About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 50. Chapters: List of local children's television series, Garfield Goose and Friends, The Bozo Show, Romper Room, Family Classics, J. P. Patches, The Uncle Al Show, The BJ and Dirty Dragon Show, Gene London, The Wallace and Ladmo Show, Green Screen Adventures, Captain Noah and His Magical Ark, Dickory Doc, Sally Starr, The Horn and Hardart Children's Hour, Mr. Jingeling, The Mr. Science Show, The Magic Garden, Marlo and the Magic Movie Machine, Cappelli & Company, D. B.'s Delight, Boomtown, Captain 11, Penny & Her Pals, Captain Penny, Pixanne, That's Cat, Ramblin' Rod Anders, Rocketship 7, Ricki & Copper, Adventure Time, The Bozo Super Sunday Show, Capt. Jim's Popeye Club, The Floppy Show, Mr. Cartoon, Captain Satellite, Captain Chesapeake, Gator Tales, The Magic Window, Generation Jets, The Kid America Club, Bumpity, Commander Tom Show, Rusty Nails, The Magic Door, Ranger Hal, Sheriff John, South Dakota Adventure, Wunda Wunda, Woodrow the Woodsman, Blinky's Fun Club, Major Astro, The Children's Hour, Kitirik, Dusty's Treehouse, Hickory Hideout, Bertie the Bunyip, Uncle Bill Reads the Funnies, Captain 11's Showboat, The Barney Bean Show, Larry Smith Puppets, Captain 20. Excerpt: The following is a list of local children's television shows. Local Children's television series were locally produced commercial television shows intended for the child audience with unique hosts and programming. This type of programming began in the late 1940s and continued into the 1970s. Tim Hollis documented about 1,400 local children's shows in a 2002 book called Hi There, Boys and Girls! The television programs typically aired in the weekday mornings before school or afternoons after school as well as on weekends (to a lesser degree). There were several different formats. Almost all shows had a colorful host who assumed a persona such as a cowboy/c...
