This photo appeared in TV Times, dated December 21, 1963. It was featured in an article called “Holiday Fare with Local Glare.” Christmas is especially for children — of all ages — and some shows are geared for the younger set. More than 100 children of employees of WTCN (11) will comprise the audience […]
Dave Lee produced a coloring book featuring many of his puppets. I’ve been looking for one of these for a while. Thanks to Sandy McManus for sending this along. I’ve done a couple quick photos to share here. I’m not sure when this was produced, but the price on the cover is 39 cents. The […]
Dave Lee is fondly remembered for Pete the Penguin and his many other puppets from his programs on WTCN and KMSP in the late 50’s and throughout the 60’s. But Dave Lee spent much of his early career in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he was an announcer and broadcast journalist. Here’s a photo of Dave […]
Here’s a very rare clip from The Dave Lee Show from Christmas 1969. It features Pete the Penguin and Fragrant the Skunk. Special thanks to Heather Lee. And one more clip from the show, featuring Omar the Alligator
Here is a look at the complete Kidsville Coloring Book from 1964.
The Kidsville 11 Club was a promotion from 1964 of the channel 11 program line up, and was sponsored by Southtown Shopping Center. The Mayor of Kidsville was Mayor Kidec. A special coloring book was given away in conjunction with the promotion. There was some sort of Kidsville office located at Southtown Shoping Center. You could […]
Radio TV Mirror was a national magazine published by the McFadden Group that had local inserts specific to the region where the magazine was sold. Broadcasters from Minneapolis were featured regularly in magazines distributed throughout the Midwest. Popeye ‘N’ Pete had debuted on WTCN in April 1961 and as documented in this article, it quickly […]
Here’s an advertisement for WTCN’s afternoon programming from TV Guide, Sept. 8 1962. Popeye and Pete was the title of Dave Lee’s show at the time. The Dick Tracy Show was an animated series produced in 1961-62. Mickey Mouse Club was reruns of the show produced from 1955-59. The Adventures of […]
Dave Lee was a storyteller, often making up amusing stories for the children watching, illustrating them live on his television program. His niece, Deb Rohrbach, fondly recalled these tales fr0m her childhood. She has vivid memories of visiting Dave Lee and his family in Minneapolis, as well as going to the television studio. According to […]
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 […]