by KidsTVgupAdmin | Sep 11, 2017 | Children's TV Classics
If you were a kid growing up in the Los Angeles area from the late 1950’s through the early 1980’s, chances are that you’re familiar with The Popeye Show, which aired on KTLA Channel 5. The Popeye Show grew out of an earlier show called The Pier 5...
by KidsTVgupAdmin | Sep 11, 2017 | Children's TV Classics
Debuting in 1960, Diver Dan was a strange and distinctive kids’ show that featured two live-action characters and a large cast of fish marionettes. The show was a continuing serial that was produced as a series of 7-minute shorts that aired in syndication on...
by KidsTVgupAdmin | Sep 11, 2017 | Children's TV Classics
It seems hard to believe, but Sesame Street just celebrated its 40th year on the air. I celebrated the show’s birthday by attending a panel discussion on “40 Years of Life on the Street” at the Brooklyn Public Library on November 21. The panel was...
by KidsTVgupAdmin | Sep 11, 2017 | Children's TV Classics
“A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust, and a hearty “Hi-yo, Silver!” Who was that masked man? Of course, it had to be The Lone Ranger, star of a TV series set in the Old West that aired in primetime on ABC from 1949 to 1957 and was...
by KidsTVgupAdmin | Sep 11, 2017 | Children's TV Classics
Happy Trails to you, until we meet again… If you watched The Roy Rogers Show as a child, you probably have the rest of the show’s theme song running through your head now. The Roy Rogers Show debuted on NBC on December 30, 1951, and ran there until 1957. ...
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