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animation? In 1968, the National Association of Program Executives named the TV 6 team of Allen and Albert the top weather show in the country. I remember their names time.". restaurant on the opposite corner. in because both my parents worked. Judy Marks the femme fatal of TV weather. Stopped everyday Did I forget to mention Millie's Pizza on 80th and Greenfield. Wolf's everything. it It forgotten: . People would speak into a juke box microphone and request a song. He brought in a steady assortment of animals and talked about them: the messiest was a horse -- the biggest was a baby elephant -- and the scariest was a boa constrictor. I remember going to the Grand movie theater on Sunday afternoons onHolton Street. On rival station WISN-TV 12, another master of kid's shows gained fame on "Pops Theater." They had something called the Automatic Hostess where they played 78 rpm records for taverns. Going to Milwaukee Hamilton in only it's third year Oklahoma was the There were several shoe stores on 13th street near The Sentry. 14, but also seemed to get ch. If anyone knows me, please email. Growing up in the '50's,I recall the electric service recall Mr. Gernett's hair beginning to grey over the years on Dialing for Our During that time, he developed an idea for a puppet show built around an alley cat, and later received a copyright and design patent for the show "Cartoon Alley". But I the Only on CBS 58. Coal, (List courtesy of Ron Kurer. I think that was one reason the show kept its spark and lasted so long. MAG from Whitewater. andthe WITI-TV had programmed kids shows since the first day it went on the air. On 8 January 1962, the weekday show was shifted from the afternoon to 8:30 a.m., and continued through 30 August 1968. I remember Quality candy at Christmas and Easter. . I remember always being asked how old are you? was located behind Southgate (where the Wall Mart is now but still Park? After a story broke in The Milwaukee Journal, the station received 10,000 letters objecting to the possible removal of Albert from the weather. Milwaukee on 27th St. Gentlemen's Jim and White House liquor stores. The second one I remember was a more colorful, graphically modern set called Hawthorn Melody Milk. My friends dad was a banker and had season tickets. Hileman's Kewaskum dairy products. The Funny Farm, also with Barbara Becker and Albert and they added a Mr. . Wauwautosa didn't even have one. Side kicks, Mr. Green Jeans, Mr. Moose and Bunny Rabbit seemed to need the wise old Captain's help every day. I recall the Pig N Whistle after Friday night football games and ordering a Big Chief. We walked up and downWisconsin Aveon our leashes. Tonight:.." " That affiliation brought along the network's Captain Kangaroo program. Allis Albert the Alley Cat Or Down-load. Albert began joining him on his visits a couple of years later. Remember the old orange & What a great site! When you had to stay home sick you were able to catch the whole show and Dialing For Dollars later, you know I sat by that phone, lol. The Allis and Capitol theaters when I was in junior high school presented a challenge to sneak into. Editors Note: Channel Milwaukee may have forgotten me, but I shall always remember Milwaukee. 7:55PM - Golden Wedding Greetings. I also remember the Mil-Kay. Dr. Cadavarino, of courseI already mentioned Dialing for I remember when they dedicated the little club house in the park in back of St. Gerard in probably 68 or so by the ball diamonds. It was so far out that we soon moved back to 53rd and Burleigh. Picture Information. the "energy crisis" hit. childhood..we 20th and Forest Home (we think), who used the handle "Garbage Can". Well, my brain's cached. I forgot what is there now. the (Puppets courtesy of Bob Chernow). Thepaving of this creek taking away the grotto behind Thanks--keep up this great piece of history for Milwaukee. for between commercials during prime time programming (CBS in those days) That night we watched the fireworks in the park. Condition: -- Price: US $19.99 Buy It Now Add to cart Best Offer: Make offer Add to Watchlist Free returns Ships from United States Shipping: US $4.99Standard Shipping | See details Located in: Memphis, Tennessee, United States Delivery: black. Did my kids shopping at Sidelloes Ben Franklin on 13th street. It disappeared in 1966, but returned in early March of 1968. It appeared late Saturday nights on I would catch the bus on 13th & Oklahoma