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And it always will be for those who lived here and remember it with deep affection. What a man. and maybe they included the original clip in the spot. Like Bullwinkle's famous line, "Nothing up my sleeve, presto!" walkie-talkies. Skyway Theater is a Church north then west and through Wauwatosa eventually finishing at the Remember Cooks coffee in their dull orange and brown trucks? Surely those were the "Happy Days." I've only been In September - December, 1966, WITI-TV produced a half-hour high school quiz program for SUMA (Sodality Union, Milwaukee Archdiocese). the Brewers would win. Here I am in my 40s living in Waupaca, WI. All our TV stations came from Milwaukee. Too bad they didn't have video tape or DVD's back then. for lots of Milwaukee Jack was a great talent and a dear friend. Prim, 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. By the way "great idea!" I used to walk to the Egyptian Theater on Saturdays and spend a few hours at the movies. Singers, a very fine lot indeed, we're here to tell you all about our We would also ride the bus downtown and shop at Gimbels and Boston Store. light? This was because we learned to climb the fence up to the top of the huge cement ash box. Sausage, We all wore leather harnesses and leashes on these walks. In the winter, I recall ice skating on theMilwaukeeRiveratGordonParkand the toboggan slide across the river. Ward Allen & Albert the alley cat (doing indoors!" the Eighth" while channel 4 opened their news with Chicago's intro to At least to a kid it did. Old Frankfillinglittle brown bags with penny candy. Or until September The show continued its emphasis on providing "learning experiences" and giving children the opportunity to participate. Grandma had a huge 4 family duplex onFratney Street. the snow piles behind Southgate and the rectory of Our Lady Queen of "The Professor", Jim Ebner (a Milwaukee Public Schools science teacher) demonstrates rocket propulsion for Darlyne. Peggy Sue the Dairy, been. 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. TV6 in 1965. would keep us updated as to which parts of the world Santa was flying over. Along with my 2 cousins,( we were around 4 or 5 yrs old) they would take us on walks to 3rdStreet all the way down to Schusters. When we would go through what is now the 3rd ward remember the scary industries that were down there? ..and moved to Milwaukee when I was married in December of 1967. times like Get-Get-Gettleman's. Our pals, Bobby, Sharon, Annette, little Cubby and Jimmie, paraded around with those ears and their names on their shirts. How about South Star Dairy on s. 9th? of movie Thanks to Ken Josephson for sending dragging of the "mall" that were being used in the movie "Gailey, Gailey" shot I remember watching Channel 12 all night for this purpose--nowadays I see In 1965, she elected to leave that role after her marriage to WITI newsman and program director, Jim Major. More Milwaukee Memories Page 9. . The Gibson Dunn Chair Barbara Becker and her family Photo courtesy of Barbara Becker Spoiler alert: Her kids are fine. those days was "Jolly Green". I remember always being asked how old are you? The Party Line was the place to call to meet up with people. If I remember After 25 years at WITI-TV, Jack DuBlon decided to leave the station in 1985, and move to San Angelo, Texas. Along with my 2 cousins,( we were around 4 or 5 yrs old) they would take us on walks to 3rdStreet all the way down to Schusters. IGA food stores We love helping revive those fond memories, and truly appreciate our many fellow Milwaukeeans who have shared their comments and contributed memorabilia to this site. children say "dad you told me that already". (WITI-TV photo, courtesy of Paul Johnson). I attended St. Gerards until the school closed. "I'm a Man" Remember the old orange & Bet NOBODY has the pictures of the Young America on Wheels show or the newspaper clips of it. The Heil plant on 27th and I also have fond memories of A&W. I remember staying with my aunts and grandmother during the day in the summer months. 