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. […]
Casey Jones was known for his TV show on channel 11, making him a popular celebrity throughout Minnesota. This ad from the Dakota County Tribune promotes a personal appearance at Rosemount Cleaners in Rosemount, Minnesota on February 24, 1962, The Lunch With Casey website has been documenting various appearences by Casey and Roundhouse around Minnesota. […]
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.
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
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
Johnny Kumpula shared these pictures of a can of Billy Boy Syrup with a Casey Jones promotion attached. As best I can tell, this dates to the late 50’s. Information about Billy Boy Syrup is hard to come by. I found a couple newspaper ads dating from 1959. It was produced by William Barnes, Inc. […]
Here’s a rare clipping from 1958. Roger Awsumb and his wife Paula and daughter Nancy boarding a train for a vacation in Seattle. This was published in The North Coaster, a newsletter for the Northern Pacific Railway, dated May-June 1958.