Joe Bova was not the only mc of "Time For Fun"..there were four hosts/performers of that show.

The first host/performer was"Corney The Clown"(played by Mr. Bob Keeshan)..he mc'd the show weekday afternoons from Monday September 21,1953 to Friday July 29,1955. "Uncle Joe" Bova became the program's third mc on Monday August 1, 1955 to Friday December 21,1958.Bill Britten's "Johnny Jellybean" began mc'ing the show on Thursday December 31,1958 to August 1,1958. Keith Hefner's "JJ Jellybean" was the fourth and last host/performer of "Time For Fun"..beginning on Monday August 23,1958 when the show moved to weekday mornings around 1959..the show's title and the character's name changed to "The Johnny Jellybean Show"..it remained on the air on WABC TV Ch.7 in NYC..until it finally went off the air on Friday June 2,1960.

Radio and tv personality Ray Forrest hosted a Saturday morning kids variety show" Children's Theater" on WNBT/WRCA/WNBC TV Ch.4 in NYC from 1949 to June 17,1961.

There were really two hosts/performers of "Kartoon Klub"on WPIX TV Ch.11 in NYC. The first host was Ted Steele..he mc'd the show Monday thru Saturday evenings on Ch.11 from Monday October 5,1953 to Thursday July 1,1954. Shari Lewis became the second and last host/performer of the show from Tuesday July 6,1954 to Saturday December 22,1956.

When CBS TV exec Jim Aubrey took away the format and the character of "Capt.Jet" from entertainer and songwriter Dallas McKennon..the program became a CBS TV property. Various affilliates of the CBS TV Network created,produced and presented their own versions of the series. WCBS TV Ch.2 in NYC aired "Space Funnies"/"The Captain Jet Show" Saturday and Sunday mornings from Saturday July 5,1953 to Sunday December 31,1960. Actor and local NYC radio dj Stan Sawyer was the first one to don the captain's space outfit and mc the program from Saurday July 5, 1953 to Sunday June 19, 1955. Comic/Character actor Joe Silver was the second and last host/performer of the show. Mr.Silver's interpretation of "Capt.Jet" would lead his "Space Hoppers" on their weekily trips thru the universe and screen the Laurel & Hardy, Thelma Todd/Zasu Pitts/Patsy Kelly, Charlie Chase, Edgar Kennedy and Leon Errol films comedies weekend mornings from Saturday June 29,1955 to Sunday December 31,1960.

"The Magic Clown"would be seen weekday afternoons and Saturday mornings on WNTA TV Ch.13 in Newark,N.J. from Saurday September 27,1958 and Monday September 29,1958 to Friday June 24,1959 and Saturday January 3,1959. Comic/Character actor/magician and cartoonist Doug Anderson would play "The Magic Clown" and he was assisted by his lovely wife Gayle.

"The Little Rascals"films would be seen on WABC TV Ch.7 in NYC...beginning on Monday evening September 23,1957. "Uncle Joe"Bova was the series host/performer and he would entertain and inform his viewers..until Friday September 9,1960.

Singing Jazz bandleader/comic actor/songwriter and puppeteer:Chubby Jackson would host the weekday morning edition of "Chubby Jackson's Little Rascals"on WABC TV Ch.7 in NYC from Monday March 23,1959 to Friday June 14,1961. The films would be seen again on WPIX TV Ch,11 in NYC on"The Little Rascals Show" weekday afternoons from Monday April 3,1967 to Friday January 1,1970. "Captain Jack"McCarthy would mc the show weekday afternoons. The series would swtich to a weekday morning format beginning on Monday November 22,1971. "Officer Joe" Bolton would once again screen the films until the series finally went off the air on Friday June 30,1972.

"Officer Joe" Bolton would also become associated with"The Three Stooges Funhouse"on WPIX TV..when the show premired on Ch.11 on Monday evening September 8,1958. He would mc the show on Ch.11 weekday evenings until Wednesday September 6,1961. Bolton would become the Police Chief host/performer of "The Dick Tracy Show"on Thursday September 7,1961. "Police Chief Joe"Bolton would entertain and inform his viewers inbetween the reruns of The UPA "Dick Tracy" TV Cartoons until Friday August 31,1961.

