Sky King

Sky King

by | Sep 11, 2017 | Children's TV Classics

“From out of the clear blue of the Western sky . . .comes Sky King!” Sky King was a modern-day (at the time) cowboy show with a twist — the cowboy was an airplane pilot living on a ranch in Arizona, who used his small plane to chase down the bad guys...
Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney

Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney

by | Sep 11, 2017 | Children's TV Classics

Paul Winchell was a superb ventriloquist, comedian, singer, and all-around multi-talented performer who appeared with his featured dummy sidekick Jerry Mahoney on NBC in the 1950’s.  Winchell and his wooden co-star were originally seen in primetime on...

Gumby

by | Sep 11, 2017 | Children's TV Classics

One of my absolute favorite shows as a kid was Gumby, a trippy, somewhat surreal series filmed using stop motion clay animation.  There were 233 episodes of the show produced over the course of its 40-year history on TV, all featuring the green clay robot-like little...
Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

by | Sep 11, 2017 | Children's TV Classics

It was always a beautiful day in Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, as Mister Rogers entered his TV set house singing the show’s theme song, “Won’t you be my neighbor?” He would hang up his coat and put on his cardigan sweater, take off his shoes and put on his sneakers,...

Good-bye Soupy Sales

by | Sep 11, 2017 | Children's TV Classics

Sadly, Soupy Sales passed away yesterday at the age of 83 (obituary in the New York Times today).   As my previous post about him noted, Soupy became an icon of children’s TV in the 1950’s and 1960’s.   Soupy was the master of pie-throwing (or should...