Mel Jass was an early host of Popeye’s Clubhouse on WCCO in 1957. He is known to have hosted the program from April to August 1957 (and maybe earlier) before handing it over to Dale Woodley. Of course, today Mel Jass is best remembered as a TV pitchman and the host of Mel’s Matinee Movie for […]
This coloring page, from TV Junior, seems rather strange…
A Captain Dale Woodley “trading card” from about 1958.
Captain Bob White (Bob Montgomery) was the co-host of Popeye’s Clubhouse along with Captain Dale Woodley. Robert Leo Montgomery was born in 1928 and had a long career in broadcasting using the name Bob White. On WCCO radio, he was known as Big Bill Cash. He was a motivational speaker, and the moderator of The […]
In 1964, WCCO-TV issued a seven-inch record that featured Axel’s famous version of “The Night Before Christmas” on one side, and “Close Call for Santa” starring Clancy the Cop and Willie Ketchem on the other. Both sides were produced by Allan Lotsberg (Willie Ketchem), who also wrote the Clancy & Willie story. Clellan Card […]
Item from Northrup King Company Records, Minnesota Historical Society; photographed by Rebecca Pavlenko. The Night Before Christmas This is a transcription of Clellan Card’s 1938 parody of the famous poem, “The Night Before Christmas.” It’s likely that this was the first time that Clellan performed it publicly, and his recitation of it became an annual […]
The Night Before Christmas A Parody Done in Swedish Dialect by Clellan Card on the Northrup, King & Co’s. Christmas Program December 23, 1938 It vas de night before Xmas, ven all tru de place vere I vas staying Dere vasn’t nobody making no noise, not eefen som mouses except my brudder-in-law and he […]
This item is the earliest known piece of Clellan Card memorabilia, postmarked February 1937 just six months after his Almanac of the Air morning radio program began. In the photo, Clellan has what is probably a radio script in his left hand, while in his right he appears to be holding a small stuffed […]
A rare color shot of Axel and Tallulah, circa June 1955. Notice that set designer Bill Dietrichson painted the set almost entirely in grays, since the program was broadcast only in black and white. Another color photo of Axel and Tallulah, circa June 1955. Tallulah seems to have interrupted Axel when he was about to […]
This photo, taken October 8, 1954, offers a look at some of the people who usually stayed on the other side of the camera: (left to right) Don Stolz (Tallulah and Towser), Clellan Card (Axel), Henry Shepard (WCCO-TV technician), Bill Dietrichson (set designer), and Harry Jones (director). Another look at some of the people who […]