I am always looking for bits and pieces of Twin Cities television history. This pinback button popped up on ebay recently and I snagged it. Of course, we know Willie Ketchem was the sidekick for Clancy the Cop throughout the 1960s and well into the 1970’s. Willie Ketchem was portrayed by Allan Lotsberg on the […]
In 1990, KARE hosted a reunion of Twin Cities kids show hosts on their Between Friends show, broadcast on November 2, 1990. This vintage video comes to us from the wonderful people at TCMediaNow, who are working to preserve the broadcast history of Minneapolis/St. Paul television. Please visit their YouTube page to see a wonderful […]
These postcards were apparently given out at a special Easter event at Dayton’s department store. I don’t have details, but two cards refer to “Bunny Breakfast” and the third mentions “Bunny Parties.” I believe that is Mary Davies dressed as Bunny, along with Allan Lotsberg as The Magician. Of course, Allan also played Willie Ketchem […]
Shoppers’ City opened a new store in Columbia Heights in November of 1968. To celebrate, the store featured personal appearances by several local kids televison show hosts. Casey Jones was scheduled for November 19, followed by Wilie Ketch on the 20th. On November 21, Clancy the Cop appeared, and the week ended with Miss Betty […]
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 […]
Our friends over at TCMediaNow.com have a regular podcast called Flashback. The most recent podcast features WCCO’s Allan Lotsberg and Bud Kraehling. Alan talks about the early days of the Clancy and Willie show as well as creating Vivian Vulture on the program. Bud talks about working with Dave Moore and preparing the weather […]
I was visiting the Pavek Museum of Broadcasting in St. Louis Park, MN today and happened to run into Allan Lotsberg, better known to all of us as Willie Ketchem from Clancy and Willie.