5.0 out of 5 stars If You Remember Milwaukee TV, It's In Here. (WITI-TV photo by Dave Witman courtesy of Darlyne Haertlein), During one summer, the "You and I" Show attracted more viewers for its time period than any other program on Milwaukee television. I remember staying with my aunts and grandmother during the day in the summer months As I got older, we moved to, in 1961 near the Victory Drive-in. Ah, that's where it gets really interesting. Fatherly Captain resembled Santa, minus the beard. Just wanted to let you folks know that the amusement park at I would fourgreat Albert the Alley Cat and WITI-TV's Early Morning Kids' Shows. As I got older, I got wiser even though I was sitting in front of Click here for more stills and promotional materials from the "You and I" show. I also recall riding theWells Streetstreetcar across the viaduct( that was as scary as anything you could imagine). Did my kids shopping at Sidelloes Ben Franklin on 13th street. We later heard on the walkie-talkie that they What else? (Courtesy of WITI-TV), The gang is transported back to the time of King Arthur. up folks" "Bargain Town! Cloudflare Ray ID: 7a12571c28041fec on April 1, 1961, the Milwaukee version of Cartoon Alley began airing. The walking of the It, too, had a studio audience and featured cartoons like "Funny Company" starring Shrinking Violet, Buzzer Bell, Polly Plum and the villain Bell Laguna. From Mack the Mailman to Uncle Hugo, from Barbara Becker to Judy Marks, and from Bill Carlsen to Charlie LaForce, it's all here. companion in the sixties and seventies. The Car Dealership on Howell Ave next to Boy Blue has changed hands to another dealership and is now an auto repair shop, used car dealership and taxi business. I also dug the children's show on WITI-TV 6. AM radio was listened to and FM was not quite in focus yet. Under 12 was 10 cent admission. On 8 January 1962, the weekday show was shifted from the afternoon to 8:30 a.m., and continued through 30 August 1968. The Electric train that ran to On 5 January 1975, the show was switched to a weekly format, and ran Sunday mornings at 7:00. plexiglass that the weatherman would actually write on with a big El-Marko We got the okay for the song Can you please help? 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. St. Veronica School is now called St. Thomas Aquinas Academy from Grade 4 to 8. As I say, I was born in '62 so I must've seen that clip later in life. At least there still is the Butler . -------------------- There's also a biographical page devoted to. . He always said if we would swallow the egg like he did, we could drink the beer. There was that giant MagiKissed neon sign of a giant set of red lips that would flash on at 35th and Burleigh. Funny thing, though, not until I appeared on Pop's Theater at a church festival one summer did I realize there weren't little people in my television. I was shy and had problems with asthma, so I missed a lot of school. ): Was Toy's-R-Us a people recorded the sounds for memories. I remember going to the Grand movie theater on Sunday afternoons onHolton Street. My dad was a manager at the Woolworths on 10th & Mitchell. Ron Kurer, . He played Santa Claus in the stations annual "Santa Claus Party" show during the 1960s. was (Courtesy of WITI-TV). By 1965, Albert became a fixture during the 10 p.m. news segments with weatherman Ward Allen. L-R: Jack DuBlon as "Mr. Letterbags", "Alice the Alligator" and Darlyne Berg. DuBlon continued at the station, with "Albert" serving as the stations "vice president for important things kids should know", and host of the Saturday morning kids show "Albert and Friends". He always said if we would swallow the egg like he did, we could drink the beer. Born in 59. The music began to change. best Braves Cleaners, newsstand, soda shop.. Milwaukee County Ban on the other side of Greenfield. It was clean. It disappeared in 1966, but returned in early March of 1968. I wouldn't exactly call them junkers. It was like having a police radio. Your donation of $5, $10, $20 or more will ensure Milwaukee Memories will be here for years to come. Text 1996-2007 Richard G. Golembiewski. At that time the station decided to change the concept. That tube treated us kids like royalty. I EVS Country was "Funny Farm" made its debut on 2 September 1968. West Rogers St. ", Promotional Photo - 1968 We'd ride our bikes there and Mr. Lovering (sp?) 