Originally Posted By mickeymeg I am so glad someone else remembers Today's Special, I was trying to tell friends about it once and they just didnt get it. I also loved You cant do that on Television. Polka Dot Door and Mr Dressup and The Friendly Giant were favourites when I was small. Before me, and when I was really little my mum worked for TVO and then YTV. she would always tell me stories of working on Polka Dot Door and meeting Polka Roo.
Originally Posted By TiggerPooh1973 When I was little there was also a local show I watched called Hatchy Milatchy. I think the ladies name was Miss Judy. It had a pretty catchy theme song, oh so I thought back then.......something about "if you trip and fall you will bounce like a ball in the land pf Hatchy Milatchy". lol
Originally Posted By Ursula Sheriff John once said Happy Birthday to my sister. Years later, I worked with a lady who was best friends with his daughter. Nothing but happy and fond memories and it turns out Sheriff John was one of the good guys and would still enjoy talking to his now grown-up viewers about his show. He LOVED when the now-adults would tell him he said their names on their birthdays. Miss Mary Anne anyone? I LOVED her and my sister and I just about died when we saw her one day at Universal Studios. She gave my sister an autograph.
Originally Posted By friendofdd I suppose none of you youngsters ever noticed how *hot* some of the Romper Room teachers were.
Originally Posted By alexbook Sheriff John was the coolest. I remember making a special effort to tune in on February 29, 1968, for all the Leap Day birthdays.
Originally Posted By DlandDug In my home town (Portland, Oregon) we had Ramblin' Rod, Rusty Nails, Heck Harper, and Mr. Duffy. I was actually a guest at Ramblin' Rod's BIG Halloween program. (I was the one dressed as a pirate!) My "am-I-crazy-or-was-it-real" TV memory concerned a commercial for a bizarre toy called Six Finger. It was a spy device, shaped like a finger, that had all sorts of attachments. Before the internet, I would try to convince my friends that such a thing ever existed. Then, several years ago, I found one (sealed on card!) at a flea market in Nashville. I still have it to this day. <a href="http://www.aaa-multimedia.com/sixfing.htm" target="_blank">http://www.aaa-multimedia.com/ sixfing.htm</a> (This is not mine, but it's the same toy.)
Originally Posted By ilvdland In Seattle we had J.P. Patches and Esmerelda. When I was about 6 or 7 my mom took me to go see him at the local Sears store (the one on 1st Ave for all you locals on here) and I remember vivdly waiting in line to meet him. I ran up and gave him a huge hug - there's pic of that somewhere..... It wasn't until I was wayyyyyy older did I realize that Esmerelda wasn't an ugly old woman, but a man with a mop in his head for a wig.
Originally Posted By ilvdland <a href="http://www.jppatches.com/index_01.htm" target="_blank">http://www.jppatches.com/index _01.htm</a> Where the heck did I get Esmerelda??? Okay, it's Gertrude. It's still a man with a mop on his head.
Originally Posted By TomSawyer Esmerelda was the doll that he had. When the school bus showed up, he'd open the door and fling the doll off camera to the bus. Yes, fling. J.P. Patches was the best. Down right bizarre at times and you could see JP and the guy that played Gertrude (and every other character) try to crack each other up. I caught on early that Gertrude was a guy. When my mom took us to see JP and Gertrude at an appearance, my mom said I didn't want to go any where near Gertrude. I think I was about 4 or 5.
Originally Posted By Labuda "I remember making a special effort to tune in on February 29, 1968, for all the Leap Day birthdays." ^^ That was my great-grandfather's (Papa, pronounced pah-paw) 20th birthday!
Originally Posted By lesmisfan tv the way i remember it... I watched alot of nick at nite type stuff from taxi, to i dream of genie, and bewitched, to nickolodeon, you can do that on televesion, all that, alley mac, pete and pete, doug, aaaah! real monsters, rug rats, rin tin tin and otehr kiddie shows, to disney, alot of old disney shows, and the new mickey mouse club, the torkelsons, growing pains. i was just having a conversation with someone at work the other day about other shows we used to watch like doogie houser. and one that i can't rmember for the life of me. i think it was on abc, and had a mentally challenged person name quarkie, does this shwo sound familiar to anyone? please help me remember the title!!! i also remember watching wonder years, brady bunch, power rangers, ninga turtles, smurfs, care bears, alvin and the chickmunks, the super mario brothers, and oh! sherrie under the umbrella tree, man did i watch alot of television!
Originally Posted By lesmisfan OH!!! i just remembered a few more, kids incorprated, saved my the bell, blosom! loved that show!!! full house, step by step, family matters, muppet babies, the muppet show! and sesame street. anyone remember galla galla island?! okay im probably scaring people now, so ill just go.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy lemisfan, the show with mentally-challenged Corky you remember on ABC was called "Life Goes On". You're welcome. ;-)
Originally Posted By JohnS1 I was on the Sheriff John show as a kid - late 50s, I imagine. And my daughter was on Ramblin' Rod when she was 5 or 6 years old. Somewhere we have an old VHS tape of the show. Anyone from LA remember Engineer Bill?
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Lol that's awesome, John---what was your one-time tenure on Sheriff John's show like?
Originally Posted By JohnS1 Well, I certainly can't remember myself, but I think my parents told me that I told sheriff John that he reminded me of my barber - Chuck. Kids all went to barbers back then and mine was named Chuck. So I guess Sheriff John was just as amiable and great with kids as my barber and apparently I told him that on the show. I seem to remember some game that Sheriff John had on tv to get kids to drink their milk. Anybody else recall this?
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy LOL, that's a cool memory...and yeah, ya don't hear many men refer to a "barber" nowadays. Now go drink your milk, Mr. S1. ;-)
Originally Posted By DlandDug >>...my daughter was on Ramblin' Rod when she was 5 or 6 years old. Somewhere we have an old VHS tape of the show. Anyone from LA remember Engineer Bill?<< Another Ramblin' Rod alum! Although when I was Rod's guest, he had not a single button on his pale blue sweater. Engineer Bill Stulla has twice been a guest at Walt's Barn in Griffith Park. He is in his 90s and absolutely charming.
