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 […]
I came across this photo of Roger Awsumb as Casey. The photo is pretty low res, but it shows Casey with a bunch of kids, possibly at Queen Anne Kiddieland. This may be from the early 60’s. Anyone have any better information?
Here is a clipping from the day after Lunch with Casey was canceled. From Pat Sweeney’s collection.
The Lunch with Casey website needs your help. I’m looking for any new material to add to the website — photos, stories, newspaper clippings, or home movies. I’m interested in material featuring Casey Jones, Roundhouse Rodney, Joe the Cook, or any of the other Minnesota kids TV hosts. Can you help? Here’s some things that […]
Here’s a look at the Minneapolis TV schedule from April 1957. You can see that Casey Jones was a half hour show at noon on channel 11. A couple other things to note… Tel-A-Story was a childrens show at 9am on WTCN. This was directed by Roger Awsumb, as well as Romper Room at 11 […]
Here is a great clip from KARE dated August 24, 2001.
My name is Larry Iverson and I was selected as Casey Jones Junior and was a guest of the Casey Jones show and WTCN for one day somewhere in the 1956-1957 timeframe—the exact date lost in my memory archives. On November 24 of 1956, a big event was scheduled. To help kick off the holiday […]
This ad sales sheet was used to promote the show to potential advertisers. This is from the collection of Patrick Sweeney