I grew up
in the DC area and was there from 1948 to 1967. I'm 56 years old
and living in Sacramento, California. I went to Thomas Edison
High in Alexandria, Virginia.
I graduated
in 1967 from Edison. Two years ago, we celebrated our 35th
reunion in Tyson's Corner, Virginia. Well, the topic of
conversation was the Pick Temple show. Many of us including
myself appeared on the show, I even won a price shooting a dart gun or
arrow, can't remember which it was now. But I remember the prize,
it was a cake!
I guess my
question is, do any tapes remain, is it possible to get a video of any
of the shows? I must
have been on the show in the late 50's, that would have made me about
10 years old, does that sound right?
George
Costenbader
Kap replies:
"Sadly, I'm not aware of any of the thousands of programs that Pick
Temple hosted that were preserved. Almost all of them were performed
live."
Sun, 14 Nov
2004
Dick
Mansfield lived in Cheverly, Maryland. What I remember about him
most is that he would visit elementary schools in Prince George County,
MD and give talks about traffic safety. Dick always dressed in
the uniform of an officer on the Metropolitan Police Dept., located in
Wash., D. C. While he spoke he would draw examples to show us
children what he was talking about. Before ending his talk Dick
would recruit all of the children to become "Safety Cavaliers" and we
would sing a song "We're all Safety Cavaliers, we use our eyes and
ears......". Each child would receive a "Safety Cavalier"
button(s) to wear on outer garment. I remember his show, on local
TV station WTTG in Washington, D. C., as being very similar to his
presentations he made at schools.
Jim McVay
Wed, 3 Nov
2004
Love your webpage! My name is Gene Crowell and I was born in Prince
George's County, Maryland in 1969. I was fortunate enough to live in an
area that received BOTH Washington, DC and Baltimore stations. So I
grew up on two very creative and wonderful TV personalities; Dick Dyszel of Captain 20 & Creature Feature on WDCA TV-20 and
George Lewis of Captain
Chesapeake & Ghost Host on WBFF TV-45.
I am a collector on these shows and am in desperate search for
mementos, collectibles, handouts, photos... ANYTHING related to the
shows listed above. If you have something, even if it's not for sale,
please contact me, I would LOVE to see what survived. You can email me
at gcrow564@aol.com
Gene Crowell
Laurel, MD
Sun,
24 Oct 2004
Please help settle a family dispute. I remember watching "Miss
Nancy" on Romper
Room out of DC during the late 50s or in the 60s. My sister
swears that I'm wrong. If I am right - is it possible to know
whatever happened to "Miss Nancy"? I'd love to write to her to
thank her for my best television memories.
Barbara Seale
Kap responds: "I think both
sisters may be correct!During the late
'50s and into the mid-'60s, the Romper Room
program on DC's Channel-5 featured "Miss Connie
Bohlin" who is profiled HERE. However, the
co-founder of Romper Room worldwide (with her husband Bert) was Nancy Claster.
She hosted the Baltimore
version of Romper Room from its inception in 1953 until 1963 under
the stage name of "Miss Nancy Rogers". Sadly, Miss Nancy
passed-away peacefully in 1997. It is very, very
likely that you remember watching the Baltimore show... while your
sister remembers watching the DC show."
Thu,
21 Oct 2004
Don't forget one of Bill Gormly's
many characters, the politically incorrect "Luigi Spumoni ". Bill
Gormly was, in my opinion just as clever, if not more so, than Soupy
Sales. He did not get the exposure that he deserved. He certainly kept
me off the streets in the mid-sixties during after school hours and I
am the better for it. Wasn't part of his program "Rocky &
Bullwinkle"???
What about "Captain Nine" ??? I think he was played
by Bob Dalton on WTOP-TV.
Keep up the good work...............
John Gleason
Tue,
19 Oct 2004
It was my roommate, born in 1929, who passed away this past February.
She had a record
album of Pick Temple's called The
Pick of the Crop. It does not appear to be in her collection of
old record albums anymore and this was the only place I could find it.
I hadn't even recalled the artist's name, only that I enjoyed the
album. The last song, The Sinking of
the Titanic, was one I learned at summer camp. I scrolled
through all the recollections to see if anyone had asked if any copies
of the record still existed, and where. I have no recollections of the
show itself, but one recollection brought to mind one of my favorites
-- Diver Dan.
Nancy Sherburne
Sat, 16 Oct 2004
Did your web site bring back a lot of memories! I grew up in Falls
Church in the 1960s and remembered practically everything on the site.
Some things I had forgotten but the page brought them right back. To
hear Capt. Tugg
again was amazing! And, I might add, my brother, my sister and I were
all guests on the Bill
Johnson Show because we had had a Carnival for MD and raised over
$300. It is a memory I will never forget. Mr. Johnson was such a nice
man. I also went to the opening of Koons Ford you mentioned and saw Capt. Tugg in
person. Thanks for the fun time at the site.
