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Date Posted: 19:47:07 10/11/09 Sun
Author: DAN
Subject: Re: Favorite Universal movie serials
In reply to: Rick 's message, "Favorite Universal movie serials" on 03:54:23 01/25/09 Sun

The first TV shows I remember Chuck McCann from was his Sunday morning show "Let's Have Fun," opposite Wonderama on WNEW, and "Laurel & Hardy and Chuck" on weekday afternoons. Both shows ran from 1960 till 1965 on WPIX channel 11.

"Let's Have Fun" was a three and a half hour show.
You could see a variey of cartoons, a couple of Three Stooges shorts, a few live puppet skits, and the marquis chimps.

I tried like hell to never miss Laurel & Hardy and Chuck, because, besides the L&H film short, the L&H puppets Chuck used on the show would be used in a different serialized adventure. And each adventure would last for about three weeks. Chuck provided the voices for both of the L&H puppets.

In the fall of 1965 Chuck McCann moved to WNEW and ran some cartoons along with the old serials. I was bummed when his show was cancelled.

Before The Chuck McCann Show, in 1962 Officer Joe Bolton, became "Chief Joe Bolton" and left the hosting duties of The Three Stooges to Fireman Todd Russell on WPIX.

Chief Joe Bolton now hosted the Dick Tracy cartoons along with a serial. The only two serials I can remember seeing on this show were "Zombies of the Stratosphere" and "Radar Men From the Moon."

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[> [> Re: Favorite Universal movie serials -- joystar, 12:51:28 10/13/09 Tue [1]

Dan...hello! I definitely remember Officer Joe Bolton, though I don't really remember the show's content. WPIX also had Fire Captain Jack McCarthy as well. I only came upon Chuck McCann on WNEW. I remember that he pronounced Buster Crabbe's name as "Crabbay", as though it were French! I remember that Chuck used to flip his tie, ala Oliver Hardy. How I LOVED that dear man...


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