Sandy Becker would screen the post 1938 MGM "Our Gang"Films on "Sandy Becker Presents The Our Gang Comedies"weekday evenings on WNEW TV Ch.5 in NYC from Monday November 17,1958 to Friday March 17,1961.

Radio & tv personality Herb Sheldon would screen the silent "Our Gang"Films (of 1922-1928)on "The Mischief Makers!" weekday evenings on WOR TV Ch.9 in NYC From Monday September 19,1960 to Friday June 9,1961.

"The Looney Tunes Show"was first seen on WABD TV Ch.5 in NYC beginning on Monday April 11,1955. Sandy Becker would host the show from Monday April 11,1955 to Tuesday July 8,1958. The station execs at WABD TV would move the program to a Saturday evening timeslot and have Herb Sheldon serve as the second host from Saturday July 5,1958 to August 2,1958. Bill Britten would be the show's third and last host/performer from Saturday August 9,1958 to Saturday August 30, 1958.

WOR TV Ch.9 in NYC would air their own "Looney Tunes Show weekday evenings beginning on Monday September 15,1958. Child actresss and dancer:Ginger MacManus (Sonny Fox' former traveling companion on CBS TV's "Let's Take A Trip") would be the first host/performer of the show. She would leave the show following the Friday January 9,1959 broadcast.

Educator and entertainer Paul Tripp(CBS TV's"Mr.I.Magination!") would host Ch.9's "Looney Tunes Show"weekday evenings from Monday January 12, 1959 to Friday July 10, 1959. The program would switch to a weekday morning timeslot and Herb Sheldon would become the third host/performer starting on Monday September 14,1959..he would mc the show until Friday May 18,1962. Chubby Jackson would become the fourth and last host/performer of WOR TV's "Looney Tunes Show"weekday afternoons from Monday January 12,1962 to Friday June 14,1963.

WABD/WNEW TV Ch.5 in NYC would air "The Buggs Bunny Theater" Friday nights beginning on Friday September 14,1956. Sandy Becker would host the show until Friday September 6,1957. Herb Sheldon would become the second host of "The Bugs Bunny Theater"on Monday June 30,1958..during Sheldon's tenuire as the program's mc the show's title woudl change to "Bugs Bunny Presents!". Sheldon would continue to host"Bugs Bunny Presents!"until Friday August 1,1958. Bill Britten would mc"Bugs Bunny Presents" from Monday August 4,1958 to Wednesday January 281959. "Uncle Fred" Scott would become the fourth and last mc of "Bugs Bunny Presents!"on Monday February 2,1959. The show's title would change once more to "Nuts & Bugs"(The show's format would also screen reruns of The Leon Errol, Edgar Kennedy and Charlie Chase Films along with The Bugs Bunny Cartoons). The show would end it's run on WNEW TV Ch.5 in NYC on Friday May 2, 1959.

Entertainer Fred Hall would screen The "Felix The Cat"TV Cartoons, along with The Rankin/Bass "Tales Of The Wizard Of Oz" TV Cartoons on"Felix & The Wizard"/"Hall IN Fun!"weekday afternoons on WNEW TV Ch.5 in NYC From Monday September 3,1962 to Friday September 3,1965.

Former Movie serial heroe:Buster Crabbe would host his own NYC based kids tv show"The Buster Crabbe Show"/"Buster's Buddies" first on WOR TV Ch.9 in NYC. "The Buster Crabbe Show"would be seen weekday evenings on Ch.9 from Monday March 12,1951 to Friday October 3,1952. The program would move to WJZ(WABC)TV Ch.7 in NYC and undergo the title change to "Buster's Buddies"on Monday Evening September 21, 1953..the show would remained on the air until Friday March 26,1954.