with my Grandpa and off we go to the Stadium. Boy Blue on Howell is a Middle Eastern place called Sahara Cafe "I certainly miss Jack and all the Alley gang. Was I - EVER - that young? -------------- can forget the helicopter shots of the tower, and the announcer I vividly remember the cold brutal walks across theLocust Streetbridge on the way toRiversidein the winter time. The original Stein's Garden Clothes from Robert hall on Forest Home by the big Sears. animation of the sleigh, with Santa and the reindeer intact, leaving the Delivery times may vary, especially during peak periods. when it was actually run by the Bradleys, until their death. We stopped going to the walkie-talkies. He suggested that his "Waldo the Bear" puppet would be more appropriate (Suggesting that the segment be named "Ward, Waldo and the Weather"), but LeGrand, saw something in Alberts personality which he thought would appeal to viewers. doing with our folks and listen Verified Purchase. Braves I recall eating at the lunch counter at Gimbels. (Milwaukee was under a curfew for a few nostalgia. It has been replaced with a Family Dollar store. For $50 you too could drive an absolute wreck. small-town girl to go to the 'big city' and stay at a hotel Barbara Becker and her husband, Jim Major, moved to Detroit, Michigan in 1973, and Becker would commute back to Milwaukee once a month to tape the shows. Albert the Alleycat and Barbara Becker on Cartoon Alley 1 weather show in the country by the National Association of Television Program Executives, with the citation: "For presenting information in an interesting, entertaining way". I also recall riding theWells Streetstreetcar across the viaduct( that was as scary as anything you could imagine). The weekday version of the show shifted from West Rogers St. Becker?) In the winter, I recall ice skating on theMilwaukeeRiveratGordonParkand the toboggan slide across the river. Mom woke me to show me the crash out of our kitchen window on Price Ct. Here I am in my 40s living in Waupaca, WI. "Who alive then Girls wore bracelets with soldiers names on them. Sign me as a young 62 year old lights on, but no siren. tracks that crossed Oklahoma there and flying model airplanes in Television was selling televisions. Then there was that store on Wisconsin Avenue where one could buy army clothing, dog tags, etc., and it was in for girls to buy that stuff even though it was made for men. . This was because we learned to climb the fence up to the top of the huge cement ash box. Products, 1971 Press Photo Portrait of Barbara Becker, Milwaukee TV personality. 35 seconds? We would walk to the A&P on North Avenue. Barbara Becker had married Jim Major, who started as a floor director, and went on to become the station's program director, and operations manager. On 8 April, the Saturday slot was shifted to 9:30-10:30 a.m. Hear two rare Christmas songs, sung by southsiders I loved visiting my dad at the Woolworths. Dont let your Milwaukee (Courtesy of WITI-TV), The gang is transported back to the time of King Arthur. (10 cent to get in, 5 cents for popcorn and 10 cents for a coke. Behind the Scenes Shot of the SUMA Set in 1966. That is now Bowlers Pro Shop. Bob White the radio D.J (used to make the whistle noise as his Cartoon Alley with Barbara Becker and Albert the Alleycat and a Cigar (!) Jack DuBlon performed as a mailman called, "Mr. Letterbags". I recall the Pig N Whistle after Friday night football games and ordering a Big Chief. Bargain Town! Milwaukee work there (though I live an hour north). Dutchland Dairy was another place where we would pick up a bucket of fish or shrimp on Fridays. My phone number began with hilltop. The 1960s brought CYO dances held at various Catholic churches, and garage bands would form and I would go to my alley where boys in the neighborhood got bands together in garages and played Beatle songs, sadly, one by one, each boy would go off to Vietnam and eventually I would not see them anymore. all I am forty years old and can't remember if I paid the phone bill last month Wouldn't time travel be neat? It was at this time that DuBlon's Albert puppet joined the new weather man, Ward Allen, and began mangling the weather terms on the six o'clock and ten o'clock newscasts. Like "Cartoon Alley" the show ran Monday through Saturday. indoors!" into When we would go through what is now the 3rd ward remember the scary industries that were down there? In the winter, I recall ice skating on theMilwaukeeRiveratGordonParkand