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Early life. Bob Keeshan was born to Irish parents [3] in Lynbrook, New York. [4] After an early graduation in 1945 from Forest Hills High School in Queens, New York, during World War II, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Reserve, but was still in the United States when Japan surrendered. He attended Fordham University on the GI Bill.
September 24, 1960. (1960-09-24) Howdy Doody is an American children's television program (with circus and Western frontier themes) that was created and produced by Victor F. Campbell [1] and E. Roger Muir. [2] It was broadcast on the NBC television network in the United States from December 27, 1947, until September 24, 1960.
Release. October 3, 1955. (1955-10-03) –. December 8, 1984. (1984-12-08) Captain Kangaroo is an American children's television series that aired weekday mornings on the American television network CBS for 29 years, from 1955 to 1984, making it the longest-running nationally broadcast children's television program of its day. [2][3] In 1986 ...
Bob Uecker. Robert George Uecker (/ ˈjuːkər / YOO-kər; born January 26, 1934) is an American former professional baseball catcher who is the primary broadcaster for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Uecker signed with his hometown Milwaukee Braves in 1956, spending several years in the minor leagues with various ...
The Friendly Giant is a children's television program that aired on CBC Television from September 30, 1958, through to March 1985. It featured three main characters: a giant named Friendly (played by Bob Homme), who lived in a huge castle, along with his puppet animal friends Rusty (a rooster who played a harp, guitar, and accordion and lived in a book bag hung by the castle window), and ...
Schoolhouse Rock! is an American interstitial programming series of animated musical educational short films (and later, music videos) which aired during the Saturday morning children's programming block on the U.S. television network ABC. The themes covered included grammar, science, economics, history, mathematics, and civics.
Bob Balaban. Robert Elmer Balaban (born August 16, 1945) is an American actor, director, producer and writer. [1] Aside from his acting career, Balaban has directed three feature films, in addition to numerous television episodes and films, and was one of the producers nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for Gosford Park (2001), in ...
BBC. Known for. Tales of the Riverbank (1960) Animal Magic (1962–1983) Ernest John Morris OBE (20 June 1916 – 6 May 1999 [1]) was a Welsh television presenter. He was known for his children's programmes for the BBC on the topic of zoology, most notably Animal Magic, and for narrating the Tales of the Riverbank series of stories.