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Bakersfield	KBAK-TV	Uncle Woody
Fresno	KAIL	Leebo The Clown (Leland Harris) Leebo was my father, found him listed on your site. Above is a pic of him in makeup from my collection. I've never had the opportunity to see him as Leebo, as I was a baby when he stopped doing the show. If you ever come across any video, please click here to email me! Thanks, Kevin Harris El Hijo De Leebo the Clown Leebo The Clown was a local children's show host on KAIL TV 53 in Fresno, California during the late 1960s and early 1970s. "The Leebo the Clown Show" combined live action with cartoon short subjects such as "Felix the Cat". Leebo himself was played by Leland Harris (1938-2002).
Fresno	KFSN	Fun Time (Al Radtka)
Glendale	KHOF	Black Buffalo's Pow-Wow
Los Angeles	KCOP	Hobo Kelly (Sally Baker)
Los Angeles	KCOP	Romper Room ("Miss Mary Ann" King, "Miss Soco" Socorro Serrano) Miss Mary Ann found on flickr teraleigh
Los Angeles	KCOP	Cartoonville
Los Angeles	KCOP	Mickey Mudturtle (Richard Clayton)
Los Angeles	KHJ-TV	Shrimpenstein (Gene Moss)
Los Angeles	KHJ-TV	Chuck McCann's Funstuff (Chuck McCann), (Barry Thompson), (Sonny Fox)
Los Angeles	KHJ-TV	Pancake Man (Hal Smith)
Los Angeles	KHJ-TV	Baby Daphne (Patricia Blake) Daphne photo special thanks to Robert Stone and latvlegends
Los Angeles	KNBC	That's Cat (Alice Playten)
Los Angeles	KABC	Chucko the Clown (Charles M. Runyon)
Los Angeles	KTTV	Sheriff John (John Rovick)
Los Angeles	KTTV	Bozo's Circus (Pinto Colvig)
Los Angeles	KTTV	Buffalo Billy (Bob Clampett)
Los Angeles	KTTV	Chucko the Clown (Charles M. Runyon)
Los Angeles	KTTV	Willy the Wolf (Walker Edmiston)
Los Angeles	KTTV	Mr. Wishbone
Los Angeles	KTTV	Daphne's Cartoons
Los Angeles	KTTV	King Koopa's Kool Kartoons (Christopher Collins)
Los Angeles	KTLA	Beany and Cecil (Bob Clampett)
Los Angeles	KTLA	Cartoon Carousel(Frank Herman)
Los Angeles	KTLA	Engineer Bill (Bill Stulla)
Los Angeles	KTLA	Thunderbolt the Wondercolt (John Carradine and Walker Edmiston)
Los Angeles	KTLA	For Kids Only (Frank Herman)
Los Angeles	KTLA	Bozo the Clown (Vance Colvig Jr.)
Los Angeles	KTLA	Light Time (James E. Stewart) and Rolf Forsberg)
Los Angeles	KTLA	Popeye and Friends (Tom Hatten) and (Edwin McCormick)
Los Angeles	KTLA	Skipper Frank (Cartoon Carousel)
Los Angeles	KTLA	Tim McCoy
Los Angeles	KTLA	Squeaky Mulligan, the Talking Cat (Al Jarvis)
Los Angeles	KTLA	Pier Five Club (Tom Hatten)
Los Angeles	KTLA	The Walker Edmiston Show (Walker Edmiston)
Los Angeles	KNXT	Dusty's Treehouse (Stu Rosen)
Los Angeles	KNXT	Space Funnies (Dal McKennon)
Los Angeles	KNXT	Captain Jet (Dal McKennon)
Oakland	KTVU	Romper Room
Oakland	KTVU	Captain Satellite (Bob March)
Oakland	KTVU	Charlie and Humphrey (Pat McCormick)
Oakland	KTVU	Bits and Pieces
Oakland	KTVU	Captain Cosmic
Oakland	KTVU	TV Pow (Pat McCormick)
Oakland	KTVU	The Sir Bruce Sedley Show - (Bruce Sedley)
Sacramento		Cartoonland
Sacramento	KCCC then KTXL	Bonanza Bill (Harry Martin)
Sacramento	KTXL	Capn's Locker (Captain Mitch)
Sacramento	KTXL	Romper Room
Sacramento	KCRA	Skipper Stu (Stu Nahan)
Sacramento	KCRA	Captain Sacto (Fred Wade) (Harry Martin)
Sand Diego	KFMB	Monte Hall Birthday Club Show
San Diego	KGO	King Norman's Kingdom of Toys (Norman Rosenburg) Doris Rosenberg and husband Norman presided on "The King Norman Show" in 1950. Photo courtesy of Rosenberg Family to the sfgate
San Francisco	KRON	Assignment Four
San Francisco	KRON	Captain Z-Ro (Roy Steffens)
San Francisco	KRON	Princess Pat (Patricia Blake)
San Fransisco	KGO	Happy Birthday to You (Lucille Bliss)
San Fransisco	KGO	Romper Room ("Miss Nancy" Besst, "Miss Nancy" Ruby Petersen Unger) Nancy Besst picture from Ms. Besst found on sfgate
San Fransisco	KGO	Brother Buzz (Dick Beals) (Ralph Chesse)
San Fransisco	KGO	Marshal J Show (Jay Alexander) Special thanks to Anne Stevens from her father John Shurtleff Stevens' collection which he took in July 1962 when he worked at KPIX
San Francisco	KBHK	Captain San Francisco
Sacramento/Stockton	KOVR	Cap'n Delta (Charles Duncan)
Fireman Frank (George Lemont) San Francisco	KRON	The Mayor Art Show (Art Findley)
San Francisco	KRON	Fireman Frank (George Lemont)
San Francisco	KRON	Buster and Me
Santa Maria	KCOY	Dapper Dan's Playhouse (Dan McGrath)
		City Council
San Fransisco	KRON	Mayor Art's Almanac (Art Finley)
San Francisco	KPIX	Captain Fortune (along with Short John O'Copper the puppet) (Pete Abenheim)
San Francisco	KPIX	Deputy Dave (Dave Allen) Hi! I ran across your website on children's tv hosts while doing a search to reconstruct my memories of the Deputy Dave Show KPIX San Francisco ca 1955. I believe the host of Dave Allen, and the content was pedestrian and bicycle safety. He had an easy quiz at the end, send cards to those who had the correct answers. As I remember you got "officer" or "patrolman" cards at first-- When you collected 3, you could send them in for a Sergeant card, when you got 3 of those you could trade them for a higher card, etc. Do you know anything about this show? I collected a bunch of those cards, sent them in and the show went off the air. Would love to buy some on ebay but have not seen any or much reference to this show. Thanks for what info you can provide. Roger Carlson If you have any pictures or memories to share of Deputy Dave, please click here to email me!
San Francisco	KPIX	Marshal J Show (Jay Alexander) Special thanks to Anne Stevens from her father John Shurtleff Stevens' collection which he took in July 1962 when he worked at KPIX
San Francisco	KRON	The Skipper Sedley Show (Bruce Sedley)
San Jose		Cosmo's Castle
San Jose	KNTV	Hocus Pocus (Carl Hansen)

