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aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
Sat Apr 6, 2013, 09:47 PM Apr 2013

One of my earliest memories of TV

The Fearless Fosdick comic strip character created by Al Capp was brought to TV in 1952 as a show featuring marionettes. This was not the Howdy Doody show with a couple of marionettes interacting with live people but it was an entire marionette world, with tiny sets showing exteriors and interiors, tiny furniture and other props, along with tiny wardrobes for changes of clothing. Supposedly, there were just as many adults who watched the show as kids. I was about two or three when it aired.






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One of my earliest memories of TV (Original Post) aint_no_life_nowhere Apr 2013 OP
I remember it in name but the pictures brought it back . olddots Apr 2013 #1
A genius aint_no_life_nowhere Apr 2013 #3
I was only 4 when came on. In_The_Wind Apr 2013 #2
My folks were smart enough not to buy us the magic screen Betsy Ross Apr 2013 #4
Who was the host on Winky Dink And You ? olddots Apr 2013 #5
Jack Barry Lydia Leftcoast Apr 2013 #7
Fosdick was in cartoon form later on, I think. Honeycombe8 Apr 2013 #6
My earliest memories of TV include Andy's Gang, Howdy Doody, and Lydia Leftcoast Apr 2013 #8
Captain Kangaroo! csziggy Apr 2013 #14
Kukala( spelling) Fran and Olie ? olddots Apr 2013 #9
My first TV memory is probably The Alvin Show Art_from_Ark Apr 2013 #10
Curious George on PBS. a la izquierda Apr 2013 #11
Think I missed this one union_maid Apr 2013 #12
I've never seen that. LWolf Apr 2013 #13
The first thing I saw on TV was the GOP Convention (1956) SoCalDem Apr 2013 #15
 

olddots

(10,237 posts)
1. I remember it in name but the pictures brought it back .
Sat Apr 6, 2013, 09:54 PM
Apr 2013

I lived for the 15 minute Ernie Kovak's Show with Captain Pafoofnick's cigar rocket ship on a string .

Betsy Ross

(3,147 posts)
4. My folks were smart enough not to buy us the magic screen
Sun Apr 7, 2013, 12:26 AM
Apr 2013

so we could draw a bridge on our TV for Winky Dink to cross. We'd be blind today or dead from the radiation back then.

Lydia Leftcoast

(48,217 posts)
7. Jack Barry
Sun Apr 7, 2013, 12:56 AM
Apr 2013

He was also the host of some of the rigged quiz shows like Twenty-One and The $64,000 Question.

Lydia Leftcoast

(48,217 posts)
8. My earliest memories of TV include Andy's Gang, Howdy Doody, and
Sun Apr 7, 2013, 01:04 AM
Apr 2013

Ding Dong School.

I was also attached to some non-kids' shows: the soap operas First Love and Valiant Lady and the sitcoms Our Miss Brooks and Private Secretary.

 

olddots

(10,237 posts)
9. Kukala( spelling) Fran and Olie ?
Sun Apr 7, 2013, 01:13 AM
Apr 2013

Les Paul & Mary Ford had a 15 minute show alone with Nat King Cole and others .

a la izquierda

(11,784 posts)
11. Curious George on PBS.
Sun Apr 7, 2013, 08:08 AM
Apr 2013

I would get out of bed, climb on the counters, and make myself cereal. My dad was surprised every day...

union_maid

(3,502 posts)
12. Think I missed this one
Sun Apr 7, 2013, 09:14 AM
Apr 2013

I guess I'm the same age, but we didn't get a TV until I was about 5 or 6. Would have loved this show, I'm sure.

SoCalDem

(103,856 posts)
15. The first thing I saw on TV was the GOP Convention (1956)
Sun Apr 7, 2013, 06:26 PM
Apr 2013

Our neighbors had a tv and our base was experimenting with tv ..that was their first airing..(we were in Panama)

Things were so primitive then, that to talk to our grandparents on the phone we used a HAM radio (over) that our neighbor had set up..

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