1 9 5 7 – 1 9 6 5 (USA) 30 minute episodes This 30-minute children’s puppet show premiered on 22 April 1957 and was broadcast each weekday on WBKB-Channel 7 in Chicago. The main character was Geraldine the giraffe. Other regular characters included Pearl the Squirrel, Virgil the Vulture, Pierpont Crocodile, and Helen Hippo, who [...] The post Here’s Geraldine first appeared on Nostalgia Central ..read more

1 9 5 7 – 1 9 6 1 (USA) 60 minute episodes Chicago’s WBKB Channel 7 produced this daily show – created, produced and written by ventriloquist Terry Bennett – aimed at preschool children. Everything was upside down at Jobblewocky Place – the doors, the tables, the window . . . A living puppet named [...] The post Jobblewocky Place first appeared on Nostalgia Central ..read more

1 9 5 2 – 1 9 7 6 (USA) This Chicago-based show starred a puppet called Garfield Goose – the egocentric self-proclaimed “King of the United States” – and moonfaced host Frazier Thomas – who often referred to himself on air as “big, fat, friendly Frazier” – who served as Garfield’s “Prime Minister” and translated [...] The post Garfield Goose and Friends first appeared on Nostalgia Central ..read more

1 9 5 2 – 1 9 5 6 (USA) “Two Ton Baker” (Dick Baker) starred as one of The Happy Pirates in this early children’s series from WBKB Chicago, which aired at noon on weekdays, debuting on 29 December 1952. The show featured Baker singing and playing the piano (accompanied by “Bubbles” – a porpoise glove puppet [...] The post Happy Pirates, The first appeared on Nostalgia Central ..read more

1 9 5 7 (USA) 100 x 5 minute episodes From their earth headquarters on Zero Zero Island in the Atlantic Ocean, Colonel Bleep (from the planet Futura), Scratch (a Stone Age caveman), and Squeak (a cowboy hat-wearing puppet) battled intergalactic bad guys such as hooded archvillain Doctor Destructo (the master criminal of the universe), [...] The post Colonel Bleep first appeared on Nostalgia Central ..read more

1 9 5 7 – 1 9 5 9 (USA) 39 x 30 minute episodes Drawing on his experience as a real-life reporter (for the New York Daily Mirror where he covered the police beat), Walter Winchell was the host, storyteller and actor on this ABC TV series seen Wednesday evenings at 9.00 pm. Produced by [...] The post Walter Winchell File, The first appeared on Nostalgia Central ..read more

1 9 9 3 – 1 9 9 6 (USA) 39 x 30 minute episodes Wellsville, USA, is a peaceful suburban town inhabited by characters who are a bit eccentric, such as the main characters – two red-headed brothers who are both named Pete by their parents, Don and Joyce Wrigley. The older Pete has [...] The post Adventures of Pete & Pete, The first appeared on Nostalgia Central ..read more

1 9 4 8 – 1 9 5 2 (USA) 15 minute episodes Debuting in September 1948, this early children’s TV show from WENR-Channel 7 in Chicago – based on an annual window display at Marshall Field’s – starred Johnny Coons as the voice of Uncle Mistletoe and Jennifer Holt (daughter of cowboy movie star [...] The post Uncle Mistletoe first appeared on Nostalgia Central ..read more

1 9 5 0 – 1 9 5 1 (USA) 15 minute episodes Panhandle Pete (voiced by Johnny Coons) was a cowboy storyteller (who had a talking burro named George) whose yarns were illustrated by Bill Newton as he related them to young Chickamoochie County rancher housewife Jennifer Holt (daughter of cowboy star Jack Holt) [...] The post Panhandle Pete and Jennifer first appeared on Nostalgia Central ..read more

1 9 5 1 – 1 9 5 2 (USA) 15 minute episodes This early puppet series presented the adventures of an orphaned hobo boy named Patches (voiced by Don Messick). Patches lived a dull and colourless life in the orphanage but escaped his surroundings by using his own fantastic imagination, accompanied by his imaginary friend, [...] The post Adventures of Patches, The first appeared on Nostalgia Central ..read more