The 1950’s and 60’s were a special time for children in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Each day there was a kiddy television show called Lunch With Casey. It featured Roger Awsumb as railroad engineer Casey Jones and aired on WTCN channel 11. Roger Awsumb was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota on July 10, 1928 to Ardin and […]
Sue Tighe shared this photo of Roundhouse Rodney with her father, Paul Hanson, Sr. (on the right.) The photo shows them on the set of Grandma Lumpit’s Boarding House, which was the afternoon show on WTCN. Paul Hanson, Sr was a performer at The Stagecoach in Shakopee as the Gunslinger during the 1960’s. He made […]
Roundhouse Rodney made an appearance at the grand opening of the Cedarville Shopping Center in Burnsville. This would have been March 23, 1968. The bunny wasn’t the Easter Bunny, but rather, the Eagan Volunteer Fire Bunny, who was promoting a dance.
It’s always wonderful to find new memories of Casey and Roundhouse. Bruce Kivi sent me a link to this old home movie footage from 1969. Casey and Roundhouse appeared at the opening of Bob’s Produce at University and Osborne in Fridley, MN. The video is low res, but pretty amazing! Bob’s Produce is a local […]
It’s Christmas, and time to go Walking in my Winter Underwear! Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
We are saddened to hear that Bob Duerr has died at the age of 92. Duerr was a frequent guest on Lunch with Casey, bringing various animals from the Como Park Zoo to the program. He was a noted expert on reptiles and hosted a snake exhibit at the Minnesota State Fair for over 40 […]
This is a VERY SMALL list of known personal appearances by Casey and Roundhouse. They appeared throughout Minnesota and Wisconsin on a regular basis, almost every weekend! They probably visited thousands of parks, schools, parades, shopping centers and tourist attractions from the early 1950’s and to the time the left us. These are known, documented […]
An article in the Minneapolis Tribune, dated May 5, 1967, provides a glimpse at the various local children’s programming in 1967. I don’t have the full article, but these excerpts provide some great commentary on these shows. “Lunch With Casey” and “Clancy the Cop” are described as the most popular locally produced children’s shows. “Neither […]
Casey Jones appeared at the Water Carnival in Hutchinson, in late June 1968. More notably, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, daughter of President Nixon, was honorary marshal of the Water Carnival parade that year’
