The Banana Splits Adventure Hour

In the Best Tradition of The Monkees. THE BANANA SPLITS ADVENTURE HOUR is an 1 Hour Show features The 4 Animal Bubblegum Psychedelic Band has been created by Hanna-Barbera. The 1st Costume Characters are made by Sid & Marty Krofft and the 1st time Barry White is a songwriter of the series. The 1st Segment is "The Arabian Knights" are the law and order to protect Arabia from the Evil Empire....

Bozo The Clown

Bozo started out as the star of the first "Read-along" book on Capitol Records in 1946. As his popularity grew, the demand to see Bozo in person also grew, and eventually lead to the first televised Bozo on LA's KTTV. There were various incarnations of the show throughout the country in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including one featuring Willard Scott as Bozo. The show produced at Chicago's...

Bozo's Circus

Bozo's Circus was the Chicago-produced version of the classic children's TV show that debuted in the 60s. For a long time, many cities had their own locally-produced "Bozo" show. However, the WGN version known as "Bozo's Circus" was the best-known one, and eventually became The Bozo Show in 1980. Bozo's Circus debuted on September 11, 1961. Starring Bob Bell as Bozo, the show was an...

The New Zoo Revue

"It's the New Zoo Revue , coming right at you!" Thus began each episode of this cheerful children's program, set in a neighborhood inhabited by oversize animals and their human friends. Doug and Emmy Jo (real life husband and wife Doug Momary and Emily Peden) were the humans, joined by know-it-all Charlie the Owl; southern belle Henrietta Hippo; and carefree Freddie the Frog. Other...

The Bozo Show

The Bozo Show had it's beginnings in a children's book in 1946. The first of it's kind, the book included a record featuring a narrator who read the story out loud, with "beeps" to tell the kids when to turn the page. Through the years, there were several incarnations of this show (see the Bozo the Clown guide for more info), but the one in Chicago is the one that will be best remembered. ...

The All New Captain Kangaroo

Sesame Street

Sesame Street is a widely recognized and perpetually daring experiment in educational children's programming. This show has taken popular-culture and turned it upside-down. The fast-paced advertisements that had parents of the new era worrying for their children were the basis for the original format of this show. The show has often satirized pop culture, and made itself easier for parents to...

Captain Kangaroo

One of the longest-running children's TV shows of all time, Bob Keeshan, as Captain Kangraoo, taught lessons in morality with the help of his friends: Mr. Green Jeans, Mr. Moose, and Mr. Rabbit, among others.

Bozo's Big Top

This show stars Bozo the clown and is a syndicated show owned by Larry Harmon. The popular and ubiquitous character of Bozo was portrayed by Frank Avruch and was originally created in 1946 by Alan W. Livingston. However, Larry Harmon is the first one to portray the character on TV and the first person to purchase all the rights for syndication.

H.R. Pufnstuf

This classic series begins with Jimmy, a young English boy, playing near the edge of a river with his magical talking gold flute, Freddie. While at the edge of the river Jimmy climbs aboard a boat that beckons to him. As it drifts out to sea, an evil witch named Witchiepoo, seeking Freddie to add to her collection of magical possessions, casts a spell and makes the boat turn into an evil...

The Bozo Super Sunday Show

The final incarnation of the classic WGN tv series. This show was started in 1994 and ran for two hours on Sunday mornings, in addition to the regular weekday Bozo Show. Shortly thereafter, the daily show was dropped for a number of reasons, mainly due to conflict of interest from other stations on the network. In 1996, the show started its final five year run. It was cut to an hour, and some...

The Muppet Show

After the success of Sesame Street in 1969, Muppet creator Jim Henson wanted to have a chance at his own series. In 1974, Henson shot a Muppet special called The Muppets' Valentine Show, which would later become a precursor for The Muppet Show. The special starred famous muppet, Kermit the Frog, with a cast of new muppets including: George the Janitor, Droop the Anteater, Crazy Donald (later...