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i'm fascinated to learn how every local TV market in the 60s-70s came to have their own afternoon children's host with a puppet sidekick

Posted by hollywood big shot (aka pickmix) Jul 1 '23, 12:29

like i guess they were all copying the Howdy Doody and/or Bozo template to some extent but it's weird how little variation in the character and puppets there seem to be from market to market

https://deadline.com/2023/07/officer-don-kennedy-dies-popular-childrens-show-host-in-atlanta-was-93-obituary-1235428750/ (deadline.com)

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The afternoon team -- (link*) - zunk takes things literally Jul 1, 13:37 [Attachment] 1
- more like Captain Alliteration -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 1, 13:40
Cap'n Delta didn't have no puppets! -- nm - jnine Jul 1, 12:53 2
- sounds like a loser -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 1, 12:54 1
  - He had the Delta Queen! -- nm - jnine Jul 1, 12:56
also wild that until Oprah came along, the post-soaps block was wall-to-wall cartoons for kids until the evening news -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 1, 12:39

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i'm fascinated to learn how every local TV market in the 60s-70s came to have their own afternoon children's host with a puppet sidekick

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