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surfpirate wrote:Hmmmm ... we never saw Clarabell and the Captain in the same place at the same time either .... I wonder ..... ?

Desdamona wrote:

surfpirate wrote:Hmmmm ... we never saw Clarabell and the Captain in the same place at the same time either .... I wonder ..... ?

Of course not! They were arch-enemies, right!??

chippewa wrote:

lati2d wrote:

ScarletB wrote:For those of you who remember him as part of your childhood evenings, they are doing a special on his career tonight on CBS at 8:00

"And that's the way it is"

He sure was a part of my growing up. It seems to me I heard that Jimmy was one of only 20 guests at some party for Cronkite recently. I know they are friends. Remember Walter introducing a song( Beach House on the Moon ) ?

Wasn't he the voice-over for the intermission video, or something like that? Seems like I also remember pictures of him sailing with Jimmy, too?

Wino you know wrote:

MalibuRumGirl wrote:Definietly! I was also standing on the side of the rode to welcome them back when they brought them back to Houston. (I think it was a silver mobile unit). They were in isolation for a while because they didn't know what to expect since no one had been on another planet.

In 1996, I met, shook hands with, and got the autograph of Eugene Cernan, the Commander of the Apollo 17 mission, and the last man to walk on the moon. He also had previous flights on Apollo 10 and Gemini 9.
He said one of the first phone calls he received when he returned from the moon was from Walter Cronkite congratulating him for his accomplishments.

surfpirate wrote:Hmmmm ... we never saw Clarabell and the Captain in the same place at the same time either .... I wonder ..... ?

surfpirate wrote:

Desdamona wrote:

surfpirate wrote:Hmmmm ... we never saw Clarabell and the Captain in the same place at the same time either .... I wonder ..... ?

Of course not! They were arch-enemies, right!??

Yes! I seem to remember Captain Kangaroo and Dancing Bear conspiring with Mr. Green Jeans to go into the Howdy Doody camp on the far side of the island to rescue Bunny Rabbit who had been kidnapped by Buffalo Bob and his mysterious band of characters know only to the Captain as the "Others".

Along the way though, they began to realize that Mr. Moose loyalties were uncertain (had he joined forces with the "Others"?). Mr. Moose always did have some sort of mysterious connection to the strange island and there was no natural explanation for the strange attacks by the mysterious force which summoned ping pong balls to rain from the sky.

It was strange television for those days. That would never make it onto TV today.

Wino you know wrote:But my fondest memories of him were watching the Gemini and Apollo space flights with him on the air covering the events, seemingly 24 hours per day from liftoff to splashdown.
He did it with such enthusiasm-it literally made you feel like you were right there.
If I live to be 1,000, I'll never forget the afternoon of July 20, 1969, when he and the late astronaut, Wally Schirra, were covering the first moon landing. I was watching it with my grandmother, grandfather, and great uncle (all of whom are now deceased). Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were within 30 seconds of having to abort the landing due to extremely low fuel, then I heard Armstrong say "Contact light on, engine stop." Buzz Aldrin then said something I couldn't distinguish, and, with that, Walter yelled MAN ON THE MOON!
He and Schirra were shown both with tears in their eyes.
It was a moment for the ages.

That's the way you were, Walter-THE GREATEST!

surfpirate wrote:Hmmmm ... we never saw Clarabell and the Captain in the same place at the same time either .... I wonder ..... ?

Ceol na Mara wrote:How about some of the commercials during the kid shows?
B - O -
N - O -
M - O
Bonomo!
O! O! O!
It's Bonomo
Turkish taffy!

Or Choo Choo Charlie and Good 'n' Plenty?

Ceol na Mara wrote:Did any of you have this green plastic "screen" thingy that you put on the tv screen (static made it stick). I don't remember if it was for Howdy Doody or what. Or what the purpose was. To imitate color? Or to reveal a secret code? Anybody remember?

I remember Tom Terrific carrying out a clandestine mission while riding bare back on Mighty Manfred! And as Miss Joan from Romper Room spied on everyone with her Magic Mirror, Winky Dink escaped capture by running over a bridge which was quickly erased by his comrad.

And my mother was part of all of the colussion - she still knew it was 7:30 and time for all good girls and boys to go to bed, even after I'd turned off the TV so she couldn't hear Claude Kirschner and Clowny say so!

Conolulu wrote:

Conolulu wrote:

I remember Tom Terrific carrying out a clandestine mission while riding bare back on Mighty Manfred! And as Miss Joan from Romper Room spied on everyone with her Magic Mirror, Winky Dink escaped capture by running over a bridge which was quickly erased by his comrad.

And my mother was part of all of the colussion - she still knew it was 7:30 and time for all good girls and boys to go to bed, even after I'd turned off the TV so she couldn't hear Claude Kirschner and Clowny say so!

I was on Romper Room...for 2 weeks...only it was Miss Nancy...
"Romper Bomper Stomper Boo......."

And I was a good "Do Bee", except when I got yelled at for talking..

My dad still has the tapes of it.....Once in a while he puts the projector and screen up and we watch those old things....It's kind of fun, watching all those old home movies...

ScarletB wrote:

Conolulu wrote:

I remember Tom Terrific carrying out a clandestine mission while riding bare back on Mighty Manfred! And as Miss Joan from Romper Room spied on everyone with her Magic Mirror, Winky Dink escaped capture by running over a bridge which was quickly erased by his comrad.

And my mother was part of all of the colussion - she still knew it was 7:30 and time for all good girls and boys to go to bed, even after I'd turned off the TV so she couldn't hear Claude Kirschner and Clowny say so!

I was on Romper Room...for 2 weeks...only it was Miss Nancy...
"Romper Bomper Stomper Boo......."

And I was a good "Do Bee", except when I got yelled at for talking..

My dad still has the tapes of it.....Once in a while he puts the projector and screen up and we watch those old things....It's kind of fun, watching all those old home movies...

Gee, imagine that!!!???