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It had no lyrics. Remember watching Bill Carlson, weatherman,and the street lights would go on when there was a storm warning. I remember Quality candy at Christmas and Easter. Greenjeans-type character named Homer Gerkin. All the "souped" up cars in the parking lot. Crushing pennies on the rails of the On 8 January 1962, the weekday show was shifted from the afternoon to 8:30 a.m., and continued through 30 August 1968. There were several shoe stores on 13th street near The Sentry. city We got the okay for the song Send us your That meant that it would be losing "Captain Kangaroo" as well as some other network kid's programming. "Cool site. weather) get Dutchland Dairy was another place where we would pick up a bucket of fish or shrimp on Fridays. The Saturday show ran through 30 August 1969. (WITI-TV photo). ----------------- root Going to Milwaukee Hamilton in only it's third year Oklahoma was the I'm a Romper Room Do Bee; A Do Bee all day long!" There was "Romper Room." It ran through 30 December 1977. Along with my 2 cousins,( we were around 4 or 5 yrs old) they would take us on walks to 3rdStreet all the way down to Schusters. I also recall the huge Lionel train layouts at Christmas time. Can you imagine today taking the markets prime time slot reserved for news and running cartoons? 25 cents went a long way on a Sunday afternoon.) Wolf's everything. was located behind Southgate (where the Wall Mart is now but still (Jack DuBlon puppets) Al's Custard was torn down a while back. Moment in Wisconsin: Cudahy lakeshore. I Wow!! Mitchell Street near Sears of course. No one ever took him up on it. Paddy wagons were these strange looking truck-like vehicles. When you had to stay home sick you were able to catch the whole show and Dialing For Dollars later, you know I sat by that phone, lol. The #11 steetcar line ended at Howell & Bolivar Ave. which I later used to go to Notre Dame High School on 5th & Mitchell. I also recall riding theWells Streetstreetcar across the viaduct( that was as scary as anything you could imagine). Id just slide down the hill and duck under the fence. old The Hunger Hikeabout 1969 started at County Stadium and headed My parents moved to the far south side ofMilwaukee which was the Town of Lake at that timewhen I was about 3 yrs. Or Mighty Mouse's theme song, "Here he comes to save the daymighty mouse is on his way." A south sider born in 59 We really didn't know any of them by name, but we sure knew the songs and catch phrases. and forgotten: I remember staying with my aunts and grandmother during the day in the summer months We can remember when Blatz was a beer that wasn't half bad. 6. 3:30PM - Baseball Clinic. trains that ran on theraised lines from theold lakeshoreplant Or Funtown in the out lot of Capitol court. After growing up in Cicero, he attended the University of Illinois, where he played junior varsity football, and received a B.S. Ron Kurer, . this thin stream. As I got older, we moved to Menomonee Falls in 1961 near the Victory Drive-in. My 2 children Remember the old orange & DuBlon left WITI-TV and Milwaukee in 1985 and moved to San Angelo, Texas. Chalmers, A long way from memories on s. 13th Street. Not to mention Halans. And it always will be for those who lived here and remember it with deep affection. The show's immense reputation stemmed from its simplicity, gentle fun and frolic with puppets. The on WTMJ Sundays,sponsored by Bluemound Furniture. companion in the sixties and seventies. Back then, television was allowed to be natural and creative in order to encourage everyone to tune in. old (68 now and living in AZ for 12 yrs.) We were near the "water tower" on 6th st., the volunteer fire dept. IGA food stores MKE chef Adam Pawlak returns to TV with Food Network's "Superchef Grudge Match", Tour MKE from home with the new streaming show "Show Me Milwaukee", TMJ meteorologist Brian Gotter will retire from television this fall, A chat with Gregory Scott Cummins of "Bosch: Legacy" and "It's Always Sunny". We marched passed grandmas house onFratney Street, turned onLocust Streetto the park. He had worn the others out! That night we watched the fireworks in the park. I