Topic: LIKE A WINGED BIRD (Read 20978 times)

Jed · « **Reply #120 on:** December 05, 2003, 02:34:39 PM »

Like the swallows of Capistrano, Hainsies and Kimlets are returning left and right, and it pleases me oh so much! Laura II finally back last night, and now Panni today!

Now, I do believe we should be getting our weekend visit from François, no? Where is our French friend?

TCB · « **Reply #121 on:** December 05, 2003, 02:37:36 PM »

Ar least, Ron, Jennifer did not say out loud The Name We Dare Not Speak.

Besides, she might have meant a different childhood TV show. Did Paul Newman ever host a kiddie show?

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #122 on:** December 05, 2003, 02:37:58 PM »

Captain Kangaroo was an "American institution." He had daily visits with Grandfather Clock and from characters like Bunny Rabbit. And he had sidekicks like (human) Mr. GreenJeans!

The Captain and his show ran on TV from 1955-85. Bob Keeshan, who portrayed the captain, was the original ClaraBelle from "The Howdy Doody Show."

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #123 on:** December 05, 2003, 02:39:17 PM »

No TCB, Paul Newman never did host a TV show for kids.

Pinky Lee did.

And so did Miss Frances, who had "The Ding-Dong School."

But I'm sure she meant the goodly captain! : )

TCB · « **Reply #124 on:** December 05, 2003, 02:46:18 PM »

Quote from: Andrea on December 05, 2003, 02:29:37 PM

I'm showing my age and my french tv upbringing but

WHO?

I love you, Andrea, will you marry (mary, merry) me?

TCB · « **Reply #125 on:** December 05, 2003, 02:48:15 PM »

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on December 05, 2003, 02:39:17 PM

No TCB, Paul Newman never did host a TV show for kids.

Pinky Lee did.

And so did Miss Frances, who had "The Ding-Dong School."

But I'm sure she meant the goodly captain! : )

I think I almost prefer Miss Frances. She had a better moustache.

Matt H. · « **Reply #126 on:** December 05, 2003, 02:49:15 PM »

Well, DR Ron got his picture up first.

Here's the Captain from the 1950s. His looks changed somewhat as the years went by. The mustache became less droopy.

TCB · « **Reply #127 on:** December 05, 2003, 02:51:48 PM »

Thanks, MattH, you are a big help!

TCB · « **Reply #128 on:** December 05, 2003, 02:54:31 PM »

AND, where the heck is Francois

We can't have a weekend without our French pastry!

Matt H. · « **Reply #129 on:** December 05, 2003, 02:54:48 PM »

Hey, TCB, I'm an educator, and Andrea needed educatin'!

I never said ANYTHING about any resemblance. Look, you're not even wearing a hat!

Jrand73 · « **Reply #130 on:** December 05, 2003, 02:55:20 PM »

I liked the Ding Dong School....but Captain Kangaroo and his bunch of misfits just IRRITATED the pre-school me.

TCB · « **Reply #131 on:** December 05, 2003, 02:56:53 PM »

Break a leg tonight, Jed! We expect pictures.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #132 on:** December 05, 2003, 02:57:13 PM »

Thanks, MattH. My photo dropped out and I couldn't restore it.

Yours is much better...and a much better representation of what reminds Jennifer of we-know-who!

ut-Bay, e-way ouldn't-shay ay-say is-hay ame-nay est-lay e-hay ets-gay ad-may!

I mean, he's already trying to change the subject!

idn't-Day ou-yay otice-nay?

Matt H. · « **Reply #133 on:** December 05, 2003, 02:58:06 PM »

Not me, DR JRand. I loved the Captain. Tom Terrific and the Mighty Manfred, oh, the money spent on books and merchandise with the Captain's seal of approval.

bk · « **Reply #134 on:** December 05, 2003, 02:58:52 PM »

Finally got a break from a big note session. Have another two hours of that, then I'll be free to be you and me. Meanwhile, I must say the following:

I sit back when they "flatter" us and do Broadway radio shows. I sit back when they "flatter" us and do journals. But I do NOT sit back when they "flatter" us and start using "Dear reader". That is just the straw that broke the Kimmel's back. Please take a moment to read Mr. Paul Wontorek's latest column and then feel free to drop him a line and tell him he might want to rethink this particular "homage". I mean, honestly, what will they "flatter" us next by?

