I’ve gathered a few of the comments that have been posted in the old Casey forum and on Facebook. A lot of people have fond memories of being on the show Matthewmtt: I am having so much fun remembering those good old days. We lived in Hopkins from 1964 through 1969. Those were some of […]
Here’s an interesting titbit worth sharing. Kevin Sorbo, the actor who play Hercules, grew up in the Twin Cities and appeared on Lunch with Casey. Or at least he remembers being on the show. Judging from his description, it sounds like he was on The Dave Lee Show or Popeye and Pete. Here’s the story […]
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 […]
William F Johnson was kind enough to share these photos from one of Roger Awsumb’s final personal appearances as Casey Jones. The event was part of 100th anniversary celebration in the town of Frederic, WI. in October 2001. Over 100 fans spent a delightful couple of hours with Casey at Frederic’s restored Soo Line train […]
Tom McNally on Casey: What a thrill remembering some of those old Casey Jones and Roundhouse spots. Thank you for bringing back so many fond memories. I used to watch him every noon, coming home for lunch from Burroughs grade school in south Minneapolis with a friend (we had egg-salad sandwiches once in a while, […]
Craig Lang visits the set… That was a very long time ago and I was extremely young; five, I think. I remember going to the Calhoun Beach Hotel, where the studios were at that time. Dad had some kind of “in” there and in later years would, on many occasions, get us studio tickets to […]
The following note was first posted in a television newsgroup in 1996. Out of this post grew the Lunch with Casey website. Casey and Roundhouse were about the biggest stars in the world to a little kid in Willmar, Minnesota. Casey traveled all over the state entertaining groups. I first saw him in the late […]
Gary McDonald has fond memories of Lunch With Casey. He was one of many kids that visited the show over the years. Fortunately, Gary had the foresight to take his camera with him and take these photos! Gary says, “Back in about 1971 I came to know Roundhouse Rodney pretty well. He allowed me the […]