Barbara Olson appeared on Romper Room with Betty Douglass, who passed away last week. She shared this photo of herself driving the milk truck on the show. Miss Betty can be seen in the background. Barbara shared these memories: Miss Betty was my teacher when I was on Romper Room; I think it was 1966 […]
Mary Betty Douglass passed away on November 3, 2013, at the age of 87. She was known to Minnesota children as Miss Betty on television’s Romper Room on WTCN, channel 11, and later KMSP, channel 9. Throughout the 1960’s, she taught kids to “do be a Do-Bee and don’t be a Don’t-Bee.” She […]
Romper Room was developed by Bert and Nancy Claster in Baltimore in 1953 and distributed nationally as a franchise. Each broadcast market around the country had it’s own locally produced version of the show. The program endured into the mid-90’s. Each local TV show shared several common elements. Children were encouraged to be “Do-Bee’s” and […]
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 […]