Singer and mc Todd Russell formerley "Big Todd" on NBC and ABC TV's "Rootie Kazootie Clubs"would host his last kids tv show"The Three Stooges Firehouse" as "Fireman Todd" Weekday evenings on WPIX TV Ch.11 in NYC from Thursday September 7,1961 to Friday March 15,1963. He would host "The Three Stooges Firehouse"one more time on Ch.11 from Monday evening June 24,1963 to Friday evening August 31,1963. "Captain Jack"McCarthy would screen reruns of The post 1947 "Three Stooges"films and the "Popeye"TV cartoons on "The Popeye/Three Stooges Show" weekday evenings on Ch.11 from Monday March 18,1963 to Friday 22,1963. "The Three Stooges Show" would be seen weekday evenings and afternoons on WPIX TV Ch.11 in NYC Beginning on Monday January 6, 1964. Horror show show host/performer John Zacherley would screen the films weekday evenings, until Friday January 31,1964. "Officer Joe" Bolton would screen the films on "The Three Stooges Show"weekday evenings and afternoons on Ch.11 from Monday February 3,1964 to Thursday May 7, 1970.

In addition to Sonny Fox & Bob McAllister, there were five adult hosts/performers and several kids..who mc'd "Wonderama"..Sandy Becker was the show's first mc..from Sunday afternoon September 25,1955 to August,1956. Herb Sheldon became the second host of the show on Sunday morning September 16, 1956 to August, 1958..Bill Britten became the third mc of "Wonderama"on Sunday morning August 11, 1958 to Sunday December 28,1958. Sonny Fox became the program's fourth and most memorable host on Sunday Morning January 4,1959 to August,1967. Bob McAllister became the fifth and last adult host/performer of the show in August,1967 to Christmas Day, 1977. Laura Condon,Alana Brown,Dwight Williams,Bobby Clark,Pam Potillo,J.D.Roth,Claude Brooks,Laura McDonald and Emilo Estevez (Not to be confused with the son of actor Martin Sheen) would serve as the last hosts of "Wonderama" from October,1980 to October,1987.

"Lunch With Soupy Sales"was broadcast from WXYZ TV Ch.7 in Detroit,Mi. and later from KABC TV Ch.7 in Hollywood, Cal. over the full ABC TV Network Saturday afternoons from Saturday October 3,1959 to Saturday March 25,1961.

("Lunch With Soupy Sales" was originally seen locally on WXYZ TV Ch.7 in Motown under the title" 12 O'Clock Comics!" weekday afternoons from 1953 to 1959.) The show was seen Saturday afternoons on WABC TV Ch.7 in NYC.

The hosts/performers of WPIX TV Ch.11 NYC's"Let's Have Fun!" were Chuck,McCann,Paul Ashley and Terry Bennett. There were other mc's of that series..Chuck and Paul were the first hosts/performers of the show.When "LHF"debuted on Ch.11 on Sunday morning September 18,1960..they left the show following creative disputes with station management following the Sunday August 15,1965 broadcast. "Captain Jack"McCarthy mc'd the program for the remainder of the summer of 1965. On Sunday September 5,1965..Entertainer and tv producer Terry Bennett hosted "LHF" Sunday mornings until the fall of 1966. Hank Stohl would become "Let's Have Fun's"fifth host/performer in the fall of 1966..he would co-host the show with child actor Robert Broderick (No relation to actor Mathew Broderick) and The Tom Tichenor Puppets. Mr.Stohl would leave the show abruptly and moved to California to try his luck as an actor...Bill Biery would host "LHF" as himself (Not as "Beachcomber Bill") with Mr.Robert Broderick,The Tom Tichenor Puppets and"Doakey The Clown"(Ed Alberian) for the remainder of the 1966 tv season. Former WPIX TV Director and Cameraman Scoey Mitchell would serve as the seventh and last host/performer of "LHF!" He would mc the show as"Fireman Frank" Sunday mornings from September 12,1967 to June,1968.

Sonny Fox was not the only host of WNEW TV Ch.5 NYC's"Just For Fun!" Sonny woud mc this popular kids tv game show Saturday mornings on Ch.5 from Saturday October 3,1959 to Saturday July 31,1965..But he would leave the program and Fred Scott would take over as the second and last host of "JFF"from August to September,1965.

