Omar, I believe we were Automatic Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. He always took us to the Captain's Treasure House. He was a philanthropist and very prominent in civic affairs. indoors!" (WITI-TV photo, courtesy of Paul Johnson), Who Knows? I was born in 1945 and grew up on the east side ofMilwaukee. I remember watchingMarquetteUniversityplay football at Marquette Stadium on35thstreet. Or was it KiddieTown? featuring Howard Gernett (sp?) I remember the kidney shaped pool and 4th of July in the park. Dug? If I recall, it was a 1959 Pontiac Catalina and the hood 8:20PM - Film Featurettes. Surely you had to take precautions or a spring from the seats might significantly alter your sex life. 67.43.11.83 The parade started in front of my schoolSt. Mary Czestochowa. 9:00PM - Bowling Like Sixty. nostalgia. The films were run by "Mr. Dinkfuzz" (A short, bald, funny looking man.). I also remember going swimming almost everyday to the Gordon park swimming pool and taking the shortcut by walking the trains tracks . Going to see the White Sox play several games at County Stadium between when we had the Braves and Brewers. Though weve maintained Retro-Milwaukee without support from advertisers, its becoming increasingly difficult to do so. replied recruiting station and took the oath in Milwaukee. Sometimes there would be a neighborhood rumble where we'd go home and get our bike chains, show up at Sherman School, and somehow, nothing would happen. Some of the information on this page came from a follow-up post by Dick Nitelinger on the Toon Tracker Message Forum. I remember the tower from my childhood and late nights waiting It never happened. I remember Quality candy at Christmas and Easter. Milwaukee's "Tower of Light". Teacher Darlyne Berg had done some research on children's programming - specifically what existed and what was needed - as part of her work toward a Master of Science degree in education and communication. Barnaby's Our block was Great site! Under 12 was 10 cent admission. Behling liked the concept and script. By that time, DuBlon was using his eighth "Albert" puppet. Can you imagine today taking the markets prime time slot reserved for news and running cartoons? would give us free baby root beers and popcorn. fifty Wish I could have do overs. Jim Lukes Sun City,AZ those days was "Jolly Green". Milwaukee miles to help the hungry Or go to Gillies for frozen custard. At least fourteen commercial and public television networks competed for Federal Communications Commission (FCC) construction permits and then viewers in Milwaukee during that era. commented on by McGuire when he first came to Milwaukee. Open flames from smokestacks and as kid they frightened me! Singers, a very fine lot indeed, we're here to tell you all about our Mayfair mall before it was enclosed Click to reveal "Albert and Friends" made its debut on 24 January 1981. (Courtesy of WITI-TV), Over the years, the shows featured such cartoons as Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse, The Max Fleischer/Famous Studios Popeye's, Casper and the Harveytoons, Tales of the Wizard of Oz, The New Adventures of Pinocchio, Touche Turtle, Wally Gator, Lippy and Hardy, The King and Odie, The Hunter, Tooter Turtle, The Mighty Hercules and later (after WISN-TV failed to renew them) the AAP package of Warner Brothers cartoons. footage of it. In 1966, he and other WITI-TV personalities including John Anthony, Barbara Becker, and Earl Gillespie were joined by pianist Tommy Sheridan to form "That Late Show Bunch", a local talk/variety show at 12:15 a.m. Saturdays. possible I remember when they dedicated the little club house in the park in back of St. Gerard in probably 68 or so by the ball diamonds. Monday was Music day. I worked for Wisco 99 to get through college. Shock Theater (Saturday nights) always played old Frankenstein/wolfman/The I recall eating at the lunch counter at Gimbels. Some of my memories: I am forty years old and can't remember if I paid the phone bill last month {image1}It's taken me some 30 years to openly admit my appreciation of those little people in my television set. It was a map of the state or the USA behind a sheet of Bet NOBODY has the pictures of the Young America on Wheels show or the newspaper clips of it. all When he took a job as operations manager at WJBK-TV in Detroit during the summer of 1973, Becker naturally went with him. it or am I getting that stairs! I vividly remember the cold brutal walks across theLocust Streetbridge on the way toRiversidein the winter time. While continuing to include a few cartoons, Berg, who served as the show's producer as well as hostess, added problem-solving story lines for puppets, art lessons with artist Alan Caucutt, science experiments with Jim Ebner, history pieces with Lee Weissgerber of the Milwaukee Public Museum (Weissgerber hosted WMVS "Childrens Fair" for many, many years. towers nearby. tracks that crossed Oklahoma there and flying model airplanes in 1. opened and closed like a puppet's mouth while it sang the Tolken