Dave Lee and his puppet creations were popular features on Twin Cities television in the late 1950’s though the late 1960’s, hosting programs on KMSP and WTCN. His most popular creations included Pete the Penguin and Omar the Alligator. David Gamble Lee began his broadcast career in 1944, as a summer announcer at WRJN […]
The Dave Lee show featured an in studio audience of children, and each child would be given a “grab bag” featuring the various products from the shows sponsors such as Bonimo’s Turkish Taffy or TV Digest magazine. Each day, one lucky child would be the featured “announcer” and that person would pull the products out […]
I was in southern California recently and stopped in to visit Dave Lee. He wanted me to pass along a greetings to all the visitors to the Casey and Minnesota Kid Vid websites. Dave just had his 86th birthday and is enjoying his retirement. He spends time with his children and watching classic movies on […]
TV Junior was a TV Guide for young baby boomers published during the late 1950s. The monthly magazine carried articles about network programs such as Howdy Doody and Dennis the Menace, as well as activity pages that were often tied to local kidvid personalities. This must have required many different editions of the mag […]