Remember this old kid's show?

[Bugbear]

All the Zonies/Desert Rats here will join me, I'm sure, when I cheer for:

Wallace & Ladmo

W & L is believed to be the longest running children's show in the USA (1954-1989). For those of us who spent any or all of our childhood in Arizona, Wallace & Ladmo was truly an institution.

And no, I never did win a Ladmo bag -- I'm still bitter!

T.

Ya, that wasn't like Bozo...

[funlvnman]

In the Boston area they had Major Mudd and Rex Trailer.

[MacBubba45]

Just on the off chance...there was a local show in Dallas, TX called Mr. Peppermint. We moved back to GA in 1964, so it was before then. He was a fine gentleman; not goofy like some shows.

I know this wasn't a kid's show, but I also was fascinated by Ernie Kovacs back then.

[cormacmacguardhe]

I remember alot of the shows mentioned, along with some local ones. Living near the border with Canada I did get to see "The Friendly Giant". The were several very quirky local shows. The most well known was "J.P. Patches" a clown who lived near the city dump. We also had Captain Puget, Brakeman Bill, Wanda Wanda, and The Stan Boreson Show. Quite a selection.

[HarborSpringsPiper]

I recently got involved on a similar thread on another forum, specifically about local kid's TV programs and ran across this book, Hi there, boys and girls!: America's local children's TV shows By Tim Hollis http://books.google.com/books?id=hHZ...age&q=&f=false. I have only read the Google Book preview portion related to Michigan, but it appears to be a well-researched tome devoted to the topic.

Editorial Review - Cahners Business Information (c) 2001
From the earliest days of television until the mid-1970s, children's programming was a staple of local TV broadcasting in the United States. Here, Hollis (Dixie Before Disney) presents a comprehensive compendium of information about local children's TV shows, organized by state. Capsule descriptions are provided for individual programs and hosts in major TV markets within each state. Hollis cuts ...
More off the scope of his book at the 1970s, when, for a variety of reasons, most local children's TV programming in the United States simply ceased to exist. This valuable and unique reference book has only one drawback: some markets either could not or would not cooperate with the author to provide historical information on shows, so some entries are much shorter than others. Hollis's preface summarizes this often ignored area of broadcasting history, and an excellent bibliography concludes the book, offering a list of additional sources of information on children's TV. In addition, numerous vintage photographs of local TV personalities are sprinkled throughout. Highly recommended for broadcasting and media libraries, in addition to public libraries. David M. Lisa, Wayne P.L., NJ

[Squeaky McMurdo]

Tail Spin made a comeback and is on Toon Disney followed by Goof Troop.

Eureka's Castle was one of my favourites as a kid. And David the Gnome (which I have on DVD now) Gummi Bears, Fraggles, The Busy World of Richard Scary, Acorn the Nature Nut, oh and The Secret Life of Toys.

I don't even have TV now....just a massive collection of DVDs in those locking cases from Best Buy. We need another one, our last trip to a Walmart and Target increased the collection substantially


--Chelsea McMurdo--

[Big Mikey]

The Banana Splits and Dark Shadows jump to mind. Johny Quest, The Herculoids, The Mighty Heroes, Space Ghost, Shazam among animateds that I remember.

[ccga3359]

The Banana Splits

Were they out at the same time as the Monkee's? I'm sort've remembering them in England ca. '69 - '71.

[greenman11]

OK, no one has mentioned them so I,m throwen it out.

Rocky and His Friends

The Bullwinkle Show

Fractured Flickers hosted by Hans Conreed

Sherrif Scotty an afternoon weekday show

The Beanie and Cecil Show

The Flintstones the honeymooners in BC on Friday nights at 7:00PM

The origonal Micky Mouse Club

The Huckleberry Hound show

Quickdraw Mcgraw and Baba loo

Underdog

Casper and Wendy

Ok enough already

[Dirka Skene]

Eureka's Castle! That's it! I could only remember the name of the dragon on that show. Wow, I feel all nostalgic and stuff.