One of the most popular segments on Lunch With Casey was Gumby, the animated clay series created by Art Clokey. Starting in 1966, Gumby was syndicated to local stations around the country, including WTCN-11. Art Clokey created his first animated short, “Gumbasia” using clay figures in 1953. This caught the attention of NBC, leading to
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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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Gary McDonald grew up watching Lunch with Casey, and became friends with Roundhouse Rodney. Today he lives in Beaverton Oregon and works in the television industry. He recently returned to Minnesota for a visit and passed along these pictures. I just got back from a short trip to the Twin Cities Sunday! It has been
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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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Here’s the classic Walking in my Winder Underwear featuring Casey Jones miming to Jimmy Jenson’s recording. Jimmy Jenson was in the studio when this clip was being taped and he shared this story with me: When I was at the studio that day, They also did Yingle Bells. Roundhouse had Roger hooked up to reins
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