If you watched Lunch with Casey at noon, you knew that Mel Jass’s Mattinee Movie would follow at 1. Mel would introduce whatever movie was coming up, and more importantly, he would promote local businesses, such as 10,000 Auto Parts, or Uncle John’s Pancake House. I vividly recall watching some movies that are burned into […]
February 1953 Clellan rejoins WCCO Radio, and he soon begins as the host of Pop the Question, Card’s Corral, and Spinner Sanctum. This time around, however, he only hosts Spinner Sanctum on Saturday nights. 4 April 1953 Clellan begins as the announcer of the Whoopee John Polka Party on WCCO Radio every Saturday night from […]
Today we look back on one of the first kids show hosts in the Twin Cities. Toby Prin was a popular performer on radio, and later TV from the 1930’s until the late 1950’s. One of the earliest kids shows in the Twin Cities was Toby’s Talent Hunt (also known as Uncle Toby’s Tune Time), […]
Most of us fondly remember Horror Incorporated on Channel 5, which started in 1969. However, the classic monster movies first appeared in the Twin Cities back in 1958. Shock Theater started on February 1, 1958 with the original 1931 Frankenstein starring Boris Karloff. Shock Theater was a collection of 52 Universal Horror movies packaged for […]
In the mid-1950s, Clellan Card appeared as Olaf the Janitor on the WCCO-TV program The Mel Jass Show to provide comedy relief.
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 […]
Starting in 1956, the Popeye cartoon series were sold to local television stations around the country and most every market had a Popeye program hosted by a local TV personality. Los Angeles had Skipper Tom Hatten and Miami had Skipper Chuck Zink. New York had Captain Ray Heatherton and Detroit had Captain Jolly. The Officer […]