"Captain Allen"Swift was the first host/performer of WPIX TV Ch.11 NYC's"Popeye Show"..but..? He was not the only mc of the program. "Captain Allen" Swift would host the show weekday evenings at Ch.11 from Monday September 10,1956 to Friday September 23, 1960. "Captain Ray" Heatherton would mc the weekend evening edition of "The Popeye Show" from Saturday and Sunday September 8, & 9, 1956 to Sunday April 13,1958. "Captain Jack"McCarthy would host WPIX TV's "Popeye Show"weekday evenings and afternoons from Monday September 26, 1960 to September,1972.

Regarding Allen Swift co-hosting The "Felix The Cat & Friends Show"with Ch.5's veteran cartoon show mc "Uncle Fred" Scott, Mr. Scott hosted that series solo..When WNEW TV acquired the rights to"The Diver Dan TV Puppet Films"..Mr.Scott screened them with The"Felix The Cat" TV cartoons created and produced by Mr. Joe Orlio for Trans-Lux TV Inc. on "Felix & Diver Dan" Monday thru Saturday evenings on Ch.5 from January to September, 1962. Mr.Swift did the voices for all of the puppets and for the actor..playing "Diver Dan" in the diving suit (Wrirter Frank Freda) played Diver Dan in the filmed segments with the puppets).

I've also checked the listing for "Cartoon Playtime" it is stated that the series was hosted by "Uncle Tom"Gregory. According to my research that series had four hosts..not just one. "Uncle Fred"Scott and "Uncle Tom" Gregory mc the show weekday afternoons on WNEW TV Ch.5 in NYC from 1958 to the 1960's. "Uncle Ed"Ladd became the program's third host in 1959 and he would co host the show..when Mr.Gregory was not available. Toward the end of the show's run in 1965..Fred Hall would serve as the show's fourth and last mc.

I would like to add another popular cartoon series to your listing. On Monday evening September 9,1963..WPIX TV Ch.11 in NYC became the very first NYC based tv station to screen "The Mighty Hercules TV" Cartoons created and produced by Mr.Joe Orlio and by Trans Lux TV Inc. Horror show host/performer Mr.John Zacherley would mc the program during the fall of 1963.. Following his departure in the winter of 1964.."Officer Joe" Bolton would host the show in January of 1964..later that year..Jack McCarthy would mc "The Mighty Hercules Show" first as himself and then later as "Captain Jack". ("Capt.Jack" would host the show weekday afternoons) In April,1965.. Ms.Carol Corbett would become the fourth and last host/performer of "The Mighty Hercules Show"..which would move to the lunchtime hour.

Along with performing puppet skits and engaging her viewers in drawing lessions,songs,stories, craftmaking, hobbies, informational segments and interviews with guest performers and personalities. Ms.Corbett would also screen "The Barney Google & Snuffy Smith" TV Cartoons created and produced by The Paramount/Famous and Gene Deitch studios, "The Day With Doodles Weaver" TV film comedies, and "The Gumby Puppet Films"created and produced by Mr.Art Cloakey. The series title would later change to"The Carol Corbett Show".

In the fall of 1968 WNEW TV Ch.5 in NYC added "The Bob McAllister Show" to it's weekday afternoon schedule. Bob..who was then the fifth and last host/performer of Ch.5's long running Sunday children's variety show"Wonderama"..would mc his own comedy show for kids. Bob had hosted a kids comedy tv show in Norfolk,Va.on WTAR and later on WJZ TV Ch.13 in Baltamore, Md. during the late 1950's and into the early 1960's..had him performing character comedy and puppet skits and magic tricks in between the reruns of old movie and tv cartoons. Characters such as"Prof.Fingleheimer" and his machine,"Zip Code"(A wisecrack spouting hippie), "Thermin": a navie country bumpkin,"Mike Fury"a bragging superheroe,"Willie Winkie"&"Billie Blinky" the silent clown twins and"Salamander Dilly"(A parody of bizzare avante Garde artist Salvadore Dally) performed slapstick, pantomime and sight gags for the viewers. Bob even performed magic as"The Crazy Magician".

