"The
Little Rascals"
(Donated
by Jack Maier)
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Aired
on WMAL-TV 7
Mondays
through Fridays
6:00
to 6:30PM
(8/24/59
to 3/10/61)
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Host:
Jackson
Weaver as "Uncle Flapjack" in a loud plaid jacket
with
a topless straw hat and a carnival barker's cane.
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Broadcast
live from WMAL-TV 7 Connecticut
Ave./Van Ness studios
with
Hal Roach "Little Rascals (Our Gang)" short subjects.
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Jackson
Weaver was the first voice of the "Smokey (The) Bear"
U.S.
Forest Service fire safety mascot.
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Advertisement
from the 1963 AFTRA Directory.
(Donated
by Skip McCloskey)
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From
1960 until Jackson Weaver's
death,
Weaver and Frank Harden
teamed
for the hugely-popular
"Harden
and Weaver" morning
radio
show on WMAL-AM 630.
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Prior
to hosting "The Little Rascals", Weaver was "Quiji The Clown"
(pronounced
"WeeGee") in a full clown costume and make-up. He also did
a 1953
show "Seeing Double" and countless other duties for Channel 7.
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Jackson
Weaver died in 1992 at the age of 72
from
heart and kidney failure.
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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). Airtimes from TV grids in the Evening Star and Washington Post.
"Harden and Weaver" ad from the 1963 AFTRA Directory donated by Skip McCloskey. |
