Here’s a clipping from Dakota County Tribune, Sept. 23, 1971 promoting appearances by Roundhouse Rodney and Clancy at Apple Valley Daze. Both were scheduled to appear on Sept 25, 1971. Children will enjoy the performance that Roundhouse Rodney, a children’s entertainer from WTCN-TV, will present in Apple Valley on Saturday, September 25 from 10:30 a.m. […]
St. Paul Mayor Charlie McCarty was mayor from 1970 to 1972. He was a known as “Super Mayor” and had a notorious reputation. He was actually slugged by a drunk late one night at a White Castle. Super Mayor Charlie hosted an annual Christmas party for St. Paul kids. Casey Jones and Roundhouse Rodney were […]
From November 1968, Casey and other Twin Cities kids show hosts made personal appearences at the new Shoppers’ City store in Columbia Heights. Thanks to Jeanne Anderson for this
Here’s a cool poster from a 1971 Christmas event promoting appearances by Casey Jones, Clancy the Cop, and Willie Ketchem, along with a few Hollywood celebrities, and Santa Claus. Charlie McCarty was the mayor of St. Paul at the time, and was known locally as “Super Mayor.” This is a cleaned up reconstruction of the […]
In 1985, Roger Awsumb and John Gallos appeared as Casey and Clancy together in a Christmas program on Anoka’s Ch. 12 public access station. Joel Larson was running audio for the show and provided a little description of the program in a newsletter for the station. There’s a cop and a train engineer standing by […]
Clancy the Cop (John Gallos), Carmen the Nurse (Mary Davies), and Willie Ketchem (Allan Lotsberg) could be found weekday mornings on WCCO all the way to 1978. One of the highlights of both shows were Little Rascals/Our Gang comedies. Carman actually started as a charactor on Axel’s Treehouse, and took over when Axel passed away. […]