Unfortunately the WNEW TV Ch.5 NYC version of "The Bob McAllster Show"was not as successful as The WTAR and WJZ TV formats and it left the air after one season. In the winter of 1969..WOR TV Ch.9 became the last NYC based tv station to create, produce and present its own "Bozo Show". Debuting on Monday February 3,1969.."The Bozo Show"was seen weekday mornings and starred Actor and singer Gorden Ramsey as"Bozo The Clown"..Character Actor/producer/scriptwriter and dialectician: Earl A.George appeared on the show as "Snappy Pappy" (A loud mouth hillbilly grandpa type),"Larry Loveless"(A prissy gentleman) and as "The Circus Boss" (Mr.George's interpretation of "The Circus Boss"was based more on Kenny Delmar's bragging Southern "Sen.Claghorn" than on the tough, no nonsense ringmaster character from The Bozo tv cartoons). Comic/character actor/comedy magician and mimic Tom Mahoney played"Prof.TweeterFoofer","Grandma Nelly"(Bozo's grandmother and the source for his shouting his cry for help"Whoa Nelly!")and "Slim Jim":a zany acrobat and "Bozo's"patsy in his crazy scheames. For a time..Radio and tv personality and puppeteer:Claude Kirchner served as the show's ringmaster and announcer..until he left the show early in the run. And Mr.George's"Circus Boss"replaced him.

The show's format had kids in the studio audience play games for prizes, there was craftmaking, hobbies, informational segments,comedy skits, magic tricks,songs and interviews with guest performers like Magician/escape artist and magic historian: "The Amazing James" Randi and ventriloquist/Singer and songwriter: Angela Martin and her puppet pal "Tiny" would visit the show. The show would later move to a weekday afternoon format and be retitled"Circus/Circus/Circus" The show's format was wrapped around reruns of "The Bozo TV Cartoons" and "Flash Gordon" and"Buck Rogers"Movie serials starring Buster Crabbe. "The Bozo Show"/"Circus/Circus/Circus"would remain on Ch.9's airways..until later in 1970's..when it was cancelled. This is Mr.Claude Kirchner's last tv series.

Previously I explained that Mr. Fred Scott screened reruns of The Joe Orlio/Trans-Lux "Felix The Cat"TV cartoons and "The Diver Dan TV Puppets" films on "Felix & Diver Dan". I should have explained that this was the second series to screen those "Felix"TV Cartoons..the first series "Felix The Cat & Friends" aired Monday thru Saturday evenings on WNEW TV Ch.5 in NYC From January,1960 to January,1962. Mr.Fred Scott hosted both shows..but..Mr.Allen Swift's only involvement was providing the voices of "Diver Dan" and the puppets for those "DD" tv puppet films.

In 1963..WOR TV Ch.9 became the first NYC based TV station to air "The Funny Company" TV Cartoons. Created and produced by animator Ken Snyder(Who later in the decade would create and produce "The Roger Ramjet" TV Cartoons).."The Funny Co." was an attempt to use entertain and educational films as a means of getting young viewers to learn about the world around them thru discovery and participation. The stories revolved around a group of industrious kids..who create and manage their own little corperation to do odds jobs and learn how to make things and have a better understanding of our corporate system. The series was seen weekday afternoons on Ch.9..the films were wrapped around live segments that were set inside of a clubhouse.Which included a studio audience of kids and a live host/performer serving as the clubhouse leader. Entertainer and radio/tv broadcaster Morty Gunty served as the program's mc...he would engage the clubhouse members(the studio audiences)and the viewers in games,songs,stories,craftmaking,hobbies,comedy skits,informational segments and interviews with guests performers, personalities and members of the studio audience. Unfortuneatly,the films were not successful due to a poor combination of minor entertainment and old educational films that were neither informative or sophisticated. The show continued to be seen weekday afternoons on Ch.9..even though it underwent a title change to The Morty Gunty Show on Monday June 1,1964.. but... the show failed to gain an audience and "The Morty Gunty Show" AKA "The Funny Co." was shut down for good on Friday January 1,1965.

