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 […]
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 […]
Roundhouse appeared at the Wynona Steamboat Days Kiddie Parade on July 5, 1974
You never know what you may find when you go searching around the internet. I stumbled upon this proclamation for “Roundhouse Rodney Day” in 1974. The document says, “I, Wendell R. Anderson, Governor of the State of Minnesota, do hereby proclaim March 31, 1974, to be ROUNDHOUSE RODNEY DAY in Minnesota, and urge all citizens […]
When people remember Lunch With Casey, they often recall Oswald, a charactor portrayed by Roundhouse Rodney (Lynn Dwyer). Oswald was goofy and bizzare, and often frightening to young kids. When Casey released his video in 1991, he briefly talked about Oswald. Here is that clip, along with a couple brief jokes from Oswald. The Oswald […]