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 […]
Category: Clippings
Roundhouse Rodney in Winona – July 5, 1974
Casey Jones at Shopper’s City
Casey Jones and Billy Boy Syrup
Casey Jones on vacation in 1958
Lunch With Casey in TV Guide 1961
This advertisement appeared a couple times in TV Guide in 1961-62. At some point in 1961, the Casey Jones program moved from the 5PM slot back to it’s traditional 12 noon time slot. This is when the show name officially became “Lunch With Casey.” Casey’s show started in 1954 at noon and held that slot […]
Casey Scores with Mama – TV Guide – 1954
Here is a very early article about Casey Jones and the Noontime Express from TV Guide in July or August 1954. The program had just debuted in June 1954 and already was very popular. Casey asked viewers to mail in letters about “what they liked to eat” and quickly received 2000 responses. Many of the […]