the toboggan slide across the river. When WTMJ was on channel 3 and the ONLY TV we had? Voila! Or until 7:55PM - Barbara Becker Sings. It made its debut on Monday, 4 February 1974. I remember going to the Grand movie theater on Sunday afternoons onHolton Street. Albert the Alley Cat One day in the fall of 1965, a girl showed up at his door. Also Channel 6 did a summer promo using the Herman Hermits song "Henry I remember the tower from my childhood and late nights waiting He was told to get off the channel by Home for Christmas When I was a little kid, Mayor Maier was And Sam was always good for a story or two. The announcer is a Good old "Buffalo Bob" Smith would always ask us, "Hey kids, what time is it?" 1977 photo. 6. Crushing pennies on the rails of the for We boomers were fascinated with the simplest things, like marionette. She sang with the Wayne King band - including their performance at President Eisenhower's inaugural ball in 1953. In September - December, 1966, WITI-TV produced a half-hour high school quiz program for SUMA (Sodality Union, Milwaukee Archdiocese). "Shop the great warm I marvel that I managed to meet friends at the same place, at the same time and do the same things yet had no cell phone, no IPOD, no GPS, no computer, no car, and still managed to have a great life. WOKY & WRIT where head to head competition. I adore your site! We had a cool corner store called Stawskis on 15th and Manitoba. L-R: Wally Dobiesz, Larry Grzegorek as "Jeremy the Jogger", and Darlyne Berg. 33 miles and one of the first events to ask for pledges per 1965 Press Photo Solo concert artists Ida Presti and Lagoya - lra62213 (#394466471598), 1938 Press Photo Edison Tower, dedicated to Thomas Alva Edison Foundation Inc. (#354426091216), 1990 Press Photo Crowded Mission Hill Church during Northeast Ensemble concert (#374362751760). Joined by TV6's "weather-girl", Barbara Becker, Albert the Alley Cat introduced cartoon features such as Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse, the Max Fleischer/Famous Studios Popeye's, Casper and the Harveytoons, Tales of the Wizard of OZ, The New Adventures of Pinocchio, Touch Turtle, Wally Gator, Lippy and Hardy, The King and Odie, The Hunter, Tooter Turtle, The Mighty Hercules and later (after Milwaukee's WISN-TV failed to renew them) the AAP package of Thanks to Ken Josephson for sending Leon's is still there and still has excellent custard. (10 cent to get in, 5 cents for popcorn and 10 cents for a coke. "To 2000, are as clear as a brown bottle! human hosts nor puppet hosts nor ANY hosts at all, called Cartoon Capers. St. Veronica School is now called St. Thomas Aquinas Academy from Grade 4 to 8. Can you please help? Hope to see you sometime at the Des Plaines restaurant. Avenue!" Al's Custard was torn down a while back. of Milwaukee Memories Big Boy is a Perkin's Restaurant. Refresh your browser window to try again. Milwaukee is unique among American cities. Skippy talked out of the side of his The show was re-titled You and I, with DuBlon's puppets and new hostess Darlyne Berg. Skyway Theater is a Church The 41 Twin is now owned by Northwestern Insurance. -------------------- From Mack the Mailman to Uncle Hugo, from Barbara Becker to Judy Marks, and from Bill Carlsen to Charlie LaForce, it's all here. I also remember pretty hokey ads. The new Summerfest was a fun place to sneak in and listen to all sorts of bands. When the telephone company abandoned this business and real juke boxes came to be, my grandparents opened a record shop, then a restaurant called the Charm Dinette. Rustbuckets that used more oil than gas. Stars Barbara Becker Jack DuBlon (voice) See production, box office & company info Add to Watchlist 1 User review Photos Add photo Top cast Edit Barbara Becker Self Jack DuBlon Albert the Alley Cat Paddy wagons were these strange looking truck-like vehicles. We all got a flag. My grandparents owned a building on Upper Third Street. Playing on In the 1960s, Saturday mornings meant getting up well before our parents, sitting down with a bowl of corn flakes, flipping on the TV to watch cartoons. Select the best result to find their address, phone number, relatives, and public records. No information on this web site may be reproduced without permission. "Who do you know wants to buy a car" was more in the eighties, I think, but Long gone and now a restaurant. We also wore them in the yard with a leash rope about 15 ft long tied to the washpoles. Two of my aunts lived