hat and jacket was a Cleveland icon. His show opened with a Lionel train running then he would climb down from his locomotive swinging his lantern (actually a step ladder). He came to Hobby House in 1959 to hand out catalogs one Sunday before Christmas. The train set was acquired by one of the channel 5 directors and made its way to Jim Berilla's Trading Post. Its ran there for many years. Don't know what happened to it when the store was liquidated.
Lou N
I remember Lee Marvin on the Johnny Carson show one night talking about Bob Keeshan's bravery on a beach in the South Pacific saving G.I.'s lives under heavy fire. When asked by Carson about being wounded on that beach Marvin Poo Poo it and said he got wounded in the backside.
Joe B.
Joe B., I'm pretty sure that's an urban legend. Keeshan, who was born in 1927, enlisted in the Marine Corps but too late to see action.
Joe Connor: CORRECT! Bob Keeshan joined the US Marine Corps Reserve in 1945 after Japan had surrendered and he never left the states. Lee Marvin was wounded on Saipan and was never at Iwo Jima.
It is amazing how these "urban legends" get started and persist! :-(
@Lou N posted:Captain Penny with his engineers hat and jacket was a Cleveland icon. His show opened with a Lionel train running then he would climb down from his locomotive swinging his lantern (actually a step ladder). He came to Hobby House in 1959 to hand out catalogs one Sunday before Christmas. The train set was acquired by one of the channel 5 directors and made its way to Jim Berilla's Trading Post. Its ran there for many years. Don't know what happened to it when the store was liquidated.
Lou N
Yep, I remember watching Captain Penney, Captain Kangaroo, and Barnaby.
I remember Captain Kangaroo and the Lionel layouts shown , Sky King (with both planes), and Casey Jones. Does anyone remember the two Lionel shows with the marionettes? I think it was called “Wonderful World of Trains”. First version was black & white, second in color. If I remember correctly it was narrated by a hobo marionette that prevents a train wreck.
Algernon Caboose
WOW!!! This is good stuff. Brings back good memories.
Jim D.
If you have Roku, you can get the Howdy Doody channel app and on the December 24th, 1952 show, Buffalo Bob shows a approximately 20 minute film of a tour of the Gilbert Hall of Science. The first half covers Erector Sets and the second half American Flyer S Gauge trains including the layout used in the Flyer catalogs.
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 .
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.