jingle. Braeger had moved dragging runs from 19th to 18th streets. I will always remember where Ernie Von Schledorn's (sp?) Text 1996-2007 Richard G. Golembiewski. Rocky Jones Space Ranger. Click here for a discussion of those early shows. the viaduct on 16th sty. the In October of 1977, he ended his 13 year run as "Dr. Cadaverino". The place has been closed for a few months now and I do not know when they are going to reopen. job) Editors Note: Channel Thepaving of this creek taking away the grotto behind store originally? Judy Marks and crazy Bill Carlson the weatherman who advertised Clothes from Robert hall on Forest Home by the big Sears. The new Summerfest was a fun place to sneak in and listen to all sorts of bands. I've only been -------------------- That night we watched the fireworks in the park. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for 1959 WITI MILWAUKEE TV NEWS AD~BARBARA BECKER WEATHER~HAL WALKER~CARL ZIMMERMANN at the best online prices at eBay! this thin stream. ------------------ My dad was a manager at the Woolworths on 10th & Mitchell. I recall the Pig N Whistle after Friday night football games and ordering a Big Chief. School in 1967, the list goes on. 35 seconds? The Go Go dancing places Downtown with my Friends. And whether it was nationally or locally produced, we were captivated. into Becker?) While in Hollywood, he also appeared in an episode of "General Hospital" as Dr. DuBlon. Krazy King Konzol the Karpet King or was that a Saturday Night Live We would pick up a large deluxe pizza, go to Avenue Liquor to buy soda for our meal while watched a movie at the 41 Twin. My phone number began with hilltop. The 1960s brought CYO dances held at various Catholic churches, and garage bands would form and I would go to my alley where boys in the neighborhood got bands together in garages and played Beatle songs, sadly, one by one, each boy would go off to, and eventually I would not see them anymore. 1959 TV ARTICLE~BARBAR A BECKER WITI MILWAUKEE WEATHER GIRL~BILL KISS SPORTS Condition: Used "WONDERFUL CONDITION." Price: US $9.75 Buy It Now Add to cart Add to Watchlist Returns accepted Ships from United States Shipping: US $5.75Standard Shipping | See details Located in: Winnetka, California, United States Delivery: Good think it was the Shoddish and not a slow dance. She sang with the Wayne King band - including their performance at President Eisenhower's inaugural ball in 1953. Is my age showing?) list expands.. That year, Ward Allen and Albert were named the No. (WITI-TV photo). At that time the station decided to change the concept. We would walk to the A&P on North Avenue. Amongst other things, viewers sent Albert hundreds of custom-knit sweaters, which he would wear on-the-air. Beginning on 11 July, it ran one hour later, at 8:00 a.m. On 3 October it shifted back to its 7:00 a.m. slot, and on Monday 27 October, it was once again scheduled M-F at 7:00 a.m. During this time period, Jack DuBlons station duties became more time consuming, and he left the show. Open flames from smokestacks and as kid they frightened me! light? lived at 35th and Brown. We would "Barbara Becker, Homer The parade started in front of my schoolSt. Mary Czestochowa. Wally Rank, a car dealer and The Funny Farm, also with Barbara Becker and Albert and they added a Mr. I'm a Romper Room Do Bee; A Do Bee all day long!" I remember Saturday afternoons at the Boys Club and swimming in the nude at their pool. I recall eating at the lunch counter at Gimbels. Surely those were the "Happy Days." . Back to Page Barbara Becker and her husband, Jim Major, moved to Detroit, Michigan in 1973, and Becker would commute back to Milwaukee once a month to tape the shows. sketch? We lived on South Congo Ave. in I remember theMilwaukee Roadsteam engines that poured out thick black smoke and the soot that soiled I never do anything wrong. All day I didn't know it at the time, but some guy named Willard Scott was Bozo before he grew up, and out, to be a popular weather guy. We got a ticket for a cup of vanilla ice cream . root They had something called the Automatic Hostess where they played 78 rpm records for taverns. Soon came Channel 6. It was a big deal for a Who doesn't remember Zuli's pizza? (WITI-TV photo by Dave Witman). run at for The old King Braeger Chevrolet dealership was nearby. There was "Kukla, Fran and Ollie." He later went to South Dakota where he built and became a part-owner in a radio station. The late Jack DuBlon (October 28, 1929 - July 25, 1988) was the puppeteer behind the Brooklyn-accented Albert the Alley Cat, Albert's twin brother, Filbert, Alice the Alligator, the cigar-chomping Rocky and all the other non-human denizens of Cartoon Alley, which appeared on WITI-TV6 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. As I say, I was born in '62 so I must've seen that clip later in life. I was born in 1956 at St. Joe's. Who can remember when Lou Ehlers Buick was in Shorewood? Doug Dahlgren was one of the local DJ's. 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