OK, DC/B-more early 1970s-era kids: looking for some help remembering a TV program :)
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mhardy6647
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So -- I get a little obsessive sometimes 
Right now, I am (w)racking my brain* trying to remember the name of an early 1970s local (DC) "children's" television program.
This program originated (I am pretty sure) from WTOP (TV channel 9) in Washington DC. It was aimed at older children (young adolescents) and aired at about noontime on Saturday (i.e., right after the classic network kids TV cartoon programs of the era).
It was hosted by two young males, one white, one black. The white guy might have been named Danny(?) -- or maybe Doug (??). The black guy might have occasionally also done some very low-key shtick with a ventriloquist's dummy(???).
It was extremely low-key, sort of a gentle program (as I remember it), sort of a latter-day hippie vibe. It was also at least a little bit campy: every week, the show ran an episode of the ancient (even then!) Flash Gordon movie serial. Ming the Merciless, baby!
One other, very salient memory: Popular music of the day, I think, featured large in the program. I remember vividly one segment on one program that featured the white guy painstakingly applying makeup, transforming himself from a young man to an old man as
Neil Young's Old Man played on the soundtrack.
That would put the timeframe as sometime in 1972.
I don't think the program was on for very long.
Any of all y'all who are on the order of my age (i.e., freaking old) and who grew up in DC or Baltimore remember the program?
The name of the show would be awesome to know (since I cannot remember and Google and Youtube, so far, have let me down)!
Thanks for your consideration!!!
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* https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/rack-vs-wrack
Right now, I am (w)racking my brain* trying to remember the name of an early 1970s local (DC) "children's" television program.
This program originated (I am pretty sure) from WTOP (TV channel 9) in Washington DC. It was aimed at older children (young adolescents) and aired at about noontime on Saturday (i.e., right after the classic network kids TV cartoon programs of the era).
It was hosted by two young males, one white, one black. The white guy might have been named Danny(?) -- or maybe Doug (??). The black guy might have occasionally also done some very low-key shtick with a ventriloquist's dummy(???).
It was extremely low-key, sort of a gentle program (as I remember it), sort of a latter-day hippie vibe. It was also at least a little bit campy: every week, the show ran an episode of the ancient (even then!) Flash Gordon movie serial. Ming the Merciless, baby!
One other, very salient memory: Popular music of the day, I think, featured large in the program. I remember vividly one segment on one program that featured the white guy painstakingly applying makeup, transforming himself from a young man to an old man as
Neil Young's Old Man played on the soundtrack.
That would put the timeframe as sometime in 1972.
I don't think the program was on for very long.
Any of all y'all who are on the order of my age (i.e., freaking old) and who grew up in DC or Baltimore remember the program?
The name of the show would be awesome to know (since I cannot remember and Google and Youtube, so far, have let me down)!
Thanks for your consideration!!!
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* https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/rack-vs-wrack
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Is it any of these?
Washington
WWRC/WRC-TV, later WDCA: Bozo the Clown (with Willard Scott, Dick Dyszel)
WDCA: Captain 20 (with John Kallimonis, Tony Alexis, Dick Dyszel)
WTTG: Captain Tugg
WTTG: Cindy Lou's Ranch (hosted by Cindy Dahl)
WJLA/WMAL: Claire and Co Co (hosted by Claire Kress)
WTTG: Countdown Carnival (with Bill Gormly)
WWRC/WRC-TV: Cousin Cupcake (with Bob Porter)
WTTG: Grandpa's Place (with Lee Reynolds)
WTTG: Hoppity Skippity (with Jules Huber and Gordon Williamson)
WDCA: Kids' Break (with Howard Huge)
WJLA/WMAL: Pete and His Pals (hosted by Pete Jamerson)
WTTG: Pick Temple (with Bob Dalton)
WUSA (TV)/WTOP-TV: Ranger Hal (played by Hal Shaw)
Romper Room ("Miss Lynn", "Miss Jan", "Miss Barbara", "Miss Sally", "Miss Connie", "Miss Anne")
WWRC/WRC-TV: Sam and Friends (with Jim Henson)
WTTG: Time for Science (with Darrell Drummond)
WDCA: WOW (with Dick Dyszel)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_local_children's_television_series_(United_States)afterburnt wrote: »They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.
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Is this it? This YouTube clip doesn't say the name of the show, but I am getting close.
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It's at 06:24 of this clip. There are a few stills shown.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78CytFS_XS4 -
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Is it any of these?