in the upper and lower rear duplexes. Hey it was the 50's. 1959 TV ARTICLE~MILWAUKEE,WI~BARBARA BECKER WEATHER GIRL~RUSS WIDOE CAPTAIN WITI | eBay 1959 TV ARTICLE~MILWAU KEE,WI~BARBARA BECKER WEATHER GIRL~RUSS WIDOE CAPTAIN WITI Description Shipping and payments Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing. names Does anyone remember the Young America on Wheels show at the fair park in 1969 where the American Motors Precision Driving Team performed? Goldmanns did close in 2007, my Husband and I had to buy a hamburger and malt at the dinning counter. Your donation of $5, $10, $20 or more will ensure Milwaukee Memories will be here for years to come. Milwaukee is unique among American cities. The old King Braeger Chevrolet dealership was nearby. (Courtesy of WITI-TV). (In character, DuBlon could get away with smart-alec remarks, which he might not have otherwise been able to.) Gibson Dunn Chair Barbara Becker and her family Photo courtesy of Barbara Becker Spoiler alert: Her kids are fine. From there we could jump down and get out of the yard. We lived in Fox Photos appearing on this web site are the property of their respective owners, are protected by copyright, and may not be reproduced without permission. Oh and Sloan's furniture. Holsum bread? 6's tower in Estabrook Park was briefly the tallest free-standing TV this thin stream. Blue Jay has changed many times in the years since they closed and just re-opened as a restaurant. IGA food stores I can't remember his name, but I Collecting the flora, fauna and insect life in the The parade started in front of my schoolSt. Mary Czestochowa. Born in 59. ------------------ In our feeble little minds, we couldn't wait to get to school if it was going to be fun like that. Renamed "You and I", the focus of the hour long M-F show shifted to educational themes. Controversy later erupted when the president-elect of the American Meteorological Society, UWM Chancellor Werner Baum, objected to the fact that one of their members was working with a puppet. The #11 steetcar line ended at Howell & Bolivar Ave. which I later used to go to Notre Dame High School on 5th & Mitchell. Surely those were the "Happy Days." Milwaukee is unique among American cities. Peace. stairs! Contact me if you remember any of this too. standing It was so far out that we soon moved back to 53rd and Burleigh. A Shock Theater (Saturday nights) always played old Frankenstein/wolfman/The Grandma was friends with the milkman who would deliver milk to our milk shoot. Places my Husband and I went to were Dino's on Howell. You didn't have to be Jewish to live in Shorewood or Whitefish bay, but, it couldn't hurt! on Forest Home Avenue with its Jim Lukes Sun City,AZ on at Mayfair's parking lot (not enclosed yet) we were asked to help plane from there for basic training in Alabama. play softball with only 4 players. possible It was such fun working with him.If you love what you doyou never have to work another day in your life. Wednesday was anything could happen day. that was sent to all CBS affiliates and each local would just "insert your Rocky Jones Space Ranger. were I also remember going swimming almost everyday to the Gordon park swimming pool and taking the shortcut by walking the trains tracks . No one ever took him up on it. Prim, He gave up a career in the big time with Louis Armstrong et all to come home to Milwaukee to care for his ailing momma. areas. Jack DuBlon with his puppets in the early 1960's. Hi Mousketeers! Now it is something completely different. After growing up in Cicero, he attended the University of Illinois, where he played junior varsity football, and received a B.S. I fondly remember my visits to Milwaukee - eBay Money Back Guarantee - opens in a new window or tab, Report this item - opens in new window or tab, 1958 PRINT AD ~ WITTNAUER CINE-TWIN MOVIE CAMERA PROJECTOR New Invention (#174916113208), 1978 TV AD JACK LAMBERT PITTSBURGH STEELERS SAM NOVER ANDY RUSSELL NFL FOOTBALL (#185666614175), 1957 CBS TV AD SEARCH FOR TOMORROW SOAP OPERA MARY STUART ACTRESS (#185715743638). miles to help the hungry Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for 1959 WITI MILWAUKEE TV NEWS AD~BARBARA BECKER WEATHER~HAL WALKER~CARL ZIMMERMANN at the best online prices at eBay! site, but it truly saddens me to see what's become of these The Guess Who, and about a dozen other national acts. The walking of the Al's Custard was torn down a while back. 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