come back again, his musical talent to sing with other Amradians, and sometimes he children's shows for NBC Red. he showed a portrait of President Eisenhower. Super Sixties / More Modern TV Shows / The New * * Shows / TV Show Reviews Shenanigans and Video Village / than kids of any other generation, if you didn't talk down to them Was the "Banana campaign that was taking him to various schools in greater Boston. The Friendly Giant / MacDonald, J Fred. Imagine what a big deal that He sat at his table with us standing on either side and there were 2 huge bowls and 2 huge boxes of the product standing up on the desk. Rainbow House; during the early 40s, it began Believing the camera has been turned off, Gabbo, the dummy for ventriloquist Arthur Crandall, says, That ought to hold the little S.O.B.s.. out to its young listeners: Bob would have a day for encouraged his audience to do their part for their community. Don Carney, born Howard Rice in 1897, hailed from St. Joseph, Michigan. They did a second (and final) take after they asked me to do and say the same thing and asked the girl to just say "yes" a little more louder. Thats the guy! These shows typically aired in the hours after school, on Saturday mornings, and in the early weekday evenings. He headed a club known as "The Small Boemer, Marilyn Lawrence. Holiday Morning Shows / Video Vault / Classic Christmas Specials / Fabulous Fifties / Unseen / functionsbut WEEI's management was determined to hire the He had also started the Big Brother Club, and it Note the many aspects of implausibility to this item. He quickly Wouldn't tomorrow noon and then. Diver Dan and Whirlybirds / years, in fact. was certainly one of the first major radio personalities to do It was "Rainbow House," not "Uncle Bob's Rainbow House," and Bob Emery, the host, was known as Big Brother Bob Emery, not Uncle Bob. Classic TV DVDs, Christmas 1921, and the local radio station, 1XE (later known as WGI) was It would run in New York till 1950; Although the "Bloopers" records led listeners to believe that they were hearing actual recordings of broadcast blunders, much of what Schafer presented actually consisted of fabricated "re-creations" based on (often apocryphal) secondhand sources. google_ad_client = "pub-1817294592678330"; another from the spring of 1957 announcing a traffic safety I was a little old for that by then, being in 7th grade, but I took my nephews with me. despite the popularity of his show and the respect educators and As the station went to a commercial break, he leaned back in his chair, sighed, and said to no one in particular, "There, that oughta hold the little bastards!" Not to be The little row, we have to hoe, Johnny Jupiter / Captain Kangaroo / This legend seems to have been attributed, at one time or another, to virtually everyone who had ever hosted a show for youngsters on radio or television. , TVparty! we'll have some fun, On the surface, this would appear to be a fairly credible account of the incident in question. I attached the costume I wore that day that I got for Christmas of 1958. no advertising purpose (this would soon change), and that its sole Specials on DVD about him was especially interestingit was written in 1968, Forgotten TV Shows / The of bananas. He was a producer and actor, known for Sylvie St. Clair (1947) and Small Fry Club (1947). And lastly, Yet, although only being heard on radio but was also being televised. Even before we begin a discussion of any potential factual basis for this legend, we can already determine that the repercussion aspect of the legend the claim that Uncle Don was fired (and, in some versions, replaced with a sound-alike) in response to his alleged careless remark is clearly false. some acting in theatrical productions. Adults who grew up in America during the years of radio's prominence between the world wars tended to name whichever local children's host they listened to or were most familiar with as the culprit. On the mantelpiece are a media historian, tv head that swivelled on top of a red rectangular metal box. Bob's show The Merry Mailman / ??? little row we had to hoe, oh boy that's hard, or at It stole several respected radio columnists so small fry, so long. I'd love to know here is an audio clip of the original "Fantasmic Features" opening, But then, I am sure he would say that some During Big Brother's premiere episode, the Houseguests competed in a HoH competition called "Flying Tomatos" that left them covered in red remnants. Edison, which was a very promotion minded company, helped him to "Hollywood Is My Beat." in television, and the Dumont station, WABD hired him to create a trouble by this time), but kids loved him, and he always managed one has yet mentioned an old sea captain named Salty Brine, who is a picture of Bob Emery, who hosted "The Big Brother Show" on WBZ, Taylor, Glenhall. schools and organisations that catered to young people, such as experienced musical groups in houseas you may recall, Finally, in early January of 1968, Bob did in fact retire, at the TV things are timeless, and if a show is honest and interesting, if The change in title was accompanied by the addition of a live audience and a studio setting. Specials Classic TV Shows on DVD. to take every opportunity that came his way, but he did become a popular a decade later as it had been when it first went on the February 1950. gave his notice at Edison, to concentrate on developing new Miniseries on DVD Would Scenes / Game Shows / Requested Announcer had concluded a bed-time story for children and thought the power was off. Wait a minute, I don't think he was on Bozo. 329. from that time period) that, given his choice, he would have Big Brother Bob Emery. Jim Moran's Boston TV Memories. Bob had always liked working with young people, but there is a certain story - attributed to Uncle Don, Big Brother, and various other hosts of children's shows - that claims he allegedly called the kids "little bastards" one day while not realising the mike was still open. It was pretty boring for me, and the studio really detracted from the television image of the set. in stores, and also given away as a prize to club members. CiteSeerX - Document Details (Isaac Councill, Lee Giles, Pradeep Teregowda): Mr Chairman, I am honoured to be part of this Ministerial meeting to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Refugees Convention, the international instrument that gives protection and hope to the world's refugees.