Jim Lange as Captain 11, Steve Cannon as Wrangler Steve and Roger Awsumb as Casey Jones are shown together here. The three of them appeared together at Excelsior Amusement Park on August 7, 1954. The heavily promoted event was called WMIN-TV Kids Day. The ad below was featured in the Minnesota edition of TV Guide.
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No Comments » I have posted some new and updated material over on the Minnesota KidVid website: Daryl Laub – Skipper Darl, J.P. Patches and T.N.Tatters Captain Daryl on Cartoon Island Captain Daryl and T.N.Tatters clips Axel and His Dog premiere August 5, 1954 Axel and his Dog – The Early Years Axel and his Dog – Behind
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Every so often you run into something really cool. Here is an old TV commercial featuring Roger Awsumb as Casey Jones and Daryl Laub as T.N.Tatters. This dates to 1983. Daryl Laub played Skipper Daryl and J.P. Patches on WTCN from 1954-55 where he worked with Roger Awsumb. He then moved to KSTP and the
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Pete the Penguin, Dave Lee, and Omar the Alligator Dave Lee, local Twin Cities television personality passed away on Monday, November 28. To Minnesota children in the 1950’s and 60’s, Dave Lee was a popular puppeteer bringing to life such characters as Pete the Penguin, Fragrant the Skunk, and Omar the Alligator. After Dave left
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I relaunched our partner site, Minnesota KidVid this past week. The Minnesota KidVid website was the idea of Julian West, building upon his original Axel’s Treehouse website and expanding to include other Minnesota TV programs from the era of live programming. Julian did the initial leg work several years ago for the new site, but
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