Prior to the cancellation of "The Merry Mailman"on WOR TV Ch.9, Ray Heatherton hosted a daily cartoon program on Ch.9 during the 1956 tv season. The Cartoon Parade was seen weekday evenings on the station. Unlike his children's wraparound format..Heatherton mc'd this series alone and as himself. Although..he did occassionall play other characters EG's"The Great Raymondo"(A bumbling magician) and"The It"(An invisible creature..who took great delight in play pranks on Heatherton and his guests on the show).

The series was not doing very well however due to the forgetable content of the old movie cartoons that were presented to the young viewers and Heatherton was uncomfortable working solo and without his famous letter carrier character. On Monday April 9,1956..Heatherton donned his "Merry Mailman's" uniform again and mc'd "The Cartoon Parade" weekday evenings..until Friday June 26,1956. "The Cartoon Parade" was moved to a weekday afternoon timeslot..despite his appearances as"The Merry Mailman" the show was not a hit and "The Cartoon Parade's" march was finally haulted on Friday September 14.,1956.

On Monday April 1,1963..Educator and entertainer:Paul Tripp hosted his last children's educational tv series "Birthday House". Seen weekday mornings on WNBC TV Ch.4 in NYC and in national syndication..the series was set against the backdrop of an enchanted cottage in the woods. Where Tripp,his wife actress/singer and educatior Ruth and their asistants:Kay Lande, Jan Lara, Musical Director, Ray Carter and puppetter, Tom Tichenor would engage a studio audience of kids in games, songs, stories, craftmaking, hobbies, educational segments, puppet skits and interviews with guest performers and personalities. While celebrating the birthdays of a boy and/or girl. Along with manipulating and voicing his own puppet creations..Mr.Tichenor would also appear as"Strawtop the silent scarecrow doll". The show was a hit and it received accolades from parents,educators and a special citation from The NYC Emmys in 1964. "Birthday House" remained on the air..until the station execs at WNBC TV closed it down on Friday September 8, 1967.

On Saturday morning November 28,1987 WNYW TV Ch.5 (Formerley WABD and later WNEW TV) created and produced the first fun kids tv show in years. "The DJ Kat Show" featured the misadventures of a wisecracking alley cat puppet and his put upon comedy assistant. Set against the backdrop of a makeshift clubhouse inside of the basement of an inner city apartment builiding. The show format's consisted of "DJ" and Elizabeth Rose reading viewers' mail and introducing reruns of The MGM Harmon/Issling and Fred (Tex) Avery movie cartoons. And having to deal with the situations created by the trouble making feline. The series would continue to be seen on Saturday mornings on Ch.5 until Saturday December 26,1987. "The DJ Kat Show" moved to a Sunday morning timeslot..beginning on January 3,1988. Puppeteer Jim Martin controlled the antics of "DJ"..until both his and Elizabeth Rose left the series following The December 26, 1987 broadcast. They were both succeeded by Entertainer/artist and songwriter Craig Marin and character actress Carmen De La Paz(Who played the role of Jennifer Davis). The cartoon reruns were dropped and the show focused on comedy skits and retained the segment of reading viewers' mail. "The DJ Kat Show"remained popular with NYC's young viewers..until it was dropped on Sunday December 24,1988.

The character returned(Minus Ms.De La Paz)and became the host/performer of a weekday afternoon show titled "The Fox Five Kids Club". "DJ"and "The Flexitoon Puppets" would perform comedy skits, read viewers mail and introduce cartoons.Some old favorite like"Woody Woodpecker" and"Dick Tracy" were part of the show's fomat. The Series also introduced screenings of a new animated series"The Super Mario Brothers Super Show" (Which featured the misadventures Of Mario and his brother Luigi, as they tried to foil the evil deeds of "King Cooper" and his "Cooper Troopers".The voices of the two hapless plumbers were played by "Capt.Lou"Albano and Danny Wells..who also appeared on camera as live characters to introduce the cartoon segements) "The Fox Five Kids Club"remained on the air..until the Ch.5 execs closed down the clubhouse on Friday March 15.,1991.