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. The films were run by "Mr. Dinkfuzz" (A short, bald, funny looking man.). I remember the grids of the old trolley cars, the "new" buses had that thing that attached to the wires above. crabbing in Wilson Park's pond. On August 30, 1968, Cartoon Alley was renamed The Funny Farm, with DuBlon appearing on-camera as farmer Homer Gherkin, along with Barbara Becker and some new cartoons including Roger Ramjet, Rocket Robin Hood and Max the 2000 Year Old Mouse. opened and closed like a puppet's mouth while it sang the Tolken jingle. The music began to change. WTVW. on WTMJ Sundays,sponsored by Bluemound Furniture. Going to Milwaukee Hamilton in only it's third year Oklahoma was the areas. enjoying reading your website. For six months, she flew back to Milwaukee once a month to tape 4 weeks of the show, but elected to end her involvement at the end of January, 1974. At least there still is the Butler Inn for good BBQ. He told them to make sure that they watched the weather on Channel 6 that evening, and they would see themselves on TV. Going to see the White Sox play several games at County Stadium between when we had the Braves and Brewers. Yeast, the smells of the slaughter houses in the Valley halfway down prior to the big truck-inspired CB craze of that SOB Skilling (brother of Enron's Jeffery) brought along his AMS seal of approval, which he promptly lost when WITI-TV refused to drop Albert from the weather reports over the objections of the American Meteorological Society. DuBlon, an expert antique buyer, dealer and auctioneer in his off time, died at age 58 in San Angelo of pancreatic cancer in 1988 and, per his wishes, was buried in Cedarburg, Wisconsin. L-R: Wally Dobiesz, Larry Grzegorek as "Jeremy the Jogger", and Darlyne Berg. The 41 Twin is now owned by Northwestern Insurance. (WITI-TV photo) Since 1959, Barbara Becker had done the weather forecasts on WITI (replacing Judy Marks, who had gone to WTMJ-TV). He was joined by his headless sidekick, Igor, and presented classic horror films, such as the Boris Karloff We marched passed grandmas house onFratney Street, turned onLocust Streetto the park. into In 1974, Barbara Becker left the station when her husband, program director and operations manager Jim Major, took a job out-of-state. Fritz the Plumber and Jack Raymond on the radio. In 1968, the station transformed "Cartoon Alley" into the "Funny Farm", with DuBlon serving not only as puppeteer, but also as a farmer named "Homer Gherkin". Automatic I miss the lightning bugs in summer. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. Gimbels-Shusters. -------------- the We love helping revive those fond memories, and truly appreciate our many fellow Milwaukeeans who have shared their comments and contributed memorabilia to this site. 1960's Desing Pontiac on 3rd street, Or Down-load 25 cents went a long way on a Sunday afternoon.) Dollars, yet on Christmas Eve during these Santa Updates, it'd be back to Take me back Of course, there was the marching song, "Who's the leader of the club that's made for you and me M-I-C (see you real soon) K-E-Y (why because we like you) M-O-U-S-E." Each day was special. J.M. I could go on and on, but my favorite memories of Milwaukee include-- going to the Eagles with my Friends to dance on Saturday nights. Meanwhile, DuBlon began searching for alternatives. I'd hear Diana Ross and The Supremes as clear as a bell. lived at 35th and Brown. DuBlon was given a Saturday morning kid's show, and Albert was made "vice president for important things kids should know". light, the TV6 Late Show. Boy Blue on Howell is a Middle Eastern place called Sahara Cafe Thanks--keep up this great piece of history for Milwaukee. Years active in Milwaukee: 1965-1981 Way back when, television was littered with serious broadcasters paired up with adorable animal sidekickshell, Siskel and Ebert once boasted two of them. I loved the hot dogs at Kwik Shake on 13th Street a block south of Oklahoma. Going across that wooden trestle being SURE it was going to collapse. Stadium We would go to frequent the Rexalls on 16th Street by St. Alexanders. Photos appearing on this web site are the property of their respective owners, are protected by copyright, and may not be reproduced without permission. Please help keep this special corner of the World Wide Web alive and well. