First, it was a good day for Lorainites making news for appearances on television. There was Lorain native Don Les appearing with Jerry Murad's Harmonicats on Premiere that evening, headlined by George Gobel. Also, Lorain resident George Jabbusch was doing the square dance calling on Friday's edition of The One O'Clock Club.
There are some great ads for the 333 Bar, Cotton Club Ginger Ale, Skylite Downtown Bar, Tic-Toc (now there's a trendy name) Lounge, Supper Club and H. D. Sloan Collections (with its little briefcase-toting mascot with the string on his finger).
"TV Tonight" listings include capsule summaries of that evening's episodes of many classic programs in first run at that time, including Mister Ed, McHale's Navy, Leave It To Beaver, and The Donna Reed Show.
The "Television Programs" grid of the three channels at that time is always fun to look at. I remember watching Yogi Bear after dinner in those days and Captain Kangaroo in the mornings.
Speaking of the good Captain, here's his theme song – the full version of it too. See if it doesn't bring a smile to your face and visions of little boxes of Kellogg's cereals being pulled around by a toy train.
Speaking of that Kellogg's train, here's Captain Kangaroo and Mr. Moose peddling some Rice Krispies.Finally, all this reminded me that we had this Captain Kangaroo Little Golden Book in the Brady Library Collection when I was a kid. I don't remember the plot, but I hope the Captain didn't have to sneak into Communist China to procure that panda.
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Back in the '90s, my sweetheart and I visited DC.
The Smithsonian had a "Television History" display that included the set from Captain Kangaroo: Grandfather Clock, the counter, Bunny Rabbit and Mr. Moose were included. They had CK's and Mr. Green Jeans costumes on display, too.
I stood for about a half hour watching all kinds of adults turn the corner, see the display, and burst into tears.
Does anyone remember the H.D. Sloan radio spots on WWIZ with Burlington Fisk as the spokesman?
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