During the 1959 tv season..the station execs at WOR TV acquired the rights to old movie serials and aired them on daily children's program titled "King Of Adventure".Which debuted on Monday evening September 14,1959. Radio/tv broadcaster:Joe King would host the show as a soldier of fortune..as he engage his viewers in games,craftmaking,hobbies,stories,informational segments and interviews with guest performers and personalities inbetween the reruns of the films. The show was not a hit and it was soon cancelled on Friday November 13,1959.

Mr.King would return to The NYC airways..when he began hosting reruns of "The Wild Bill Hickcock" TV Show. Again seen weekday evenings on WOR TV beginning on Monday January 4,1960..King worked against the backdrop of a US Marshall's office as he entertained and informed his viewers ..in between the reruns of "The Wild Bill Hickcock" TV Shows that starred: Guy Madison and Andy Devine. This series also failed to catch on the kids and it was cancelled on Friday July 8,1960.

.."The Captain Solomon C.Whiskers Show" ..The series was actually titled "The Popeye Theater". Mr.Agruss' "Capt.C. Whiskers would entertain and inform his viewers and studio audiences on "The Popeye Theater"on WNHC TV Ch.8 in Hartford,Ct. viewing area Weekday evenings and afternoons from Monday April 1,1957..until,1961 Mr.Agruss would leave "The Popeye Theater"and Ch.8 in Hartford,Ct. and move to the west coast to host other kids tv shows. Another local broadcaster and actor Mr.Guy Alywred would replaced him as the second and last host/performer of the program. Mr.Alywred would mc the show as"Admiral Jack"..weekday evenings and afternoons ..beginning around 1961 and during Mr.Alywred's ("Admiral Jack's")tenure..the series title was changed to "The Admiral Jack Show" on Monday October 1,1962. Mr.Alywred's "Admiral Jack"would continue to entertain and inform his viewers and studio audiences inbetween the reruns of"The Popeye"cartoons on"The Admiral Jack Show"..until the series finally went off the air on Friday September 3,1965.

Long before he played"Tommy Seven The Clown" on WABC TV Ch.7 NYC's "Tomm Seven Show" Mr.Bakey had played a sad face clown character on two local Baltamore, Md. Children's tv programs: "Pop Pop & Popeye" and "Pop Pop & The Three Stooges". WJZ(Formerly WAAM TV) Ch.13 had just gone on the air..and one of their local kids tv hosts "Mr.Poplolly" (Royal Parker) was leaving to try and host another kids tv show at another station. The show never came to fruition and he tried to revive "The Mr.Poplolly"character at the other tv station. The execs at WJZ TV forbid him to do this..since "Mr.Poplolly" was legally owned by WJZ TV..Mr.Parker couldn't revive the character..but he did use the oversized doorman's coat and his squeaking nose to help his friend Entertainer Ed Bakey.. who was out of work at the time to create and become a new kids tv character. Sporting the coat,the squeaking nose,some clown make up and a beat up fedora hat..he played a sad face fellow ..who sold treats to the kids in the city via his pushcart. Taking on the name of "Pop Pop"..he would entertain and inform his viewers with games,songs.stories,comedy skits, craftmaking,hobbies,informational segments and interviews with guest performers and personalities inbetween the reruns of "The Popeye"movie cartoons and "Three Stooges" films on two daily children's programs"Pop Pop & Popeye" and"Pop Pop & The Three Stooges"..which were seen weekday evenings on WJZ TV.

Mr.Bakey continued to entertain and inform his young customers on his daily shows from 1957 to the fall of 1960. When he recieved an offer to come to NYC and do another kids tv show for WABC TV Ch.7 during the weekday evenings hours. He accepted the offer moved his and their daughter to NYC and on Monday September 12,1960. "The Tommy Seven Show" debuted on WABC TV.

Television Author and Historian -

Kevin S.Butler.