by KidsTVgupAdmin | Sep 11, 2017 | Children's TV Classics
The Magic Garden was a locally-produced half-hour children’s show that aired weekdays on WPIX in New York City from 1972 to 1984 and was also syndicated to other parts of the country. The show starred co-hosts Carole Demas and Paula Janis, who sang and played...
by KidsTVgupAdmin | Sep 11, 2017 | Children's TV Classics
Who’s the leader of the club That’s made for you and me? M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E! In the 1950’s, every child in America (and probably every adult as well) instantly recognized this refrain as the beginning of the theme song for The Mickey Mouse Club,...
by KidsTVgupAdmin | Sep 11, 2017 | Children's TV Classics
From its debut on ABC in October 1954, through its final telecast on Christmas Eve 2008, the Walt Disney anthology television series commonly known as The Wonderful World of Disney (initiallycalled simply Disneyland) appeared on all three broadcast TV channels at...
by KidsTVgupAdmin | Sep 11, 2017 | Children's TV Classics
Art Clokey, the animator who created Gumby, the claymation star of one of my favorite kids’ shows in the 1950’s, passed away last Friday (see obituary in the New York Times on January 11, 2010). As I noted in my previous post about the Gumby Show, the...
by KidsTVgupAdmin | Sep 11, 2017 | Children's TV Classics
Clutch Cargo was an animated show produced by Cambria Productions that debuted on March 9, 1959, as a syndicated series available to local stations around the country. It stayed on the air through the early 1970’s, and could be seen on as many as 65 stations...
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