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"Pete
and His Pals"
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Aired
on WMAL-TV 7
July
1957 to April 1962
(July
1957 to 9/12/57)
6:00
- 6:30PM, Thursdays |
(9/16/57
to 11/1/57)
12:00
N - 1:00PM, Mon to Fri
6:00
- 6:30PM, Thursdays |
(11/1/57
to 10/10/58)
12:00N
- 1:00PM, Mon to Fri |
(10/13/58
to 7/9/59)
8:00
- 9:30AM, Mon to Fri |
(7/12/59
to 5/12/61)
8:00
- 9:00AM, Mon to Fri |
(5/13/61
to 9/2/61)
8:00
- 9:00AM, Mon to Fri
10:00
- 11:00AM, Saturdays |
(9/9/61
to 12/23/61)
10:00
- 11:00AM, Saturdays |
(12/30/61
to 1/13/62)
10:00
- 11:30AM, Saturdays |
(1/20/62
to 4/28/62)
10:00
- 11:00AM, Saturdays |
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Ad
From The Evening Star, Monday 9/16/1957,
Premiere
of "Pete and His Pals" at 12 Noon.
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Host:
Pete
Jamerson as "Pete" (in the top photo, wearing straw hat and
striped
coat, greeting Michael Ansara of ABC-TV's "Broken Arrow").
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Broadcast
live from WMAL-TV Connecticut
Avenue/Van Ness studios
with
puppet adventures and cartoons.
Pete
Jamerson on the set of "Pete & His Pals", (not "Pete's Place" as captioned).
(From
a 1958 article in Marriott Corporation's "Hot Sauce" Magazine)
(Donated by Ralph Bull)
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Pete
Jamerson had done the "Pete's
Place" program and other air work,
(like
"Peter Jamerson's Matinee For You", on weekdays,
1:30
to 2:30PM, in 1954), at competitor WTTG-TV
5 until Spring 1957.
Later
he did a different show for TV-7 titled "P.J.'s
Club".
At one
time he worked for WMAL-TV 7
News and as a staff announcer.
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Pete
Jamerson at Glen Echo
(Courtesy
Richard
Cook of The Glen Echoes)
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Mark
Wright writes:
"I
have vague recollections of 'Pete & His Pals', and some more concrete
ones, such as the time my mother and I were having lunch at the drug store
soda fountain downstairs in the same building that housed the WMAL-TV Connecticut
Avenue studios. My eyes popped out of my head, because there sitting down
the counter from us was Pete in that red and white striped coat. I was
too shy to go up and say hello, but I remember that moment like it was
yesterday."
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"As
for the other strong memory... the theme song was what I believe
to be
called 'Orpheus in a Jam', also known as the Can-Can song."
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Pete
Jamerson at Glen Echo
(Courtesy
Richard
Cook of The Glen Echoes)
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In
1977, Trisha Katson spoke to Pete Jamerson for an article titled "Whatever
Happened To Those Kiddie Show Hosts?". She wrote that Jamerson provided
live, ad-lib voices for over a dozen "Pete & His Pals" puppets, (co-produced
with director Charlie Stopack). Jamerson told Katson;
"It
was a very off-the-cuff, relaxed sort of approach."
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NPR's Alex Chadwick
(Photo: Antony Nagelmann)
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Pete produced and directed musicals
in Fairfax
Co. with local high school kids for "S.T.A.G.E., Inc.".
Karen
Callen shares: "I was in those S.T.A.G.E.
shows Pete spearheaded in the late '60s. The acronym stood for "Summer
Theatre And Good Entertainment." Pete and his wife, Cornelia, were
great
to all of us kids. I dated his stepson, then known as Sandy Jamerson.
Sandy's legal name is Alexander Chadwick, better known now as Alex Chadwick
of NPR and National Geographic."
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After
leaving Channel 7, for many years Jamerson hosted
a morning
program at classical WGMS 103.5 FM/570 AM radio.
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Pete
Jamerson in the Mid'70s at WGMS Radio
From
an ad in Washingtonian Magazine
March
1977 Issue (right)
(Images
Donated by Dave Statter)
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Scott
Wykoff wrote in the DCRTV Mailbag:
"My
first job in radio was with Pete at WMER (1440) in Portland, Maine. Pete
hosted a morning information show on the talk and business station. Pete
retired to Maine but still had the radio bug and worked at the station
for several years. He also had a love for the water and enjoyed spending
time on his boat in Casco Bay. I was sad to hear a few years ago that Pete
had passed away. He was a good friend and a true gentleman.
"
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| Sources:
"Whatever Happened To Those Kiddie Show Hosts?" by Trisha Katson, 1977,
George Mason Univ.'s Phoebe Magazine, (provided by John Ahmad & Jack
Maier). Basic data by "John" 3/14/00 and Scott Wykoff, 3/16/00 in
DCRTV Mailbag. Thanks also to Mark Wright. WGMS ad (Washingtonian Magazine)
and photo of Pete with headphones provided by Dave Statter. Glen Echo photos
courtesy Richard
Cook of The
Glen Echoes. Marriott photo donated by
Ralph Bull. Link to TheSpaceExplorers.com by Chuck Stoltz. Airtimes confirmed from TV listings in the Washington Post
and Evening Star newspapers. |
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