also belonged to one of the only urban 4-H clubs in Milwaukeethe The 41 Twin is now owned by Northwestern Insurance. Select the best result to find their address, phone number, relatives, and public records. My dad was a manager at the Woolworths on 10th & Mitchell. (another angle street) runs into it from the west. It, too, had a studio audience and featured cartoons like "Funny Company" starring Shrinking Violet, Buzzer Bell, Polly Plum and the villain Bell Laguna. Wisconsin This arrangement continued until the last Funny Farm show on February 1, 1974. Hear two rare Christmas songs, sung by Watch "Daniel Boone", an episode of Max, the 2000 of Milwaukee Memories A children's show with "Albert The Alley Cat" and Barbara Becker presenting cartoons for WITI-TV Channel 6 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1961 till 1968.A children's show with "Albert The Alley Cat" and Barbara Becker presenting cartoons for WITI-TV Channel 6 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1961 till 1968.A children's show with "Albert The Alley Cat" and Barbara Becker presenting cartoons for WITI-TV Channel 6 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1961 till 1968. Anticipating this, it hired Jack DuBlon as a staff announcer in October of that year. In the winter, I recall ice skating on theMilwaukeeRiveratGordonParkand the toboggan slide across the river. on (Busateri is now the music director for Festa Italiana.) (Skilling had come to WITI-TV from a station in Jacksonville, FL, had received his seal the previous year, and per AMS rules was required to reapply for it after changing markets.) standing I grew up across the street from McGovern Park. There was a lot of airtime to fill and cartoons and kids shows seemed to be what counted most. And Friday was talent day. Thanks for letting me unload. the clean clothes on my moms wash line. Milwaukee CB radio recordings from the late 60's early 70's, More Retro ..and moved to Milwaukee when I was married in December of 1967. On February 4, 1974, the show was re-titled You and I, with Jack DuBlon's puppets joining new hostess Darlyne Berg. as the hoods of half a dozen cars began singing: "We are the Phil Tolken When I was a little kid, Mayor Maier was Did my kids shopping at Sidelloes Ben Franklin on 13th street. That is now Bowlers Pro Shop. year! other with my parents when I was a kid. We would also ride the bus downtown and shop at Gimbels and Boston Store. could add to. I would catch the bus on 13th & Oklahoma with my Grandpa and off we go to the Stadium. Did I forget to mention Millie's Pizza on 80th and Greenfield. into '50s Please help keep this special corner of the World Wide Web alive and well. I cannot say for certain that there was only one, but I do know that one the viaduct on 16th sty. Bay View pep rallies and night football games (St. Francis did not have a high school, so they sent us to Bay View. Another I reall from plexiglass that the weatherman would actually write on with a big El-Marko store originally? I remember Petes bakery and the cream puffs and crullers Albert on his new set. Yes, I want to keep Milwaukee Memories alive! Skyway Theater is a Church Besides working as a model, she also sang with a number of big bands, including Ralph Flanagan, Les Brown and Fred Waring. I could go on and on, but my favorite memories of Milwaukee include-- going to the Eagles with my Friends to dance on Saturday nights. wash some old antique wagons and carts that were displayed in the middle Participating in the 4th. Only on CBS 58. Then Iworked at Allen Bradley for 10 yrs. View Barbara Becker results in Mukwonago, WI including current phone number, address, relatives, background check report, and property record with Whitepages. It took six weeks and a threat of firing for DuBlon to agree to do it. and then a mirror image swooping from the tip back to the hind end. Milwaukee See? Rex There was no safety standards then. The Kaisers, the Willys and that stuff. tracks that crossed Oklahoma there and flying model airplanes in (Milwaukee was under a curfew for a few Jack DuBlon was the host. Butter on the bun Hamburgers, Hearts of lettuce Page 10 Barbara Becker, who handled weather at TV 6, joined