Tomovoz · « **Reply #135 on:** December 05, 2003, 03:01:22 PM »

And I only know Captain Kangaroo from the Statler Brothers' song "Flowers on The Wall"!

Matt H. · « **Reply #136 on:** December 05, 2003, 03:05:22 PM »

And just to give the ladies equal time, here's Miss Frances from DING DONG SCHOOL.

Jed · « **Reply #137 on:** December 05, 2003, 03:09:18 PM »

My favorite children's television host was none other than Marni Nixon. She had a Sunday morning kids show with a bunch of puppets called BOOMERANG based out of Seattle in the early 80s.

I still remember the theme song...
A boomerang, a boomerang
What does it do? It comes back to you
A boomerang, a boomerang
Bing-bong-bang, it's Boomerang!
You throw a ball against a wall, and what does it do?
It comes back to you like a boomerang, boomerang
Bing-bong-bang, that's Boomerang!
We all have seen a trampoline, where you bounce so high
Then back down you fly, like a boomerang, boomerang
Bing-bong-bang, it's Boomerang!
It's a funny looking thing
Something like an airplane wing
And when you throw it ever so high
So high it seems to hide in the sky
It fools you with its special knack
Of turning around and soaring back
A boomerang, a boomerang
What does it do? It comes back to you
A boomerang, a boomerang
Bing-bong-bang, it's Boomerang!

But I have to say, I've never seen much Marni Nixon in TCB.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #138 on:** December 05, 2003, 03:09:21 PM »

Please post a link to said column.

Jed · « **Reply #139 on:** December 05, 2003, 03:12:31 PM »

Ah ha! I found the BOOMERANG theme song online! I'd forgotten about the opening section.

Matt H. · « **Reply #140 on:** December 05, 2003, 03:13:57 PM »

Quote from: JRand53 on December 05, 2003, 03:09:21 PM

Please post a link to said column.

I agree. I don't know this person at all, so I can't read the column.

Maya · « **Reply #141 on:** December 05, 2003, 03:15:46 PM »

Wow, Jed, I had no idea that Marni Nixon had a TV show.

I have to say, and this is going to come off as blasphemy, but she really didn't impress me all that much as Guido's mom in Nine. The full, radiant soprano from the great musicals of the sixties has thinned into a voice that I found almost annoying in quality. It WAS cool seeing her onstage though!

I never quite got the appeal of Captain Kangaroo as a kid...he always made me think of a wrestler.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #142 on:** December 05, 2003, 03:18:43 PM »

Kangaroos and Boomerangs! Next you'll have Hugh Jackman in the US of A or perhaps a giant ornithorhynchus. Have you taken our bunyips too?

Jed · « **Reply #143 on:** December 05, 2003, 03:21:16 PM »

Quote from: Maya on December 05, 2003, 03:15:46 PM

Wow, Jed, I had no idea that Marni Nixon had a TV show.

Well, blame your parents for living around the wrong Washington!

BOOMERANG was locally produced, and only shown on KOMO-4 Seattle.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #144 on:** December 05, 2003, 03:26:16 PM »

OMG DR JED...now that song is stuck in my HEAD!

Matt H. · « **Reply #145 on:** December 05, 2003, 03:28:31 PM »

I did a Google and found it.

http://www.broadway.com/template_1.asp?CI=32812&CT=49

Jed · « **Reply #146 on:** December 05, 2003, 03:29:52 PM »

JRand - It was stuck in my head (and probably the heads of my poor parents) for most of the early 80s!

Andrea · « **Reply #147 on:** December 05, 2003, 03:32:56 PM »

Quote from: TCB on December 05, 2003, 02:46:18 PM

I love you, Andrea, will you marry (mary, merry) me?

Mais oui!
I've always had a thing for ascots

Jrand73 · « **Reply #148 on:** December 05, 2003, 03:33:00 PM »

LOL DR Jed - but I am having to deal with the Windows Media Player visualization as well....I am

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Tomovoz · « **Reply #149 on:** December 05, 2003, 03:33:05 PM »

Some of us are nearly in our early 80's. Will we get to hear it then?

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