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. Main St. of our world. of As I got older, we moved to Menomonee Falls in 1961 near the Victory Drive-in. Hamilton's theme song that the band played Milwaukee culture. Too many more to write about. "To Milwaukee was a great place for a child. Went to Steuben where there were yearly riots, yet not one report on TV about school violence. A Grandma had a huge 4 family duplex onFratney Street. North Pole like a rocketship. "Funny Farm" added Roger Ramjet, Rocket Robin Hood, and Max the 2000 Year Old Mouse. I think we took the Greyhound bus from Whitewater. Remember the electric trolley buses which ran up Mitchell St., and how some rowdy kids would pull the trolleys off the wires, and the bus driver would come out cussing to put them back on. There was a restaurant across the street to their south side. (WITI-TV photo by Dave Witman), Metric lesson - 1974. After a story broke in The Milwaukee Journal, the station received 10,000 letters objecting to the possible removal of Albert from the weather. Have you ever been to St. Josaphat's Basilica on 6th and Lincoln? In 1971, he produced a Christmas record featuring his voices of Albert, Alice, Rocky and Santa! Cartoon Alley with Barbara Becker and Albert the Alleycat and a Cigar (!) Capers," but there was no theme song--just some stock music--and no ruled Some of the information on this page came from a follow-up post by Dick Nitelinger on the Toon Tracker Message Forum. Of course so did Arby's once upon a time back in the 60's. miles to help the hungry He moved to Milwaukee as a WITI staff announcer in 1960 and a year later, Cartoon Alley aired. It may not have even been on TV6. your Milwaukee Memories from the 50's, 60's and 70's. First it was a used car lot. When WTMJ was on channel 3 and the ONLY TV we had? Jack DuBlon on the Set of "That Late Show Bunch". There werehomes along the river, like hers, that we were fascinated by. Hi Mousketeers! 8:20PM - Film Featurettes. signature) The Moon Shop was the place to go to buy gag gifts. it. Marty's in Brookfield and DiMarinis in Bay View, down by KK where the streetcars bend the corner around. They built a huge building on the site. MAG from Whitewater. (But a fun one, nevertheless.) having a great time reading He always took us to the Captain's Treasure House. What a great site! and then a mirror image swooping from the tip back to the hind end. That way I'd know the skating rink was open. I forgot what is there now. Or go to Gillies for frozen custard. A children's show with "Albert The Alley Cat" and Barbara Becker presenting cartoons for WITI-TV Channel 6 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1961 till 1968.A children's show with "Albert The Alley Cat" and Barbara Becker presenting cartoons for WITI-TV Channel 6 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1961 till 1968.A children's show with "Albert The Alley Cat" and Barbara Becker presenting cartoons for WITI-TV Channel 6 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1961 till 1968. lights on, but no siren. Moment in Wisconsin: Cudahy lakeshore. remember when the weather map the Milwaukee is unique among American cities. Throughout the 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s, Milwaukee was the quintessential American town, the best place in the world to call home. ------------------ 9?). There was "Romper Room." Irv The Workingman's Friend perfect arrow. I forgot what is there now. Going to see the White Sox play several games at County Stadium between when we had the Braves and Brewers. there). (1954) I have many fine memories of Milwaukee's south side. This was because we learned to climb the fence up to the top of the huge cement ash box. Hileman's Kewaskum dairy products. made its debut in April of 1967. I remember my grandpa drinking a glass of Schlitz beer in a tall glass with a raw egg in the bottom. 5:00PM - 5:55PM. 1971 Press Photo Portrait of Barbara Becker, Milwaukee TV personality. A long way from memories on s. 13th Street. Dr. Cadavarino, of courseI already mentioned Dialing for There were several shoe stores on 13th street near The Sentry. I remember opening my bedroom window to see if I could hear the music playing in the winter time on the "little" lagoon. recruiting station and took the oath in Milwaukee. In 1968, the National Association of Program Executives named the TV 6 team of Allen and Albert the top weather show in the country. Lovering ( sp? ) walkie-talkie that they watched the weather 4 opened their with... 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