Remembering WRAL's "Frog Hollow"

[RALfan]

As many in the the Raleigh-Durham TV market may know, WRAL-TV 5 will celebrate it's 50th anniversary at the end of the year. A fondly remembered show (other than the long-running and beloved "Time For Uncle Paul") has to be Frog Hollow, which was a daily children's show produced by the station from 1981 to 1985. All I recall about the show is that it resembled Sesame Street, only the setting resembled a preschool in the woods. The memory is a little fuzzy beyond that, but if anyone else out there from the Triangle remembers this show, feel free to post some memories.

 

[bpatrick]

> As many in the the Raleigh-Durham TV market may know,
> WRAL-TV 5 will celebrate it's 50th anniversary at the end of
> the year. A fondly remembered show (other than the
> long-running and beloved "Time For Uncle Paul") has to be
> Frog Hollow, which was a daily children's show produced by
> the station from 1981 to 1985. All I recall about the show
> is that it resembled Sesame Street, only the setting
> resembled a preschool in the woods. The memory is a little
> fuzzy beyond that, but if anyone else out there from the
> Triangle remembers this show, feel free to post some
> memories.
>
I remember the show being on, but I was past the age where
I'd be watching kids' shows. I keep thinking it won some
awards; WRAL also had a prestige kids' show called "The Androgena
Show" in the late '80s and early '90s.

As for myself, I go 'way back to "Captain Five"; I was on the
show twice, in 1961 and again in 1962. The first time, Captain
Five (Herb Marks) interviewed me. Paul Montgomery played the
organ on the show, and Marks stood me on that. I remember, too,
that in the last months of the show, Captain Five was changed
from a sea captain to an astronaut to cash in on the interest
in space that John Glenn's 1962 flight in particular had created.
I believe the show ended in 1963, and WRAL began showing movies
in late afternoon.

 

[RadioDaze]

I remember Frog Hollow. The puppet's name was Misha, I believe, and bore an uncanny resemblance to the puppet Androgena used on The Androgena Show in the early-to-mid 1990s. The storekeeper was "Pete", played by Peter Anylan, who went on to become GM of Capitol Broadcasting's minor league baseball team, the Durham Bulls and, later, become one of the company's top officers before going freelance a year or two ago. I also remember a second character in the general store, a black gentleman, and a school teacher, a white lady, who taught in front of cardboard pupils. I can't remember those character's names, but there were comical voices done for the cardboard kids. Another great WRAL-produced children's TV show, Sparks, took its place in the mid-1980s. That's one for another thread.

> > As many in the the Raleigh-Durham TV market may know,
> > WRAL-TV 5 will celebrate it's 50th anniversary at the end
> of
> > the year. A fondly remembered show (other than the
> > long-running and beloved "Time For Uncle Paul") has to be
> > Frog Hollow, which was a daily children's show produced by
>
> > the station from 1981 to 1985. All I recall about the
> show
> > is that it resembled Sesame Street, only the setting
> > resembled a preschool in the woods. The memory is a
> little
> > fuzzy beyond that, but if anyone else out there from the
> > Triangle remembers this show, feel free to post some
> > memories.
> >
> I remember the show being on, but I was past the age where
> I'd be watching kids' shows. I keep thinking it won some
> awards; WRAL also had a prestige kids' show called "The
> Androgena
> Show" in the late '80s and early '90s.
>
> As for myself, I go 'way back to "Captain Five"; I was on
> the
> show twice, in 1961 and again in 1962. The first time,
> Captain
> Five (Herb Marks) interviewed me. Paul Montgomery played
> the
> organ on the show, and Marks stood me on that. I remember,
> too,
> that in the last months of the show, Captain Five was
> changed
> from a sea captain to an astronaut to cash in on the
> interest
> in space that John Glenn's 1962 flight in particular had
> created.
> I believe the show ended in 1963, and WRAL began showing
> movies
> in late afternoon.
>

 

[RALfan]

> I remember Frog Hollow. The puppet's name was Misha, I
> believe, and bore an uncanny resemblance to the puppet
> Androgena used on The Androgena Show in the early-to-mid
> 1990s. The storekeeper was "Pete", played by Peter Anylan,
> who went on to become GM of Capitol Broadcasting's minor
> league baseball team, the Durham Bulls and, later, become
> one of the company's top officers before going freelance a
> year or two ago. I also remember a second character in the
> general store, a black gentleman, and a school teacher, a
> white lady, who taught in front of cardboard pupils. I
> can't remember those character's names, but there were
> comical voices done for the cardboard kids. Another great
> WRAL-produced children's TV show, Sparks, took its place in
> the mid-1980s. That's one for another thread.

I think that other character in the general store that you were talking about was played by Michael E. Evans. I found out that he is a local stage actor in Raleigh today as well as a preacher.