A kidhood mondegreen
“Keep your eyes to look out, keep your ears to hear.”
A genuine misunderstanding
Watching Adventures of Superman on WPIX (“channel 11”), I thought that the bad guys and crooks were real bad guys and crooks playing versions of themselves.
Emilio Delgado (1940–2022)
Better known as “Luis” from Sesame Street.
Exclamations
It would be wonderful to live in the Peppa Pig world, even if only for one five-minute episode.
Peppa Pig, language influencer
From The Wall Street Journal : “Peppa Pig, a Pandemic Favorite, Has American Children Acting British.”
Sonny Fox (1925–2021)
Raise your hand if you remember Wonderama.
Pitching Ghostwriter
“Ghostwriter rewards the patient, the loyal, the attentive. If that means some fans will reach adulthood without ever learning who Max Mouse is, so be it.”
Donkey Hodie rides again
Coming to PBS, a new show inspired by Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood: Donkey Hodie, with Purple Panda, Duck Duck, Bob Dog, and Donkey Hodie, the granddaughter of the original Donkey Hodie, now known as Grampy Hodie.
A World Book cameo
On MSNBC.
Chuck McCann (1934–2018)
Sandy Becker, Officer Joe Bolton, Sonny Fox, Miss Louise, Chuck McCann, Cap’n Jack McCarthy, and Soupy Sales. O local television!
World Book Things
Five minutes into the first episode of the new season of Stranger Things, I was thrilled to see the World Book Encyclopedia, or at least a partial set, on a shelf in Dustin’s house.
June Foray (1917–2017)
The voice of Rocket J. Squirrel, Natasha Fatale, and Nell Fenwick.
Hal Fryar (1927–2017)
Harlow Hickenlooper of Indianapolis children’s television.
Speak, Emenee
Do you remember this commercial?
Robert Vaughn (1932–2016)
Napoleon Solo and fellow agent Illya Kuryakin (David McCallum) were major inspirations in my espionage-filled boyhood.
Noel Neill (1920–2016)
The real Lois Lane.
Lois Lilienstein (1936–2015)
Sharon, Lois & Bram cassettes were a main staple of our children’s childhoods.
Juvenile delinquents
“As a kid in Brooklyn, I believed, as did my peers, that there was something called a ‘J. D. card,’ certifying you as a juvenile delinquent. You were supposed to carry the card with you — in an I. D. wallet, no doubt.”
Edward Kean (1924-2010)
"Chief writer, philosopher, and theoretician" of The Howdy Doody Show
Reading Rainbow ends
After 26 years