Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for July 22, 2015
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Transcript:
richard's poor almanac by richard thompson signals of a misspent as capital of the free world, d.c. has a great, if vanished, tradition of local children's show hosts. how many do you recall? hint - one is made up. captain tug - jolly yet hemingway-esque. the place for "three stooges" reruns. ranger hal - good production values. co-starred oswald, an oafish rabbit puppet. sir grave ghastly - relatively dignified. universal horror classics in heavy rotation. captain 20 - "mr. spock" manque. said "live long & win lots of prizes." count gore devol - captain 20's nightjob. punning name too subtle for many viewers. uncle sid the bureaucrat - low-key. had a talking stapler named "mr. collate." bonus question - what legendary obscenity was uttered by a child guest on the old, live, bozo show? how did bozo respond? what did the child call bozo?
They weren’t doing children’s shows, but Jim Henson and Kermit (not yet designated a frog) got their start on local TV in Washington, DC..Wilkins/Wontkins 2016!