the Saturday morning shows. St. Veronica School is now called St. Thomas Aquinas Academy from Grade 4 to 8. WITI-TV had programmed kids shows since the first day it went on the air. Yes, I want to keep Milwaukee Memories alive! Blue Jay has changed many times in the years since they closed and just re-opened as a restaurant. with our folks and listen She was a fifth grader, and told him that she had a class project on the weather. Another feature was added as sort of an "Ann Landers of children's television. You had to see his cars to believe them. 1977 photo. because both my parents worked. It was pure. Fritz the Plumber and Jack Raymond on the radio. More Milwaukee Memories Page 9. . The Car Dealership on Howell Ave next to Boy Blue has changed hands to another dealership and is now an auto repair shop, used car dealership and taxi business. God love old Sam Sloan. It was a map of the state or the USA behind a sheet of He always took us to the Captain's Treasure House. There are probably tons more, but I grew up in Milwaukee and still fifty night, the natural gas tanks that went up and down near Red Star No one ever took him up on it. Capitol Court was called Funtown. He not only served as the puppeteer, but also played a character named "Homer Gherkin", who sang, and engaged Becker in conversation. Joined by TV6's "weather-girl", Barbara Becker, Albert the Alley Cat introduced cartoon features such as Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse, the Max Fleischer/Famous Studios Popeye's, Casper and the Harveytoons, Tales of the Wizard of OZ, The New Adventures of Pinocchio, Touch Turtle, Wally Gator, Lippy and Hardy, The King and Odie, The Hunter, Tooter Turtle, The Mighty Hercules and later (after Milwaukee's WISN-TV failed to renew them) the AAP package of Milwaukee. I recall numerous trips toCountyStadiumto watch the Braves. View Barbara Becker results in Wisconsin (WI) including current phone number, address, relatives, background check report, and property record with Whitepages. Out to eat at Dutchland Dairy for fun or Kopps. I remember Petes bakery and the cream puffs and crullers possible J.M. Barbara Becker stopped doing the weather reports on Viewers of Happy Days and Lavern and Shirley can only imagine how much fun we had! Girls wore bracelets with soldiers names on them. the "energy crisis" hit. Jayne M. DuBlon was also a puppeteer, and had developed the concept for a kid's show called "Cartoon Alley" while at a station in Ft. Worth Texas. DO remember SEVERAL singing cars in a commercial with Phil Tolken at the dragging those days was "Jolly Green". I was surprised that old guys lived there and sat around I was born in'55 in Milwaukee on the Northwest side. "Albert and Friends" made its debut on 24 January 1981. Their first appearance was on 2 August 1965. I also have fond memories of A&W. Alas no more. ), and was named as WITIs "Nighttime Operations Coordinator" in 1977. play softball with only 4 players. They were my Saturday mornings and early weekdays and caught them in the afternoons too. Prim, loving those butter burgers. Please look up his obituary. Or when LBJ spoke as Kosciusko park? In what Olszyk called "very effective counter-programming", Le Grand then took a chance and added DuBlons "Albert the Alley Cat" puppet to the 6:00 and 10:00 p.m. weather forecasts, with announcer Ward Allen who had been doing the weather on weekends. wasn't computerized? Albert continued to be one half of the WITI weather team until 1981. I remember always being asked how old are you? As I got older, we moved to, in 1961 near the Victory Drive-in. I vividly remember the cold brutal walks across theLocust Streetbridge on the way toRiversidein the winter time. He did it in two swoops, Voila! I forgot what is there now. I played baseball at Pumping Station park as a kid and through my high school years atRiversideHigh School. Albert the Alleycat and Barbara Becker. Keep the smiles on the faces of you, your family and friends, and the thousands of Milwaukeeans who come here to remember and share their stories. for Saturday, April 10th, 1948 3:00PM - Keen Teens. the Bough penny candies for "recess" on the way to, . children say "dad you told me that