01/21/2010 ... Hello, I stumbled across your website while looking for info on George Lemont who was Fireman Frank on KRON in San Francisco. Growing up in the 50's in nearby Vallejo a lot of memories flooded through my brain. Hopefully some memories might aid you in your research.

George Lemont hosted Fireman Frank on KRON Channel 4. He was an artist and former disc jockey. At some point he had another kid's show called "Uncle George's Cartoon Time." He'd show the kids how to draw cartoons. There was probably more but that's all I remember.

Fireman Frank was a cartoon show with his stable of puppets and a wicked sense of humor that sometimes went over the heads of the kids. My parents would watch it with me. His puppets included Scat the Cat, a beatnik; Dynamo Dudley, a robot with a quivering mouth; Karl the Carrot, a fresh carrot every week who wore sun glasses; Rhode Island Red, a sarcastic rooster. Also, he had Dynamo Dudley's mother, a tin car with a dent in it filled with nuts and bolts. Periodically, a puppet version of another KRON host, a scientist, would show up. He would show Bugs Bunny cartoons and had a ventriloquist version of Bugs with whom he'd banter.

When the show was cancelled he was working on a girl friend for Rhoad Island Red called Leghorn Lily. Even though it wasn't painted he'd show both puppets interacting. I vividly remember, on one of his last shows, he tore the head off of Bugs Bunny but continued to talk to him. His bare hand was sticking out of Bugs' body moving up and down like a mouth. He also drew a cartoon strip for the San Francisco Chronicle, Dr. Smock and also another strip featuring Karl the Carrot. Would love to know if he's still alive or what happened to him.

Captain Fortune was on KPIX and featured his puppet, a pirate named John O'Copper. He lived in a barrel and would emerge when the kids would knock on the barrel. I was on his show one Saturday morning. We played games and watched cartoons and talked with John O'Copper. I think Captain Fortune was Peter Abenheim (sp?) He wasn't a ventriloquist so when John O'Copper talked it was always on a closeup. When the Captain was talking to him, it was a two-shot. Captain Fortune didn't even try to talk without moving his mouth. The show always started with a group of kids getting off a cable car and running up the steps of an old Victorian house and in the front door. Of course, the show originated from the old KPIX studio at Van Ness and Greenwich.

You have a lot of information on Marshall Jay and some info on a Golden Gate Bridge documentary. It was produced by KPIX and Jay Alexander narrated it. The theme song was "Bridge Buildin' Man" and it might have been sung by Jay. At least that's what I always thought. It was produced for the 25th anniversary of the bridge in 1962. It ran again for the 50th anniversary of the bridge in 1987, but I'm not sure where I saw it; possibly again on KPIX?

I remember Deputy Dave but can't remember which station carried him or exactly what years he was on (late 50's or early 60's). His name, I believe, was Dave Allen. Was he a replacement for Marshall Jay? Or a competitor? I met him when he made a personal appearance in Vallejo at a record store, Munter Music on Georgia St. He had made a record and was there to promote it. On one side was "Come Along" which was his theme song. It was a very simple song with a simple tune. The other side was called "Safety First" and was about being safe.

Sorry to go on so long but the memories just kept coming. I was always interested in radio and TV and eventually went into broadcasting where I still am after all these years. I've actually worked with some of the people mentioned on your site.

Thanks for a great site and fond memories.

Dann Shively
Folsom, CA