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Uncle Al
- Thread starter gr8oldies
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Sure, I'll make a comment here.
I can barely remember it, but I believe it was on or about my 5th birthday in 1962 (maybe '63) when my parents bundled me up early one morning and drove me to Cincinnati to be on the Uncle Al Show.
Again, the memories are very foggy, but I remembered having a lot of fun in that TV studio as we danced and hokey-pokeyed on television. My grandparents (who had the big console RCA color TV with an antenna on the roof that could get Cincy TV from Dayton) were thrilled. I just remember the whole thing as a very positive experience.
On behalf of the, probably, tens of thousands of kids who had the same experience I had, God bless you, Al Lewis. Wanda, my sympathies...but take heart in the fact that there are thousands of us (former) kids who are grateful to both of you for caring about us. You're in our hearts and our prayers.
I can barely remember it, but I believe it was on or about my 5th birthday in 1962 (maybe '63) when my parents bundled me up early one morning and drove me to Cincinnati to be on the Uncle Al Show.
Again, the memories are very foggy, but I remembered having a lot of fun in that TV studio as we danced and hokey-pokeyed on television. My grandparents (who had the big console RCA color TV with an antenna on the roof that could get Cincy TV from Dayton) were thrilled. I just remember the whole thing as a very positive experience.
On behalf of the, probably, tens of thousands of kids who had the same experience I had, God bless you, Al Lewis. Wanda, my sympathies...but take heart in the fact that there are thousands of us (former) kids who are grateful to both of you for caring about us. You're in our hearts and our prayers.
Al Lewis has, or had, bother who was a physician in Montgomery in the 1970's. I was a patient of his for several years. I remember him talking about the rumor that Uncle Al actually hated little kids. He talked about how wrong that was, and the Al and Wanda had several children and loved them dearly. He was a dead ringer for Uncle Al, and he mentioned that folks sometimes thought he was his brother. Seems like a long time ago now..I guess it was.
My folks took us kids to Winton Woods park in the early 1960's to see Uncle Al & company on a stage set up in the park. It was my first brush with being in the same 'zone' with a celebrity. Like Jason, the memories are a little foggy after this much time, but it was a 'bigger than life' experience...Godspeed to you Uncle Al...
I want to say I'm so sad to heard of Uncle Al's passing. Growiing up in Louisville, I didn't know much about him other than what I've seen on the web. I know he was on nationally in his early days, and was an influence for Captain Kangaroo. My question is I've heard of an Al Lewis who wrote and directed the "Our Miss Brooks" radio shows from 1948 to 1957, and was this the "Cincy" Al Lewis, or the "Grandpa Munster" Lewis, or another man entirely?
http://www.ourmissbrooks.com/index.html
Thanks in advance for the answer!
http://www.ourmissbrooks.com/index.html
Thanks in advance for the answer!
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When I heard of his passing I bawledlike a baby. I was on the show twice. Once on my 3rd birthday (1969)and again on my 5th. They also did a show from the Richmond Square Mall in Richmond IN in 1971.
I guess I missed these posts on previous visits.
As a kid growing up in a Cincinnati suburb, "Uncle Al & Captain Wendy" were real people. It was a regular for us. Unlike other posters, we never got to see him live. Just about the only truly special thing we had was the annual trip to Coney Island with our Grandfather on P & G day.
Still, this show and others produced in the Queen City ("50-50", "Midwestern Hayride", etc.) made the market a special one to grow up in. Not many people got to experience the excellence that was commonplace in the Cincy market.
They left an impression that I carry to this day. God bless 'em all.
As a kid growing up in a Cincinnati suburb, "Uncle Al & Captain Wendy" were real people. It was a regular for us. Unlike other posters, we never got to see him live. Just about the only truly special thing we had was the annual trip to Coney Island with our Grandfather on P & G day.
Still, this show and others produced in the Queen City ("50-50", "Midwestern Hayride", etc.) made the market a special one to grow up in. Not many people got to experience the excellence that was commonplace in the Cincy market.
They left an impression that I carry to this day. God bless 'em all.
Never saw Uncle Al here in Louisville, but always had respect for the Cincy market due to Bob Braun, which was carried for several years here on 2 different stations. It was always nice to see famous people like Bob Hope and Red Skelton, and the not-so-famous, but loved ones like Nedra Volz and Beverly Nye (who I searched for online and found she is now in Colorado). Bob brought out the best in his guests. Too bad "Multimedia" and its successors transgressed from him and Phil Donohue to Jerry Springer and Steve Wilkos. Does anyone really care about these current shows and will anyone remember any of these guests 30 years from now?
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