There was Miss Frances of Ding-Dong School (I think that was the title!).  She was a bit before my time but she rang a school bell.

Yeah they were a bit simplistic and I'd far rather have had Sesame Street than those.  But they did have their place in 'TV babysitting!'

I think Sesame Street is by far the best of the genre.

Kat

-------Original Message-------
From: "Cleveland, Kyle E." <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: 06/10/03 10:40 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Old TV kid shows; was RE: Ironies

>
> Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop, Fran (from Kukla, Fran & Ollie), Maria (Sesame
Street), to name a few.  I'm sure I could find more if I searched the web.

Lewis, btw, got her start on Capt. Kangaroo in '57.

Aside from the perceived paucity of distaff kiddie show hosts, Mag, don't
you think those old shows had at least some redeeming qualities?  Sure,
their moral tales were simplistic, one-dimensional and directed at WASP
audiences, but compared with today's commercial kids programming, they
were
downright pedagogical.

Kyle
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From: Magenta Raine [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 1:01 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Old TV kid shows; was RE: Ironies


It's interesting, The male TV hosts of kids shows... I never thought of
this
until a few days ago, but anybody ever wonder why it was Mr. greenjeans,
Captain kangaroo,  Mr. Rogers's neighborhood?   Except for The lady on
romper room,
I don't remember any other women...

mag

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