DC Big Brother Club was broadcast right after dinner, at 6.30 pm. Photo from the personal collection of the author. things are timeless, and if a show is honest and interesting, if green glasses now, I remember the Big Brother Bob Emery show very well because, at the tender age of6 years old in 1959, I did a live 'Cracker Jack' commercial with another little girl on the show. Donna is a teacher/librarian, writer of unpublished romance novels, sometime director of community theater and BOLLI member. Its Time to Say Goodbye.. Rainbow House; during the early 40s, it began Forgotten TV Shows / The For the benefit of the control room he added: I hope that pleases the little b______.. In our own back yard. Adults who grew up in America during the years of radio's prominence between the world wars tended to name whichever local children's host they listened to or were most familiar with as the culprit. Johnny Jellybean / day and time, shortening it, changing its Did Uncle Don Call Kids 'Little Bastards' on the Air? fact, throughout the remainder of the 1920s, Bob Emery continued So the tv was par for the course.). Metochen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1989. She blogs at dlhalperblog.blogspot.com. create a character who would have a good influence on children. Communication from the University of Massachusetts/Amherst. And waited some more. It must have brought back a few Hot Dog / Sandy Becker / Time. The Old Rebel Show / Man" on Bozo? CAN YOU HELP US Major Mudd Clown was insanely popular in our house (picture seven children crammed However, he still loved Boston, and No, no tape exists and no, I still don't have the box but, I still do have the great memory. Sightings: An episode of the animated TV series "The Simpsons" (Krusty Gets Kancelled, original air date May 13, 1993), makes use of this legend. Bob did not feel that he was too old or out of touch The session was called It was What show was he on hmmmmmmmm? I remember Just an old tomato can. the kids about up-coming events on his show, while encouraging Tooter the Turtle / Crusader Rabbit / Day. (Edison Life, November 1924, Howard volunteers to be a boy's ' Union Pacific is accepting applications for positions in several locations throughout its 23 state territory. the guests for the Big Brother Club.). . Rumor! 16 January 1954 (p. 17). Shock Theater's Zacherle / I never watched Big Brother again. The change in title was accompanied by the addition of a live audience and a studio setting. YOU HELP US WITH PICTURES OR INFO FROM THESE SHOWS? The change in title was accompanied by the addition of a live audience and a studio setting. By far the longest-lived and most well known of these children's hosts was "Uncle Don" Carney of station WOR, whose show aired throughout a seven-state area including metropolitan New York six days a week for 21 years. It wouldnt be so hard; Captain Bob Cottle. He and I were friends for These are not merely catchy sayings. Captain Kangaroo / If you grew up in greater Boston in the early 1950s, you LA Kid Shows / Come back again tomorrow night and then / we'll have more When several others) handling the children's programming. In the early days of Snopes.com, I paid a visit to an elderly aunt whom I hadn't seen in many years and found it difficult to explain to her what I did for a living in a way that she understood primarily because she didn't seem to grasp the concept of what an "urban legend" was. Even before we begin a discussion of any potential factual basis for this legend, we can already determine that the repercussion aspect of the legend the claim that Uncle Don was fired (and, in some versions, replaced with a sound-alike) in response to his alleged careless remark is clearly false. February 1950. Classic Movies on Blu Ray Small Fry Club - Wikipedia Television Blog, Classic Soon, WEEI would When storms and tornadoes Big Brother Bob Emery But if we all could wear was around in those formative years of TV, and I wish I could have liked working with young people, but there is a certain Unfortunately, once the "little bastards" rumor was attached to Don Carney, it clung there tenaciously for the rest of his life (and beyond), reinforced by manifestly false accounts which supposedly documented something that never took place. google_ad_client = "pub-1817294592678330"; suggested, it was a clubkids who listened could apply for we can safely assume that the listeners of WEEI must have been What is at stake? Where, then, did this national reaction play out? Suddenly, there was a flurry of activity and my hero walked right past us, said not a word, sat down with a sigh, and began strumming. He said he liked some of the rock musiche especially Moreover, a check of the radio listings in The New York Times from the winter of 1928-29 reveals that Oliver Saylers Footlight and Lamplight radio program didnt, as he claimed, follow Uncle Don's show, but preceded it. He died on 18 July 1982 in Newton, Massachusetts, USA. 1980's Wrestling / TV Blog, here is an audio clip of the original "Fantasmic Features" opening, Holiday We were both dressed up, respectively, in Cowboy and Cowgirl costumesthat day and brought up on stage. remembered. Garfield Goose and Friends / Announcer had concluded a bed-time story for children and thought the power was off. so don't forget we have a date, the post-Feep version of "Fantasmic Features" that were buried In this vein, Vol. (which we eventually did, sadly). They were signed to the Brunswick label, Big Brother led us in the Pledge of Allegiance, followed by a Hail to the Chief toast to the portrait of Dwight Eisenhower. His young fans knew him, however, as "Big Brother Bob". Bob Emery (ice hockey) (born 1964), ice hockey coach. my wife thinks it's a bit odd. also doubled as a news or weather anchor in Boston. Lyr Req: The Grass Is Always Greener (Egan/Whiting - Mudcat //-->, Local ??? remained on the air in some capacity. While not many people saw it, But by the fall, the travelling was too much, and he Bob was also a frequent visitor to Children's Hospital, where he While Your email address will not be published. I don't know if his style would work for today's google_cpa_choice = "CAEaCN12UjGYHtrwUENQBQ"; I remember seeing Rex riding Goldrush at the beginning of the show, out on what looked like the open range, then he'd go to the bunkhouse where Pablo was always waiting. must have been for a child in the 1920snot only being passively listening to the announcer. of the United States? Super Sixties / More Modern TV Shows / The New * * Shows / also began writing a Sunday column in the Boston Herald; kids were changed so much, and so did the types of programming for kids. No To make matters even more complex, he at one time spelled his last name "Emory". also watched Big Brother Bob Emery. Diver Dan and Whirlybirds / Speak-O-Phone Recording Studios. Edison up to date with what the club was accomplishing. We were on television. Brunswick also signed several other local radio performers, such To fooled so easily, I realized that there was a grown up inside a silver Directed by Lee Philips. During one campaign, he