Washington
WWRC/WRC-TV, later WDCA: Bozo the Clown (with Willard Scott, Dick Dyszel)
WDCA: Captain 20 (with John Kallimonis, Tony Alexis, Dick Dyszel)
WTTG: Captain Tugg
WTTG: Cindy Lou's Ranch (hosted by Cindy Dahl)
WJLA/WMAL: Claire and Co Co (hosted by Claire Kress)
WTTG: Countdown Carnival (with Bill Gormly)
WWRC/WRC-TV: Cousin Cupcake (with Bob Porter)
WTTG: Grandpa's Place (with Lee Reynolds)
WTTG: Hoppity Skippity (with Jules Huber and Gordon Williamson)
WDCA: Kids' Break (with Howard Huge)
WJLA/WMAL: Pete and His Pals (hosted by Pete Jamerson)
WTTG: Pick Temple (with Bob Dalton)
WUSA (TV)/WTOP-TV: Ranger Hal (played by Hal Shaw)
Romper Room ("Miss Lynn", "Miss Jan", "Miss Barbara", "Miss Sally", "Miss Connie", "Miss Anne")
WWRC/WRC-TV: Sam and Friends (with Jim Henson)
WTTG: Time for Science (with Darrell Drummond)
WDCA: WOW (with Dick Dyszel)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_local_children's_television_series_(United_States)
Naaah, I perused that list.
Some of those made me quite nostalgic, though (e.g., Ranger Hal, Captain Tugg and Captain Chesapeake)
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Thank you, thank you!Is this it? This YouTube clip doesn't say the name of the show, but I am getting close.
Boy howdy, it looks right!
Cover me -- I'm going in...
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Black host? check.
Ventriloquist dummy? check.
White guy hippie-esque host? check.
That's IT!
I can't believe they don't say the name of the $#*& show on that promo film?!?!!!!!https://youtu.be/78CytFS_XS4 -
Hippie-esque? I'm still rocking that hairdo!mhardy6647 wrote: »
White guy hippie-esque host? check.
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I KNOW!!!mhardy6647 wrote: »
Black host? check.
Ventriloquist dummy? check.
White guy hippie-esque host? check.
That's IT!
I can't believe they don't say the name of the $#*& show on that promo film?!?!!!!!
I tried doing a reverse image search from a few of the stills used in that video and got no results. -
The black guy might have been on the Mod Squad, if that helps....
EDIT*** scratch that idea, but I know I have seen him in other stuff. If we figure out who he is, IMDB will tell us the rest.The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
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Hippie-esque? I'm still rocking that hairdo!mhardy6647 wrote: »
White guy hippie-esque host? check.
Good for you -- it's 100% impossible for me at this point
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nooshinjohn wrote: »The black guy might have been on the Mod Squad, if that helps....
EDIT*** scratch that idea, but I know I have seen him in other stuff. If we figure out who he is, IMDB will tell us the rest.
Well, in that image, he looks like Greg Morris -- but it ain't Greg Morris.
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I don't know man... Jesse was still washing clothes on rocks at that time.
It is possible that the show was piped in from another location, thus making it harder to find.The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
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nooshinjohn wrote: »I don't know man... Jesse was still washing clothes on rocks at that time.
... or maybe hosting "innovative children's television programming" in DC at the time?
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Well, I've refined my Google searches to the point that I am getting results from this very thread.
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mhardy6647 wrote: »
I was too busy chasing skirt.Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
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Well, I've refined my Google searches to the point that I am getting results from this very thread.
is that what they call the "echo chamber"?mhardy6647 wrote: »
I was too busy chasing skirt.
good for you! Especially on Saturday mornings -- cheerleaders?
I was the nerd (imagine that). The fat nerd, come to think of it.
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Wasn't he on "Mission Impossible". ? I think Greg Morris too.
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The WTOP-TV9 show that mhardy6647 is remembering was "Sneakers" from 1976. The black co-host was Ernie Fields and his dummy's name was Cockroach. I'm looking up the name of the Caucasian co-host. The show featured skits by the Patchwork Puppets, most notably an open-ended series called, “Dynamite Scott: Air Ace.” Usually, each of these particular segments would end with a cliffhanger (which was never resolved). “Sneakers” also included a “Word for Today,” which featured a vocabulary word and its definitions, among other things.
The “Sneakers” theme music was an edited version of “Baroque & Blue,” from Claude Bolling’s Suite #1 for Flute & Jazz Piano (basically, among other parts, the 4/4 swing sections of the original were omitted from the “Sneakers” theme).
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