Joe Bova was hired to replace Bob Keeshan's "Corney The Clown" on WJZ Ch. 7 in NYC, as the show's second host. He had also MC'd his own daily kid's shows on WJBK TV in his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio.
Bova later moved to NYC and began hosting WJZ TV Ch. 7's "Time For Fun"on Monday, August 1, 1955. Unlike Keeshan, "Uncle Joe" Bova...did skits and little blackouts that added sights gags and other electronic gimmickry to the show.
Bova left the show to host two more kid's TV shows at WABC - "Tales From Animalland" on Saturday mornings and the weekday evening version of "The Little Rascals Show" from 1957 until Friday, September 9, 1960.
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Bova later moved to NYC and began hosting WJZ TV Ch. 7's "Time For Fun"on Monday, August 1, 1955. Unlike Keeshan, "Uncle Joe" Bova...did skits and little blackouts that added sights gags and other electronic gimmickry to the show.
Bova left the show to host two more kid's TV shows at WABC - "Tales From Animalland" on Saturday mornings and the weekday evening version of "The Little Rascals Show" from 1957 until Friday, September 9, 1960.
Read more at: http://www.tvparty.com/lostny2jelly.html
Obit @ http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/21/theater/21bova.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
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