Dave Pruiksma
Thu, 30
Sep 2004
As a young boy growing up in Chillum, MD, my mother twice took me down
to the Jackson Weaver TV program, "Just For Fun". On both
occasions I was picked from the TV audience to participate in a program
contest. As I recall, one was a Jackson Weaver version of musical
chairs. All participants had to balance a book on their head
while playing the game. I lost. The next time, Mr. Weaver
picked me and another boy to play a game involving paper plates.
Again I lost. Jackson often gave the losers a booby prize so to
speak. The winning boy got an archery set and I got a "Tonette"
(little girls' home permanent). The whole audience got a big
laugh at my expense, except for one. My mother went back stage
after the show and balled out Mr. Weaver for embarrassing
me. He apologized and gave me an archery set too!
Those were the good old days. Today, Mom & I would have been
tossed out by security!
Ken Marton
Thu, 30 Sep 2004
Do you remember WDCA-TV 20's "Wing Ding" show? It was a local American
bandstand that featured regular dancers and local bands performing
live.
Those dance shows were pretty popular. In fact, my band (all teenagers)
played on Wing Ding 3 times. I remember coming home after the show...
and having all the kids in my neighborhood being excited. As a teenager
it was a thrill.
Sorry to hear the tapes were reused but I can understand the necessity.
Ralph Rillon
Tue, 28
Sep 2004
I was just telling my grandchildren the other day about my appearance
on the Ranger Hal Show.....
it would have been sometime around 1959, and I had won 7th place in a
contest for "Top Pop", having written an essay about my father. I
have
a couple photos taken there, but I wondered, does anyone have tapes of
the shows, and is there any way to get a copy of one??
a devoted fan,
Sandie
Wed, 22 Sep 2004 I seem to
remember one of the sponsors of Countdown Carnival
was Burger
Chef. There would appear a little hamburger puppet named "Burgie" and
Bill as one of his characters would say the line, "Burgie says, 'People
on the go go Burger Chef'" then a commercial would follow. And when the
show returned the host would be eating a hamburger. This may also have
been one of the sponsors of Cap'n Tugg. I
forget which.
Michael Brown
Mon, 20 Sep 2004
I go downstairs to my office to get some serious work done, I take a
break and I start surfing the web to see what kind of goofy webs site
there are and "bingo", I hit the motherlode.
It’s like going back in time. It’s unbelievable! I’m 52 years old,
going on 8, after checking out your site. It’s great!
Is there any old footage of the old shows? What about Captain Kangaroo
and the cartoon Tom Terrific. Remember Crabby Appleton, rotten to the
core. I forgot all about Pete and His Pals. Is there a web-site I can
go to to see old footage of cartoons like Tom Terrific? I’ve been told
by Tom Wolfe you can’t go home again but what the hell. Great site.
Can’t wait to tell my wife.
I was looking over Sam
and Friends and believe it or not I still have the Wilkins Coffee
puppets that my Mom got for me. It was a special promotion that Wilkins
Coffee had, I forgot what you had to do to get it but you had to mail
in something of a proof of purchase and so much money. Anyway, I still
got them. They’re in pretty good shape.
Marc Brady
Wed, 1 Sep 2004
I was on the Pick
Temple show about 1958. I was so young, 5 years or so that I
didn't know that Pick was talking about me, the little red haired girl
with the ribbon in her hair, to ride Piccolo. The kids next to me
on the hay bales said "That’s you, get going." I remember turning the
stud on the saddle to start the music. That is my most wonderful
childhood memory. Thank you for the website. I would love
to have a picture of that day but I know it would be almost impossible
to do.
We lived in Laurel, Maryland so it must have been on Channel 5.
My name was Debbie Munson. My younger sister was the one to go on the
show, Annette Munson, but was too scared, so I went. My parents
are both gone and we have no pictures. Thanks again for making my
heart soar by seeing the old photos even if I am not in them.
Debbie, still riding Piccolo.
Tue, 31 Aug
2004
I was just
surfing the Internet, and for some unknown reason, I decided to type "Dick Dyzsel" in
the Search engine. Your Site appeared, I had to see what is was
about. Growing up in the DC area in the 60's and 70's, Captain 20 was a
part of every kids life. I was looking at shows that aired during
that time, and I saw the "Magic Door". I remember that because
there was a Puppet called "Jellybean" (J.B. for short) Those are my
initials.. so all the kids would call me Jellybean. We would also
get reception from Baltimore.. So, I'd watch Captain Chesapeake
and Moany the
Seamonster.
