The Pavek Museum of Broadcasting has shared this feature on Miss Betty Douglass from TV’s Romper Room. MARY “MISS BETTY” DOUGLASS & ROMPER ROOM from Pavek Museum on Vimeo.
Romper Room’s Miss Betty
Category: Video Clips
Axel in the 1964 Aquatennial Parade
Here is a very rare home movie from 1964 of the Minneapolis Aquatennial Parade. At about the 6:30 mark there are a few seconds featuring WCCO’s Axel.
Captain McCool and The Return of Willie Ketchum
Back in 2000, Tony Ducklow hosted his own kid’s show in Minneapolis called Captain McCool and Friends. The show was broadcast on several community access channels in the Twin Cities. Tony grew up watching Casey Jones and Clancy and Willie, and the Captain McCool show was an homage to those earlier programs. In 2001, Allan […]
J.P. Patches clips
Here’s a few clips of Chris Wedes as J.P. Patches from broadcasts in Seattle, WA. Chris first portrayed J.P. Patches on WTCN in 1955, before moving to the West Coast in 1958.
Casey Jones and TNTatters TV Commerical
I posted this on the Lunch With Casey site last week: Every so often you run into something really cool. Here is an old TV commercial featuring Roger Awsumb as Casey Jones and Daryl Laub as T.N.Tatters. This dates to 1983 Daryl Laub played Skipper Daryl and J.P. Patches on WTCN from 1954-55 where he […]
Captain Daryl and T.N.Tatters clips
Here are a couple rare kinescope clips of from the Captain Daryl on Cartoon Island and T.N.Tatters Circus Sideshow. These clips are believed to date from November 1956.
Clancy and Willie – Good Morning
Here’s a clip from the last week of the Clancy and Willie show. I’m not sure who posted this, but it’s a great clip!