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 […]
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 […]
Here’s another Casey’s Column from December 14, 1968. The puzzle shows Santa Claus, and it is printed upside down!
Here is a clipping from the day after Lunch with Casey was canceled. From Pat Sweeney’s collection.
From the MilleLacs Messenger website Lunch With Casey Revisited by Colleen Ziwicki originally published June 23, 1993 He was the baby boomers’ childhood hero. It was the 1950s and 60s and most mothers knew that lunchtime was synonymous with more than peanut butter sandwiches. The Casey Jones express arrived on track 11 every noon hour […]
Here is an article published in the Milwaukee Road magazine in 1969. The railroad produced a film to promote safety and is was broadcast on Lunch With Casey. Highlights from the article: The safety story was told this summer by television’s “Casey Jones,” Roger Awsumb, whose “Lunch With Casey” program is broadcast daily except Saturday […]
Casey’s Column for Kids was a feature in TV Digest, at least for a short time in 1969. This one page feature is from the August 16, 1969 issue. The cover highlighted the Minnesota State Fair, as did Casey in his message. Other brief articles feature Gale Gordon from the Here’s Lucy show, and singer […]
This article appeared in a St. Paul newspaper. I’m pretty sure it dates to spring of 2004 when KARE ran their Casey Jones 50th Anniversary Special. I don’t even remember being interviewed for this!