already". Of course no more streetcars. Milwaukee, WI, is where Barbara Becker lives today. I also remember going swimming almost everyday to the Gordon park swimming pool and taking the shortcut by walking the trains tracks . My aunt and uncle owned a tavern and also had season tickets. Albert the Alley Cat 1971 Press Photo Portrait of Barbara Becker, Milwaukee TV personality. I'd hear Diana Ross and The Supremes as clear as a bell. it. That tube treated us kids like royalty. Milwaukee View cart for details. This was because we learned to climb the fence up to the top of the huge cement ash box. the We found 23 records for Barbara Becker in Milwaukee, WI. In 1966, he and other WITI-TV personalities including John Anthony, Barbara Becker, and Earl Gillespie were joined by pianist Tommy Sheridan to form "That Late Show Bunch", a local talk/variety show at 12:15 a.m. Saturdays. Bough penny candies for "recess" on the way to Sherman School. or am I getting that spent the majority of my adolescence around 43rd and Howard ave. As I Kiddieland Some vandals placed "JESUS SAVES" right about the S&H Green Stamps poster. replied Bill Carlson (weatherman WTMJ) In the 1960s, Saturday mornings meant getting up well before our parents, sitting down with a bowl of corn flakes, flipping on the TV to watch cartoons. I adore your site! (Puppets courtesy of Bob Chernow). for almost 20 years. We would walk to the A&P on North Avenue. fields behind Southgate and the flooding that came each spring on Wendy Kendrick Our block was Too often my Or Down-load The short lived WFOX-TV on channel 31. A children's newscast was added with 4 children: Ondine Harris, Laura Kinney, Allen Keller, and Lenny Reid. 'It brings me a lot of joy': 10-year-old banjo prodigy sets . The Allis and Capitol theaters when I was in junior high school presented a challenge to sneak into. TV was my best friend and constant Click here for more stills and promotional materials from the "You and I" show. Jack DuBlon. I recall numerous trips toCountyStadiumto watch the Braves. She pitched the idea for a new show, "Christina's Cottage", to Jim Major's replacement at WITI-TV, Jim Behling. Who can remember when Lou Ehlers Buick was in Shorewood? Those 5 inch thick ham sandwiches or steaks at the Dutchland Dairy? intoning, "From Milwaukee's tower of (Courtesy of WITI-TV), Over the years, the shows featured such cartoons as Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse, The Max Fleischer/Famous Studios Popeye's, Casper and the Harveytoons, Tales of the Wizard of Oz, The New Adventures of Pinocchio, Touche Turtle, Wally Gator, Lippy and Hardy, The King and Odie, The Hunter, Tooter Turtle, The Mighty Hercules and later (after WISN-TV failed to renew them) the AAP package of Warner Brothers cartoons. ", which DuBlon originally hosted, before turning that role over to long-time WITI-TV booth announcer, Tony Karr. Was I - EVER - that young? We also wore them in the yard with a leash rope about 15 ft long tied to the washpoles. There was "Kukla, Fran and Ollie." Let's not leave off Grandpa Graff's sodas. During the riots in the summer of 1967, we would sit on our front porch Then came the 60's and at the end of the 60's we got our MUSCLE CARS. It appeared late Saturday nights on This is me with my cousin Felice at the Kiddieland amusement park at Capitol Places my Husband and I went to were Dino's on Howell. forgotten about, and I usually pride myself on remembering everything! Alhambra, The most unusual pets were a pig brought in by a young farm boy and a "singing dog" that howled musically with a little coaxing from his owner. The riots broke out with Father Groppi. The walking of the 9:00PM - Bowling Like Sixty. Performance & security by Cloudflare. He always said if we would swallow the egg like he did, we could drink the beer. Or until DuBlon also appeared on camera as Mr. Letterbags. my I vividly remember the cold brutal walks across theLocust Streetbridge on the way toRiversidein the winter time. A long way from memories on s. 13th Street. long --------------- ", Promotional Photo - 1968 Thanks, I also recall the huge Lionel train layouts at Christmas time. 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